Lloyd Meek
Australian rules footballer
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Lloyd Meek (born 22 April 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Fremantle Football Club.
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Meek in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lloyd Meek | ||
| Born | 22 April 1998 | ||
| Original team | Greater Western Victoria Rebels (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 69, 2017 national draft | ||
| Height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 109 kg (240 lb) | ||
| Position | Ruck | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2018–2022 | Fremantle | 15 (3) | |
| 2023– | Hawthorn | 70 (23) | |
| Total | 85 (26) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 8, 2026. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Early career
Originally from Mininera, a farming area west of Ballarat, where he attended Lake Bolac College and then Ballarat Grammar school. As a junior, Meek played for the SMW Rovers, the Greater Western Victoria Rebels in the TAC Cup Under 18s competition[1] and for Victoria Country in the 2017 AFL Under 18 Championships.[2] In 2017 he also played four games for North Ballarat Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3] Meek played for Fremantle's reserves team, Peel Thunder, in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) in 2018 and 2019.[4]
AFL career
He was recruited by Fremantle with their sixth selection, 69th overall, in the 2017 AFL draft.[3] He made his AFL debut against Melbourne in the opening round of the 2021 AFL season, his fourth season at the club.[5]
Meek was traded to Hawthorn at the end of the 2022 AFL season.[6]
Meek recorded a club record 58 hit-outs in round 7 of the 2025 AFL season against West Coast. He would break this record in round 17, recording 59 hit-outs against St Kilda.[7]
Statistics
Updated to the end of round 8, 2026.[8]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks | H/O |
Hit-outs |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | |||||
| 2021 | Fremantle | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 58 | 79 | 12 | 14 | 129 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 14.3 | 0 |
| 2022 | Fremantle | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 12 | 15 | 117 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 19.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | Hawthorn | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 108 | 154 | 36 | 58 | 288 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 18.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Hawthorn | 17 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 120 | 185 | 305 | 50 | 72 | 759 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 14.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 36.1 | 0 |
| 2025 | Hawthorn | 17 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 131 | 207 | 338 | 68 | 104 | 948 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 13.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 37.9 | 4 |
| 2026 | Hawthorn | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 51 | 90 | 21 | 26 | 184 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 11.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 23.0 | |
| Career | 85 | 26 | 17 | 383 | 652 | 1035 | 199 | 289 | 2425 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 28.5 | 4 | ||
