Date of birth: 22/7/90
Height: 187cm
Weight: 79kg
Club: Gippsland/Orbost Snowy Rovers
Bio: A versatile medium forward/midfielder who can provide good run, Heyne is strong overhead with good goal sense. He is an AIS/AFL Academy graduate. From Orbost-Snowy Rovers FC.
Jason McCartney says: He single-handedly nearly won the game for Vic Country against Vic Metro in the first game of the under-18 championships. He was quiet in the first quarter, but after that he took a couple of massive hangers and kicked three or four goals. Nick plays predominantly as a wing/half-forward, but he can be very dangerous deep and has a great vertical leap as well as a good set of hands.
Stats:
| NAB AFL Under 18 Championships | ||||||||
| Team | Mt | K | HB | D | M | HO | T | G |
| Vic Country | 5 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 11.4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Draft Camp highlights: =7th standing vertical jump 69cm
=7th 20m sprint 2.91sec
In his own words
What sort of player are you?
I’m a wingman/full-forward type of player. I’m pretty quick on my feet and fairly strong in the air.
Strengths?
I like to think I’m a fairly good running player both ways.
Weaknesses?
Ground balls with two hands … I can tend to go at them with one hand every now and again.
Which AFL team do you support?
Kangaroos.
Which AFL player do you feel you most resemble?
Probably Andrew Embley from West Coast. He’s a tall wingman that runs pretty hard, so [he’s got] pretty similar attributes as well. I like to watch him mainly, so I try to base my game around his.
