Rohan J. Smith (born 28 June 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the

Port Adelaide Football Club Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, whilst its reserv ...

in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as th ...

(SANFL).

Port Adelaide (1985–1990)

Smith worked his way through the Port Adelaide's junior until he made seven senior appearances during the 1985 season. In 1986 Smith became a regular, first choice selection for Port Adelaide. During the 1989 National Draft, Smith was selected by the Sydney Swans, from

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...

, where he had been a member of premiership teams the years prior. The Swans selected him with pick 36. However he wouldn't play a senior game for the club.

St Kilda (1991)

The following year he was traded from Sydney to St Kilda, in return for pick 58 in the

1990 AFL Draft The 1990 AFL draft was the 5th annual draft of Australian rules footballers to the 14 clubs in the Australian Football League. It consisted of the national draft held at the end of the 1990 season, the pre-season draft held before the 1991 AFL ...

. He was already 24 when he made his debut and appeared in a total of three games for St Kilda, in the 1991 season.AFL Tables: Rohan Smith
/ref> His year with St Kilda was dogged by injury and returning to Adelaide he missed the 1990 SANFL Grand Final.

Port Adelaide (1992–1997)

After his stint with St Kilda, Smith returned to his original club and took part in a further four Port Adelaide premierships, in

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and

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. He finished his Port Adelaide career with exactly 250 SANFL games.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Rohan J 1966 births Australian rules footballers from South Australia St Kilda Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Port Adelaide Magpies players Living people