Not to be confused with Lachlan McNeil (Australian rules footballer).
Australian rules footballer
Lachie Neale
Neale playing for the All Stars in 2020
Personal information
Full name
Lachlan Oliver Neale
Nickname(s)
Cowboy
Date of birth
(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth
Naracoorte, South Australia
Original team(s)
Glenelg (SANFL)/Kybybolite(KNTFL)
Draft
No. 58, 2011 national draft
Height
178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)
Midfielder
Club information
Current club
Brisbane Lions
Number
9
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
2012–2018
Fremantle
135 (67)
2019–
Brisbane Lions
115 (49)
Total
250 (116)
Representative team honours
Years
Team
Games (Goals)
2020
All Stars
1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 23, 2023.
Career highlights
Brisbane Lions co-captain: 2023–
2× Brownlow Medal: 2020, 2023
Leigh Matthews Trophy: 2020
AFLCA champion player of the year: 2020
3× All-Australian team: 2019, 2020, 2022
2× Doig Medal: 2016, 2018
3× Merrett–Murray Medal: 2019, 2020, 2022
2× Geoff Christian Medal: 2016, 2018
22under22 team: 2015
3× Ross Glendinning Medal: 2014, 2015, 2018
2× Marcus Ashcroft Medal: 2020, 2023
Signature
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Lachlan Oliver Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer and the co-captain of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1] He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018 before being traded to the Brisbane Lions in 2019, where he won the Brownlow Medal in both 2020 and 2023.[2]
^"Your 2023 Brisbane Lions Captains". Brisbane Lions. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^"'I'm pretty rattled': Lion King Lachie wins second Brownlow". afl.com.au. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
the South Australian town of Kybybolite when Lachie was still young. Nicknamed "Cowboy" after Kevin Neale, he played various junior sports in Naracoorte...
League (AFL) home-and-away season. It was won by LachieNeale for the second time, with 31 votes; Neale had previously won the medal in 2020. The count...
Brownlow Medal with an equal-career-high 21 votes, ten votes behind winner LachieNeale. Boak played his 300th match, also against Collingwood, in round 19 of...
Miller 2022 (S6) (vc) 22under22: Nat Fyfe 2013; Michael Walters 2013; LachieNeale 2015; Sean Darcy 2018, 2020; Ed Langdon 2018; Adam Cerra 2020, 2021;...
Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. LachieNeale of the Brisbane Lions was the winner, with 31 votes. Neale's tally of 31 votes from only 17 matches...
quickly steadied to $1.75–$2.25 until the start of the match. Brisbane's LachieNeale won the 2023 Brownlow Medal in the week leading up to the game. Around...
Football League (AFL). The Lions were captained by Harris Andrews and LachieNeale. This was the first year of their co-captaincy. Chris Fagan completed...
Paul (15 September 2023). "Mothers of Port Adelaide stars Connor Rozee and Lachie Jones talk about their AFL journeys". The Advertiser. Retrieved 21 October...
suspension upheld by the AFL Tribunal for making contact with the eyes of LachieNeale, making Greene unavailable for Greater Western Sydney's Preliminary Final...
Patrick Dangerfield, Patrick Cripps, Nat Fyfe, Marcus Bontempelli, LachieNeale". Fox Sports. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019. "2019 All...
v t e Current AFL captains Jordan Dawson (Adelaide) Harris Andrews/LachieNeale (Brisbane Lions) Patrick Cripps (Carlton) Darcy Moore (Collingwood) Zach...
v t e Current AFL captains Jordan Dawson (Adelaide) Harris Andrews/LachieNeale (Brisbane Lions) Patrick Cripps (Carlton) Darcy Moore (Collingwood) Zach...
two-year contract extension to keep him at the club until 2025, with LachieNeale and Harris Andrews also taking over as co-captains from long-serving...
second for the second time in the 2023 Brownlow Medal count (behind LachieNeale), placing second for the AFL Coaches Association’s AFL Champion Player...
fifth in the AFL Most Valuable Player Award behind fellow midfielders LachieNeale, Travis Boak, Christian Petracca and key forward Tom Hawkins. Steele...
Beams has won the medal three times and Jarryd Lyons, Gary Ablett Jr and LachieNeale have won the medal twice. Sports portal Australia portal Queensland portal...
against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Gawn was awarded the Neale Daniher trophy as the best player on the ground, in which he recorded a...
premiership desire and club loyalty continue to motivate Lions milestone man LachieNeale". news.com.au. "News, analysis and match report as Jeremy Howe plays...
he recorded eighteen disposals, seven marks and three goals and won the Neale Daniher Trophy after receiving eight out of a possible nine votes. He was...