Clancy Rudeforth

Clancy Rudeforth
Personal information
Full name	Clancy Rudeforth
Nickname(s)	Ruda
Date of birth	1 February 1983 (1983-02-01) (age 28)
Place of birth	Kellerberrin, Western Australia
Original team	Wembley Downs JFC / Hale School
Draft	35th overall, 2002 Rookie Draft, West Coast
Height/Weight	181 cm / 76 kg
Position(s)	Defender, tagger
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–11 2002–04	Claremont West Coast	167 (49) 000 (0)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2004; 2006	WAFL	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
Career highlights
Australia Under-17 captain 2000 Western Australia Under-18 representative 2000, 2001 Western Australia Under-18 captain 2001 WAFL representative team 2004, 2006 Claremont captain 2009–11 Claremont premiership side 2011

Clancy Rudeforth (born 1 February 1983, in Kellerberrin, Western Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL. He was previously rookie-listed at the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL), but did not play a senior game for them.

Career

Born in Kellerberrin, he moved to Kununurra with his family at the age of three months. His father was a country doctor, and Rudeforth also lived in Carnarvon and Corrigin before he moved to Perth to attend Hale School. Rudeforth played for the Western Australia Under-18 team in both the 2000 and 2001 National Under-18 Championships, captaining the side in 2001. He also captained the Australia Under-17 team that toured Ireland in 2000.^[1]

He made his debut for Claremont at WAFL senior level in round 2, 2001, against Peel Thunder. Rudeforth was recruited to the West Coast Eagles with pick 35 in the 2002 Rookie Draft. He spent three seasons at the club before being de-listed at the end of the 2004. His form for Claremont was consistent however; he played 23 games in 2004 and was selected in the WAFL representative side against the VFL. He finished second in the EB Cook Medal, Claremont's best and fairest award, and played in the club's losing Grand Final team against Subiaco. Rudeforth was against selected in the WAFL representative side in 2006, against the SANFL.

Rudeforth was named captain of Claremont in 2009.^[2] In September 2010, Rudeforth had his jaw broken after an incident with Swan Districts defender Luke Pratt, who was suspended for three games for the incident.^[3][4]

In 2011, Rudeforth played his 150th game for Claremont, against Port Adelaide in the Foxtel Cup. He played his 150th WAFL game the week after, against West Perth.^[5] He captained the club to the 2011 premiership, defeating Subiaco by 56 points in the 2011 Grand Final, announcing his retirement after the game.^[6]

References

1. ^ Tigers hits 100-game milestone – wafootball.com.au. Written by Ken Casellas. Published 20 June 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. ^ Captain courageous – claremontfc.com.au. Published 15 March 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
3. ^ Video exclusive: Tigers furious over Rudeforth injury – The West Australian. Written by Russell Reid. Published 6 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
4. ^ Pratt appeals over 'excessive' ban – The West Australian. Written by John Townsend. Published 9 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
5. ^ Clancy Rudeforth – WAFLOnline. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
6. ^ Claremont wins eagerly awaited premiership – wafootball.com.au. Published 25 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.