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Christopher "Chris" Yarran (born 19 December 1990) is an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Yarran is an indigenous footballer who played his junior years in Western Australia. He was primarily a small forward in his junior days, but he occasionally spent time in the midfield and defence. As a seventeen-year-old, Yarran gained selection into the Swan Districts senior team, where he played thirteen games and scored 39 goals, including seven on debut and eight in three finals matches.〔(2008 Season Statistics )〕〔Duffield, Mark; (Streets ahead in class ); 8 November 2008〕 He played with Western Australia in the Under 18s championships and scored eight goals in four games.〔(Selection 6: Christopher Yarran )〕 He was also a member of the AIS/AFL Academy Squad〔(Eight AIS/AFL Academy )〕 and captained a team from the Clontarf Football Academy in a game against a visiting South African Under 19's side in February 2007.〔(The AFL brings South Africa to Subiaco Oval )〕 Yarran was a noted talent and was expected to be drafted high,〔Townsend, John; (Bombers take aim at lively Yarran ); 26 September 2008〕 with some considering him to be the one of most talented players available in the draft.〔Quayle, Emma; (Judgement Day ); 23 November 2008〕 He would ultimately be selected by the Carlton Football Club with its first round selection (No. 6 overall) in the 2008 AFL National Draft. At draft time, Carlton coach Brett Ratten said that Yarran could assist fellow small forward Eddie Betts, and help to reduce the defensive pressure on then full-forward Brendan Fevola.〔Ralph, Jon; (Shades of Rioli in recruit Chris Yarran, say experts ); 1 December 2008〕 Yarran played his first senior game for Carlton in Round 7, 2009 against Fremantle. He played sporadically for Carlton during the season, managing six games, but played most of his games with Carlton's , the Northern Bullants, including a five-goal performance in the VFL preliminary final. In 2010, Yarran played sixteen games for Carlton, and earned an AFL Rising Star nomination. Throughout that season, Yarran formed part of a short-lived forward-line structure consisting of tall full-forward Setanta Ó hAilpín, and three small forwards (Betts, Yarran, and Yarran's Swan Districts team-mate Jeff Garlett) who became known as "Setanta's Little Helpers". In 2011, coach Brett Ratten abandoned the tactic of playing three small forwards in favour of two: Betts and Garlett. Yarran was moved onto the half-back line, and within the year became a damaging rebounding defender, able to use his speed, agility and accurate disposal to set up much of Carlton's rebound play. Yarran played twenty-three games for the season〔AFL Tables, (2011 Stats - Player Lists - Carlton ), Retrieved 19 Sep 2011.〕 and finished tenth in the John Nicholls Medal. His output in the 2012 season was interrupted by a turf toe injury, but he was the winner of the Goal of the Year, for a goal in Round 1 in which he gathered a loose ball on the half-forward flank, evaded three opponents and skirted the boundary line before goaling from 50m. In October 2015, Yarran was traded to . Yarran featured in the award-winning 2010 documentary film, ''Three Boys Dreaming'', which follows the lives of three young indigenous footballers over a four-year period. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Yarran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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