Tarryn Thomas
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales
Original team(s) North Launceston (TSL)/Prospect Hawks(TAS)
Draft No. 8, 2018 national draft
Debut Round 2, 2019, North Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions, at Marvel Stadium
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 26
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019– North Melbourne 69 (56)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tarryn Thomas (born 25 March 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Thomas was born in Sydney, New South Wales[1] into a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Kamilaroi and Lumaranatana).[2] He grew up playing rugby league and was identified as a junior prospect in the position of fullback,[3] which subsequently led to him joining the Penrith Panthers development academy.[4] At 12 years of age, Thomas relocated to Launceston, Tasmania, and began playing Australian rules football for the Prospect Hawks and eventually the North Launceston Bombers.[5]

He made history in 2016 when he was voted Tasmania's best under-16 and under-18 player at respective national championships in the same year.[6] Thomas was drafted by North Melbourne with their first selection and eighth overall in the 2018 national draft, after being part of North's Next Generation Academy (NGA).[7] He completed school at St Patrick's College, Launceston.

AFL career

Thomas made his debut as a late inclusion in North Melbourne's 21-point loss to the Brisbane Lions at Marvel Stadium in round 2, 2019.[8] Thomas had a career-best game in round 19 of the 2021 AFL season, where he kicked 4 goals and played a major part in the team's upset win over Carlton.[9]

In 2023, Thomas was charged with threatening to distribute an intimate image; he was later stood down by the club, although he has a court case on July 18, 2023, to contest the charge.[10][11] The charge was Thomas's second over the 2022–23 AFL off-season, after he was previously caught driving while his licence was suspended.[12] Additionally, in a now-deleted Instagram video posted by Thomas, he appeared to have his feet up on a Mercedes dashboard while driving.[13]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 season.[14]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2019 North Melbourne 2620161511412624047680.80.85.76.312.02.43.4
2020[lower-alpha 1] North Melbourne 266322423478190.30.34.03.87.81.33.2
2021 North Melbourne 2621241723314938296731.20.910.96.717.63.33.7
2022North Melbourne26 1022844512928280.20.28.44.512.92.82.8
Career 57 45 36 455 343 798 179 187 0.7 0.6 7.9 6.0 14.0 3.1 3.2

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ↑ "National Inclusion Carnival a hit in Tasmania". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "AFL Players' Indigenous Map 2020" (PDF). aflplayers.com.au. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Landsberger, Sam (20 November 2018). "The Tassie tough guy with a rugby league background". The Australian. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "There's no doubting Thomas". aflplayers.com.au. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "How Rising Star nominee Tarryn Thomas went from Penrith Panthers academy to North Melbourne". Foxsports.com.au. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Stubbs, Brett (5 July 2016). "Tarryn Thomas a natural AFL talent already being compared to the game's modern greats". The Mercury. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Bowen, Nick (23 November 2018). "Swings and roundabouts for Roos with bidding system". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Thomas to debut". NMFC.com.au. Telstra Media. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  9. ↑ Sutton, Ben (24 July 2021). "That's a wrap: Sev-Larkey special ends dismal Blues' finals hopes". AFL Media. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "North Melbourne's Tarryn Thomas charged by police". ABC News. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Exiled Roos star in hot water over deleted video". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "North Melbourne's hypocrisy is impossible to miss". www.sen.com.au. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Exiled Roos star in hot water over deleted video". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "Tarryn Thomas". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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