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Luke Breust
Breust playing for Hawthorn in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Luke Breust
Nickname(s) Punky[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Temora, New South Wales
Original team(s) Temora (Farrer Football League)
Draft No. 47, 2009 rookie draft
Debut Round 8, 2011, Hawthorn vs. St Kilda, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 22
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009– Hawthorn 284 (529)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2020 All Stars 1 (2)
International team honours
2014–2015 Australia 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2024.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Luke Breust (born 11 November 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Breust is widely regarded as one of the best small forwards of all time.

Early career[edit]

Recruited from Temora, New South Wales, Breust played both rugby league and Australian rules football as a junior but turned his focus to Australian rules from age 14.[2] Breust played football and basketball with Isaac Smith in Temora before the latter moved to Wagga Wagga when he was 13, with both ending up at Hawthorn where they played together in the 2013 AFL Grand Final.

Before being drafted at the age of 18, Breust played as a member of the NSW/ACT Rams.

He was drafted by Hawthorn with selection 47 in the 2009 AFL Rookie Draft in December 2008. Breust fractured his left tibia during 2008, but after recovering from that injury he received an invitation to trial with the Hawks and was then selected in the draft.[3]

AFL career[edit]

In Round 8 of the 2011 AFL season, Breust made his debut against St Kilda after performing well for Hawthorn's affiliate side in the Victorian Football League, Box Hill.[4] He kicked 2 goals after coming on as a substitute. In Round 15 after a 2-goal, 16-possession game against Collingwood, he was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star Award.[5]

Breust improved more during the 2012 AFL season, particularly with his five-goal effort in Hawthorn's eight-goal win over Collingwood. He played predominantly as a forward, but had short bursts in the midfield throughout the year. Breust played in Hawthorn's losing Grand Final team. At the end of the year, he placed fourth in the Peter Crimmins Medal behind winner Sam Mitchell.

In 2013, Breust kicked a goal in the last quarter of the AFL Grand Final against the Fremantle Dockers to win his first AFL Premiership.

In 2014, Breust began a streak of 29 consecutive goals without scoring a behind, tying with the record set by Tony Lockett in the 1995 season. The streak began during the last quarter of Round 5 against the Geelong Cats and was broken in Round 17 against the Adelaide Crows.

In Round 21, 2017, Breust kicked his 300th career goal in a 27-point victory over North Melbourne. Breust was widely regarded as having a below average 2017 season, kicking only 33 goals, his second-lowest annual tally to that date, just surpassing the 30 goals in his debut season.[6]

Breust enjoyed a return to form in the 2018 season, with him kicking 53 goals, being a member of the All-Australian team for the second time, and finishing sixth in the Peter Crimmins Medal tally.[7][8]

Breust had a below-average 2019. Without tall marking targets around them, his combination in the forward line with Jack Gunston was seen as being rather ineffective, with the pair kicking just 60 goals between them, as opposed to 105 the previous season.[9]

On 18 February 2023, Breust was announced as co-vice captain of Hawthorn Football Club alongside fellow small forward Dylan Moore to support newly announced captain James Sicily.[10]

Round 12 2023 Breust kicked his 500th career goal in the brown and gold against Port Adelaide.

Statistics[edit]

Updated to the end of round 3, 2024.[11]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2009 Hawthorn 47 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
2010 Hawthorn 47 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
2011 Hawthorn 47 17 30 15 116 91 207 56 50 1.8 0.9 6.8 5.4 12.2 3.3 2.9 2
2012 Hawthorn 22 24 45 25 175 199 374 77 113 1.9 1.0 7.3 8.3 15.6 3.2 4.7 3
2013# Hawthorn 22 25 40 30 192 173 365 91 110 1.6 1.2 7.7 6.9 14.6 3.6 4.4 2
2014# Hawthorn 22 25 57 12 199 183 382 80 85 2.3 0.5 8.0 7.3 15.3 3.2 3.4 5
2015# Hawthorn 22 25 52 19 196 171 367 94 96 2.1 0.8 7.8 6.8 14.7 3.8 3.8 3
2016 Hawthorn 22 24 47 27 215 162 377 85 94 2.0 1.1 9.0 6.8 15.7 3.5 3.9 1
2017 Hawthorn 22 21 33 17 176 125 301 69 85 1.6 0.8 8.4 6.0 14.3 3.3 4.0 0
2018 Hawthorn 22 24 54 24 221 157 378 99 99 2.3 1.0 9.2 6.5 15.8 4.1 4.1 7
2019 Hawthorn 22 22 34 17 165 137 302 61 85 1.5 0.8 7.5 6.2 13.7 2.8 3.9 2
2020[a] Hawthorn 22 13 16 6 77 64 141 24 51 1.2 0.5 5.9 4.9 10.8 1.8 3.9 0
2021 Hawthorn 22 19 33 11 121 117 238 47 62 1.7 0.6 6.4 6.2 12.5 2.5 3.3 0
2022 Hawthorn 22 21 40 19 156 79 235 47 51 1.9 0.9 7.4 3.8 11.2 2.2 2.4 3
2023 Hawthorn 22 21 47 23 144 81 225 77 44 2.2 1.1 6.9 3.9 10.7 3.7 2.1 1
2024 Hawthorn 22 3 1 3 16 15 31 9 6 0.3 1.0 5.3 5.0 10.3 3.0 2.0
Career 284 529 248 2169 1754 3923 916 1031 1.9 0.9 7.6 6.2 13.8 3.2 3.6 28

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[edit]

Team

Individual

Personal life[edit]

Breust's partner is Anthea Pellow, a primary school teacher. He is the cousin of rugby league coach Trent Barrett.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Spangher, Matt (8 July 2014). "World Cup fever hits Waverley Park". Hawthorn Football Club.
  2. ^ Paton, Al (13 May 2011). "Rugby convert Luke Breust to debut for Hawks". Herald Sun.
  3. ^ Malone, Matt (16 December 2008). "Riverina Players Picked". The Daily Advertiser.
  4. ^ Malone, Matt (13 May 2011). "Living a dream". The Daily Advertiser.
  5. ^ Holmesby, Luke (5 July 2011). "Rising Hawk". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  6. ^ Paine, Jackson (8 September 2017). "Season review: Luke Breust". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  7. ^ Beveridge, Riley (27 August 2018). "Revealed: The All Australian squad for 2018". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  8. ^ Smith, Gordon P. (10 November 2018). "The comprehensive end-of-year review: Hawthorn Hawks". The Roar. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  9. ^ Meyers, H.B. (16 January 2020). "The Good, Bad and Ugly - Hawthorn Season Preview 2020". The Mongrel Punt. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Sicily to captain Hawks in 2023".
  11. ^ "Luke Breust's player profile at AFL Tables". AFL Tables.

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