Jarryd Roughead
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Jarryd Roughead is an Australian rules footballer playing for Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Born in Leongatha in southern Gippsland, Roughead played Gippsland Power. After the under 18 season finished Roughead helped his local team, Leongatha win the WGLFL premiership.

AFL career

Drafted by Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 with 2nd overall pick in the 2004 AFL Draft
2004 AFL Draft
The 2004 AFL Draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, and the elevation of rookies...

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Roughead and Lance Franklin
Lance Franklin
Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing...

  were keys to Hawthorn rebuilding under new coach Alastair Clarkson
Alastair Clarkson
Alastair Clarkson is a former Australian rules footballer and current coach of the Hawthorn Football Club.- North Melbourne :...

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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 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.

In 2011, Roughead played in the ruck and forward due to Hawthorns injuries. In Round 12, against Geelong, Jarryd Roughead ruptured his achilles during the final quarter. Roughead was stretched off the ground and is ruled out for the remainder of the 2011 AFL Season. Roughead had kicked 16 goals for the season.

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