Kobe Mutch (born 18 March 1998) is a former professional
Australian rules football
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er who played for the
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their A ...
in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL) between 2017 and 2020. Mutch, who was named in the
2016 Under 18s All-Australian team, was selected by Essendon with their fourth selection and forty-second overall in the
2016 national draft. He spent the 2017 season in Essendon's
reserves team in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL), where he came second in Essendon's best and fairest. He made his senior debut in the thirty-six point loss to at
Etihad Stadium
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in round six of the 2018 season. On September 20, 2020, Essendon announced that Mutch would not be offered a contract for the 2021 season.
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1998 births
Living people
Essendon Football Club players
Bendigo Pioneers players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
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