Jayden Post (born 5 December 1989) is an

Australian rules footballer Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

who played for the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

in the

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. Post is from the Melbourne suburb of Altona and played junior football with Altona Juniors and with the

Western Jets The Western Jets is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Victorian premier U19 competition, the NAB League, since its inception in 1992. The club have developmental squads in the U16, however much of the attention is towards its U ...

in the

TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victo ...

. In the 2008 season, he took both the most contested and the most uncontested marks in the TAC Cup. Drafted with the 26th selection in the 2008 AFL draft, Post, who was a key position player with the Tigers, attempted to model his game style that of retired Richmond star, Matthew Richardson. After playing with Richmond's VFL-affiliate

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for the first half of the 2009 season, Post made his AFL debut in round 14 against

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. Post was impressive in his third match, a draw against

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. He went on to play seven more games for the Tigers in 2009. Post also played seven senior games in 2010, spending the rest of the season with Coburg. Post played his first AFL game for season 2011 in round nine as a late inclusion. Post was delisted by Richmond in October 2012. He is not listed now to an AFL side. Post was not offered a contract for the 2013 season, as the Club finalised its list ahead of the National Draft. Post plays for the Altona Football Club in the

Western Region Football League The Western Region Football League is an Australian rules football semi-professional league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors. History The league was formed in 1931 as the "Footscray District Football L ...

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* * 1989 births Richmond Football Club players Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Western Jets players Coburg Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub