Lachlan Hosie (born 25 February 1997) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also ...

in the

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(AFL). He was recruited by the

with the 5th draft pick in the 2019 AFL Midseason Rookie Draft.

Early football

Hosie played junior football for the Henley Football Club, where he kicked a total of 77 goals in his 2014 season in the Under 18s. Hosie also played for in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), after being missing out on selection at the

2015 AFL draft The 2015 Australian Football League draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2015 AFL season. Additions to each club's playin ...

. Before his selection at the mid-season draft, Hosie was leading the goalkicking count in the

2019 SANFL season The 2019 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Statewide Super League) was the 140th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football competition. The season commenced ...

AFL/later SANFL career

Hosie kicked 20 goals in 10 games for 's reserves team, but he struggled to break into the team. Hosie debuted in 's 33-point loss to in the 10th 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 ...

. On debut, he kicked two goals in the opening quarter. He also picked up 9 disposals, 2 tackles and a mark throughout the rest of the game. Hosie was delisted by at the end of the

after a mass delisting by which saw 11 players cut from the team's list. Hosie then returned to Adelaide to again play for Glenelg. He was selected to represent South Australia against Western Australia in their interstate match in 2021. Hosie won the

Ken Farmer Medal The Ken Farmer Medal is named in honour of the Australian rules footballer, North Adelaide Football Club full forward Ken Farmer. The medal is awarded to the South Australian Football League The South Australian National Football League, or ...

in 2023 for kicking the most goals in the SANFL for the

2023 season 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...

AFL Statistics

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