Luke Delaney

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Luke Delaney
Personal information
Full name	Luke Delaney
Date of birth	(1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 (age 35)
Original team(s)	Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 25, 2009 Rookie Draft, North Melbourne
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2009–2013	North Melbourne	26 (1)
2014–2016	St Kilda	37 (0)
Total		63 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Luke Delaney (born 24 June 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He was drafted with rookie draft pick number 25 in the 2008 AFL draft cycle - with the rookie draft held in early 2009 - by the North Melbourne Football Club.

Playing career

2009-2013: Career with North Melbourne

He made his AFL debut against in Round 9 of 2011 against Brisbane, performing well against Jonathan Brown. Delaney played 26 matches for North Melbourne to the end of season 2013, where he was traded to St Kilda.^[1]

2014-2016: Career with St Kilda

Delaney arrived at St Kilda during the 2013 trade period in exchange for draft pick number 77 to North Melbourne to increase the depth of the Saints tall defensive players list. He played his first game for the Saints in round 1 of the 2014 AFL Premiership Season against Melbourne Demons.

Delaney played his 50th AFL match in round 2 of the 2015 AFL Premiership Season for St Kilda against Gold Coast.

He was delisted at the end of the 2016 season.^[2]

References

^ "Scott: Roos let win slip". sportal.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
^ "St Kilda list changes". Saints.com.au. Bigpond. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Luke Delaney's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Luke Delaney's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e 2009 AFL rookie draft
First round	1. Jordie McKenzie 2. Liam Bedford 3. Casey Sibosado 4. Wade Thompson 5. Bryce Carroll 6. Jeff Garlett 7. Daniel Murray 8. Robin Nahas 9. Marcus White 10. Ricky Henderson 11. Tristan Francis 12. Kristin Thornton 13. Zac Dawson 14. Jamason Daniels 15. Adam Varcoe 16. Riley Milne
Second round	17. Rhys Healey 18. Adam Cockie 19. Matt de Boer 20. Danny Meyer 21. Thomas German 22. Luke Stanton 24. David Gourdis 25. Luke Delaney 26. Chris Schmidt 27. Jarryd Blair 28. Taylor Gilchrist 29. Tom Simpkin 30. Liam Picken 31. Bryn Weadon 32. Haydn Kiel
Third round	33. Daniel Hughes 34. Hamish Shepheard 35. Daniel Stewart 36. Christian Bock 37. Greg Bentley 39. Andrew Browne 40. Ben Speight 42. Johnny Bennell 43. Kyle Coney 44. Brad Howard 46. Tom Allwright 47. Luke Breust
Fourth round	48. Clancee Pearce 49. Matthew Martin 50. Kade Klemke 51. Darren Pfeiffer 53. Alroy Gilligan 54. Alan Obst 55. Brian Donnelly 56. Tobais Thoolen 57. Mike Pyke 58. Steven Gaertner 60. Ranga Ediriwickrama (NSWSE) 61. Carl Peterson
Fifth round	62. Jay van Berlo 63. Jesse Laurie 64. Michael Quinn 65. Lachie Hill 66. Adam Spackman 68. Conor Meredith 69. Lachlan Keeffe 71. Ross Tungatulum 72. Christopher Ogle 73. Garry Moss
Sixth round	74. Greg Broughton 76. Sam Jacobs 77. Daniel Dzufer 78. Scott Reed (NSWSE) 80. Samuel McGarry 81. Matt Suckling
Seventh round	82. Joel Tippett 84. Blake McGrath (NSWSE) 85. Will Sierakowski (NSWSE)

v t e 2011 AFL national draft
First round	1. Jonathon Patton 2. Stephen Coniglio 3. Dom Tyson 4. Will Hoskin-Elliott 5. Matthew Buntine 6. Chad Wingard 7. Nick Haynes 8. Billy Longer 9. Adam Tomlinson 10. Liam Sumner 11. Toby Greene 12. Sam Docherty 13. Taylor Adams 14. Devon Smith 15. Brandon Ellis 16. Tom Sheridan 17. Clay Smith 18. Brad McKenzie 19. Elliott Kavanagh 20. Hayden Crozier 21. Tom Mitchell (F/S) 22. Josh Bootsma 23. Murray Newman 24. Henry Schade 25. Sebastian Ross 26. Todd Elton 27. Sam Kerridge (PP) 28. Fraser McInnes (PP) 29. Alex Forster (PP) 30. Elliot Yeo (Comp)
Second round	31. Jackson Merrett 32. Joel Hamling 33. Bradley Hill 34. Shane Kersten 35. Daniel Markworth 36. Rory Taggert 37. Jack Newnes 38. Jordan Kelly 39. Michael Talia 40. Tom Curran 41. Mitch Grigg 42. Jimmy Webster 43. Jordan Lockyer 44. Sam Rowe 45. Brendon Ah Chee 46. Nicholas Joyce 47. Patrick Wearden 48. Jordan Murdoch
Third round	49. Daniel Pearce 50. Jackson Paine 51. Nathan Blee 52. Josh Tynan 53. Alex Woodward 54. James Sellar 55. Matthew Arnot 56. Tom Downie 57. Tory Dickson 58. Lachie Neale 59. Nick O'Brien 60. Jay Lever 61. Alex Brown 62. Dylan Buckley (F/S) 63. Ashton Hams (RP) 64. Cam Ellis-Yolmen 65. Corey Gault 66. Lincoln McCarthy
Fourth round	67. Jarrod Witts 68. Beau Wilkes 69. Mitch Golby (RP) 70. Luke Dahlhaus (RP) 71. Cam Sutcliffe 73. Matthew Panos (RP) 74. Luke Delaney (RP) 75. Stewart Crameri (RP) 76. Jason Blake 77. Luke Breust (RP) 78. Orren Stephenson
Fifth round	79. Setanta Ó hAilpín 80. Alik Magin (RP) 82. Matthew Wright (RP) 83. Nick Lower (RP) 84. Cameron Pedersen (RP) 85. Nathan Gordon (RP) 86. Jed Bews (F/S)
Sixth round	87. James McDonald 88. Alex Sexton 89. Aidan Riley (RP)
Seventh round	91. Jackson Allen

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