Jesse O'Brien is a current Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player for the Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions

The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Recruited from North Adelaide Football Club, he was selected with the Brisbane Lions' third selection (pick 73 overall) in the 2009 National Draft

2009 AFL Draft

The 2009 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2009/10 Australian Football League off-season. These were the Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft .- Trades :In the lead up to the trade week many high profile players such as...

. O'Brien played two pre-season matches for the Lions and then spent the first half of 2010 playing for the Lions reserves team. He made his AFL debut in round 14 against Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

, after showing more consistency for the reserves. However, O'Brien was dropped the following week and he failed to play another AFL match for the rest of the 2010 season.

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