Full name Mitchell Robinson Current club Brisbane Lions Height 1.85 m Career start 2009 | Height/Weight 185cm / 86 kg Name Mitch Robinson Weight 86 kg | |
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Date of birth (1989-06-07) 7 June 1989 (age 26) Draft No. 40, 2008 National Draft, Carlton Position(s) Midfielder / half Forward Role Australian Rules Footballer Original team Tasmanian Devils Football Club Profiles | ||
Mitch robinson cops the hairdryer treatment afl
Mitchell "Mitch" Robinson (born 7 June 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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Robinson is a midfielder/half-forward who played junior football in Tasmania. In 2008, as an eighteen-year-old, he played eleven games for the Tasmanian Devils Football Club in the Victorian Football League, as well as two games for the Lauderdale Football Club seniors in the Southern Football League, and one game for the Tassie Mariners in the TAC Cup. He featured prominently at the AFL Under 18s Championship, winning Hunter-Harrison Medal as the best player in Division Two of the competition. He was drafted by the Carlton Football Club with its 3rd round selection (No. 40 overall) in the 2008 AFL National Draft, and made his debut in Round 1, 2009 against Richmond at the M.C.G., scoring three goals.
Robinson played sporadically in the AFL in his first two seasons, playing 26 of 46 possible games for Carlton and spending the rest of the time with VFL-affiliate Northern Bullants. His breakthrough came in the 2011 season, when he won a regular place in the team, and became a key ball-winner in the midfield; at midseason, Herald Sun commentator Mark Robinson heralded him as the league's most improved player. He went on to finish seventh in the John Nicholls Medal count for the season, and was selected to represent Australia in the 2011 International Rules Series.
Robinson quickly became popular with Carlton fans for his hardness at the ball – often in apparent disregard for his own safety, to the point where his style is sometimes described as "kamikaze".
Robinson was involved in some off-field incidents during his time at Carlton. He was involved in a fight at the 2013 Big Day Out festival, and was fined $1,000 by the club as a result.
Robinson was delisted by Carlton after the 2014 season, having played 100 games for Carlton, after lying to the club about being involved in an incident with teammate Jeff Garlett. He was then signed as a delisted free agent by the Brisbane Lions. In 2015 he was the joint winner of the Merrett–Murray Medal as Brisbane's best and fairest, alongside Dayne Beams, Stefan Martin and Dayne Zorko.