Jack Ginnivan (born 9 December 2002) is an

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life and state football

Ginnivan started playing

at the age of six, following

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winning the

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. As a youth, he played for the Newstead Football Club in the

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and at the age of 11, kicked his 100th goal for the club. Later, he played junior football for Strathfieldsaye Storm in the

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, helping them win a premiership in 2019. In 2020, Ginnivan played for

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in the

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and was selected for the Vic Country team. Ginnivan studied at

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and grew up supporting

AFL career

2021: Debut season

Ginnivan was drafted by Collingwood with their first pick of the 2021 rookie draft, which was the 13th pick overall. After kicking 11 goals over three matches in the

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(VFL), including several four-goal games, Ginnivan made his AFL debut against

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in the nineteenth round of the

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, at

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. He played in the last five games of the season, kicking six goals.

2022: Breakout season as a youngster

In the 2022

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, in just his tenth career game, Ginnivan kicked five goals and won the Anzac Medal as best on ground, as well as the Rising Star nomination for round 6. As his second season progressed, he quickly became a high profile and controversial player, after gaining a reputation among media and rival spectators for ducking or shrugging into high tackles to win free kicks, and later admitting to doing so deliberately and even practising the technique in an unusually frank interview. Ginnivan was booed by rival fans for much of the end of his second season – including an infamous incident when Sydney fans booed him after he had left the game with injury, drawing considerable scorn towards those fans in the media.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual * 22under22 team: 2022 *

Anzac Day Medal The Anzac Day match is an annual Australian rules football match between Collingwood and Essendon, two clubs in the Australian Football League, held on Anzac Day (25 April) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). History of Australian rul ...

: 2022 * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2022 (round 6)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ginnivan, Jack 2002 births Collingwood Football Club players Bendigo Pioneers players Living people Australian rules footballers from Bendigo