Jonathan O'Rourke (born 21 April 1994) is a former professional

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er who played for the

Greater Western Sydney Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Sydney Olympic Park, which represents the ...

and the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...

in the

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Junior career

O'Rourke was known as an inside midfielder with a hunger for contested football with good speed and endurance. A member of the

Calder Cannons The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the NAB League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was forme ...

, O'Rourke was awarded 2012 All Australian honours following the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships.

AFL career

Greater Western Sydney

O'Rourke was recruited by the club in the 2012 national draft, with pick 2. His rookie year was blighted by injuries with hamstring problems and a broken jaw. O'Rourke made his debut in round 16,

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, against at the

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. O'Rourke spent the early part of the 2014 season playing for the Giants in the

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(NEAFL). When he managed to break into the Giant's AFL team he strung together seven successive games before again injuring his hamstring to miss the last game of the season.

Hawthorn

At the end of the 2014 season, he requested a trade back to

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. He nominated as his club of choice and he was officially traded to Hawthorn in October. O'Rourke spent most of the 2015 season developing in the VFL, he didn't miss a game all season which was a change from being injury ridden at the Giants. O'Rourke's time since 2015 has been frustrated with a series of hamstring rated injuries. He missed the majority of 2017 with hamstring related injuries, injuring himself a week before the season then later on mid year. O'Rourke was delisted at the end of the 2018 season. He signed to play with the

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in the

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in 2019.

Personal life

Growing up, O'Rourke supported the

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. He cites

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and

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as being among his sporting heroes.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * VFL premiership player (): 2018 * Minor premiership ():

Individual * Under 18 All-Australian team:

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:ORourke, Jonathan 1994 births Living people Greater Western Sydney Giants players Hawthorn Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Calder Cannons players Box Hill Football Club players Preston Football Club (VFA) players