Rhan Hooper
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Hooper at a training session in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Rhan Hooper | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Charleville, Queensland | ||
| Original team(s) | Ipswich Eagles | ||
| Draft | 41st overall, 2005 AFL Draft 58th overall, 2009 AFL Draft |
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| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Utility | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2006–2009 | Brisbane Lions | 48 (49) | |
| 2010 | Hawthorn | 6 (7) | |
| Total | 54 (56) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Rhan Hooper (born 9 January 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who has played for the Brisbane Lions and the Hawthorn Hawks of the Australian Football League (AFL). An indigenous Australian with origins are from the Murri people his fast running and hard tackling were notable in the AFL.
Picked at number 41 in the 2005 National Draft by Brisbane, Hooper was recruited from Ipswich in Queensland and wore the number 33 Guernsey formerly worn by his idol, indigenous player Darryl White. Classified as a utility player, he had the ability to play many positions around the ground. Averaging over a goal a game he was most notable in the role of defensive forward and "goal sneak", sometimes also playing in the forward pocket or half forward. His pace, defensive and ballwinning abilities also saw him sometimes used on the ball or as a rebound defender.
Hooper was born in Charleville to indigenous Australian (Murri) parents whose ancestry is from the Kooma tribe, before later moving to Cunnamulla.
Hooper lived in Ipswich as a teenager and attended the Bundamba State Secondary College.
He spent some time in Melbourne in his late teens where he was first exposed to Aussie Rules by one of his sports coaches. He proved a talent and played some matches with the Dandenong Stingrays. Upon returning to Queensland he with the Ipswich Eagles where he first caught the eye of Brisbane Lions talent scouts. His dashes of blistering pace and ability to pick the ball up at full speed drew comparisons to the similar size and style of play of Melbourne Demons forward Aaron Davey, who had surprised the league a year earlier with the trailblazing defensive forward style.
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