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Nick Larkey

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Nick Larkey
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Nick Larkey (born 6 June 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by North Melbourne with their fourth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 national draft.[2] He made his debut against Essendon at Docklands Stadium in round eighteen of the 2017 season.[3]

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AFL career

Larkey was selected by North Melbourne with pick 73 in the 2016 AFL draft. Prior he played junior football for Hawthorn Citizens and Kew Comets in the YJFL, before progressing to Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup.[4]

In 2018 Larkey won the VFL's leading goal-kicker award, the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal, after kicking 41 goals across 17 matches with the North Melbourne reserves team in that competition.[5]

Larkey received a 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination in round 16 of the 2019 AFL season, for his five goal effort against St Kilda at Blundstone Arena.[6]

In 2021, Larkey replaced Ben Brown as North’s key forward, playing 22 games that season and leading the team’s goal kicking tally with 42 goals. He followed that up with 38 goals in 2022 and 71 in 2023, putting him in the top three goalkickers for that year.[7]

Larkey kicked a career high nine goals against the Gold Coast in the final round of 2023. His good form in that year was rewarded with a five-year contract extension to 2029.[8]

Larkey was named in the All-Australian team in 2023.[9]

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  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.
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