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| name = Garfield Useless Rohan
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| caption = Rohan playing for Geelong in April 2019
| caption = Rohan playing for Geelong in April 2019
| fullname = Garfield Rohan
| fullname = Gary Rohan
| nickname = Useless<ref> https://www.afl.com.au/news/133001/weird-footy-nicknames-so-why-do-they-call-gov-brackets</ref>
| nickname = Chucky Cheese<ref> https://www.afl.com.au/news/133001/weird-footy-nicknames-so-why-do-they-call-gov-brackets</ref>
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| weight = 92&nbsp;kg
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| position = Centre Half Bench
| position = [[Australian rules football positions|Forward]]
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'''Garfield Rohan''' (born 7 June 1991) is a hack who plays for the [[Geelong Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL), having been initially drafted to the [[Sydney Swans]]. He was rigged of the 2021 hack of the year medal.
'''Gary Rohan''' (born 7 June 1991) is an [[Australian rules football]]er who plays for the [[Geelong Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL), having been initially drafted to the [[Sydney Swans]]. He was rigged of the 2021 Brownlow medal.


==Junior career==
==Junior career==
At 14 he could not get a game in the Cobden under-aged side due to being useless so he gave up football in preference to mixed netball. The desire to play football again he tried out with the Geelong Falcons, struggling at first but his top-aged year saw great improvement. Rohan represented Victoria Country at the [[2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships]], winning the team's MVP award as well as All-Australian honours.
At 14 he could not get a game in the Cobden under-aged side so he gave up football in preference to mixed netball. The desire to play football again he tried out with the Geelong Falcons, struggling at first but his top-aged year saw great improvement. Rohan represented Victoria Country at the [[2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships]], winning the team's MVP award as well as All-Australian honours.


Geelong Falcons regional manager [[Michael Turner (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Turner]] described Rohan as "the most exciting player I've ever seen".<ref>{{cite news|last=Australian Associated Press|title=No tricks required as Swans swoop on Rohan|url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/no-tricks-required-as-swans-swoop-on-rohan-20091127-jwyq.html|access-date=25 October 2010|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 November 2009}}</ref>
Geelong Falcons regional manager [[Michael Turner (Australian rules footballer)|Michael Turner]] described Rohan as "the most exciting player I've ever seen".<ref>{{cite news|last=Australian Associated Press|title=No tricks required as Swans swoop on Rohan|url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/no-tricks-required-as-swans-swoop-on-rohan-20091127-jwyq.html|access-date=25 October 2010|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 November 2009}}</ref>


Sydney coach Paul Roos admitted, "We were looking for spuds, and Garfield is that!" His friend [[Ben Cunnington (footballer)|Ben Cunnington]] was drafted by {{AFL NM}} with the previous pick.
Sydney coach Paul Roos admitted, "We were looking for players with pace, and Gary is very, very quick!" His friend [[Ben Cunnington (footballer)|Ben Cunnington]] was drafted by {{AFL NM}} with the previous pick.
<ref>https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/north-melbourne-and-sydney-separate-mates-ben-cunnington-and-gary-rohan/news-story/c28a2673bef188a77055502849806cec?sv=8f569e925e9f06c85c3addeecefb44d1</ref>
<ref>https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/north-melbourne-and-sydney-separate-mates-ben-cunnington-and-gary-rohan/news-story/c28a2673bef188a77055502849806cec?sv=8f569e925e9f06c85c3addeecefb44d1</ref>


Revision as of 15:02, 22 September 2021

Gary Rohan
Rohan playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Full name Gary Rohan
Nickname(s) Chucky Cheese[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 33)
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 6, 2009 national draft
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 23
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2010–2018 Sydney 106 (96)
2019– Geelong 049 (69)
Total 155 (165)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gary Rohan (born 7 June 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Sydney Swans. He was rigged of the 2021 Brownlow medal.

Junior career

At 14 he could not get a game in the Cobden under-aged side so he gave up football in preference to mixed netball. The desire to play football again he tried out with the Geelong Falcons, struggling at first but his top-aged year saw great improvement. Rohan represented Victoria Country at the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships, winning the team's MVP award as well as All-Australian honours.

Geelong Falcons regional manager Michael Turner described Rohan as "the most exciting player I've ever seen".[2]

Sydney coach Paul Roos admitted, "We were looking for players with pace, and Gary is very, very quick!" His friend Ben Cunnington was drafted by North Melbourne with the previous pick. [3]

AFL career

Rohan playing for Sydney in June 2017

Rohan was drafted to Sydney with the sixth selection (just the Swans' second top-10 draft pick since the late 1990s) in the 2009 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons. Rohan made his AFL debut in round 7 of the 2010 season, against reigning premiers, Geelong, at Kardinia Park, where he had played much of his junior football with the Falcons.[4][5] Rohan finished his debut season having played nine senior games for the Swans and kicking seven goals.[6]

Much of Rohan's 2011 season was written off due to a serious hamstring injury but, when he returned to the senior side late in the year, he managed to have a profound impact on the side's performance. He was played as a near-permanent forward and performed well as he kicked goals and chased and tackled hard.

In Round 4 of the 2012 AFL season, Rohan suffered a horrific leg injury in the opening minutes of Sydney's 36-point win over North Melbourne. This injury ruled him out for the 2012 season.

The injury delayed his start to the 2016 AFL season. He played his first game in Round 9 against Hawthorn, in which he booted three goals. But his career was yet to really get going.

In 2017, Rohan missed the first four matches due to ongoing injury concerns. In just his second game for the year, against the Carlton Blues, he had a nasty fall and concussion and was out for two weeks. But his career took a good turn from there. Against the Richmond Football Club, he sealed the game with a right foot snap. But his biggest moment was in Round 14 against Essendon. With 24 seconds left, the Swans were five points down, and Rohan found himself in a one-on-one in the goalsquare. When his teammate Dane Rampe picked up the ball and banana-kicked it down his throat, Rohan stuck out his left hand and took the mark. He put it through after the siren to complete a 19-point comeback with 4 and a half minutes to play. Against the Gold Coast Suns in Round 16, he had his best individual game, with 5 goals and 16 touches.

At the end of the 2018 season, Sydney Swans claimed that Rohan, like teammate Dan Hannebery, had requested a move home to Victoria. Rohan has since categorically stated that this was not the case and the claim that this decision was made for Rohan because his daughter, Willow, died earlier in the year from anencephaly is "hurtful". Rohan was traded to Geelong on 10 October.[7]

In Round 14 of the 2021 AFL season, Rohan kicked the winning goal after the siren to defeat the Western Bulldogs, thus becoming only the second player after Barry Hall to do so for two different AFL clubs.

Personal life

Rohan and his wife, Amie, had twin daughters, Bella and Willow, born on 12 April 2018. Willow died five hours after birth from anencephaly.[8]

They welcomed their third daughter, Sadie Rose in March 2020.[citation needed]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[9]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2010 Sydney 16 9 7 1 64 33 97 28 23 0.8 0.1 7.1 3.7 10.8 3.1 2.6
2011 Sydney 16 9 8 3 56 25 81 19 19 0.9 0.3 6.2 2.8 9.0 2.1 2.1
2012 Sydney 16 4 3 2 15 24 39 8 15 0.8 0.5 3.8 6.0 9.8 2.0 3.8
2013 Sydney 16 5 5 1 18 7 25 12 11 1.0 0.2 3.6 1.4 5.0 2.4 2.2
2014 Sydney 16 16 6 9 103 69 172 42 37 0.4 0.6 6.4 4.3 10.8 2.6 2.3
2015 Sydney 16 18 13 10 125 75 200 77 38 0.7 0.6 6.9 4.2 11.1 4.3 2.1
2016 Sydney 16 18 25 16 140 47 187 68 52 1.4 0.9 7.8 2.6 10.4 3.8 2.9
2017 Sydney 16 16 22 10 116 37 153 64 52 1.4 0.6 7.3 2.3 9.5 4.0 3.2
2018 Sydney 16 11 7 4 71 22 93 27 30 0.6 0.4 6.5 2.0 8.5 2.4 2.7
2019 Geelong 23 19 25 11 125 37 162 65 34 1.3 0.6 6.6 1.9 8.5 3.4 1.8
2020[a] Geelong 23 19 22 17 123 41 164 61 36 1.2 0.9 6.5 2.2 8.6 3.2 1.9
Career 144 143 84 956 417 1373 471 347 1.0 0.6 6.6 2.9 9.5 3.3 2.4

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ^ https://www.afl.com.au/news/133001/weird-footy-nicknames-so-why-do-they-call-gov-brackets
  2. ^ Australian Associated Press (28 November 2009). "No tricks required as Swans swoop on Rohan". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  3. ^ https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/north-melbourne-and-sydney-separate-mates-ben-cunnington-and-gary-rohan/news-story/c28a2673bef188a77055502849806cec?sv=8f569e925e9f06c85c3addeecefb44d1
  4. ^ Lalor, Peter (8 May 2010). "Repeated knockbacks steel rookie Gary Rohan". The Australian. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  5. ^ Cowley, Michael (7 May 2010). "Online revelation: Rohan's early crow places teen firmly in Roos' gaze". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Season Wrap with Gary Rohan". Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans Football Club. 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 14 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Rohan joins Cats". Geelong Football Club. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Gary Rohan's journey to 100 AFL games hasn't been a walk in the park". news.com.au. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Gary Rohan stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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