Robbie Tarrant

Robbie Tarrant
Tarrant playing for North Melbourne in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Robbie Tarrant
Date of birth (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Mildura, Victoria
Original team(s) South Mildura (Vic)/Bendigo Pioneers/Xavier College
Draft No. 15, 2007 national draft
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s) Key defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008–2021 North Melbourne 174 (44)
2022–2023 Richmond 20 (0)
Total 194 (44)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Australia 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robbie Tarrant (born 25 April 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the North Melbourne Football Club. He is the younger brother of former Collingwood and Fremantle player, Chris Tarrant.[1][2] Tarrant announced his immediate retirement on July 13, 2023

Early career

Tarrant was born in Mildura, Victoria and is the younger brother of former Collingwood defender Chris Tarrant.[1] 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.[3]

AFL career

Tarrant was drafted by North Melbourne with their first selection and fifteenth overall in the 2007 national draft.[4] 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.[5]

Tarrant's 2016 season was rewarded with the Syd Barker Medal as the club best and fairest.[6]

In September 2021, Tarrant declared his intention to exercise his options as a free agent, with media sources reporting that he was set to sign a two-year deal with Richmond.[7] He was ultimately traded on 8 October.[8]

Retirement

Robbie Tarrant announced retirement on Thursday 13th of July in 2023 after battling with injury.


He played a total of 194 games and kicked 44 goals for both North Melbourne and Richmond.

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2023.[9]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2010 North Melbourne 25 2 0 0 8 7 15 4 3 0.0 0.0 4.0 3.5 7.5 2.0 1.5 0
2011 North Melbourne 25 7 1 1 52 24 76 21 19 0.1 0.1 7.4 3.4 10.9 3.0 2.7 0
2012 North Melbourne 25 16 23 16 112 55 167 57 24 1.4 1.0 7.0 3.4 10.4 3.6 1.5 0
2013 North Melbourne 25 13 16 15 78 54 132 58 15 1.2 1.2 6.0 4.2 10.2 4.5 1.2 0
2014 North Melbourne 25 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 0
2015 North Melbourne 25 22 1 0 192 126 318 113 35 0.0 0.0 8.7 5.7 14.5 5.1 1.6 0
2016 North Melbourne 25 23 0 1 246 128 374 145 43 0.0 0.0 10.7 5.6 16.3 6.3 1.9 1
2017 North Melbourne 25 21 1 1 229 144 373 131 55 0.0 0.0 10.9 6.9 17.8 6.2 2.6 0
2018 North Melbourne 25 21 1 1 225 115 340 130 35 0.0 0.0 10.7 5.5 16.2 6.2 1.7 2
2019 North Melbourne 25 22 1 0 231 116 347 137 37 0.0 0.0 10.5 5.3 15.8 6.2 1.7 2
2020 North Melbourne 25 16 0 0 178 72 250 68 21 0.0 0.0 11.1 4.5 15.6 4.3 1.3 0
2021 North Melbourne 25 10 0 0 104 41 145 67 10 0.0 0.0 10.4 4.1 14.5 6.7 1.0 0
2022 Richmond 6 20 0 0 115 82 197 89 21 0.0 0.0 5.8 4.1 9.9 4.5 1.1 0
2023 Richmond 6 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
Career 194 44 35 1771 966 2737 1021 319 0.2 0.2 9.1 5.0 14.1 5.3 1.6 5

References

  1. ^ a b Robbie Tarrant's next text
  2. ^ Fremantle rallies for a rare victory
  3. ^ Standby for Tarrant
  4. ^ Mangidis, Ricky (24 November 2014). "Drafted: 2007". NMFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Bombers swing the axe". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. ^ Bowen, Nick (7 October 2016). "North defender breaks through for maiden best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Hardwick rapt to land free agent Tarrant". 20 September 2021.
  8. ^ @AFL_House (8 October 2021). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Robbie Tarrant". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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