Robbie Tarrant

Robbie Tarrant (born 25 April 1989) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing 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]

Robbie Tarrant
Tarrant playing for North Melbourne in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Robert Tarrant
Date of birth (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989
Place of birth Mildura, Victoria
Original team(s) Bendigo Pioneers (TAC Cup)/Xavier College
Draft No. 15, 2007 national draft
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 25
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008– North Melbourne 148 (44)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Australia 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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 No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2010 North Melbourne 252008715430.00.04.03.57.52.01.5
2011 North Melbourne 2571152247621190.10.17.43.410.93.02.7
2012 North Melbourne 251623161125516757241.41.07.03.410.43.61.5
2013 North Melbourne 25131615785413258151.21.26.04.210.24.51.2
2014 North Melbourne 25100123110.00.01.02.03.01.01.0
2015 North Melbourne 252210192126318113350.00.08.75.714.55.11.6
2016 North Melbourne 25901964614255130.00.110.75.115.86.11.4
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. Robbie Tarrant's next text
  2. Fremantle rallies for a rare victory
  3. Standby for Tarrant
  4. Mangidis, Ricky (24 November 2014). "Drafted: 2007". NMFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. "Bombers swing the axe". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. Bowen, Nick (7 October 2016). "North defender breaks through for maiden best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. "Robbie Tarrant". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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