Jack Viney (born 13 April 1994) is a professional

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL). A

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, tall and weighing , Viney is capable of contributing as both an

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midfielder. He played top-level football at a young age playing in the first XVIII at

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at fifteen and was a bottom-aged player in the

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for the

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. His father,

Todd Viney Todd Viney (born 30 March 1966) is an Australian rules football executive and former player and coach. He is currently the General Manager of Football of the North Melbourne Football Club. Viney played 13 seasons with in the VFL/AFL, and he ...

, is a former Melbourne captain and Jack followed in his footsteps when he was drafted by Melbourne with the twenty-sixth pick in the

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under the

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. He made his debut in 2013, receiving a nomination for the

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and was awarded the

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. He was named as Melbourne's

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player in 2016, winning the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy. In 2017, he became Melbourne co-captain alongside Nathan Jones, captaining the club for three seasons.

Early life

Viney was born to

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and Meg Viney in

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; his father played 233 games with the

and is a former captain, two-time

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list, Melbourne Hall of Fame member, a part of Melbourne's Team of the Century and a one-time caretaker coach for five matches in

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. He played his junior football with the Ashburton Redbacks and would often play in the grade above his age group due to being "too rough". Viney moved to

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in 2009 after his father became an assistant coach at the

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and he attended

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for years nine and ten. In his first year at Prince Alfred, he was invited to train with the first XVIII football team and he became only the second year-nine student to play with the first XVIII in the school's 147-year history. He received state-honours in the 2010 under-16 championships by representing South Australia and captained the side to the winning title, he was also named the state's

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. Through the AFL elite talent junior pathways, he received a scholarship with the

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(AIS) as part of the AIS-AFL Academy in the 2010 intake and travelled to Europe in April 2011 as part of 30-man squad. In November 2010, he signed a five-year contract with Melbourne ensuring he would be drafted by them in the

under the

. Returning to the city of Melbourne in 2011, Viney attended

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and played for the

in the

as a bottom-aged player. He represented Victoria Metro in the

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and despite being one of the youngest players, he was lauded for his leadership on and off the field. He played eight matches for Oakleigh in 2011 including the losing grand final to the

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, in which he was named best-on-ground; his coach, Greg Doyle, praised Viney for his physicality and readiness to play senior football at seventeen years of age. He was named in the level two squad for the 2011 intake in the AIS-AFL Academy, and was commended for his performance in the Academy match against the at the

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in March 2012, after recording sixteen disposals, including ten contested, six tackles and six clearances. Viney received permission to play in the

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(VFL) in 2012 for Melbourne's affiliate team, the

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; he suffered a broken jaw in two places during his debut match after a high-bump from then- player,

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; in a separate incident, Wojcinski was charged with striking Viney, which resulted in an overall four-match suspension. Viney received mid-year state honours and represented Victoria Metro in the

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, he missed the start of the championships through his jaw injury and played in the final two rounds of the championships, including the winning final against Western Australia.

AFL career

2013 season

Viney was rated by recruiters as the "sixth to eight best player" heading into the

, however, under the father–son bidding system, speculation grew that the

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would bid their first round pick in the draft, the second overall, forcing to match the bid with the third overall selection. Gold Coast ultimately chose not to bid pick two on Viney, and after the

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bid their first round selection on him, Melbourne matched the bid with their second round pick, and recruited him with their second selection and twenty-sixth overall in the 2012 national draft. Viney made his debut in the first round of 2013 against Port Adelaide at the

, despite losing the match by seventy-nine points and the team being labelled as "embarrassing", Viney was praised by the media for his performance in the match and his leadership on and off the field. After the ninety-five point loss against in round twenty-one at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he received the round nomination for the Rising Star where he recorded twenty-eight disposals, five tackles, five marks, four clearances and a goal. He was praised by then-Melbourne caretake coach,

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, for his competitive mindset and Craig drew comparisons between Viney's mindset and 2016

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list,

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's. He managed thirteen matches in his debut season after missing eight matches in the middle of the season through a toe injury. His season was rewarded with the

as Melbourne's best young player and he finished fourteenth overall in the

count.

2014 season

Viney had a delayed start to the 2014 season after having an injury-interrupted pre-season due to foot and hip issues. He played his first match for the season in the thirty-two point loss against in round three at

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. He received widespread news coverage during the season after an incident in round seven where he collided with Adelaide player, Tom Lynch, resulting in a broken jaw to Lynch. Viney was referred directly to the

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, bypassing the match review panel and the opportunity of an early plea. He was initially suspended for two-weeks with the rationale given by AFL legal counsel, Jeff Gleeson, that he could have "spun out" of the impending collision, rather than brace for contact. The outcome sparked backlash among past and present players and fans, including

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member,

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, who protested he would boycott the Hall of Fame events that year due to the "fundamentally wrong" direction the game was taking. The AFL chief executive officer at the time,

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, weighed into the debate by stating Viney was very unlucky to be suspended. Melbourne announced their intention to appeal the ban and successfully had the suspension overturned, becoming only the second time an appeal was successful under the 2005–2014 AFL Tribunal system. The AFL released a statement two-weeks after the appeal stating the reason behind the overturned suspension was "because he didn’t bump Adelaide’s Tom Lynch but instead braced for contact." He played twenty matches for the season and finished eleventh in Melbourne's best and fairest count.

2015 season

Viney played in the first two matches for 2015 before fracturing his

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in the round two loss to Greater Western Sydney at StarTrack Oval. He returned in round nine against Port Adelaide at TIO Traeger Park and played the remainder of the season. The season saw him move into a loose-tagging role and he was lauded for restricting the impact of Gary Ablett in the round one win against Gold Coast, and

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in the round twelve win against , with the latter drawing praise from

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who labelled Viney as the "new

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". His season was rewarded with a second-place finish in the

, finishing one vote behind the winner,

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, despite playing six less matches, he also received the Norm Smith Memorial Trophy (coaches award) and James McDonald Trophy (heart and spirit award) and it was labelled as his breakout season by ''

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'' journalist, Adam Baldwin.

2016 season

Heading into the 2016 season, Viney was added into Melbourne's leadership group and he stated his leadership style was to "lead by actions". In the opening round match against Greater Western Sydney, he played his fiftieth AFL match, in which he was named the best player on the ground by then-Melbourne coach Paul Roos, ''AFL Media'' and the ''

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'', and recorded thirty-two disposals (fourteen contested), six tackles, five marks and four clearances in a two-point win. His first half of the season saw him in strong form, whereby he was placed fourth in the AFL Coaches Association champion player of the year leader board after round eight, he had featured in the ''AFL Media's'' team of the week in three out of four weeks between rounds four and seven, he had one of the largest rises in the league in the official AFL player ratings, he was named in ''

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'' journalist

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's unofficial mid year

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, and was highly praised within the industry for his form. His performances in the first half of the season saw him sign a contract extension in May, linking him to the club until the end of 2020. In the forty-five point loss in round ten against Port Adelaide at Traeger Park, Viney was suspended for one match for striking Port Adelaide midfielder,

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, and in a separate incident, he fractured a knuckle bone which initially ruled him out for one month. After missing just the one week, he returned to the team in the forty-six point win against in the annual

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in round twelve, in which he recorded thirty disposals, six marks, four tackles and a goal. He finished the season playing in twenty-one out of a possible twenty-two matches and averaged a career high 26.1 disposals, six clearances and seven tackles and ranked fourth in the AFL for tackles, sixth in centre clearances and eleventh in overall clearances. His season was rewarded with the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal as the club

, finishing eight votes ahead of club captain, Nathan Jones and he was the recipient of the

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Jnr Trophy (leadership award). In addition, he was named as one of the ruck rovers in the 22under22 team, he was selected in ''AFL Media's'' team of the week five times, he was labelled as a "premium midfielder" by ''

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'' journalists, Niall Seewang and Jake Michaels, and Nathan Jones, noted he was the "obvious choice" to be his successor as Melbourne captain.

2017 season

Viney had a delayed start to the 2017 pre-season after requiring surgery on his hip at the end of the 2016 home and away season. On the eve of the

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, he was announced as the co-captain of Melbourne alongside Nathan Jones with senior coach,

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, noting he is "a very talented player who role models exactly the core values we want in our playing group." With his father, Todd Viney, captaining the club in 1998 and 1999, it was the first time in club history a father and son have held the position on a permanent basis. The move to elevate Viney to co-captain was questioned by the media and public considering Viney's young age and the only other time Melbourne had co-captains was during very poor performed years from 2012 to 2014. Viney kicking away from Phillips

Following his strong 2016 season, ''AFL Media'' named him inside the top fifty players in the league and ''

'' journalist, Anna Harrington, predicted he would continue his linear improvement and is "the gun player" of Melbourne. Despite the positive expectation on him, he struggled for form early in the season and was criticised by former player and media personality, David King, for his performance in the thirteen point loss to at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the Anzac Day eve match due to wasting energy with his aggression towards opposition players off the ball. Soon after, he found form and was named in ''AFL Media's'' team of the week in rounds seven, eight and twelve. He was praised in particular for his match against Collingwood in the Queen's Birthday clash, in which he recorded twenty disposals, ten contested possessions, three clearances and seven tackles to be named one of Melbourne's best players by Anna Harrington. Two weeks later, he was the sole captain of Melbourne for the first time after Nathan Jones injured himself the week before and Viney helped the club defeat in

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for the first time in fifteen seasons with a three point win. His performance in the match was labelled "the stuff of legend" by ''AFL Media's'', David Reed. Despite injuring his shoulder in the third term and missing most of the quarter, he finished the match with thirty-eight disposals, twenty six contested possessions, nine clearances and a goal. His leadership drew high praise, with Simon Goodwin saying "he's just an incredible player around the contest and he was unbelievable as our skipper" and Viney drew comparisons to Joel Selwood and

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and

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. He received the maximum three Brownlow Medal votes in the match, meaning he was adjudged the best player on the ground by the field umpires and was named in ''AFL Media's'' team of the week. The next week in the thirty-five point loss to at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he injured his foot which required surgery to his

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and he was ruled out of playing football for four to six weeks. Viney missed just two matches and returned in the twenty-three point win against Port Adelaide at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round eighteen, recording a game-high ten clearances, in addition to twenty-five disposals, seven tackles and six inside 50s which led to teammate,

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, saying "he's just so important, he's our captain and you just walk that little bit taller when he's on the field with you" and he was named in ''AFL Media's'' team of the week for the fifth time in the season. He played the next three matches before pulling up sore in his foot during the twenty-four point win against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round twenty-one. He was forced to miss the remaining two games of the season after the club missed finals by 0.5 percentage points. Playing eighteen matches for the season, he finished second in the club best and fairest and received the Ron Barassi Jnr Trophy (leadership award) for the second consecutive year. Despite the early season criticisms of Viney becoming co-captain, he received continual praise throughout the season for his leadership with

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predicting he could become one of the Melbourne's greatest captains and ''AFL Media'' journalist, Damien Barrett, said the choice to appoint co-captains was paying off.

Personal life

Viney is currently studying a Bachelor of Commerce at

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. In 2021, Viney was named as Deakin University's Male Sportsperson of the Year.

Statistics

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2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL premiership player ():

McClelland Trophy The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy which has been awarded each year since 1951 by the Australian Football League (known prior to 1990 as the Victorian Football League) to the best-performing club in the home-and-away sea ...

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Individual * Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy: 2016 * Melbourne co-captain: 2017–2019 * 22under22 team: 2016 * 3× Sid Anderson Memorial Trophy (Melbourne B&F Runner-Up): 2015, 2017, 2019 *

: 2013 * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2013 (Round 21)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Viney, Jack 1994 births Living people Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Oakleigh Chargers players Casey Demons players People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School People educated at Prince Alfred College Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners People from Echuca Melbourne Football Club Premiership players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players