Rory Lobb (born 9 February 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the

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in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for and .

Early life

Lobb who came to football late after mainly focusing on basketball was taken with pick 29 in the 2013 national draft, and stands at 206 cm. Despite his height, he impressed many with his athletic ability while playing with

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in the

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(WAFL) in 2013 where he averaged twelve disposals, three marks and twenty-four hitouts.

AFL career

In round 12,

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, Lobb was selected by the Giants to make his debut against at Spotless Stadium. Starting on Essendon veteran

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, he joined the select few who kicked his first AFL goal with his first kick. In 2018, with the retirement of Shane Mumford straining GWS ruck options, Lobb was primarily used as the #1 ruckman. One of his standout games in the 2018 season came in round 15 against Hawthorn, where he kicked 3 goals in the first quarter. On the first day of the 2018 trade period, Lobb formally requested a trade to the Fremantle Dockers. He had previously met with both WA-based clubs to explore his options, with permission from GWS, despite being contracted for 2019. He was officially traded on 17 October to Fremantle. In 2019, after playing in both pre-season matches, Lobb made his debut for Fremantle in Round 1 against

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and kicked 2 goals. He went on to play 15 games in his first year at the Dockers, with foot and shoulder injuries affecting him. Lobb's contested marking ability has been a strong aspect of his game, and in 2020 he collected 37 contested marks (an average of 2.2 per game) which ranked him third overall in the league. Lobb kicked a career best five goal haul during Fremantle's eight point win over

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during round sixteen of the

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. At the end of the season he requested a trade to the and was traded on 12 October.

Statistics

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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

, , 37 , , 9 , , 6 , , 3 , , 39 , , 36 , , 75 , , 29 , , 29 , , 80 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 4.3 , , 4.0 , , 8.3 , , 3.2 , , 3.2 , , 8.9 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2016 , , 37 , , 24 , , 29 , , 16 , , 170 , , 114 , , 284 , , 111 , , 65 , , 158 , , 1.2 , , 0.7 , , 7.1 , , 4.8 , , 11.8 , , 4.6 , , 2.7 , , 6.6 , , 5 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, , 37 , , 20 , , 17 , , 8 , , 123 , , 105 , , 228 , , 86 , , 47 , , 221 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 6.2 , , 5.3 , , 11.4 , , 4.3 , , 2.4 , , 11.1 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, , 37 , , 19 , , 11 , , 10 , , 127 , , 55 , , 182 , , 60 , , 54 , , 394 , , 0.6 , , 0.5 , , 6.7 , , 2.9 , , 9.6 , , 3.2 , , 2.8 , , 20.7 , , 0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, , 37 , , 15 , , 13 , , 11 , , 119 , , 78 , , 197 , , 61 , , 24 , , 319 , , 0.9 , , 0.7 , , 7.9 , , 5.2 , , 13.1 , , 4.1 , , 1.6 , , 21.3 , , 1 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

, , 37 , , 17 , , 10 , , 6 , , 116 , , 57 , , 173 , , 63 , , 24 , , 156 , , 0.6 , , 0.4 , , 6.8 , , 3.4 , , 10.2 , , 3.7 , , 1.4 , , 9.2 , , 3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

, , 37 , , 13 , , 20 , , 19 , , 108 , , 60 , , 168 , , 73 , , 15 , , 54 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 8.3 , , 4.6 , , 12.9 , , 5.6 , , 1.2 , , 4.2 , , 7 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ...

, , 37 , , 9 , , 14 , , 8 , , 52 , , 49 , , 101 , , 31 , , 14 , , 88 , , 1.6 , , 0.9 , , 5.8 , , 5.4 , , 11.2 , , 3.4 , , 1.6 , , 9.8 , , TBA , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 128 ! 121 ! 81 ! 860 ! 561 ! 1421 ! 519 ! 277 ! 1473 ! 0.9 ! 0.6 ! 6.7 ! 4.4 ! 11.1 ! 4.1 ! 2.2 ! 11.5 ! 16 Notes

References

External links

* * 1995 births Living people Swan Districts Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Greater Western Sydney Giants players Fremantle Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub