Troy Simmonds

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**Troy Simmonds**
Personal Info
Birth	July 13, 1978,
Recruited from	Box Hill Hawks
Playing Career¹
Debut	Round 9, May 22, 1999, Melbourne vs. Carlton, at Princes Park
Team(s)	Melbourne (1999-2001) 40 games, 7 goals Fremantle (2002-2004) 64 games, 59 goals Richmond (2005-) 32 games, 32 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 10, 2006 season
Career Highlights

Troy Simmonds (born July 13, 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who plays as a Ruckman for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.

1 Melbourne career
2 Fremantle career
3 Richmond career
4 External links

[edit] Melbourne career

Simmonds was first drafted by Melbourne in the 1999 Preseason Draft. He played only five 5 games in 1999 but then played 22 in 2000, including the Grand Final, during which he was carried from the field on a stretcher following a head-on charge by Essendon's Michael Long.

[edit] Fremantle career

In 2002 he was traded to Fremantle as part of a three way trade that included Daniel Bandy moving to the Western Bulldogs and Craig Ellis moving to Melbourne. This was seen as a chance for Simmonds to become Fremantle's main ruckman, as opposed to being Jeff White's understudy at Melbourne. In three seasons at Fremantle Simmonds played in 64 out of a possible 67 games, including Fremantle's first ever finals game in 2003.

[edit] Richmond career

At the end of the 2004 season, Simmonds was traded back to Victoria, again in a three way deal, with Heath Black returning to Fremantle, Aaron Fiora moving to St Kilda and Simmonds moving to Richmond. In a move surprising to many, Simmonds signed a five-year deal with the Tigers, as opposed to the usual two or three year contracts (however Simmonds accepted a reduced total payment in a trade-off for security at the one club). After a serviceable first year with Richmond, Simmonds has played some of the best football of his career in 2006 - taking several big marks and scoring several goals up forward.