49 Facts About Jason Castagna

Jason Castagna is a former professional Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Jason Castagna spent his teenage years in Kangaroo Ground, 26 kilometres north-east of Melbourne.

Jason Castagna played junior club football with Warrandyte and played high school football at Marcellin College in Melbourne's east.

In 2013, Jason Castagna was selected to play with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup.

Jason Castagna played ten matches with an average of nine disposals per match.

Jason Castagna returned to the Knights in 2014, playing nine matches and averaging 17 disposals.

Jason Castagna represented the Victorian Metro side at the National Under-18 Championships in 2014.

Jason Castagna recorded an average of 14 disposals in five matches played that year.

Jason Castagna was drafted with Richmond's second pick and the 29th selection overall in the 2015 Rookie Draft.

Jason Castagna began the 2015 season playing as a rebounding defender with Richmond's reserves side in the VFL.

Jason Castagna was again promoted to the senior list in 2016, filling the last of the club's free senior list spots on the eve of the season.

Jason Castagna was named as an emergency in the club's round 6 match against Port Adelaide, but was called to play when wingman Kamdyn McIntosh withdrew due to injury Jason Castagna recorded 11 disposals on debut.

Jason Castagna played again the next week in a loss to Hawthorn but was dropped the following week.

Jason Castagna made his return to the side in round 16, playing as a forward and recording 19 disposals and his first two career goals.

Jason Castagna finished the season having played five games with an average of 14.8 disposals per game.

In March 2017, Jason Castagna was again upgraded to Richmond's senior list.

Jason Castagna was immediately impactful, playing in the club's round 1 victory against Carlton, kicking two goals and recording 20 disposals.

At the mid-season bye, Jason Castagna was one of only 11 players at Richmond to play all 11 matches to that point in the season.

Jason Castagna was equal third at the club for goals kicked that season and ranked 12th in the league for forward half pressure.

In round 18 Jason Castagna laid a career high nine tackles in the club's win over Greater Western Sydney.

Jason Castagna received the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 19 after kicking three goals and gathering 16 disposals in Richmond's 33-point win over the Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.

Jason Castagna was a member of Richmond's finals team in 2017, and kicked a goal in each of the club's three matches in the series including in a victorious Grand Final.

Jason Castagna finished the season a premiership player and having played in all 25 matches at senior level.

Jason Castagna entered the 2018 season having earned a permanent promotion to Richmond's senior list and signing a new two-year deal with the club.

Jason Castagna changed his guernsey number, moving up to the number 11 vacated by the de-listed Jake Batchelor at season's end.

Jason Castagna played in each of the club's two pre-season matches before lining up against Carlton in round 1 of the home and away season.

Jason Castagna attracted media attention in round 3 when he was incorrectly awarded a goal during a video umpire review only for the call to be reviewed a second time and the correct decision to be applied.

Jason Castagna attracted the coaches attention though, awarded two votes in the association's player of the year award after a three-goal performance.

In round 8 Jason Castagna suffered a hyper-extended knee in the final quarter of that match against North Melbourne but suffered no serious damage as a result.

Jason Castagna played the following week against West Coast but missed the club's round 10 match due to some later soreness that emerged as a result of that hyper-extension.

Jason Castagna missed a second match in round 11, before returning with a two-goal performance in the club's round 12 loss to Port Adelaide.

Jason Castagna improved his output in the final five matches of the season though, kicking a total of seven goals including two goals in a 17 disposal effort in round 23, his 50th career AFL match.

Jason Castagna finished 2018 having played 22 matches and kicking 26 goals.

Jason Castagna underwent a restricted pre-season training program in the lead up to the 2019 season, after suffering a minor ankle syndesmosis sprain in early January of that year.

Jason Castagna was unable to impact the scoreboard in the early part of the season, going goalless in each of his first three matches.

In round 5 Jason Castagna scored one goal, before adding three more in round 6's ANZAC Day eve win over Melbourne.

Jason Castagna played through the club's mid-season bye averaging 12 disposals a game and having kicked 11 goals in his 12 games to that point of the year.

Jason Castagna was exceptional in Richmond's second game back after the bye, taking a career-best 10 marks and kicking a career-best five goals including three in the first quarter as his side demolished Gold Coast by 92 points.

Jason Castagna closed out the regular season with seven goals in the final seven matches as well as posting 22 disposals in round 21's win over Carlton, his highest tally since his debut season and his most while playing as a forward.

Jason Castagna was prolific in the grand final, recording 20 disposals and six shots on goal in his side's 89-point victory that earned him a second premiership in three years.

Jason Castagna ultimately placed equal-tenth in the club's best and fairest count.

Jason Castagna featured in the pre-season series in March 2020, and was named by AFL Media as among Richmond's best players with a two-goal performance in the last of those two matches.

Jason Castagna kicked an equal team-high three goals in a round 1 win over Carlton when the season began a fortnight later, but under extraordinary conditions imposed on the league as a result of the rapid progression of the coronavirus pandemic into Australia.

Jason Castagna ranked second at Richmond with six goals to round 4 and kicked one more in round 5, before the club was relocated to the Gold Coast in response to a virus outbreak in Melbourne.

Jason Castagna kicked two goals and had seven marks in round 9's win over the Western Bulldogs, but one week later The Age labelled his output that season as "modest".

In round 14, Jason Castagna was named by AFL Media as among Richmond's best players in a win over West Coast, after recording 16 disposals and kicking one goal.

Jason Castagna kicked one more goal in the semi-final win over St Kilda a week later, before a quieter output against Port Adelaide in a victorious preliminary final one week later.

Jason Castagna became a three-time premiership player in the grand final the following week, kicking a goal in a third-quarter fightback as Richmond defeated Geelong by 31 points.

Jason Castagna plays as a versatile small forward with good marking abilities for his height, reliable offensive skills and is particularly adept at applying forward-half defensive pressure.