Tayte Pears is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er currently playing for Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 . He played his first game in round 4, 2008. He played as a forward in his early days and eventually played centre-half back at the age of 16. So far in his 2009 season, he has played the role of a key position defender taking on big dominant forwards such as Daniel Bradshaw

Daniel Bradshaw

Daniel Mark Bradshaw is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League....

, Jarryd Roughead

Jarryd Roughead

Jarryd Roughead is an Australian rules footballer playing for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Born in Leongatha in southern Gippsland, Roughead played Gippsland Power...

 and Justin Koschitzke

Justin Koschitzke

Justin Gregory Koschitzke is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Career overview:Recruited in the 2000 AFL Draft at pick number two, there were high expectations on Koschitzke from a young age...

. In round 13, Pears was nominated for the AFL Rising Star award while playing on Brendan Fevola

Brendan Fevola

Brendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League....

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