Jack Sinclair

Jack Sinclair (born 12 February 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for and co-captains the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life Sinclair grew up supporting Carlton due to his father, but his maternal grandfather Bill Gleeson played for St Kilda, a team he would ultimately join in 2015. Sinclair attended Scotch College with future St Kilda teammate Jack Billings. He grew up in the Melbourne suburbs of Kew East and Balwyn. where he caught the eye of recruiters. Prior he played community football for Kew Comets in the Yarra Junior Football League, as well as school football for Scotch in the APS school sports competition.

AFL career He was drafted by St Kilda with the first pick in the 2014 Rookie Draft. In his first years at the club, Sinclair was mentored by Jack Newnes. Of the mentoring, Sinclair stated that "being able to work with him on a wing, I’ve learned a lot from him....It’s been great having him around, just with little things like sitting in on my reviews and trying to help me out. I really look up to him. I think he’s a really good player.” Sinclair was left out of the Saints side for the first five matches of 2017, but returned to the side and did not miss another senior match for the season, playing as a wingman and half-forward. He averaged just under 21 disposals a game and had three games of 25 disposals or more.

Ahead of the 2018 season, Champion Data ranked Sinclair as one of the AFL's 55 'elite' footballers, with his inside game, his pressure and his scoreboard impact listed as he key traits.

2020 Sinclair started the season as an emergency for the first seven games of the season, squeezed out of new coach Brett Ratten's new side, particularly with the arrival of Bradley Hill, a three-time premiership wingman. Sinclair finally made his 2020 debut, collecting 15 disposals in the Saints' win over Port Adelaide. Sinclair then went on to play every game for the remainder of the season, including two finals, playing as a wingman, half-forward, and inside midfielder.

2021

After spending his career to date as an offensive player in the midfield or at half-forward, Sinclair was switched to the backline ahead of the 2021 season. In the pre-season game against Carlton, Sinclair had 28 disposals, 10 score involvements, eight intercepts, seven inside-50s. While he had never played in the backline in his career, Sinclair cemented his role from that moment and the switch proved a masterstroke for both the Saints and Sinclair, with the latter ultimately having his career-best season. Sinclair notched up his 100th AFL game in Round Two, where he was ceremoniously handed his guernsey pre-game by Tony Lockett. Sinclair also finished second in the Trevor Barker Award, collecting 155 votes as well as the Robert Harvey Best Clubman Award.

2023 Sinclair backed up his excellent 2022 season in 2023 with a second All-Australian selection and a second best and fairest.

Statistics Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

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