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Jonathon Robran

Hawthorn and Essendon

AFL career

83 games9 goals

Debut
R1 1995 v BRB1 Apr 1995
Most recent
R22 2001 v RCH31 Aug 2001

Stats

2001
ESS
4
3.3
2.3
5.5
3.0
0.0
0.5
0.8
0.8
0.0
30
2000
ESS
4
7.5
5.3
12.8
3.3
0.5
0.8
1.3
0.0
0.3
51
1999
HAW
18
5.4
3.5
8.9
3.2
0.4
0.8
0.6
0.1
0.1
36
1998
HAW
18
7.3
4.1
11.4
3.3
0.7
0.6
0.9
0.1
0.1
44
1997
HAW
22
6.0
4.7
10.7
3.2
0.6
0.9
0.9
0.1
0.2
40
1996
HAW
7
3.7
2.0
5.7
2.3
0.4
1.1
0.9
0.0
0.0
23
1995
HAW
10
5.8
4.1
9.9
3.6
0.5
0.5
0.7
0.0
0.1
39
League
Season
RCH
MCG
R22
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0.0
5
STK
CS
R11
7
1
8
6
0
0
1
1
2.0
58
BRL
Gabba
R10
1
3
4
2
0
0
1
0
0.0
16
HAW
CS
R9
4
4
8
3
0
1
1
2
1.0
41

Profile

Born
21 Oct 1972 (age 54y 0d)
Height
196 cm
Weight
96 kg

Teams

Family

Arriving in the AFL with the weight of arguably South Australian football's most famous surname, Jonathon Robran—son of Legend Barrie and brother to Adelaide's Matthew—was recruited from Norwood to Hawthorn as a tall key position prospect. Primarily deployed as a key defender or relief ruckman, he became a regular fixture in the Hawks' backline during the mid-to-late 1990s, utilising his height to spoil opposition forwards without ever quite reaching the lofty expectations set by his pedigree. After being delisted by Hawthorn following the 1999 season, he was thrown a lifeline by Essendon in the pre-season draft to provide defensive depth for a squad entering its premiership window. However, Robran found it difficult to break into the Bombers' dominant 2000-era lineup, managing just a handful of senior appearances amidst a star-studded defence before departing the league at the end of 2001.