Nathan Lonie (born 4 March 1983) is a former
Australian rules football
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 ...
er in the
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
.
The identical twin brother of Collingwood player
Ryan Lonie
Ryan Lonie (born 4 March 1983) is a former Collingwood footballer in the Australian Football League.
AFL career
Early career (2001 - 2002)
Lonie starred as a junior footballer with his twin brother Nathan (Hawthorn, then Port Adelaide) play ...
, the two Lonies not only share identical looks but share very similar footballing characteristics - possessing long kicking abilities (over 55 metres) and playing a "
receiver" role relying on uncontested possessions across the
half-back line
In the sport of Australian rules football, the half-back line refers to the positions of the 3 players on the field that occupy the centre half-back and left and right half-back flank positions.
Centre half-back
The role of the centre half-back ...
.
AFL career
Hawthorn career (2001-2005)
He debuted with the
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...
midway through the 2001 season, but was not recalled til Round 20, where he then held his spot for the finals series.
Port Adelaide career (2006-2008)
After 64 games with the Hawks, Lonie was traded to Port Adelaide at the end of the 2005 season, where he became a regular first-team player. He was dropped after Round 20, 2007, for the rest of the season but came close to replacing
Michael Wilson but lost his chance to
Brad Symes for Port Adelaide's 2007 grand final loss. He retired at the end of the 2008 season.
External links
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Nathan Lonie Profile on ThePowerFromPort.com.au
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1983 births
Port Adelaide Football Club players
Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)
Living people
Hawthorn Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Dandenong Stingrays players
Frankston Bombers players
Australian twins
Twin sportspeople
Identical twins
People from Frankston, Victoria