Lachlan Blakiston


Lachlan Blakiston is an Australian [rules football|Australian rules footballer] who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

WAFL career

Blakiston played for the Cockburn Cobras in the Perth Football League prior to being picked up by South Fremantle in the West [Australian Football League#Other WAFL competitions|WAFL Reserves] in 2022. He moved to East Fremantle's reserves team in 2023, and by 2024 he was playing in their top side, averaging 16 disposals and over 33 hitouts a game.
Blakiston received attention during the AFL draft|2024 AFL draft period]. However, he was ultimately not selected by any AFL clubs during that time.

AFL career

Blakiston was selected by Essendon with pick 13 of the 2025 mid-season rookie draft. He made his debut against Geelong in round 14 of the 2025 AFL season.
In September of 2025, Blakiston signed a one-year contract extension to the end of 2026.

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2025 season.
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! 11 !! 1 !! 0 !! 54 !! 55 !! 109 !! 27 !! 14 !! 23 !! 0.1 !! 0.0 !! 4.9 !! 5.0 !! 9.9 !! 2.5 !! 1.3 !! 2.1 !! 0