Jeremy Finlayson


Jeremy Finlayson is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League.

Personal life

Finlayson was born in Culcairn, New South Wales into a family of Indigenous Australian descent. He grew up playing an array of sports including cricket, lawn bowls and tennis but mostly focused on Australian rules football. Finlayson played his junior football with the Culcairn Lions in the Hume Football League and made his senior debut for the club in 2012 at the age of 16. Later that year, he made the decision to move to Sydney to join the GWS Giants' academy program full time and increase his chances of being drafted into the AFL. The decision paid off at the 2014 AFL draft when the Giants drafted Finlayson with their 85th pick in the national draft. He attended Billabong High School while in Culcairn and completed his high school education at Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown.

AFL career

Finlayson made his debut in the draw against at Spotless Stadium in round fifteen of the 2017 season.