Brent Renouf (born 3 May 1988 in

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) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the

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and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Early life

Renouf was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia's

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at an early age where he attended

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. He began playing Australian rules football for the Surfers Paradise Demons.

AFL career

Renouf was drafted with selection 24 in the

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from the

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and made his AFL début in round 12 of 2008. In his third game of senior football he was reported for striking Adam Selwood from the

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and suspended for two matches. His eighth AFL match was the

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and as part of the winning team, he received a

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. In December 2008, Renouf was arrested following a drunken incident on Burwood Road,

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, in which he climbed over two parked cars, breaking the windscreen of one. Police indicated he would be charged with criminal damage, the Hawthorn Football Club fined him $5,000 and suspended him for two matches. Renouf required a skin graft after falling into a fire at Surfers Paradise in December 2009. Due to injuries to Max Bailey, Simon Taylor and

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, Renouf took the job as number one ruckman for the 2010 season. In 2011 he had his

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removed after suffering an injury playing against Geelong in round 5. He was traded to Port Adelaide for pick 33 in the 2011 AFL Draft. At the end of 2013 he was delisted by Port, but was re-drafted in the rookie draft. He was delisted by the Power at the end of the 2014 season. Since his retirement, Renouf has spent time as a line coach for the

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Statistics

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Honours and achievmenets

Team * AFL premiership player ():

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Renouf, Brent 1988 births Living people VFL/AFL players born outside Australia Southport Australian Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Norwood Football Club players New Zealand players of Australian rules football Australian rules footballers from Queensland New Zealand emigrants to Australia One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players