Toby McGrath

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Toby McGrath
Personal information
Full name Toby Jason McGrath
Date of birth (1980-10-11) 11 October 1980 (age 38)
Place of birth Northam, Western Australia
Original team(s) Kent Districts
Draft No. 12, 2000 Rookie Draft, West Coast
No. 57, 2002 Rookie Draft, Essendon
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Midfield, half-back flanker
Club information
Current club South Fremantle
Number 39
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1998–2001; 2004–12 South Fremantle 234 (107)
2000–01 West Coast 0 (0)
2002 Essendon (VFL) 12 (0)
2003 Bendigo Bombers 15 (?)
Total261 (107+)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2000; 2004–05; 2008–10 WAFL 6 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 22, 2011.
Career highlights

Toby Jason McGrath (born 11 October 1980) is an Australian rules footballer who played for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). He was rookie-listed with both the West Coast Eagles and Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL), but did not play a game for either club.

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South Fremantle Football Club

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Early career

McGrath was born in Northam, Western Australia. He has three brothers: Bradley, Cory and Ashley McGrath. Cory and Ashley both played in the AFL, for Carlton and the Brisbane Lions respectively. McGrath played junior football in Katanning before being recruited to South Fremantle in the WAFL, where he made his debut in 1994.

Northam, Western Australia Town in Western Australia

Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers, about 97 kilometres (60 mi) east-northeast of Perth in the Avon Valley. At the 2016 census, Northam had a population of 6,548. Northam is the largest town in the Avon region. It is also the largest inland town in the state not founded on mining.

Western Australia state in Australia

Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres, and the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. The state has about 2.6 million inhabitants – around 11 percent of the national total – of whom the vast majority live in the south-west corner, 79 per cent of the population living in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.

Cory McGrath is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Carlton and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL), South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and the Northern Bullants and Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

AFL career

McGrath had a brief taste of the professional Australian Football League, when he was recruited from South Fremantle to the West Coast Eagles’ rookie list. He was delisted after spending a year on their list without playing a game. He was then given another chance by the Essendon Football Club in 2002 & 2003, where he played with his brother Cory, although again did not manage to make his senior debut.

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Later WAFL career

He won the South Fremantle Football Club's Best & Fairest Award in 2004 and in 2005 he won both the Sandover, the WAFL’s prestigious best player award and Simpson Medal for the Best player in the Grand Final and was a member of South Fremantle’s premiership winning side. He represented WA on six occasions in 2000, 2004 and 2005, and was captain of the 2008 WA side that defeated Queensland in Townsville, 2009 and 2010.

The 2004 WAFL season was the 120th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League.

The 2005 WAFL season was the 121st season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League. It saw reigning premiers Subiaco’s third consecutive minor premiership, despite the loss of key forward Brad Smith to the West Coast Eagles and knee surgery. Thirty-year-old reserves spearhead Lachlan Oakley proved a perfect replacement and scored eighty goals in his only full season before moving to Victoria and playing with Parkdale Vultures in the VAFA. The Lions were widely tipped to finish the season undefeated with their perceived depth, discipline and motivation, but after suffering only two defeats in the home-and-away season, the Lions collapsed severely in the finals for South Fremantle to claim their first premiership since 1997. The premiership was a wonderful finalé for Toby McGrath, who retired for an army career after the 2004 season, but returned to WA in February and rejoined the Bulldogs to win both the Sandover and Simpson Medals.

The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award, given annually since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League. The award was donated by Alfred Sandover M.B.E., a prominent Perth hardware merchant and benefactor.

In 2008 he was appointed captain of South Fremantle and played his 150th game for the Bulldogs while also winning his second Best & Fairest award. [1] In 2009, he played in his fifth WAFL Grand Final [2] and captained South Fremantle to the WAFL premiership, his second after being a member of the 2005 team. [3] He played his 200th game for South Fremantle in the final round of the 2010 season. In 2011 Toby McGrath was named in South Fremantle’s Indigenous Team of The Century and he in 2012 was included in the WAFL’s Best 25 players of the Last 25 Years. [4]

The 2008 WAFL season was the 124th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League, and was completely dominated by Subiaco, who not only recorded their first hat-trick of premierships but achieved a dominance over the rest of the league unrivalled in a major Australian Rules league since Port Adelaide in the 1914 SAFL season. The Lions lost once to eventual Grand Final opponents Swan Districts by the narrowest possible margin, and were previously generally predicted to achieve an undefeated season, being rarely threatened in their twenty-one victories. They finished seven-and-a-half games clear of second-placed West Perth, and convincingly won the Grand Final after trailing early.

The 2010 WAFL season was the 126th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations. It was notable for the end of the 2000s Subiaco dynasty, with the Lions missing out on the finals for the first time since 1997 and also witnessed reigning premiers South Fremantle dropping to be ahead of only perennial stragglers Peel and Perth, who continued their disastrous record of the 2000s - Peel avoided the wooden spoon with three wins but recorded the second worst average points against in WAFL history behind only Perth in 1981. In contrast, Claremont, who had not won a premiership since 1996 and had been second last in both 2008 and 2009, rose to the top with only one loss and a draw until the closing home-and-away round, whilst Swan Districts, after suffering through severe financial difficulties and a long run of poor results on the field, ultimately won its eighth senior premiership in a thrilling Grand Final.

McGrath is employed as a fireman with the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia. [5] He has three brothers, Cory and Ashley who have both played in the AFL and Bradley. Marty McGrath and Dion Woods, who played for Richmond and Fremantle respectively, are both cousins. [6]

Ashley McGrath Australian footballer

Ashley Vernon McGrath is a retired indigenous Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Martin McGrath is an indigenous former Australian rules football player who played in the AFL in 2003 for the Richmond Football Club. He is the cousin of footballers Ashley, Toby and Cory McGrath.

Dion Woods is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2001 and 2005.

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References

  1. ↑ Riding The Bumps - McGrath hits 150;2008-04-16
  2. ↑ Clarke, Tim (20 September 2009) Losing a thing of the past for McGrath Archived 22 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Clarke, Tim (20 September 2009) Bulldogs tame the Lions in style Archived 11 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Bulldog McGrath’s 200th won’t be his last hurrah
  5. ↑ McGrath captains his way to 150 Archived 13 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine (16 April 2008)
  6. ↑ Cory McGrath profile at Essendon Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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