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Jared Rivers

Jared Rivers

Melbourne / Geelong
Defender · Back Pocket Left Retired
Career games
194
Debut
2003
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Player Information

Height 194 cm
Date of Birth 18-Oct-1984
AFL Debut 2003

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Player bio

A career in numbers

Jared Rivers made his AFL debut for Melbourne in 2003 and played 194 games, including 150 for Melbourne between 2003 and 2012 and 44 for Geelong between 2013 and 2015.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2015 was left back pocket. Across his recorded games, he averaged 5.0 marks and 12.3 disposals per game. His highest recorded season total was 125 marks, from 22 games in 2014 at an average of 5.7 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 13.75 per game in 2015. The largest total in those seasons is 295 disposals, recorded in 2006.

He won the Rising Star award in 2004.

Selected seasons: disposals
SeasonAppearancesTotalPer game
20062229513.41
20151216513.75
20142228512.95
About these season figures

Compared 11 recorded seasons with at least five appearances and disposals recorded for every included appearance. Regular-season and finals appearances are included. Rates are total divided by appearances; ties use unrounded rates. Ongoing seasons can change. This compares the player’s own seasons, not their rank against other players.

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Career and season figures include finals where played.

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Recent Games

-- Not recorded. Coverage varies by statistic.

Year Round Team Opponent Result Score Venue POS APOS
# D K HB M G B T HO I50 R50 CL CP UP CG FF FA CM M50 IM 1% BO GA TOG EFF MIN SC DT MG GBG CC SCL TO HTA HOW% HTA% SP CD1 CDL% CO1 COW% INT CBA% SOG SHACC% GACC% SI PA CBA KI KIPO KI% RC EK KE% MOL T50 APR D50P DMP AMP A50P Tagged
2015 20
Geelong GEE
Hawthorn vs HAW
L
85-121
MCG DEF CHB 25 10 4 6 4 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 92% 100% 110 55 44 129 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 -- 0 0% 0% 4 4 -- -- -- -- -- 4 100% 0 0 9.7 3 5 2 0 —
2015 15
Geelong GEE
North Melbourne @ NME
L
79-120
Marvel Stadium DEF CHB 25 11 4 7 7 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 2 10 2 0 2 1 0 6 10 0 0 90% 91% 115 67 61 107 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 7 -- 0 0% 0% 2 7 -- -- -- -- -- 4 100% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 —
2015 12
Geelong GEE
Melbourne vs MEL
L
89-113
GMHBA Stadium DEF BPL 25 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 80% 80% 104 42 36 215 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 100 1 0 5 -- 0 0% 0% 3 8 -- -- -- -- -- 5 83.3% 0 0 5.4 4 4 1 0 —
2015 11
Geelong GEE
Port Adelaide @ PTA
W
92-69
Adelaide Oval DEF BPL 25 16 13 3 5 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 4 10 3 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 96% 69% 127 69 70 188 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 9 -- 0 0% 0% 2 7 -- -- -- -- -- 9 69.2% 0 0 9.3 5 3 5 1 —
2015 10
Geelong GEE
Essendon @ ESS
W
122-53
Marvel Stadium DEF BPL 25 18 11 7 8 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 7 11 3 1 2 2 0 3 5 0 0 81% 78% 98 80 70 123 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 9 -- 0 0% 0% 3 2 -- -- -- -- -- 9 81.8% 0 0 6.6 13 2 3 0 —
Latest 5 of 194 career games

Games

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Grand Final

Grand Final Sat 26 Sep FINAL
Fremantle FRE
89–96
Brisbane Lions BRI
M.C.G.
AFLW
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
Geelong GEE
52–56
Melbourne MEL
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
North Melbourne NTH
49–13
Carlton CAR
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Sydney SYD
—–—
Western Bulldogs WBD
Henson Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Gold Coast GCS
—–—
Hawthorn HAW
People First Stadium
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