Lloyd Meek

Lloyd Meek (born 22 April 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Fremantle Football Club.

Lloyd Meek
Meek in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Lloyd Meek
Date of birth	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 27)
Original team(s)	Greater Western Victoria Rebels (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 69, 2017 national draft
Height	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	109 kg (240 lb)
Position(s)	Ruck
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	17
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2018–2022	Fremantle	15 0(3)
2023–	Hawthorn	48 (17)
Total		63 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 12, 2025.
Career highlights
Peel Thunder best and fairest: 2022
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early career

Originally from Mininera, a farming area west of Ballarat, where he attended Lake Bolac College and then Ballarat Grammar school. As a junior, Meek played for the SMW Rovers, the Greater Western Victoria Rebels in the TAC Cup Under 18s competition^[1] and for Victoria Country in the 2017 AFL Under 18 Championships.^[2] In 2017 he also played four games for North Ballarat Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[3] Meek played for Fremantle's reserves team, Peel Thunder, in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) in 2018 and 2019.^[4]

AFL career

He was recruited by Fremantle with their sixth selection, 69th overall, in the 2017 AFL draft.^[3] He made his AFL debut against Melbourne in the opening round of the 2021 AFL season, his fourth season at the club.^[5]

Meek was traded to Hawthorn at the end of the 2022 AFL season.^[6]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 12, 2025^[7]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
2018	Fremantle	22	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	Fremantle	22	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020[a]	Fremantle	22	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	Fremantle	22	9	1	2	21	58	79	12	14	129	0.1	0.2	2.3	6.4	8.8	1.3	1.6	14.3
2022	Fremantle	22	6	2	0	26	43	69	12	15	117	0.3	0.0	4.3	7.2	11.5	2.0	2.5	19.5
2023	Hawthorn	17	16	3	2	46	108	154	36	58	288	0.2	0.1	2.9	6.8	9.6	2.3	3.6	18.0
2024	Hawthorn	17	21	8	6	120	185	305	50	72	759	0.4	0.3	5.7	8.8	14.5	2.4	3.4	36.1
2025	Hawthorn	17	11	6	2	49	94	143	17	40	391	0.6	0.2	4.5	8.6	13.0	1.6	3.6	35.6
Career			63	20	12	262	488	750	127	199	1684	0.3	0.2	4.2	7.8	11.9	2.0	3.2	26.7

Notes

1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

• McClelland Trophy (Hawthorn): 2024