Rohan Ahern

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Rohan Ahern
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Personal information
Full nameRohan Michael Ahern
Born (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 35)
Brisbane, Queensland Australia
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2009 Sydney Roosters 40000
Source: [1]

Rohan Ahern (born 15 June 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played NRL for the Sydney Roosters and Brisbane Broncos.

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Playing career

A North St Josephs junior, he made his debut for the Sydney Roosters in round 4 of the 2009 NRL season playing four games that year. An aspiring raw talent, he signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, he played two lower grade games for the Brisbane outfit before an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury early in the season prevented him from playing for the remainder of the year. [2]

In October 2011, Ahern signed with North Queensland Cowboys and played for their feeder team the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup. [3] once again a season ending injury prevented him from playing the season and forced his retirement of the NRL.

Post playing

In 2012, Ahern undertook four-year Diesel Fitting Apprenticeship which he completed.Ahern now works as a Diesel Fitter.

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References

  1. "Rohan Ahern – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
  2. "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
  3. "David Milne Signs With Cutters". Queensland Rugby League. Telstra BigPond. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.