29 Facts About Jade Rawlings

Jade Rawlings was born on 9 October 1977 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne Football Clubs.

Jade Rawlings served as the caretaker coach of the Richmond Football Club for 11 games in 2009, and served as the senior coach for Norwood in the SANFL since November 2020, becoming a premiership coach with the club in 2022.

Jade Rawlings racked up 116 games for the Hawks before going into a contractual dispute at the end of 2003.

Jade Rawlings was picked up at number 1 in the 2004 AFL Pre-season draft by the Western Bulldogs, who needed a tall forward, even though Rawlings was probably more at home in the backline.

On debut with his new club, in Round 1,2004, Jade Rawlings booted 7 goals.

In 2005 Jade Rawlings did not fare much better, his knee troubles ruling him out for the Bulldogs after Round 14 of that year.

Jade Rawlings soon got into internal disputes at the club and was traded to his third club, the Kangaroos.

Jade Rawlings joined his brother Brady at the Kangaroos and this was believed to be one of the reasons for moving to the club.

Jade Rawlings played most of the year in 2006 with the Tasmanian Devils Football Club in the VFL showing some good form.

For three seasons beginning in 2007 Jade Rawlings was an assistant coach at the Richmond Football Club, under senior coach Terry Wallace, as well as senior coach at Richmond's VFL affiliate club, the Coburg Tigers.

Jade Rawlings's first game as Richmond caretaker senior coach was a victory against the West Coast Eagles.

Jade Rawlings was dubbed "The Blade" because of 5 cuts he made to the lineup for his first game as caretaker senior coach, including veteran Joel Bowden.

Jade Rawlings then led Richmond to three wins, one draw and seven losses of the remaining eleven games left in the 2009 season, to finish Richmond in fifteenth place position on the ladder with a total of five wins, sixteen losses and one draw.

However on 25 August 2009, at the end of the 2009 season, the Richmond Football Club appointed Damien Hardwick as their senior coach and Jade Rawlings was not retained as Richmond Football Club senior coach for the 2010 season.

Jade Rawlings then left the Richmond Football Club at the end of the 2009 season.

Jade Rawlings was an assistant coach at the Brisbane Lions under senior coach Michael Voss for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

Jade Rawlings became an assistant coach in the role of the backline coach at Melbourne Football Club from the 2012 season.

On 28 September 2017, Jade Rawlings became senior coach of Casey Demons, Melbourne Football Club's reserves in the VFL League.

Jade Rawlings coached Casey Demons until midway through the 2019 season, before stepping down as senior coach of Casey Demons and being replaced by Sam Radford.

Jade Rawlings then returned back to Melbourne Football Club's AFL coaching panel as an assistant coach under senior coach Simon Goodwin.

Jade Rawlings then left Melbourne Football Club at the end of the 2019 season.

Jade Rawlings then became an assistant coach at North Melbourne Football Club under senior coach Rhyce Shaw for the 2020 season.

Jade Rawlings was then sacked by North Melbourne as an assistant coach at the end of the 2020 season.

On 5 November 2020, Jade Rawlings became the senior coach at Norwood Football Club in the SANFL.

In 2022, Jade Rawlings coached Norwood to their 31st SANFL premiership, winning a 1-point thriller against minor premiers North Adelaide.

In 2024, Jade Rawlings coached Norwood to a remarkable and worthy minor premiership, dominating most of the season by being on top of the ladder for the majority of the rounds.

Jade Rawlings was married to Samantha Richardson.

Jade Rawlings has a brother, Brady, who played for the North Melbourne Football Club.

Jade Rawlings plays cricket in Melbourne for the Burnley CYMS Cricket Club, alongside his brother-in-law, Andrew, whenever his football commitments allow.