Full name Robert Tarrant Name Robbie Tarrant Education Xavier College Height/Weight 196cm / 96kg Height 1.96 m | Position(s) Defender Weight 96 kg Siblings Chris Tarrant Career start 2008 | |
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Date of birth (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 26) Draft #15, 2007 National Draft, North Melbourne Role Australian Rules Footballer Profiles | ||
Robbie tarrant unloads from fifty afl
Robbie Tarrant (born 25 April 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of former Collingwood and Fremantle player, Chris Tarrant.
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- Robbie tarrant unloads from fifty afl
- Robbie tarrant intercepts afl
- Early career
- AFL career
- Statistics
- References
Robbie tarrant intercepts afl
Early career
Tarrant was born in Mildura, Victoria and is the younger brother of former Collingwood defender Chris Tarrant. Tarrant originally played for South Mildura in the Sunraysia Football League and moved to Melbourne in 2005. After graduating from Xavier College in 2006, in 2007 he worked as a teller at Bendigo Bank in Bendigo as well as playing for the Bendigo Pioneers.
AFL career
Tarrant was drafted by the Kangaroos Football Club with their first selection and fifteenth overall in the 2007 national draft. He did not play any senior football in his first two years and he ultimately made his AFL debut in the thirty point loss against Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round 15, 2010.
Tarrant's 2016 season was rewarded with the Syd Barker Medal as the club best and fairest.