Rohan Ahern (born 15 June 1988) is an Australian former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer who played NRL for the Sydney Roosters and Brisbane Broncos.

Playing career

A North St Josephs junior, he made his debut for the

Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...

in round 4 of the 2009 NRL season playing four games that year. An aspiring raw talent, he signed with the

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for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, he played two lower grade games for the Brisbane outfit before an

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(ACL) knee injury early in the season prevented him from playing for the remainder of the year. In October 2011, Ahern signed with

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and played for their feeder team the

Mackay Cutters The Mackay Cutters are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in Mackay, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the Queensland Cup in 2007, alongside th ...

in the

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. once again a season ending injury prevented him from playing the season and forced his retirement of the NRL.

Post playing

In 2012, Ahern undertook four-year Diesel Fitting Apprenticeship which he completed.Ahern now works as a Diesel Fitter.

References

External links

Sydney Roosters player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahern, Rohan 1988 births Living people Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players Newtown Jets NSW Cup players Norths Devils players Mackay Cutters players Rugby league locks Rugby league second-rows People educated at Padua College (Brisbane) Rugby league players from Brisbane