Aiden Tolman

Aiden Tolman
Personal information
Born (1988-11-10) 10 November 1988
Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–10 Melbourne Storm 53 4 0 0 16
2011– Canterbury Bulldogs 113 6 0 0 24
Total 166 10 0 0 40
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–14 NSW Country 3 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby League Project, [1]

Aiden Tolman is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm. He primarily plays prop.

Early years

While attending St Paul's College, Kempsey in 2006, Tolman was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.[2] He has also played for the Junior Kangaroos.[3]

Tolman played his junior football with the Smithtown Tigers and he has also played for the Central Coast Storm and the Queensland Cup side, Norths Devils.[4][5]

Playing career

Tolman made his first-grade debut against the Canberra Raiders in round 6 of the 2008 season.[6] He has been compared to former Melbourne Storm player Robbie Kearns.[7] In 2008 he was named the Melbourne Storm rookie of the year.[8]

He played in the 2009 premiership against Parramatta.[9]

On 18 May 2010, he signed for the Canterbury Bulldogs for 3 years.[10]

References

  1. NRL Stats
  2. "Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  3. "4 Devils in Junior Kangaroos". Norths Devils. 2007-01-01. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  4. "Player Information". RLeague.com. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  5. "Ashes To Ashes, Dust to Dust". QRL. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  6. "Docs fear Manu has broken ankle". Melbourne Storm. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  7. Donaghy, Dave (2008-04-23). "Storm player Aiden Tolman rides wave of success". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  8. melbournestorm.com.au. "NRL Honour Board". Club. Melbourne Storm. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
  9. http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/telstrapremiershipscores/tabid/10240/roundid/833/fixtureid/5801/infotabid/3/default.aspx
  10. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/aiden-tolman-signs-with-canterbury-bulldogs/story-e6frexnr-1225868255375

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