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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Zach Tuohy | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1989 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ireland | ||
| Original team | Portlaoise GAA/Laois GAA | ||
| Draft | 73 (2010 AFL Rookie Draft)[2] | ||
| Height/Weight | 187 cm / 91 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfield, Half-back | ||
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| Current club | Carlton | ||
| Number | 42 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010–present | Carlton | 38 (8) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of Round 8 2013 season .
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Zach Tuohy (born 10 December 1989)[3] is an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. Tuohy previously played Gaelic football.
Tuohy began his sporting career as a Gaelic footballer at the Portlaoise club. He became a regular in Laois underage county sides.[4] He won a Leinster Minor Football Championship with them in 2007.
Tuohy attracted the attention of Australian rules football recruiters from the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League, a club based in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.[4] During 2009, Tuohy travelled to Melbourne to undergo a four-week trial with the club. The club was sufficiently impressed, and offered Tuohy an International Rookie contract.[5] This contract ensured Tuohy would be recruited by Carlton; he was then selected with the club's sixth round selection in the 2010 AFL rookie draft (#73 overall) as a formality.[6] Tuohy became the fourth Irish player to spend time on the Carlton list (and he would be only the second to play a senior game).
Tuohy began the 2010 season playing in the club's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Bullants. He developed as a tagger, and then as a rebounding half-back. He became noted for his long, accurate kicking, a trait he had also shown in Gaelic football, in which he was his county's designated kicker for 50m penalty kicks.[7] He was temporarily elevated to the senior list in place of the injured Luke Mitchell in early 2011,[8] and he made his AFL debut in Round 11 against Port Adelaide.[9] He played eleven games for the season, and represented Ireland[10] in the 2011 International Rules Series.
References [edit]
- ^ Carlton Blues Rookie player list
- ^ Carlton Football Club 2010 Rookie Draftees
- ^ Carlton Blues Rookie player list
- ^ a b "Laois continue to feel pinch as Tuohy embarks on 'Rules' trial". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 7 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ (20 August 2009) Tuohy ten weeks from AFL move
- ^ Carlton Football Club 2010 Rookie Draftees
- ^ Robinson, Mark (13 June 2011). "Zach Tuohy bomb never in doubt, say Irish recruit's parents". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ de Bolfo, T., Irishman earns list elevation, 27 April 2011, Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Gill, Katrina (5 Jun 2011). "Blues star". Australian Football League. Retrieved 5 Jun 2011.
- ^ "Laois duo among four added to Irish IRS squad". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
External links [edit]
- Zach Tuohy's profile on the official website of the Carlton Football Club
- Zach Tuohy's statistics from AFL Tables
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