Jack Sinclair

Jack Sinclair (born 12 February 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) Early life Sinclair grew up supporting Carlton due to his father, but his maternal grandfather Bill Gleeson played for St. Kilda, a team he would ultimately join in 2015. Sinclair attended Scotch College with future St Kilda teammate Jack Billings. He grew up in the Melbourne suburbs of Kew East and Balwyn. During his time at Scotch he was closely mentored by past Copeland Trophy winner Barry Price. Sinclair was overlooked in his draft year 2013. He then spent 2014 playing for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup under 18 as an overage player and also played for Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) where he caught the eye of recruiters. Prior he played community football for Kew Comets in the Yarra Junior Football League,as well as school football for Scotch in the APS school sports competition. AFL career He was drafted by St Kilda with the first pick in the 2014 Rookie Draft. In his first years at the club, Sinclair was mentored by Jack Newnes. Of the mentoring, Sinclair stated that "being able to work with him on a wing, I’ve learned a lot from him....It’s been great having him around, just with little things like sitting in on my reviews and trying to help me out. I really look up to him. I think he’s a really good player.” Sinclair made his AFL debut in Round 1 of the 2015 AFL season against and played an impressive 18 games in his debut season. He would have also played finals in his debut year, however the Saints' missed the top eight on percentage only.