Reef McInnes (born 12 December 2002) 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

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

in the

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(AFL).

Junior and State Football

As a junior McInnes played for YJFL clubs Canterbury Cobras and Surrey Park Panthers. He became a member of Collingwood’s Next Generation Academy program, due to his mother being born in the

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. In 2019 Reef played for the

Oakleigh Chargers The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the Talent League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh, Victoria, representing the ...

and played 12 games and kicked 6 goals. McInnes played with future Collingwood teammates

Finlay Macrae Finlay Macrae (born 13 March 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who plays with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League. Finlay is the younger brother of player Jack Macrae, who formerly played for the Western Bulld ...

and

Trent Bianco Trent Bianco (born 20 January 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life and state football Bianco grew up in the Melbourne suburb Doncaster and atte ...

at the Oakleigh Chargers. McInnes played in the 2019 NAB League premiership with the Oakleigh Chargers. He also played for Scotch College alongside fellow

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draftees

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and

Maurice Rioli Jr Maurice Rioli, Jr. (born 1 September 2002) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) Early life, junior football and state-league football Rioli is the namesak ...

. He was unable to play any football during his draft year of 2020, due to the impact of the

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. Before being drafted, McInnes supported

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and his Grandfather sponsored Mark Thompson.

AFL career

Reef McInnes was selected at pick 23 for the Collingwood Magpies in the 2020 AFL national draft. In his first season with Collingwood he didn't get picked to play any games in the AFL. In

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McInnes got picked to play in round 3 against the

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. Reef played six games in the 2022 AFL season. In round 1 of the 2023 season McInnes was selected as medi-sub. When he came got subbed into the game he kicked two goals. In round 2 against

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he was the medi-sub again and got one disposal and kicked one goal. McInnes got dropped for round 3 and then got selected in round 4 against

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Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McInnes, Reef Living people 2002 births Collingwood Football Club players Oakleigh Chargers players People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne Australian people of Filipino descent Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 21st-century Australian sportsmen