Jared Rivers was born on 18 October 1984 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League.
16 Facts About Jared Rivers
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Jared Rivers attended Caritas College until Year 10 and Sacred Heart College Senior, Adelaide afterwards.
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Jared Rivers won a premiership with the club in 2000 at the age of 15, playing in the Spencer Gulf League.
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Jared Rivers was spotted by North Adelaide Football Club and began playing seniors under coach Darel Hart.
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Jared Rivers was considered as a potential top ten draft pick, and was selected to play for South Australia's Under 18 team in the National competition.
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Jared Rivers injured his wrist in the lead up to this match, but scouts from the Melbourne Demons nonetheless selected him as the 27th pick overall in the 2002 AFL draft.
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Jared Rivers played three games in his debut season, but was praised for his job on Port Adelaide's Warren Tredrea in his second match.
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Jared Rivers continued his good form throughout the season right until the Demons' loss to Essendon in the Elimination Final.
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Jared Rivers was suspended for two matches after striking Hawthorn's Ben Dixon.
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Jared Rivers returned to form the following season, becoming the premier defender of Melbourne Football Club, and playing his 50th career game against Port Adelaide at the MCG in Round 13.
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Jared Rivers was able to move forward on many occasions in the 2006 season, including the Queens Birthday Match when he kicked his first two goals in AFL football.
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Jared Rivers was injured at the beginning of the 2007 season, and had little time on the field, suffering from a potentially season-threatening groin injury.
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In 2008 Jared Rivers was injured again, with a torn abdominal against the Magpies in the annual Queens Birthday match.
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Two months after his retirement, Jared Rivers joined Collingwood's coaching staff as a development coach, replacing Craig McRae as part of a coaching restructure.
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Jared Rivers coached the VFL team until the end of the 2019 season.
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Unfortunately the grand final was not a nail biter compared to the semi and ultimately Collegians absolutely trounced St Kevins 130 - 45 with Jared Rivers steering Collegians to their 18th A Grade flag leading to redemption and making amends for 2022.