Jason Horne-Francis

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Jason Horne-Francis
Jason Horne-Francis playing for Port Adelaide in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jason Luke Horne-Francis[1]
Born (2003-06-21) 21 June 2003 (age 22)
South Australia
Original team South Adelaide (SANFL) / Christies Beach (SFL)
Draft No. 1, 2021 AFL draft
Debut Round 1, 2022, North Melbourne vs. Hawthorn, at MCG
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 18
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2022 North Melbourne 17 (4)
2023– Port Adelaide 63 (57)
Total 80 (61)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2025 Indigenous All-Stars 1 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 18 2025.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jason Luke Horne-Francis (né Horne; born 21 June 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League, having been initially selected by the North Melbourne Football Club as the number one pick in the 2021 AFL draft.

Early life and junior football

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Horne-Francis was born in South Australia and raised in Adelaide. He was named the Most Valuable Player for South Australia when he captained the under-16 state team. He was also captain of the South Australian under-19 team,[2] during which he was named in the competition's All-Australian team. He commenced playing senior-level SANFL at the age of 17, and was named best on ground in the 2021 preliminary final.[3]

Horne-Francis played senior-level football for the South Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and the Christies Beach Football Club in the Southern Football League.[4][5]

AFL Career

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In late 2021, Horne-Francis was the first South Australian since Bryce Gibbs (2006) to be chosen as the first pick in the national draft[6] and just the third Indigenous player to be drafted with the first selection after Des Headland (1998) and Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (2020).[7][8] Upon joining the Kangaroos, Horne-Francis had the choice of numbers 6 and 18 for his jumper, and chose 6 because the number 18 was closely associated with club legend Wayne Carey, and Horne-Francis wanted to carve his own path.[6][9]

Horne-Francis played his first game in the AFL in the opening round of the 2022 season, having 13 disposals and kicking one goal on North Melbourne's narrow defeat to Hawthorn.[10] He was part of his first victory the following week in North's 15 point victory against West Coast.[11] In June of his first season, he was suspended by the league for two weeks for striking an opponent.[12]

In October 2022, Horne-Francis requested a trade to Port Adelaide, the second number one draft pick after Tom Boyd to request a trade after one season.[13] He was traded to Port Adelaide on 10 October,[14] signing a six-year deal keeping him at Port Adelaide until 2028[15]

Personal life

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Growing up, Horne-Francis supported the Fremantle Dockers.[16] He dropped out of school in year 11 to work at the Fleurieu Milk Company;[2] he credits this experience, as well as his stepfather's influence, with maturing him as a person.[17] Born Jason Horne, in 2021 he added the Francis name after his stepfather, former AFL player Fabian Francis.[18][19][2]

As an adult Horne-Francis learned that he had partial indigenous heritage through his biological father, whom he has no contact with.[20] This connects him to the Wardaman people in the Northern Territory.

Statistics

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Statistics correct to the end of Round 18 2025
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2022 North Melbourne 6 17 4 6 169 112 281 51 49 0.2 0.3 9.9 6.5 16.5 3.0 2.8 0
2023 Port Adelaide 18 24 16 12 268 154 422 78 69 0.7 0.5 11.2 6.4 17.6 3.3 2.9 16
2024 Port Adelaide 18 24 27 21 373 149 522 106 71 1.1 0.9 15.5 6.2 21.7 4.4 3.0 19
2025 Port Adelaide 18 15 14 13 201 112 313 62 44 0.9 0.9 13.4 7.5 20.9 4.1 2.9 10
Career 80 61 52 1011 527 1538 297 233 0.8 0.7 12.6 6.6 19.2 3.7 2.9 45

Honours

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Individual

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References

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  9. ^ Jason Horne Francis the morning after the draft (NAB AFL Draft, 2021) (video), North Melbourne Football Club, November 24, 2021. Accessed December 1, 2021.
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  18. ^ Twomey, Callum, A draft note, AFL.com.au, August 10, 2021.
  19. ^ Interview with 7 News Adelaide, November 24, 2021.
  20. ^ Thomas-Wilson, Simeon, "Port Adelaide star Jason Horne-Francis on his time at North, the crowd boos, lessons learnt and a new hobby", The Advertiser, March 16, 2024.
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