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Sam Lalor
Samuel Lalor (LAW-lah, born 30 August 2006) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A powerful midfielder-forward, he was selected as the number-one pick in the 2024 AFL draft and made his debut in round 1 of the 2025 season.
Lalor was raised in the Victorian country town of Bacchus Marsh, 50 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. He is one of four children to father Steve and mother Caitlyn. He grew up supporting Collingwood.
Lalor played junior football with Bacchus Marsh Football Club in the Ballarat Football Netball League (BFNL). He attended St Patrick's College in Ballarat through year 10 in 2022, and played for the school's football team during that time.
In 2022, at the age of 15, Lalor debuted for the Greater Western Victoria Rebels in the Talent League. He co-captained Vic Country in the AFL Under 16 National Championships, and was named in the tournament's All-Australian Team.
In addition to football, Lalor was a highly talented junior cricketer, playing as a top order batter and specialising in limited-overs formats. He represented Victoria's Country region at the 2022/23 Under 17 National Championships and played with the Northcote Cricket Club Under 17s and for the club's fourth division team in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition that same summer. Lalor had previously played extensive first XI cricket with Bacchus Marsh in the Gisborne & District Cricket Association, including scoring a century in January 2022 at age 15. He quit cricket to focus on football mid-way through 2023.
In 2023 Lalor moved schools, taking up a sporting scholarship to board at Geelong Grammar School, where he played for the school's cricket and football teams in the Associated Public Schools competitions. Despite being a year younger than most of his teammates, Lalor was that year selected to represent Vic Country at the 2023 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he played two matches. During that year he hyperextended his knee, an injury which lasted into the early months of the 2024 junior football season. Lalor spent a week with the Western Bulldogs in the summer of 2023/24, as part of the AFL Academy Program.
Lalor was appointed the Rebels Talent League captain in 2024, but managed just four matches with side due to a range of injuries including to his hip, quad and ankle. A further injury, to his left hamstring injury ensured he missed his side's losing Talent League grand final against the Sandringham Dragons.
Lalor kicked three goals in each of Vic Country's final two matches of the 2024 AFL Under 18 Championships.
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Sam Lalor
Samuel Lalor (LAW-lah, born 30 August 2006) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A powerful midfielder-forward, he was selected as the number-one pick in the 2024 AFL draft and made his debut in round 1 of the 2025 season.
Lalor was raised in the Victorian country town of Bacchus Marsh, 50 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. He is one of four children to father Steve and mother Caitlyn. He grew up supporting Collingwood.
Lalor played junior football with Bacchus Marsh Football Club in the Ballarat Football Netball League (BFNL). He attended St Patrick's College in Ballarat through year 10 in 2022, and played for the school's football team during that time.
In 2022, at the age of 15, Lalor debuted for the Greater Western Victoria Rebels in the Talent League. He co-captained Vic Country in the AFL Under 16 National Championships, and was named in the tournament's All-Australian Team.
In addition to football, Lalor was a highly talented junior cricketer, playing as a top order batter and specialising in limited-overs formats. He represented Victoria's Country region at the 2022/23 Under 17 National Championships and played with the Northcote Cricket Club Under 17s and for the club's fourth division team in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition that same summer. Lalor had previously played extensive first XI cricket with Bacchus Marsh in the Gisborne & District Cricket Association, including scoring a century in January 2022 at age 15. He quit cricket to focus on football mid-way through 2023.
In 2023 Lalor moved schools, taking up a sporting scholarship to board at Geelong Grammar School, where he played for the school's cricket and football teams in the Associated Public Schools competitions. Despite being a year younger than most of his teammates, Lalor was that year selected to represent Vic Country at the 2023 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he played two matches. During that year he hyperextended his knee, an injury which lasted into the early months of the 2024 junior football season. Lalor spent a week with the Western Bulldogs in the summer of 2023/24, as part of the AFL Academy Program.
Lalor was appointed the Rebels Talent League captain in 2024, but managed just four matches with side due to a range of injuries including to his hip, quad and ankle. A further injury, to his left hamstring injury ensured he missed his side's losing Talent League grand final against the Sandringham Dragons.
Lalor kicked three goals in each of Vic Country's final two matches of the 2024 AFL Under 18 Championships.
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