Conor Nash

Conor Nash (born 28 July 1998) is an American born, Irish raised, Australian citizen who is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

The former Ireland national schoolboy rugby union team player was signed by Hawthorn as a category B rookie in October 2016 in the 2016 rookie draft.

Early life Nash was raised in Athlumney Village, Navan, the son of Tony and Bernadette, one of three siblings. He attended school at St Patrick's Classical School. In late 2016 he made the decision to move to Australia for a shot at a professional Aussie Rules career. His form was promising enough that selectors kept him in the side and he played in two finals.

Nash played 14 games in the 2019 season but only two in the shortened season of 2020. He was dropped from the senior side and relegated to the Box Hill affiliate. After initially playing his entire career as a forward, at the suggestion of Box Hill coach Sam Mitchell, Nash was played as a midfielder. He showed promise in this new position and was selected for Hawthorn's match against the Brisbane Lions on 1 August. In a career-defining performance, Nash collected 23 disposals, laid nine tackles and won seven clearances as Hawthorn defeated Brisbane 92-80. With Nash in the midfield, Hawthorn was undefeated for the next four games beating Brisbane, Collingwood and Western Bulldogs and drawing with Richmond.

In 2022, with the illness and then injury to team captain and ruckman Ben McEvoy, Nash was asked to fill in as the second ruckman.

In June 2022, Hawthorn announced that Nash had signed a two-year contract extension lasting until the end of 2024.

On 31 July 2024, Hawthorn announced that Nash had re-signed for another five years, lasting until the end of 2029.

Statistics Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

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