Brent Renouf (born 3 May 1988 in

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) is a former

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player who played with the

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and

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in the

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Early life

Renouf was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia's Gold Coast at an early age where he attended

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. He began playing Australian rules football for the Surfers Paradise Demons.

AFL career

Renouf was drafted with selection 24 in the 2006 AFL Draft from the

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and made his AFL début in round 12 of 2008. In his third game of senior football he was reported for striking

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from the

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and suspended for two matches. His eighth AFL match was the

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and as part of the winning team, he received a premiership medallion. In December 2008, Renouf was arrested following a drunken incident on Burwood Road, Hawthorn, in which he climbed over two parked cars, breaking the windscreen of one. Police indicated he would be charged with criminal damage, the Hawthorn Football Club fined him $5,000 and suspended him for two matches. Renouf required a skin graft after falling into a fire at

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in December 2009. Due to injuries to Max Bailey, Simon Taylor and Wayde Skipper, Renouf took the job as number one ruckman for the 2010 season. In 2011 he had his

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removed after suffering an injury playing against Geelong in round 5. He was traded to Port Adelaide for pick 33 in the 2011 AFL Draft. At the end of 2013 he was delisted by Port, but was re-drafted in the rookie draft. He was delisted by the Power at the end of the 2014 season. Since his retirement, Renouf has spent time as a line coach for the Northern Territory Thunder.

Statistics

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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Honours and achievmenets

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Renouf, Brent 1988 births Living people VFL/AFL players born outside Australia Southport Australian Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club premiership players Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Norwood Football Club players New Zealand players of Australian rules football Australian rules footballers from the Gold Coast, Queensland New Zealand emigrants to Australia VFL/AFL premiership players 21st-century Australian sportsmen