Gary Rohan

Rohan represented Victoria Country at the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships, winning the team's MVP award as well as All-Australian honours.

Geelong Falcons regional manager Michael Turner described Rohan as "the most exciting player I've ever seen".{{cite news|last=Australian Associated Press|title=No tricks required as Swans swoop on Rohan|url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/no-tricks-required-as-swans-swoop-on-rohan-20091127-jwyq.html|access-date=25 October 2010|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 November 2009}}

Sydney coach Paul Roos admitted, "We were looking for players with pace, and Gary is very, very quick!" His friend Ben Cunnington was drafted by {{AFL NM}} with the previous pick.[https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/north-melbourne-and-sydney-separate-mates-ben-cunnington-and-gary-rohan/news-story/c28a2673bef188a77055502849806cec?sv=8f569e925e9f06c85c3addeecefb44d1 Herald Sun] {{dead link|date=April 2023}}

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Rohan was drafted to Sydney with the sixth selection (just the Swans' second top-10 draft pick since the late 1990s) in the 2009 AFL Draft from the Geelong Falcons. Rohan made his AFL debut in round 7 of the 2010 season, against reigning premiers, Geelong, at Kardinia Park, where he had played much of his junior football with the Falcons.{{cite news|last=Lalor|first=Peter|title=Repeated knockbacks steel rookie Gary Rohan|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/repeated-knockbacks-steel-rookie-gary-rohan/story-e6frg7mf-1225863820027|access-date=25 October 2010|newspaper=The Australian|date=8 May 2010}}{{cite news|last=Cowley|first=Michael|title=Online revelation: Rohan's early crow places teen firmly in Roos' gaze|url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/online-revelation-rohans-early-crow-places-teen-firmly-in-roos-gaze-20100506-ugzj.html|access-date=25 October 2010|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 May 2010}} Rohan finished his debut season having played nine senior games for the Swans and kicking seven goals.{{cite web|title=Season Wrap with Gary Rohan|url=http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7106/newsid/103878/default.aspx|publisher=Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans Football Club|access-date=25 October 2010|date=8 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014223249/http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7106/newsid/103878/default.aspx|archive-date=14 October 2010|url-status=dead}}

Much of Rohan's 2011 season was written off due to a serious hamstring injury but, when he returned to the senior side late in the year, he managed to have a profound impact on the side's performance. He was played as a near-permanent forward and performed well as he kicked goals and chased and tackled hard.

In Round 4 of the 2012 AFL season, Rohan suffered a horrific leg injury in the opening minutes of Sydney's 36-point win over {{AFL NM}}. This injury ruled him out for the 2012 season.

Rohan played for the Swans in the 2014 AFL Grand Final and 2016 AFL Grand Final.

In 2017, Rohan missed the first four matches due to ongoing injury concerns. In just his second game for the year, against the Carlton Blues, he had a nasty fall and concussion and was out for two weeks. But his career took a good turn from there. Against the Richmond Football Club, he sealed the game with a right foot snap. But his biggest moment was in Round 14 against Essendon. With 24 seconds left, the Swans were five points down, and Rohan found himself in a one-on-one in the goalsquare. When his teammate Dane Rampe picked up the ball and banana-kicked it down his throat, Rohan stuck out his left hand and took the mark. He put it through after the siren to complete a 19-point comeback with {{frac|4|1|2}} minutes to play. Against the Gold Coast Suns in Round 16, he had his best individual game, with 5 goals and 16 touches.

Following the 2018 season, Rohan was traded to {{AFL Gee}}.{{cite web|title=Rohan joins Cats|url=http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2018-10-10/rohan-joins-cats|publisher=Geelong Football Club|access-date=10 October 2018|date=10 October 2018}} He played in his third grand final in 2020.

In Round 14 of the 2021 AFL season, Rohan kicked the winning goal after the siren to defeat the Western Bulldogs, thus becoming only the second player after Barry Hall to do so for two different AFL clubs.

In 2022, Rohan played in his fourth grand final and won his first premiership.{{cite web|url=https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-cats/geelong-cats-forward-gary-rohan-set-to-play-in-fourth-grand-final-against-old-team-sydney-swans/news-story/2835c127618f6b23fa49a80f5a4eff27|title= Geelong Cats forward Gary Rohan set to play in fourth grand final against old team Sydney Swans|work=geelongadvertiser.com.au|date=20 September 2022|access-date=22 June 2023|url-access=subscription}}

Rohan was delisted by Geelong at the end of the 2024 AFL season.{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/1229375/premiership-pair-gary-rohan-brandan-parfitt-among-seven-axed-by-geelong-cats|title=Premiership pair among SEVEN axed by Cats|work=afl.com.au|date=24 September 2024}}

Ahead of the 2023 AFL Women's season, Rohan joined the Geelong AFL Women's program as a development coach under Daniel Lowther.{{cite web |title=Cats Announce 2023 AFLW Coaching Group |url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/1420491/cats-announce-2023-aflw-coaching-group |website=Geelong Football Club |access-date=1 September 2023 |date=31 August 2023}}

Gary is married to Madi Rohan. They have a son together, born in February 2024.

He has three daughters with his ex wife: twins, Bella and Willow, born in 2018, one of whom died five hours after birth from anencephaly,{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/gary-rohans-journey-to-100-afl-games-hasnt-been-a-walk-in-the-park/news-story/61f6eac45b750435c1a078ded452d2e2 |title=Gary Rohan's journey to 100 AFL games hasn't been a walk in the park |website=news.com.au |date=May 4, 2018 |access-date=June 18, 2021}} and another, Sadie, born in 2020.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.{{cite web|title=Gary Rohan stats|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/G/Gary_Rohan.html|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=1 November 2016}}

{{AFL player statistics legend|p=y}}

{{AFL player statistics start with votes}}

|-

| 2010 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 9 || 7 || 1 || 64 || 33 || 97 || 28 || 23 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 7.1 || 3.7 || 10.8 || 3.1 || 2.6 || 0

|-

| 2011 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 9 || 8 || 3 || 56 || 25 || 81 || 19 || 19 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 6.2 || 2.8 || 9.0 || 2.1 || 2.1 || 0

|-

| 2012 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 4 || 3 || 2 || 15 || 24 || 39 || 8 || 15 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 3.8 || 6.0 || 9.8 || 2.0 || 3.8 || 0

|-

| 2013 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 5 || 5 || 1 || 18 || 7 || 25 || 12 || 11 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 3.6 || 1.4 || 5.0 || 2.4 || 2.2 || 0

|-

| 2014 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 16 || 6 || 9 || 103 || 69 || 172 || 42 || 37 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 6.4 || 4.3 || 10.8 || 2.6 || 2.3 || 0

|-

| 2015 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 18 || 13 || 10 || 125 || 75 || 200 || 77 || 38 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 6.9 || 4.2 || 11.1 || 4.3 || 2.1 || 0

|-

| 2016 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 18 || 25 || 16 || 140 || 47 || 187 || 68 || 52 || 1.4 || 0.9 || 7.8 || 2.6 || 10.4 || 3.8 || 2.9 || 0

|-

| 2017 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 16 || 22 || 10 || 116 || 37 || 153 || 64 || 52 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 7.3 || 2.3 || 9.5 || 4.0 || 3.2 || 3

|-

| 2018 || {{AFL Syd}} || 16

| 11 || 7 || 4 || 71 || 22 || 93 || 27 || 30 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 6.5 || 2.0 || 8.5 || 2.4 || 2.7 || 0

|-

| 2019 || {{AFL Gee}} || 23

| 19 || 25 || 11 || 125 || 37 || 162 || 65 || 34 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 6.6 || 2.0 || 8.5 || 3.4 || 1.8 || 1

|-

| 2020{{efn|The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.}} || {{AFL Gee}} || 23

| 19 || 22 || 17 || 123 || 41 || 164 || 61 || 36 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 6.5 || 2.2 || 8.6 || 3.2 || 1.9 || 3

|-

| 2021 || {{AFL Gee}} || 23

| 21 || 32 || 18 || 147 || 67 || 214 || 75 || 41 || 1.5 || 0.9 || 7.0 || 3.2 || 10.2 || 3.6 || 2.0 || 1

|-

| scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 2022^# || {{AFL Gee}} || 23

| 12 || 14 || 6 || 71 || 37 || 108 || 31 || 29 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 5.9 || 3.1 || 9.0 || 2.6 || 2.4 || 0

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! colspan=3 | Career

! 177 !! 189 !! 108 !! 1174 !! 521 !! 1695 !! 577 !! 417 !! 1.1 !! 0.6 !! 6.6 !! 2.9 !! 9.6 !! 3.3 !! 2.4 !! 8

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• AFL premiership player ({{AFL Gee}}): 2022
• 2× McClelland Trophy ({{AFL Gee}}): 2019, 2022
• 2× McClelland Trophy ({{AFL Syd}}): 2014, 2016

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