| Jai Serong | |
| Fullname: | Jai Serong |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 2003 |
| Originalteam: | Gippsland Power |
| Draftpick: | No. 53, 2021 national draft |
| Debutdate: | Round 21, 2022 |
| Debutstadium: | York Park, Launceston |
| Height: | 192 cm |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Position: | Key Defender |
| Guernsey: | 29 |
| Years1: | 2022– |
| Games Goals1: | 9 (1) |
| Statsend: | round 10, 2024 |
Jai Serong is a professional Australian Rules Football player who plays for as a midfielder or forward in the AFL.[1] He has also played for Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League. Jai is the younger brother of Caleb Serong, who currently plays for the .
Serong grew up on a dairy farm near the Victorian country town of Inverloch before his family moved to Warragul. [2]
He was drafted with the 53rd selection in the 2021 AFL draft from Gippsland Power in the NAB League.
Jai made his debut in round 21 of the 2022 season when Hawthorn played the in Launceston. He played in the final three rounds of the season.
His 2023 season was delayed because of injury. He suffered pericarditis.[3] [4]
Updated to the end of round 10, 2024.[5] |-| 2022 || || 29| 3 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 6 || 13 || 5 || 5 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 2.3 || 2.0 || 4.3 || 1.7 || 1.7 || 0|-| 2023 || || 29| 2 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 6 || 21 || 8 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.5 || 3.0 || 10.5 || 4.0 || 1.5 || 0|-| 2024 || || 29| 4 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 18 || 34 || 10 || 9 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0 || 4.5 || 8.5 || 2.5 || 2.3 |||- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 9 !! 1 !! 0 !! 38 !! 30 !! 68 !! 23 !! 17 !! 0.1 !! 0.0 !! 4.2 !! 3.3 !! 7.6 !! 2.6 !! 1.9 !! 0|}