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Hugh McCluggage
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McCluggage in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Hugh McCluggage
Nickname(s) Huge McLovin
Date of birth (1998-03-03) 3 March 1998 (age 26)
Original team(s) North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)/South Warrnambool Football Club
Draft No. 3, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 3, 2017, Brisbane Lions vs. St Kilda, at Etihad Stadium
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Brisbane Lions
Number 6
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Brisbane Lions 182 (116)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Hugh McCluggage (born 3 March 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer and vice-captain of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

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McCluggage was raised in Allansford, Victoria and participated in the Auskick program there[1] before playing junior football with the Allansford Football Club in the Warrnambool District Football League. He later played for Hampden Football League club South Warrnambool. In addition to Australian rules, McCluggage also played junior cricket, hockey, and soccer.[2] He attended secondary school at Warrnambool College, before finishing his final two years of school at Ballarat Clarendon College as a boarder.

McCluggage played senior Australian rules with South Warrnambool Football Club in the Hampden Football Netball League.[3] He represented Vic Country in the AFL Under-18 Championships and played under 18 football with the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup winning the Morrish Medal despite playing only 10 matches.[3]

He was drafted by Brisbane with their first selection and third overall in the 2016 national draft.[4]

AFL career

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He made his debut in the thirty-one point loss against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium in round three of the 2017 season.[5] After the sixty point loss to Greater Western Sydney at the Gabba in round 14, in which he recorded nineteen disposals, eight marks and two tackles, he received the round nomination for the 2017 AFL Rising Star.[6]

In 2019 and 2020, McCluggage came third in the Merrett-Murray Medal, and he was runner-up to Dayne Zorko and Lachie Neale in 2021 and 2022 respectively. McCluggage also collected a career-best 14 Brownlow Medal votes in 2022.[7] A maiden best-and-fairest award eluded McCluggage yet again in 2023, losing to captain Harris Andrews during a year in which the Lions made the grand final.[8]

McCluggage was part of the Brisbane Lions 2024 premiership winning team, having 21 disposals and a goal in a dominant team victory.[9]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of the 2024 season.[10]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Brisbane Lions 6 18 8 15 152 120 272 70 36 0.4 0.8 8.4 6.7 15.1 3.9 2.0 0
2018 Brisbane Lions 6 22 10 9 240 186 426 96 68 0.5 0.4 10.9 8.5 19.4 4.4 3.1 1
2019 Brisbane Lions 6 23 23 14 320 201 521 90 84 1.0 0.6 13.9 8.7 22.7 3.9 3.7 5
2020[a] Brisbane Lions 6 19 8 21 219 136 355 70 52 0.4 1.1 11.5 7.2 18.7 3.7 2.7 4
2021 Brisbane Lions 6 24 15 22 407 193 600 123 89 0.6 0.9 17.0 8.0 25.0 5.1 3.7 10
2022 Brisbane Lions 6 24 20 18 341 251 592 127 116 0.8 0.8 14.2 10.5 24.7 5.3 4.8 14
2023 Brisbane Lions 6 25 13 13 327 231 558 117 91 0.5 0.5 13.1 9.2 22.3 4.7 3.6 3
2024# Brisbane Lions 6 27 19 14 397 270 667 143 99 0.7 0.5 14.7 10.0 24.7 5.3 3.7 12
Career 182 116 126 2403 1588 3991 836 635 0.6 0.7 13.2 8.7 21.9 4.6 3.5 49

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

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Team

Individual

References

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  1. ^ AFL Record. Round 2, 2022. pg 61
  2. ^ NEPALI ADVENTURE HUGH MCCLUGGAGE
  3. ^ a b AFL draft: Hugh McCluggage, of Allansford, the cream of the crop by Hannah Driscoll for the Weekly Times. November 16, 2016
  4. ^ Australian Associated Press (30 November 2016). "No.3 draft pick Hugh McCluggage is excited to call Brisbane home". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. ^ Davis, Greg (6 April 2017). "Brisbane young guns Hugh McCluggage and Jarrod Berry are set to make their AFL debuts". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. ^ McGowan, Marc (26 June 2017). "Top Lion draftee bags Rising Star nomination". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  7. ^ "2022 Brownlow Medal Wrap". lions.com.au. 19 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Andrews Claims Merrett-Murray Medal to be Crowned Lion King for 2023". lions.com.au. 4 October 2023.
  9. ^ Twomey, Callum (28 September 2024). "Lion Kings: Fagan's heroes thrash Swans in GF shock". AFL. MCG.
  10. ^ "Hugh McCluggage". Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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