Steven Taubert is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

, Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 and Sydney

Sydney Swans

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL), and is Sydney's current Ruck Coach from 1999.

A Melbourne High School Old Boy

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, Taubert played initially at Tom Hafey

Tom Hafey

Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey is a former Australian rules football Victorian Football League player and coach. Hafey played for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coached four clubs—Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong and Sydney—between 1966 and 1988, leading teams to a total of four premierships...

's strong Richmond team of the 1970s. He debuted in 1974, a premiership year for Richmond, but despite appearing in the last two home and away season games he was not picked in the finals. Taubert crossed to Essendon in 1977 and two seasons later finally got to experience finals football. He played as a ruckman and was often pushed back into defense.

It was in Sydney where he played his best football, with his best performances coming in his final season. Although he had polled in only two Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

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 counts previously, Taubert caused a surprise in 1984 by claiming 15 votes, with four 'best and ground's. He finished fourth and was comfortably the best Sydney Swans vote getter, however he did not take home a Bob Skilton Medal

Bob Skilton Medal

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 that year.

Taubert returned to Sydney as their ruck coach in 1999, overseeing players such as Greg Stafford

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, Jason Ball, Stephen Doyle

Stephen Doyle

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, Darren Jolly

Darren Jolly

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, Mike Pyke

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, Mark Seaby

Mark Seaby

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 and Shane Mumford

Shane Mumford

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. He is highly credited by the players, particularly Jolly, who came to Sydney unproven at the senior level, and Pyke, who came to Sydney as a total novice from Canadian rugby union

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. Jolly even sought Taubert's advice during a form slump at his new team, Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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, in 2010.