# Thomas Baulch

Thomas William Baulch (born 26 November 1999) is an Australian rules footballer and social media personality. He is the founder and CEO of Prime Train, a fitness business he began in 2020.
As of October 2023, he has more than 450,000 followers on social media, including 280,000 on TikTok.

## Football career
### Early years

Baulch was born in Gladstone, grew up in Kojonup Western Australia, played footy for Kojonup Cougars Queensland. He moved to Queensland and played for the Mackay City Hawks as an under-13s player in the AFL Mackay competition in 2012, and was named in AFL Mackay representative sides as an under-14s player in 2013 and under-16s player in 2015.

### WAFL

In 2017, Baulch moved to Perth and joined East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) Colts competition, playing six games in his first season.
He played a further 14 games in 2018, and was the ninth-highest possession winner in the Colts that year, with a total of 340 possessions.

### NEAFL and VFL

Baulch relocated to Brisbane and joined Aspley in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) in 2019. He made his debut in round 3 against Brisbane, kicking one goal in a 48-point loss, and finished the season with nine goals from 15 games.
After the NEAFL disbanded in 2020, Baulch remained with Aspley as a development player when the club joined the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the 2021 season.
He made his VFL debut in round 1 against Port Melbourne. His best performance came against Southport in round 2, where he had 25 disposals and kicked two goals, however he only played a further three games before the season was curtailed.

### NTFL

Baulch joined Darwin in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) for the 2021–22 season.
During the fourth quarter of Darwin's round 18 match against Southern Districts, he took a sip from a beer handed to him on-field by a spectator. Video of the moment went viral, with the NTFL suspending Baulch for two weeks, ordering him to remove the video from his social media accounts and write a letter of apology to AFL Northern Territory.

### Local leagues

Baulch has played for a number of clubs in local football leagues. In December 2022, he signed with Wangaratta Rovers in the Ovens & Murray Football Netball League for the 2023 season, kicking 18 goals in 13 games.
In 2024, he played in the AFL London competition.

## Business career

Baulch founded Prime Train in 2020, a fitness business for Australian rules footballers. Clients have included Brownlow Medalists Patrick Cripps and Tom Mitchell, with Baulch currently serving as CEO.
Baulch wrote articles for The Roar from 2015 until 2018.

## Statistics

As of June 2024, Baulch has played for at least 16 different clubs in a dozen different leagues.
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
| 2017 | East Perth | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 52 | 121 | 41 | 9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 20.2 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | East Perth | 10 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 210 | 130 | 340 | 96 | 47 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 15.0 | 9.3 | 24.3 | 6.9 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | Aspley | 26 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 151 | 88 | 239 | 45 | 48 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 15.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | Aspley | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 29 | 93 | 22 | 10 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 12.6 | 5.8 | 18.4 | 4.4 | 2.0 |
* ↑ The 2021 VFL season was disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with clubs playing an uneven number of games before the season was eventually curtailed without a premiership awarded.