Lachlan Ash (born 21 June 2001) 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 plays for the

Greater Western Sydney Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Sydney Olympic Park, which represents the ...

in the

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(AFL). He was recruited by the

with the 4th draft pick in the

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Early football

Ash was born in Katandra he participated in the

Auskick Auskick is a program designed to teach the basic skills of Australian rules football (AFL) to boys and girls aged between 5 and 12. Auskick is a non-contact variant of the sport. It began in Australia and is now a nationwide non-selective pro ...

program there and played junior football in

Katandra Football Club The Katandra Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Kats'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the small Victorian town of Katandra West. The club teams currently compete in the Picola & District Football League. History ...

and senior football at the

Shepparton Football Club The Shepparton Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Bears'', is an Australian rules football and netball club in the Goulburn Valley Football League. The Shepparton Bears, a local football team, play their home games at Deakin Reserve, Sheppa ...

. Ash represented Vic Country at the

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for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. He also played for the

Murray Bushrangers The Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in Victorian statewide under-18s competition, presently known as the NAB League, since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains on Norm Minns Oval. The team is coached by Mark ...

for two seasons in the

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AFL career

Ash debuted in the Giants' twenty-four point loss against the

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in the third round of the

2020 AFL season The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...

. Ash collected seven disposals and three marks. Ash took home the club's rising star award at the conclusion of the season. Ash had a career-best game in his team's 39 point loss to rivals in the 6th round of the

2021 AFL season The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...

, where he collected 35 disposals and 15 marks to be one of the ' best on ground that game.

Statistics

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* * * 2001 births Living people Greater Western Sydney Giants players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Murray Bushrangers players Sportspeople from Shepparton {{AFL-bio-2000s-stub