| Jaspa Fletcher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Fletcher in April 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jaspa Fletcher | ||
| Born | (2004-02-24)24 February 2004 (age 21) | ||
| Original teams | Sherwood Districts (QAFL) Coorparoo | ||
| Draft | No. 12 (F/S),2022 national draft | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Brisbane Lions | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2023– | Brisbane Lions | 65 (20) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of finals week 1, 2025. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jaspa Fletcher (born 24 February 2004) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer who plays for theBrisbane Lions. Fletcher, whose fatherAdrian also played for the Lions, was a part of Brisbane's2024 premiership and2025 wins.[1]
Fletcher was born inVictoria but moved toBrisbane at three years of age in late 2007 when his father,Adrian, accepted an assistant coaching role with theBrisbane Lions.[2] His father is a 231-game formerAFL player forGeelong (23),St Kilda (22),Brisbane Bears/Lions (107) andFremantle (79) and his mother, Narelle, is a 296-game formerWNBL player forCanberra,Melbourne,Perth andDandenong as well as anAustralian national team representative.[3]
Jaspa attendedBrisbane State High School throughout his upbringing[4] and initially played junior football forCoorparoo in the local Brisbane league before switching to theSherwood Districts in 2021 when his father was appointed head coach of the club.[5] While playing for Coorparoo at 12 years of age, he was invited to participate in theBrisbane Lions Academy. Fletcher made his senior debut for Sherwood Districts at 17 years of age in round 3 of the 2021 QAFL season and played bottom age U18 representative football for the Brisbane Lions academy team in theNAB League as well as for Queensland in the 2021AFL Under-19 Championships.[6]
In his final year of junior football, Fletcher captained both the Brisbane Lions academy and the Allies teams in their respective representative competitions and his efforts led to selection in the 2022 U18 All-Australian alongside fellow future Brisbane Lions father-son teammateWill Ashcroft.[7][8] The Brisbane Lions elected to match afather-son bid for Fletcher with pick 12 in the2022 AFL draft.[9]
Fletcher was selected to make his AFL debut for the Brisbane Lions in round 14 of the2023 AFL season against theSydney Swans at the Gabba and kicked a goal on debut.[10][11] He received aRising Star nomination in round 19 with 19 disposals and 8 marks againstGeelong.[12] A career-best three goals in Fletcher's first final againstPort Adelaide assisted the Lions to a home preliminary final. Fletcher played in the2023 Grand Final in just his first senior season, but the Lions narrowly lost toCollingwood.[13]
Fletcher was part of the Brisbane Lions2024 premiership winning team in just his second season in the AFL. Fletcher was among Brisbane's best, collecting 18 disposals and 7 marks againstSydney.[1]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
# | Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2023 | Brisbane Lions | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 102 | 63 | 165 | 65 | 17 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| 2024# | Brisbane Lions | 28 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 219 | 174 | 393 | 133 | 52 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 14.6 | 4.9 | 1.9 |
| 2025# | Brisbane Lions | 3 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 373 | 202 | 575 | 181 | 45 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.8 | 7.5 | 21.3 | 6.7 | 1.7 |
| Career | 68 | 20 | 16 | 694 | 439 | 1133 | 379 | 114 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 6.5 | 16.7 | 5.6 | 1.7 | ||
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