Jarryd Roughead

Jarryd Roughhead playing for Hawthorn during the 2007 AFL Season
Personal information
Birth	23 January 1987(1987-01-23), Leongatha, Victoria (Australia)
Recruited from	Gippsland Power
Height and weight	193cm / 102kg
Playing career¹
Debut	2005, Hawthorn vs. Essendon Bombers, at MCG
Team(s)	Hawthorn (2005–) 102 games, 184 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2005 AFL Premiership player 2008

Jarryd Roughead was selected by Hawthorn in the 2004 Draft at no.2 as a key Centre Half Forward/Centre Half Back prospect. In his 4 years at Hawthorn he has shown he has strong hands and is good at reading play. Received a Rising Star nomination in his first year round 19. He was recruited from Gippsland Power. In 2007, Roughead showed his true skills after scoring 40 goals in 22 games. Although inaccurately kicking 36 points at just 52.6 percent in 2007, Roughhead showed he could hold down a key forward position. So far in his career Roughhead has shown he has tremendous athletic capapbility with a huge leap. 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

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[edit] External links

• Jarryd Roughead profile on the Official AFL Website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• Jarryd Roughead's statistics from AFL Tables

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