James Rahilly is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Geelong

Geelong Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Rahilly played his early football at South Warrnambool

South Warrnambool Football Club

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 but was recruited from the Geelong Falcons

Geelong Falcons

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 in the TAC Cup

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. A defender, he received a 1998 AFL Rising Star

1998 AFL Rising Star

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 nomination in his sixth league game, against Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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 at the MCG

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, where he had 22 disposals. Although Geelong made it into the final in three of the seasons he was at the club, Rahilly was never selected for a finals game. Rahilly was however a member of the Geelong reserves

Geelong VFL Football Club

Geelong VFL Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football team that plays in the Victorian Football League. Their sister team, Geelong Football Club, plays in the Australian Football League...

 team which won the 2002 Victorian Football League

Victorian Football League

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 (VFL) premiership and was awarded the Norm Goss Memorial Medal

Norm Goss Memorial Medal

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 for his efforts in the grand final. He also won Geelong's "Best Clubman" award, in 2003.

He returned to the VFL in 2008 as an assistant coach and was then appointed to Chris Scott's senior coaching staff for the 2011 AFL season

2011 AFL season

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.