Lachlan Hosie (born 25 February 1997) is an

Australian rules footballer Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

who played for the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or colloquially the Roos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AF ...

in the

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(AFL). He was recruited by the

with the 5th draft pick in the 2019 AFL Midseason Rookie Draft.

Early football

Hosie played junior football for the

Henley Football Club The Henley Sharks Football Club is an Australian sports club headquartered in Henley Beach, South Australia. Established in 1899, Henley's main sports are Australian rules football and netball.South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

(SANFL), after missing out on selection at the

2015 AFL draft The 2015 Australian Football League draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2015 AFL season. Additions to each club's playi ...

. Before his selection at the mid-season draft, Hosie was leading the goalkicking count in the 2019 SANFL season.

AFL/later SANFL career

Hosie kicked 20 goals in 10 games for 's reserves team, but he struggled to break into the team. Hosie debuted in 's 33-point loss to in the 10th round of the

2020 AFL season The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featur ...

. On debut, he kicked two goals in the opening quarter. He also picked up 9 disposals, 2 tackles and a mark throughout the rest of the game. Hosie was delisted by at the end of the

after a mass delisting by which saw 11 players cut from the team's list. Hosie then returned to Adelaide to again play for Glenelg. He was selected to represent

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

against

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in their interstate match in 2021. Hosie won the Ken Farmer Medal in 2023 for kicking the most goals in the SANFL for the 2023 season.

AFL Statistics

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hosie, Lachlan 1997 births Living people North Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Glenelg Football Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen