39 Facts About Patrick Naish

Patrick Naish was born on 15 January 1999 and is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League.

Patrick Naish was drafted by Richmond with the 34th pick in the 2017 AFL national draft and made his debut for the club in round 12 of the 2019 season.

Patrick Naish was delisted by Richmond at the end of the 2021 season after failing to break into playing group.

Patrick Naish was signed by West Coast as a Supplementary Selection Period during the 2022 AFL pre-season.

Patrick Naish grew up in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and first represented Victoria at the Under 16 AFL championships in 2015.

In 2016 Patrick Naish began playing representative football with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup.

Patrick Naish was a member of the AFL Academy in 2016 before becoming just one of 30 players in his age group to join the more advanced program in 2017.

Patrick Naish earned selection to the Victorian Metro side at the 2017 AFL Under 18 Championships and was named in Metro's best players in three of his four matches, including against Victoria Country in June where he was among his side's best players with two goals, nine marks and 24 disposals.

Patrick Naish held an average of 21.8 disposals per game and led all players for average metres gained while playing wing and half-back.

Patrick Naish was noted pre-draft for his running ability and his kicking skills.

Patrick Naish completed only limited testing at the 2017 AFL draft combine after suffering a back spasm.

At various stages of his draft year Patrick Naish was projected by media outlets including ESPN as a top 20 pick in the 2017 draft.

Patrick Naish spent the early months of his AFL career building muscle to add to his slender frame.

Patrick Naish backed that up with a goal and 26 disposals the following week and a further 32 disposals the next match after that, earning selection as an AFL-level emergency in round 19.

Patrick Naish finished 2018 having failed to earn an AFL debut and instead played 20 games and kicked six goals with the club's reserves side in the VFL.

Patrick Naish was consistently among the club's best players at VFL level in the opening month of the season, regularly recording more than 25 disposals a game in his role at half-back and the wing.

Patrick Naish was at that time averaging 25.9 disposals per match in the VFL.

Patrick Naish was impressive in the role, kicking a goal and recording 20 disposals, five marks and five inside-50s.

Patrick Naish earned one more match at senior level, collecting 19 disposals in a performance AFL Media labelled admirable, before being dropped back to VFL level following the injury return of many of the club's veteran leaders after the mid-season bye.

Patrick Naish continued to excel in that role through the end of the home and away season, finishing the regular season as the reserves team's leader in total disposals, uncontested possessions and inside-50s and placing seventh in the VFL's league best and fairest count.

Patrick Naish added a two-goal haul in the preliminary final a fortnight later, as Richmond's reserves won through to that league's grand final.

Patrick Naish kicked one more goal in the Richmond VFL side that defeated Williamstown the following week, as the club won its first reserves grade premiership since 1997.

Patrick Naish finished 2019 having played two matches at AFL level, as well as winning a VFL premiership after 18 matches and 13 goals with the club's reserves side.

Patrick Naish was named by AFL Media as a potential replacement for the wing role left by the off-season departure of Brandon Ellis, and assumed the role in the club's first pre-season series match.

Patrick Naish was a non-playing emergency when the season resumed after an 11-week hiatus, playing an unofficial scratch match against Collingwood's reserves that same week due to AFL clubs' withdrawal from the VFL season.

Three matches into that stay, Patrick Naish was recalled to AFL level as a replacement for injured winger Josh Caddy in round 8's match against Greater Western Sydney.

Patrick Naish recorded nine disposals in the match, and was dropped from the senior side for round 9.

Patrick Naish played one AFL match that year, in what was another premiership-winning season for the club.

Patrick Naish began the 2021 season playing reserves grade football in VFL pre-season practice matches in March and into the start of the season proper in April.

Patrick Naish recorded one disposal in five percent game time and then another one disposal in 12 percent game time in the same role in round 8, replacing the injured Shane Edwards.

Patrick Naish was elevated to the starting 22 for round 9, and was listed by AFL Media as one of Richmond's best players after recording 15 disposals in that come-from-behind win over Greater Western Sydney.

Patrick Naish remained in the senior side for one further match, before a hamstring injury saw him left out of the round 11 team.

Patrick Naish held his place for one further match but was dropped from the club's senior side at the conclusion of round 17.

Patrick Naish remained at the lower level for the remainder of the year, finishing the season having played six AFL matches.

Patrick Naish was delisted by Richmond at season's end, after a four-year stint at the club that included nine AFL matches and three goals.

In March 2022, Patrick Naish signed with West Coast as part of the supplemental selection period, after unsuccessfully training for a list spot at St Kilda.

Patrick Naish made his Eagles debut in round 1 of the 2022 AFL season.

Patrick Naish was delisted by West Coast at the conclusion of the season.

Patrick Naish plays as a wing and half-back, notable for his running ability and long kicking.