Relton Roberts (born 1 March 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Born in

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, Roberts played for a number of teams, including the Arnhem Crows in the

Katherine District Football League The Big Rivers Australian Football League (formerly the Katherine District Football League) is an Australian rules football competition in the Northern Territory, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sover ...

(KDFL),

Wanderers Football Club The Wanderers Football Club, nicknamed, Eagles, is an Australian rules football club, currently playing in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL). The club was formed in 1916 as a founding member of the NTFL. It has produced Australi ...

in the

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-based

Northern Territory Football League The Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) is an Australian rules football semi-professional league operating in Darwin in the Northern Territory. The league is one of few (and the highest level) Australian Rules competitions played during ...

(NTFL),

NT Thunder Northern Territory Football Club, nicknamed NT Thunder, was a Northern Territory-based Australian rules football club that competed in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) between 2011 and 2019. It also competed in the VFL Women's ...

in the

Queensland Australian Football League The Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland, contested by clubs from South East Queensland. Previously known as the Queensland Football League (QFL), Queensland ...

(QAFL) and

Euroa Football Club The Euroa Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Magpies'', is an Australian rules football and netball club sited in the town of Euroa, in the north-east of Victoria. The club teams has competed in the Goulburn Valley Football League since ...

in the northern Victorian-based

Goulburn Valley Football Netball League The Goulburn Valley Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is a member of the Victorian Country Football League and has won the Victorian ...

(GVFL). Roberts was drafted by

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a ...

in the third round of the 2010 Rookie draft and made his senior AFL debut against

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in round 1 of the

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. He would play only once more for Richmond, when he was knocked outMorris, G. "Former Richmond rookie Relton Roberts to light up Top End", ''Northern Territory News'', 9 February 2011, p. 35. and after playing a handful of matches for Richmond's

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...

(VFL) affiliate

Coburg Football Club The Coburg Football Club, nicknamed the Coburg Lions, is an Australian rules football club based in Coburg, Victoria, Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It is based at Coburg C ...

, where he was in trouble for breaking a night curfew and warned for eating a hamburger before a match, Roberts returned to the Northern Territory, citing homesickness. Roberts began the 2010/11 NTFL season with Wanderers but was dropped to their reserves side after some poor performances before making a return to the senior side late in the season. Roberts was recruited for the 2012 season to Walla Walla Football Club in the southern

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based

Hume Football League The Hume Australian Football Netball League (HFNL), often shortened to Hume Football League, is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing twelve clubs based in the South West Slopes and southern Riverina regions of New South ...

.McNichol, A. "We of the Walla Walla", ''The Sunday Age'', 15 July 2012, p. 14 Sports supplement. In 2014, Roberts turned out for Ouyen United in the

Mallee Football League The Mallee Football League (MFL) was an Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The league comprised teams located in south eastern South Australia and one team (Murrayville) located in western Victoria. The football season ...

in north-west

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Relton 1986 births Living people Richmond Football Club players Euroa Football Club players Wanderers Football Club players Coburg Football Club players Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Northern Territory Football Club players Southern Districts Football Club players