A small and intelligent pressure forward, Jack Mahony was drafted by North Melbourne having played the bulk of his junior football in the midfield. With the clean hands and tackle pressure that comes to a natural midfielder, but the forward craft and goal-sense of an emerging forward, Mahony’s evolution as a player during his time at North Melbourne has seen him become and integral part of not just North’s forward line, but also its defensive structure.

North Melbourne debut: Round 4, 2020

2021: Mahony continued his development in his second season, overcoming an elbow knock that plagued him in pre-season to play 19 games for the season, establishing himself as one of the most influential members of David Noble’s young forward group.

He found the football far easier to come by this season registering 11 games where he hit double-digit disposals, often drifting into the midfield to add an extra number to release the ball.