Robbie Tarrant | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Robbie Tarrant | ||
Date of birth | 25 April 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Mildura, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | South Mildura (Vic)/Bendigo Pioneers/Xavier College | ||
Draft | No. 15, 2007 national draft | ||
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Key defender | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2008–2021 | North Melbourne | 174 (44) | |
2022–2023 | Richmond | 20 (0) | |
Total | 194 (44) | ||
International team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2017 | Australia | 2 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Robbie Tarrant (born 25 April 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the North Melbourne Football Club. He is the younger brother of former Collingwood and Fremantle player, Chris Tarrant. [1] [2] Tarrant announced his immediate retirement on July 13, 2023
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]
Tarrant was drafted by North Melbourne 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]
In September 2021, Tarrant declared his intention to exercise his options as a free agent, with media sources reporting that he was set to sign a two-year deal with Richmond. [7] He was ultimately traded on 8 October. [8]
Robbie Tarrant announced retirement on Thursday 13th of July in 2023 after battling with injury.
He played a total of 194 games and kicked 44 goals for both North Melbourne and Richmond.
Updated to the end of 2023. [9]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
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 | 0 |
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 | 0 |
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 | 0 |
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 | 0 |
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 | 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 | 0 |
2016 | North Melbourne | 25 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 246 | 128 | 374 | 145 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 5.6 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 1 |
2017 | North Melbourne | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 229 | 144 | 373 | 131 | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 17.8 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 0 |
2018 | North Melbourne | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 225 | 115 | 340 | 130 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 5.5 | 16.2 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 2 |
2019 | North Melbourne | 25 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 116 | 347 | 137 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 15.8 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 2 |
2020 | North Melbourne | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 72 | 250 | 68 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 4.5 | 15.6 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0 |
2021 | North Melbourne | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 41 | 145 | 67 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 0 |
2022 | Richmond | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 82 | 197 | 89 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0 |
2023 | Richmond | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Career | 194 | 44 | 35 | 1771 | 966 | 2737 | 1021 | 319 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 5 |
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