page_title: Jayden Short
section_title: 2019 season
hierarchical_section_title: Jayden Short / AFL career / 2019 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Jayden Short with Richmond during a JLT Community Series match against Melbourne in Shepparton in March 2019.
context_page_description: Jayden Short is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was a premiership player with Richmond in 2019.
context_section_description: Ahead of the 2019 season, Short was named by Fox Footy as the Richmond player most likely to make a significant rise in output that year. He started the 2019 campaign with appearances in each of the club's two pre-season matches before recording 20 disposals in round 1's season-opening match against Carlton. Short kicked two goals and was among Richmond's best players in round 2, but the following week suffered a dislocated right elbow in the first quarter of a loss to Greater Western Sydney. Initial estimations from the club said Short would miss at least eight weeks of football as he recovered from the injury. By mid-May that schedule had been extended, with Short out of his elbow brace and beginning to rehabilitate the elbow with an eye to a return post-bye. He resumed running in mid June, on track for that revised return target. After completing contact training drills and match practice during the bye, Short earned a selection re-call for round 15's match against St Kilda. He recorded 22 disposals, 706 metres gained and a game-high six rebound 50s in the 33-point victory.  He continued to build form over the next month before setting a season-best with 26 disposals in a round 19 win over Collingwood. Short remained with the senior side through the final four matches of the season and kicked a goal in round 22's win over West Coast, his first goal since his return from injury mid-season. Following nine consecutive wins since Short's return, Richmond won its qualifying final against the Brisbane Lions at The Gabba, with Short's 15 disposal contribution labelled "important" by Fox Footy. That earned his side a home preliminary final against Geelong, where Short added a further 13 disposals to help his side through to a grand final match-up against Greater Western Sydney. In the grand final, Short was part of a Richmond defence that kept the Giants to 25 points, their lowest score in the club's eight year history and the lowest score by any team in a VFL/AFL grand final since 1960. He recorded 19 disposals and seven marks in what was described by AFL Media as a "polished" performance. Short finished the year having became a premiership player after playing 15 matches in that injury-interrupted season.
caption: Short with Richmond during a pre-season match in March 2019
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