Trent Dumont

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Trent Dumont
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Dumont playing for North Melbourne in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Trent Dumont
Date of birth (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 28)
Original team(s) Norwood (SANFL)
Draft No. 30, 2013 National Draft, North Melbourne
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 43
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2014–2021 North Melbourne 113 (26)
2022– Port Adelaide 8 (2)
Total121 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 13 2022.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Trent Dumont (born 30 June 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is cousins with Duke Dumont.

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Early life

Dumont participated in the Auskick program at Cranbourne. [1] He went on to play with Norwood in the SANFL.

AFL Career

North Melbourne recruited Dumont with the 30th selection in the 2013 National Draft [2] from Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Dumont was one of Norwood's best players in their 2013 SANFL Grand Final premiership winning team. [3]

In 2015, Dumont managed to play a solid 8 games but didn't take part in the side's finals series.

Dumont was able to build on his second AFL season, playing 12 games of the 2016 season and cemented his spot in North's midfield towards the end of the year. Dumont also played in his first ever final against Adelaide in the elimination final at the Adelaide Oval. [4]

During the 2017 season, Dumont signed a two-year deal with North Melbourne after playing 20 senior games in his first 3 seasons. Dumont even stated that he wanted spend his entire career at the club. [5]

In October 2018, Dumont signed a contract extension locking him in at North until at least the end of 2021. [6]

Dumont was delisted by North following the 2021 AFL season, but was re-selected in the rookie draft by Port Adelaide in November 2021. [7]

Personal life

In October 2014, he was charged with one count of aggravated robbery. The alleged victim was a taxi driver called Malusi Hamilton Ketse, and the incident took place in a taxi in Adelaide. [8] He pleaded not guilty and was due to face a trial, scheduled in April 2016. This trial was aborted and rescheduled for January 2017, where prosecution withdrew all charges against him and his co-accused, Joshua Lomas. [9] [10]


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References

  1. ↑ AFL Record. Round 13, 2022. pg 46
  2. ↑ "Pick 30: Trent Dumont - NMFC.com.au". nmfc.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Capel, Andrew (13 November 2013). "What a difference a game makes for Norwood draft hopeful Trent Dumont". The Advertiser. Adelaide.
  4. ↑ "2016 Review: Dumont".
  5. ↑ "Trent Dumont re-signs".
  6. ↑ "Dumont re-signs".
  7. ↑ "Veteran defender, free-agent winger among four Roos culled".
  8. ↑ "Taxi robbery charges against AFL player Trent Dumont dropped". ABC News. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "North Melbourne AFL player Trent Dumont pleads not guilty to aggravated robbery of cabbie". The Adevertiser. 2 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Fewster, Sean (27 May 2015). "SA court sets April 2016 trial date for North Melbourne's Trent Dumont and his co-accused over alleged taxi driver robbery". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 1 August 2015.


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