Tom Roach (footballer)

Thomas Roach
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-09-02) 2 September 1985
Original team(s)	Carey Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers
Draft	37th overall, 2003 National Draft (F/S)
Height / weight	184 cm / 78 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2004–2006	Richmond	11 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.

Thomas "Tom" Roach (born 2 September 1985) is an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Roach is the son of former Richmond champion Michael Roach and was drafted to the Richmond Football Club at pick 37 in the 2003 AFL Draft under the father-son rule. He was delisted by Richmond at the end of the 2006 season.

Roach, an on-baller, managed eight games in 2004, his debut season, but played just one game in 2005, mostly playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Richmond's affiliate Coburg. Despite solid form, he struggled to push for selection and managed just two senior games for the 2006 season, both against the West Coast Eagles. In these two games, he collected a total of fourteen possessions – 9 in round 3, and 5 in round 22. These two games took his career total of games to 11, as at the end of the 2006 season. In these 11 games, he had a total of 80 possessions.

At Richmond, Thomas wore the number 8 guernsey of his legendary father for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. The Tigers had hoped for his potential to develop, but after he had struggled to win a place in the senior side in 2006, they decided to delist him.

Thomas Roach grew up in Richmond, Victoria and played for Richmond Junior Football Club; he was the first and so far only AFL player to have played for RJFC. Which an award is named after him, for being the first AFL player. It is presented to a player in tackers who shows attributes of becoming an AFL player.

Roach played the 2007 season for the North Ballarat Football Club in the VFL.

He is currently playing football for the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and is a teacher by profession.

External links

Tom Roach's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
Tom Roach's statistics from AFL Tables

2003 AFL national draft

First round	1. Adam Cooney (PP) 2. Andrew Walker (PP) 3. Colin Sylvia (PP) 4. Farren Ray 5. Brock McLean 6. Kepler Bradley 7. Kane Tenace 8. Raphael Clarke 9. David Trotter 10. Ryley Dunn 11. Beau Waters 12. Ryan Murphy 13. Brent Stanton 14. Fergus Watts 15. Troy Chaplin 16. Josh Willoughby 17. Billy Morrison 18. Llane Spaanderman

Second round	19. David Mundy 20. Sam Butler 21. Alex Gilmour 22. Cameron Thurley 23. Matthew Moody 24. Chad Jones 25. Harry Miller 26. Daniel McConnell 27. Adam Campbell 28. Jay Nash 29. Tim Schmidt 30. Brad Symes 31. Joshua Krueger 32. Brayden Shaw (F/S) 33. Jed Adcock

Third round	34. Luke Peel 35. Brent Hall 36. Chris Johnson (F/S) 37. Tom Roach (F/S) 38. Mark Blake (F/S) 39. Robert Forster-Knight 40. Eddie Sansbury 41. Zac Dawson 42. Matthew Spencer 43. Brett Peake (F/S) 44. Ricky Dyson 45. Amon Buchanan 46. Michael Pettigrew 47. Andrew Erikson 48. Heath Shaw (F/S) 49. Tom Logan

Fourth round	50. Izaac Tomson 51. Matthew Ball 53. Daniel Jackson 55. Sam Fisher 56. Brent LeCras 57. Ricky Mott 58. Ben Hudson 59. Matthew Davis 60. Julian Rowe 61. Michael Rischitelli

Fifth round	63. Glen Bowyer 64. Shane Morrison 65. Craig Callaghan

Sixth round	69. Jordan Bannister 70. Brent Hartigan

Seventh round	72. Adrian Deluca 73. Shane Tuck

Eighth round	75. Stephen Kenna 76. Andrew Raines

Ninth round	79. Simon Fletcher

Tenth round	81. Kyle Archibald

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