Sean Lemmens
| Sean Lemmens | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lemmens playing for Gold Coast in May 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sean Lemmens | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1994 | ||
| Original team(s) | Port Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 27, 2013 National Draft (Gold Coast) | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Medium Defender | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2014–2025 | Gold Coast | 148 (25) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015 | Indigenous All-Stars | 1 (0) | |
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Sean Lemmens (born 2 November 1994) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is of Indigenous Australian heritage.
Early career
[edit]Lemmens was born into a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Tiwi).[1] He began playing junior football for the Salisbury Football Club and moved to the Port Adelaide Magpies.[2] He progressed his way through the junior ranks at Port Adelaide before solidifying a reserves spot in the 2013. He debuted for the Magpies senior team in the final round of the 2013 SANFL season. He was also selected to represent South Australia in the 2013 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he was noticed by Gold Coast defensive coach, Dean Solomon.[3]
Leading into the 2013 AFL Draft, Lemmens was considered by some to be a rookie chance at best. He was drafted with the 27th pick in the 2013 National Draft by the Gold Coast Suns.[4]
AFL career
[edit]Lemmens made his senior debut for the Suns against Richmond in Round 1 of the 2014 season.[5]
Lemmens played 148 AFL matches for the Suns over 12 seasons, before retiring at the end of the 2025 AFL season.[6]
Statistics
[edit]- Statistics are correct to the end of 2024[7]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2014 | Gold Coast | 40 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 90 | 235 | 40 | 41 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 13.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 2015 | Gold Coast | 40 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 102 | 89 | 191 | 51 | 52 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | Gold Coast | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 93 | 76 | 169 | 43 | 30 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 13.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | Gold Coast | 23 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 124 | 122 | 246 | 48 | 60 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | Gold Coast | 23 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 65 | 48 | 113 | 22 | 37 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | Gold Coast | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 29 | 84 | 15 | 36 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 10.5 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| 2020[a] | Gold Coast | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Gold Coast | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 72 | 268 | 76 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 3.4 | 12.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | Gold Coast | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 59 | 243 | 79 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 3.0 | 12.2 | 4.0 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | Gold Coast | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 22 | 105 | 38 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | Gold Coast | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 12.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Career | 148 | 25 | 28 | 1100 | 639 | 1739 | 425 | 387 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 11.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
Notes
- ^ 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.
Personal life
[edit]Lemmens' partner is former Gold Coast teammate Izak Rankine's cousin[8] and Lemmens' daughter is Rankine's second niece.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gold Coast SUNS - Reconciliation Action Plan 2017-2019" (PDF), Goldcoastfc.com.au, 22 November 2017
- ^ "Young Magpie flies north", Portadelaidefc.com.au, 22 November 2013, archived from the original on 1 December 2013
- ^ Whiting, Michael (24 April 2014). "Sunshine spreading as Lemmens delivers ripple effect". AFL.com.au.
- ^ Homfray, Reece (21 November 2013), "Gold Coast take chance on Sean Lemmens", The Advertiser
- ^ Jackson, Ed (16 March 2014), "Suns shine in final term burst against stubborn Tigers", Canberra Times
- ^ "Suns champion, veteran defender announce retirements". afl.com.au. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Sean Lemmens". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "AFL.com.au's time inside the SUNS". Gold Coast Suns. 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Gold Coast Suns Izak Rankine and Sean Lemmens open up about stripping weight ahead of the 2020 AFL season". Gold Coast Bulletin. 22 January 2020.
External links
[edit]
- Sean Lemmens's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- Sean Lemmens's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Gold Coast Football Club players
- Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players
- Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- Tiwi Islands people
- 21st-century Indigenous Australian people
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen