caption fullname heightweight years article_title position statsend originalteam birth_date guernsey image draftpick name
kane lucas playing for western australia kane lucas 188cm / 83kg 2010 ' -- 2014 2015 -- '' ` total '' kane lucas
 midfielder / defender 2014 east fremantle -lrb- wafl -rrb- 26 june 1991 47 kane lucas wa.jpg pick # 12 , 2009 national draft , kane lucas
kane lucas

kane lucas is an australian rules footballer who plays for the west coast eagles in the australian football league .
in his junior years , lucas played at trinity college in western australia and played most of his club football for melville hawks junior football club , with a few years at winnacott junior football club , before playing colts and senior football with the east fremantle football club , playing twelve senior games during 2009 as a 17/18 year old .
he represented western australia in its victorious 2009 afl national under 18 championship campaign , earning a position as half-forward flank in the 2009 afl under 18s all australian team .
he nominated for the 2009 afl national draft , and was recruited by the carlton football club with its first round selection at number 12 overall .
lucas made his afl debut in round 3 , 2010 against essendon .
he was hampered by a hamstring injury throughout his first season , which kept him to only eight games , but he was the winner of the carlton best first year player award .
he struggled with injuries and form in 2011 , playing only 2 games ; but , in a small part of football history , lucas was the first player ever to be substituted onto the ground under the afl 's revised interchange rules in round 1 , 2011 , replacing the concussed jarrad waite in the season 's opening match against richmond .
in 2012 , kane played the first six games of the season , and then only two more after that .
lucas is the son of jack lucas , who played for the sydney swans in the 1980s .
lucas was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 afl season .
lucas was redrafted on the rookie list by the west coast eagles for the 2015 season
