Lachie Neale

**Lachlan Oliver Neale** (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018 before being traded to the Brisbane Lions in 2019. Neale was co-captain at Brisbane from 2023 to 2025, leading the side alongside Harris Andrews to premierships in 2024 and 2025. He is a dual Brownlow Medallist, winning the award in 2020 and 2023.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Neale a Naracoorte, Kudancin Ostiraliya. Iyalinsa sun zauna na ɗan lokaci a wata gona a Langkoop, kusa da Apsley, wani ƙaramin gari a gabashin iyakar Kudancin Ostiraliya a yammacin Victoria, kafin su zauna a garin Kybybolite na Kudancin Ostiraliya lokacin da Neale yake ƙarami.

An yi masa lakabi da "Cowboy" bayan Kevin Neale, ya buga wasanni daban-daban na ƙananan yara a Naracoorte, ciki har da ƙwallon kwando, ƙwallon ƙafa, wasan kurket da ƙwallon ƙafa. Neale ya fara buga ƙwallon ƙafa a Kybybolite a shekarar 2004 yana ɗan shekara 10. Ya zira kwallaye 8 a shekarar yayin da ƙungiyarsa ta lashe gasar KNTFL ta 'yan ƙasa da shekara 14 tare da ɗan wasan AFL na gaba Jack Trengove. Neale ya kuma lashe wani gasar Premier ta 'yan ƙasa da shekara 14 a kakar wasa mai zuwa, tare da Trengove amma kuma tare da abokin wasan AFL na gaba Alex Forster. Neale ya zira kwallaye 14 a kakar wasa amma ba a zaɓe shi don Grand Final ba. Neale ya ci gaba da bugawa Kybybolite wasa sannan ya sami tallafin karatu don halartar Kwalejin St Peter, Adelaide. Ya lashe lambar yabo ta Opie a shekararsa ta ƙarshe a St Peter's.

Ya buga ƙwallonsa ta ƙaramin ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kybybolite sannan kuma ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta Glenelg a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa ta South Australia (SANFL), ciki har da wasanni bakwai a ƙungiyar, kafin ya koma ƙungiyar 'yan ƙasa da shekara 18 don babban wasan ƙarshe. Duk da cewa Glenelg ya sha kashi a hannun Port Adelaide, ya tara abubuwa 40 kuma aka ba shi lambar yabo ta Alan Stewart a matsayin ɗan wasa mafi kyau a wasan. Ya wakilci Kudancin Ostiraliya a gasar cin kofin 'yan ƙasa da shekara 18 ta AFL ta 2011.

Tun yana ƙarami, Neale ya goyi bayan ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Port Adelaide.

## Aikin AFL

### Fremantle (2012–2018)
An zaɓi Neale zuwa Fremantle tare da zaɓensa na huɗu (lamba ta 58 gaba ɗaya) a zaɓen AFL na 2011.  Abokin Neale na kud da kud kuma tsohon abokin wasansa daga Kybybolite Junior Football Club, Alex Forster, Fremantle shi ma ya zaɓi wanda ya zaɓa a baya a cikin wannan zaɓen.  Sun haɗu da tsohon kyaftin ɗin Melbourne kuma ɗan wasan Port Adelaide Jack Trengove a matsayin tsohon 'yan wasan Kybybolite a jerin AFL. 

Neale ya taka rawar gani sosai a wasannin share fagen shiga gasar cin kofin NAB ta 2012, kuma an yi hasashen zai buga wasansa na farko a gasar AFL a zagayen farko na kakar wasa ta AFL ta 2012,  amma ya ji rauni a idon sawunsa a wasan da suka yi da Port Adelaide a filin wasa na Victor Harbor, Kudancin Ostiraliya . 

Neale ya yaba wa kocin Ross Lyon a shekararsa ta farko, inda Lyon ta yi iƙirarin cewa Neale ba shi da damar yin wasa a AFL na dogon lokaci sai dai idan ya rage nauyinsa da kuma inganta aikinsa, wanda hakan ya sa Neale ya bi shawarar Lyon. [undefined] [1]

Bayan ya buga wasanni biyu a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta West Australia (WAFL), Neale ya fara buga wasa a zagaye na 4 na kakar wasa ta AFL ta 2012 da St Kilda a filin wasa na Etihad   a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbinsa. An kunna shi a zagaye na uku, inda ya maye gurbin Nick Suban .  Bayan fara wasansa na farko, Neale ya buga har zuwa zagaye na 14. Ya sake buga wasa ɗaya a zagaye na 20.  A tsawon kakar wasa, ya samu matsakaicin bugun ƙwallo 11.3, maki 1.6 da kuma bugun ƙwallo 2.1 a kowane wasa. 

A shekarar 2013 ya inganta, inda ya samu matsakaicin maki 19.8, maki 3.3 da kuma tackles 1.7 a kowane wasa.  Neale ne ya maye gurbinsa a gasar cin kofin AFL ta 2013 lokacin da Fremantle ta sha kashi a hannun Hawthorn da maki 15.

An ba wa Neale kyautar Doig Medal a kakar wasa ta 2016 a matsayin mafi kyau da adalci a ƙungiyar. 

A ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 2018, bayan ya lashe lambar yabo ta Doig ta biyu,  Neale ya nemi cinikin zuwa Brisbane. An yi ciniki da shi a ranar 17 ga Oktoba. 

Neale bai ambaci wani dalili na barin Fremantle ba; duk da haka, Lyon ya yi iƙirarin cewa kuɗi ne ya motsa shi kuma Fremantle bai iya daidaita tayin riba da Brisbane ta yi masa ba. 

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