Career
He was recruited from the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) with the seventh pick in the 2008 Pre-Season Draft, and made his debut for the club in round 15 of the 2009 season. Overall, since his debut McGinnity has played 43 games for West Coast, with an additional 27 for Claremont. McGinnity was born in Perth, Western Australia, on 18 February 1989, to Kevin and Delys (née Whittle) McGinnity.
McGinnity attended Trinity College in East Perth, and also played junior football for the Marist Junior Football Club.
He was recruited with the seventh in the 2008 Pre-Season Draft from the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL, and made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in 2009 against Street Kilda, playing 7 games in his debut year and 17 in 2010. In round one of the 2010 season, he was one of the Eagles" best, winning 24 disposals and kicking a goal.
In 2011 he has continued to play in a tagging role. In August 2011, McGinnity was fined A$2500 and suspended by the West Coast Eagles for one match after allegations that he had threatened to "rape" Ricky Petterd"s mother during the Eagles" round 21 match against Melbourne.
McGinnity is most remembered as the player Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell controversially took out of the game through a seemingly illegal shepherd during a National Association of Broadcasters Cup match in early 2009.
As a result, McGinnity was injured and was out of the side for 10 weeks. Foreign his part, Maxwell was initially suspended for four matches, but his club launched a successful appeal which saw Maxwell exonerated.
