Neville Jetta is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er for the Melbourne Football Club

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

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Jetta was drafted to Melbourne with the 51st selection in the 2008 AFL Draft

2008 AFL Draft

The 2008 AFL Draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2008/09 Australian Football League off-season. These were Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft...

. He had previously been playing with Swan Districts

Swan Districts Football Club

The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia...

 in the West Australian Football League

West Australian Football League

The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...

. In September 2008 he was awarded the Mel Whinnen

Mel Whinnen

Mel Whinnen is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth in the West Australian National Football League during the 1960s and 1970s. His 371 senior games for West Perth is a club record and also league record for any one club....

 Medal for being the best player in the Swans colts grand final win.

Both Jetta and fellow Melbourne draftee Jamie Bennell

Jamie Bennell

Jamie Bennell is an Australian rules footballer for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .He was selected by Melbourne in the third round at pick 35 in the 2008 National Draft...

 come from Bunbury

Bunbury, Western Australia

The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...

 and attended the same primary school. Jetta is the cousin of Lewis Jetta

Lewis Jetta

Lewis Jetta is an Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League .-Early career:Jetta played his junior football with Carey Park Junior Football Club, a Bunbury side in the South West Football League...

 of the Sydney Swans

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

 and also a distant cousin of Leroy Jetta

Leroy Jetta

Leroy Jetta is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.The speedy forward was drafted by the Bombers with the priority selection in the 2006 AFL Draft from South Fremantle...

, who plays for Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

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Jetta and Bennell were both named to make their AFL debuts together in the opening round of the 2009 AFL season

2009 AFL season

-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:...

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