westernbulldogs.com.au looks at Jack Macrae's by the numbers ahead of his milestone 50th game on Saturday against the Power.
1. Taken at selection six overall in the 2012 NAB AFL Draft, Macrae was the first of four players in his draft class to be taken from the TAC Cup premiership winning Oakleigh Chargers side (Jack Viney (MELB); Jason Ashby (ESS); Kristian Jaksch (GWS)), and one of five players taken from his high-school Carey Grammar (Nathan Hrovat (WB); Viney (MELB); Ashby (ESS); Jaksch (GWS))
2. Macrae shared his AFL debut (Round 4, 2013) with fellow first round selection Jake Stringer, collecting 16-disposals, four tackles and kicking one goal in the loss to Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
3. Since debuting in Round 4, 2013 against the Adelaide Crows, Macrae has missed just nine games on his way to reaching his 50th game milestone on Saturday.
4. Macrae received a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination in Round 8 of his debut season in 2013, for his 26-disposals, five marks and four-tackle performance against the Gold Coast Suns.
5. Macrae won the Chris Grant Best First Year Player Award in his debut season at the Kennel, and 12-months later was runner-up to Tom Liberatore in the Club’s Best & Fairest count.
6. Macrae’s career-high disposals in a match is 43, recorded against the Gold Coast Suns in Round 17, 2014.
7. At 19 years and 343 days of age, Macrae’s performance against the Suns in 2014 made him the youngest player in AFL history to amass 40 disposals or more in a senior game.
8. It took Macrae until his second season to break the 30 disposals in a game barrier, a feat he achieved eight times in the 2014 season. He has had 14 games of 30 disposals or more heading into his milestone match.
9. Macrae has polled 10-career Brownlow votes, including two best on ground, three-vote performances against Richmond (Round 3, 2014) and Gold Coast (Round 17, 2014)
10. It took Macrae five matches to experience his first victory in Bulldogs colours, a nine-point win over St Kilda. It was also the first match that all three of the Bulldogs 2012 first round draft selections – Macrae, Jake Stringer, Nathan Hrovat - played together.