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Luke Davies-Uniacke (born 8 June 1999) is a professional
Australian rules football 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 ...
er playing 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
Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...
(AFL). Davies-Uniacke won the
Syd Barker Medal The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Tr ...
in 2024.


Early life

Davies-Uniacke grew up in the seaside town of
Rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than o ...
and attended
Haileybury College Haileybury is a co-educational public school (fee-charging boarding and day school for 11- to 18-year-olds) located in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire. It is a member of the Rugby Group and enrols pupils at the 11+, 13+ and 16+ stages of edu ...
. He was widely touted as a junior, with his game-breaking stoppage ability and flashy kicking evident from an early age. He was described by Haileybury coach
Matthew Lloyd Matthew James Lloyd (born 16 April 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A highly decorated full-forward, Lloyd's AFL's honours include ...
as "the best junior ehad ever come across", and was touted as an early contender in the 2017 draft as a potential pick 1.


AFL career

Davies-Uniacke was drafted by North Melbourne with its first selection and fourth overall in the 2017 national draft. He made his debut in the sixteen point loss to at Cazaly's Stadium in the opening round of the 2018 season. Davies-Uniacke won North Melbourne's best and fairest award, the
Syd Barker Medal The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Tr ...
, in the 2024 season.


Statistics

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Honours and achievements

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Syd Barker Medal The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Tr ...
: 2024


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies-Uniacke, Luke 1999 births Living people People educated at Haileybury (Melbourne) North Melbourne Football Club players Dandenong Stingrays players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne People from Mornington Peninsula 21st-century Australian sportsmen People educated at Padua College (Melbourne)