Robbie Tarrant
| Robbie Tarrant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Robert Tarrant | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1989 | ||
| Original team(s) | Bendigo Pioneers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 15, 2007 national draft | ||
| Height / weight | 196cm / 96kg | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | North Melbourne | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008– | North Melbourne | 84 (41) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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Robbie Tarrant (born 25 April 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of former Collingwood and Fremantle player, Chris Tarrant.[1][2]
Early career
Tarrant was born in Mildura, Victoria and is the younger brother of former Collingwood defender Chris Tarrant.[1] Tarrant originally played for South Mildura in the Sunraysia Football League and moved to Melbourne in 2005. After graduating from Xavier College in 2006, in 2007 he worked as a teller at Bendigo Bank in Bendigo as well as playing for the Bendigo Pioneers.[3]
AFL career
Tarrant was drafted by the Kangaroos Football Club with their first selection and fifteenth overall in the 2007 national draft.[4] He did not play any senior football in his first two years and he ultimately made his AFL debut in the thirty point loss against Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round 15, 2010.[5]
Tarrant's 2016 season was rewarded with the Syd Barker Medal as the club best and fairest.[6]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of round 9, 2016[7]
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | North Melbourne | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | North Melbourne | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 24 | 76 | 21 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 10.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| 2012 | North Melbourne | 25 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 112 | 55 | 167 | 57 | 24 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | North Melbourne | 25 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 78 | 54 | 132 | 58 | 15 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 10.2 | 4.5 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | North Melbourne | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | North Melbourne | 25 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 126 | 318 | 113 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 14.5 | 5.1 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | North Melbourne | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 46 | 142 | 55 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 15.8 | 6.1 | 1.4 |
| Career | 70 | 41 | 33 | 539 | 314 | 853 | 309 | 110 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 12.2 | 4.4 | 1.6 | ||
References
- 1 2 Robbie Tarrant's next text
- ↑ Fremantle rallies for a rare victory
- ↑ Standby for Tarrant
- ↑ Mangidis, Ricky (24 November 2014). "Drafted: 2007". NMFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bombers swing the axe". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ Bowen, Nick (7 October 2016). "North defender breaks through for maiden best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ "Robbie Tarrant". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
External links
- Robbie Tarrant's profile on the official website of the North Melbourne Football Club
- Robbie Tarrant's statistics from AFL Tables