Mitch Robinson

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Mitch Robinson
Personal information
Full name	Mitchell Robinson
Date of birth	(1989-06-07) 7 June 1989
Original team	Tasmanian Devils (VFL)
Draft	No. 40, 2008 National Draft, Carlton
Height/Weight	185cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder / half Forward
Club information
Current club	Carlton
Number	12
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2009–	Carlton	88 (52)
International team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2011	Australia	0
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.

Mitch Robinson (born 7 June 1989) is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.^[1]

Robinson is a midfielder/half-forward who played junior football in Tasmania. In 2008, as an eighteen-year-old, he played eleven games for the Tasmanian Devils Football Club in the Victorian Football League, as well as two games for the Lauderdale Football Club seniors in the Southern Football League, and one game for the Tassie Mariners in the TAC Cup. He featured prominently at the AFL Under-18s Championship, winning the award as the Hunter-Harrison Medal as the best player in Division Two of the competition. He was drafted by the Carlton Football Club with its 3rd round selection (No. 40 overall) in the 2008 AFL National Draft, and made his debut in Round 1, 2009 against Richmond at the M.C.G., scoring three goals.

Robinson played sporadically in the AFL in his first two seasons, playing 26 of 46 possible games for Carlton and spending the rest of the time with VFL-affiliate Northern Bullants.^[2] His breakthrough came in the 2011 season, when he won a regular place in the team, and became a key ball-winner in the midfield; at midseason, Herald Sun commentator Mark Robinson heralded him as the league's most improved player,^[3] and he went on to finish seventh in the John Nicholls Medal count for the season,^[4] and was selected to represent Australia in the 2011 International Rules Series.^[5]

Robinson quickly became popular with Carlton fans for his incredible hardness at the ball – often in apparent disregard for his own safety, to the point where his style is frequently described as "kamikaze".^[6]

References

↑ Mitch Robinson's statistics from AFL Tables
↑ "Mitch Robinson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 Jul 2011.
↑ Robinson, Mark (4 Jul 2011). "10 Things I Like". Herald Sun. Australia. Retrieved 4 Jul 2011.
↑ "Murphy wins his first John Nicholls Medal". Carlton Football Club. 4 Oct 2011. Retrieved 5 Oct 2011.
↑ Windley, Matt (14 October 2011). "Callan Ward named in Aussie squad". Herald Sun. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
↑ Walsh, Courtney (17 Jun 2011). "Mitch Robinson doesn't go half-hearted when approaching the ball". The Australian. Retrieved 4 Jul 2011.

External links

Mitch Robinson's profile on the official website of the Carlton Football Club
Mitch Robinson's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Craig Bird	Hunter Harrison Medal 2008	Succeeded by Dylan McNeil

Carlton Football Club – current squad

1 Walker
2 Menzel
3 Murphy (c)
4 Gibbs
5 Judd
6 Simpson (vc)
7 Buckley
8 Kreuzer
9 Lucas
10 Watson
11 Warnock
12 Robinson
13 Yarran
14 McLean
15 Docherty
16 Cripps
17 Rowe
18 Temay
19 Giles
20 Holman
21 Bootsma
23 Henderson
26 McInnes
27 Armfield
28 Bell
29 Scotland*
30 Waite
31 Reynolds*
32 Graham
33 Everitt
34 Duigan (ret.)
35 Curnow
36 Wood*
37 Cachia*
38 Garlett
39 Thomas
40 Jamison
41 Casboult
42 Tuohy
43 White
44 Carrazzo (vc)
45 Johnson*
46 Ellard
47 Sheehan*
48 Byrne*

Coach: Malthouse

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e Australian squad – 2011 International Rules Series

Captain: Green Douglas Frawley Gray Grigg Kelly King McGlynn McKenzie Milne Monfries Nahas Nicoski Patfull Robinson Shiels Smith Suckling Swallow ~~Sylvia~~ Trengove Vince Ward Wojcinski Wood Coach: Eade

v t e 2008 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Tyrone Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitchell Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)

Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Daniel Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Thomas Gillies 34. Liam Shiels

Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitchell Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nicholas Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle

Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden

Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage

Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

Persondata
Name	Robinson, Mitch
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	7 June 1989
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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