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Chris Tarrant

Personal information
Birth	September 18, 1980 (1980-09-18) (age 27), Mildura, Victoria
Recruited from	South Mildura/Bendigo U18
Height/Weight	193cm / 94kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 3, April 11, 1998, Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs, at Optus Oval
Team(s)	Collingwood (1998-2006) 161 games, 299 goals Fremantle (2007-) 21 games, 33 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 22, 2007 season
Career highlights
2nd Collingwood best and fairest 2003 Collingwood leading goalkicker 2001, 2002 (equal), 2003, 2004, 2005 All-Australian 2003 AFL Mark of the Year 2003

Chris Tarrant (born September 18, 1980 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian rules football player for the Fremantle Football Club. He often plays in the full-forward position. Tarrant is noted for his spectacular high marking, athleticism and pace on a lead.

Tarrant originally played for South Mildura and moved to Bendigo in 1996 on an AFL scholarship. In his younger days he was a top basketballer, making the Victorian state Under-15s squad before deciding to concentrate on football.

Contents 1 Collingwood career 2 Fremantle career 3 Off Field Incidents 4 External links 5 References

Tarrant began his AFL career for the Collingwood Football Club in Round 3 of the 1998 Home-and-Away season, and did not get much ground time during the year. However, in the years to come, he would be Collingwood's main option to goal in a team recently bereft of major goalkickers.

In 2001 Tarrant took a spectacular mark against Melbourne that has gone down as one of the truly great grabs. He finished off that season with 53 goals; his second best goals tally.

His 2003 season was his best for Collingwood as he was an All-Australian forward playing all 22 games plus 3 finals. He ended up kicking 54 goals to top Collingwood's goalkicking, and won the 2003 Mark of the year for his high-flying mark against Geelong.

Hampered by knee problems in 2005, Tarrant was unable to show his full range of skills. Despite this, Tarrant finished with 36 goals from 17 games played to lead the Collingwood club in goalkicking for a fifth straight season.

In November 2005, Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse stated that Tarrant has gained strength in his legs after a successful recovery from post-season knee surgery. A big 2006 season was predicted from the enigmatic Tarrant, however this did not eventuate.

Honours bestowed upon Tarrant during his AFL career include All-Australian selection in 2003, 2nd place in the Collingwood Best and Fairest award (Copeland Trophy) in 2003, club leading goalkicker in 2001, 2002 (equal), 2003, 2004, 2005, and AFL Mark of the Year in 2003.

On October 13th, 2006, the final day of trade week and after being linked with several clubs - primarily the two Perth clubs West Coast and Fremantle, Tarrant was traded to the Fremantle Dockers in a deal that saw Paul Medhurst and Draft Selection #8 head to Collingwood. ^[1]

On being traded to the Dockers, Tarrant admitted he was rapt with the outcome, citing that Subiaco Oval, both Fremantle's and the West Coast Eagles home ground, would suit his style of play. He also thought that playing alongside Matthew Pavlich, a similar styled player, would be difficult for opposition defences. He also looked forward to a chance to play in the same team as his former schoolmate Dean Solomon, who was also traded to Fremantle.^[2]

Tarrant has been mainly used to work up on the ground and has racked up multiple possessions. He has also played as a second string forward in a forward line that depended much on Pavlich and Farmer

In August 2006, Tarrant and Collingwood teammate Ben Johnson were involved in a fight at a Port Melbourne nightclub. Johnson was charged with recklessly causing injury and unlawful assault and he accepted responsibility for the incident.^[3] Tarrant was not charged, but was fined $5000 by Collingwood for breaking the players code of conduct.^[4]

In June 2007, Tarrant was accused of showing his buttocks to a female patron of a Darwin nightclub in and punching the Federal ALP candidate for Division of Solomon, Damian Hale, after he confronted Tarrant about his behaviour. After the Fremantle Football Club took the unusual step of referring the matter to the AFL to investigate, they fined Tarrant $5000 and suspended him for three matches, with two matches suspended until the end 2008.^[5]

See also: List of Australian rules football incidents

• Chris Tarrant (footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

• Chris Tarrant (footballer) profile on the Official AFL Website of the Fremantle Football Club

1. ^ Davini, D;Fremantle secures Tarrant & Solomon; October 13, 2006;Retrieved on June 29, 2007
2. ^ Duffield, M; Move west new horizon for Tarrant; March 24, 2007; Retrieved on June 29, 2007
3. ^ Court orders Johnson to donate to charity; December 19, 2006;Retrieved on June 29, 2007
4. ^ Kate Uebergang; Ben Johnson to avoid court; November 21, 2006; Retrieved on June 29, 2007
5. ^ AAP;Tarrant banned, fined by Dockers; June 22, 2007; Retrieved on June 29, 2007

Fremantle Football Club – current squad

1 Webster • 2 J. Carr • 3 Schammer • 4 Hasleby • 6 Solomon • 7 Peake • 8 McManus • 9 M. Carr • 11 Headland • 12 O'Brien • 14 Grover • 15 Crowley • 16 Mundy • 17 Tarrant • 18 McPharlin • 21 Black • 22 Thornton • 24 Campbell • 25 Dodd • 27 Gilmore • 28 Murphy • 29 Pavlich • 30 Drum • 31 Sandilands • 32 Bell • 33 Farmer • 34 Warnock • 35 Ibbotson • 36 Browne • 37 Michael Johnson • 38 Smith* • 40 Foster • 41 Duffield • 43 Hayden •  Mark Johnson •  Bradley •  Palmer •  Hinkley •  Mayne • Coach: Harvey * denotes Rookie Listed players