Gary Rohan (born 7 June 1991) is an

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er who plays for the

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in the

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(AFL), having been initially drafted to the

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Junior career

Rohan participated in the

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program at Cobden. 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

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, 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". 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 with the previous pick.

AFL career

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

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. Rohan made his AFL debut in round 7 of the 2010 season, against reigning premiers,

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, at

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, where he had played much of his junior football with the Falcons. Rohan finished his debut season having played nine senior games for the Swans and kicking seven goals. 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

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, Rohan suffered a horrific leg injury in the opening minutes of Sydney's 36-point win over . This injury ruled him out for the 2012 season. Rohan played for the Swans in the

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and

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. In 2017, Rohan missed the first four matches due to ongoing injury concerns. In just his second game for the year, against the

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, he had a nasty fall and concussion and was out for two weeks. But his career took a good turn from there. Against the

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, he sealed the game with a right foot snap. But his biggest moment was in Round 14 against

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. 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

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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 minutes to play. Against the

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in Round 16, he had his best individual game, with 5 goals and 16 touches. Following the 2018 season, Rohan was traded to . He played in his third grand final in

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. In

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of the

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, Rohan kicked the winning goal after the siren to defeat the Western Bulldogs, thus becoming only the second player after

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to do so for two different AFL clubs. In

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, Rohan played in his fourth grand final and won his first premiership.

Personal life

Rohan and his ex-wife, Amie, had twin daughters, Bella and Willow, born on 12 April 2018. Willow died five hours after birth from

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. They welcomed their third daughter, Sadie Rose in March 2020.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL premiership player ():

* 2×

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* 2×

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohan, Gary Living people 1991 births Sydney Swans players Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiership players Geelong Falcons players Cobden Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Geelong One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players