Jarryd Roughead
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Roughead playing in April 2017.
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jarryd Roughead | ||
| Nickname(s) | Roughy, J-Rough | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Leongatha, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) |
Leongatha (GFL) Gippsland Power (TAC Cup) |
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| Draft | No. 2 (PP), 2004 national draft | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Ruckman / Forward | ||
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| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2005– | Hawthorn | 235 (498) | |
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015 |
 Australia
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 4, 2017.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2015.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jarryd Roughead (born 23 January 1987) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the captain of Hawthorn since the 2017 season.
Born in Leongatha in southern Gippsland, Roughead played for the Gippsland Power. After the under 18's season finished Roughead helped his local team, Leongatha win the WGLFL premiership.
Roughead is friends with Australian basketball players Joe Ingles and Patty Mills.
His cousin Jordan Roughead plays with the Western Bulldogs.
Drafted by Hawthorn with 2nd overall pick in the 2004 AFL Draft, Roughead and Lance Franklin were keys to Hawthorn rebuilding under new coach Alastair Clarkson.
He received an AFL Rising Star nomination in round 19, 2005.
In 2007, Roughead showed his true skills after scoring 40 goals in 22 games. Although kicking 36 points resulted in an accuracy of just 52.6 percent that year, Roughhead showed he could hold down a key forward position.
So far in his career Roughead has shown he has tremendous athletic capapbility with a huge leap and clean marking hands. In season 2008, Roughead fell under the radar of teams with all the focus on Lance Franklin. Roughead kicked 75 goals from 25 matches. Despite having the ability to go into defence, Roughead has become a regular Centre Half Forward for Hawthorn. In the 2008 Grand final Roughead struggled to get the ball at times but finished with a respectable 2 goals. Jarryd Roughead is well known for his consistent assists to other forwards and his endurance.
Roughead kicked a career high 8 goals against Carlton on the MCG during the 2009 season.
In 2011, Roughead played in the ruck and forward due to Hawthorn's injuries. In Round 12, against Geelong, Jarryd Roughead ruptured his Achilles tendon during the final quarter. Roughead was stretched off the ground and was ruled out for the remainder of the 2011 AFL season. He had kicked 16 goals for the season.
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