Tarryn Thomas
Tarryn Thomas is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.Early life
Thomas was born in Sydney, New South Wales into a family of Indigenous Australian descent. He grew up playing rugby league and was identified as a junior prospect in the position of fullback which subsequently led to him joining the Penrith Panthers development academy. At 12 years of age, Thomas relocated to Launceston, Tasmania and began playing Australian rules football for the Prospect Hawks and eventually the North Launceston Bombers. He made history in 2016 when he was voted Tasmania's best under-16 and under-18 player at respective national championships in the same year. Thomas was drafted by North Melbourne with their first selection and eighth overall in the 2018 national draft, after being part of North's Next Generation Academy. He completed school at St Patrick's College, Launceston.AFL career
Thomas made his debut as a late change in the twenty point loss to at Marvel Stadium in the second round of the 2019 season.
