Rory Laird

**Rory Laird** (an haife shi a ranar 29 ga Disamba 1993) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Australiya wanda ke bugawa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Adelaide a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya (AFL). Adelaide ta zaɓe shi da zaɓin 5 a cikin daftarin Rookie na 2012.

## Rayuwar farko
Laird ya girma a unguwar Eden Hills, Kudancin Ostiraliya. Ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Colonel Light Gardens  da Kwalejin Scotch, Adelaide a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa,     inda ya sami horo daga mai lambar yabo ta Brownlow Gavin Wanganeen  da kuma mai horar da Crows na gaba Matthew Nicks.

Laird ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa har sai da ya sauya sheka zuwa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya yana ɗan shekara 10. Shekaru biyu kacal bayan haka, aka gayyace shi ya shiga shirin ƙaramar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta West Adelaide.

Laird ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kenilworth a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta 'yan asalin ƙasar Australia ta Kudu, sannan kuma ya buga wa West Adelaide a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa ta Kudu (SANFL). A lokacin da ake shirin shiga gasar AFL a shekarar 2011, Adelaide ta yi wa Laird hira kuma ta horar da Essendon a Melbourne, Victoria. Bayan ya rasa shiga gasar AFL ta ƙasa ta 2011, Adelaide Crows ta zaɓe shi a matsayin wanda zai yi zaɓen farko na ɗan wasa, bayan 'yan makonni kaɗan.

## Aikin AFL

### Farkon aikina
A kakar wasa ta farko a gasar AFL, Laird bai buga wa Adelaide wasa ba. Ya buga wasanni 18 a jere wa West Adelaide a gasar SANFL, ciki har da wasannin karshe uku, amma an cire shi daga kungiyar da ta buga gasar SANFL Grand Final ta 2012. 

Crows ta ɗaukaka Laird zuwa jerin manyan 'yan wasa a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin Sam Shaw da ya ji rauni kuma bai da kuzari a kakar wasa ta bana, kuma ya fara buga wasa a Western Bulldogs a zagaye na 4 na kakar wasa, inda ya taimaka musu samun nasara cikin sauƙi  Nan da nan ya zama ɗan wasa na yau da kullun a ƙungiyar, inda ya rasa wasa ɗaya kawai a kakar wasa ta bana sakamakon raunin da ya samu, kuma ya samu matsakaicin bugun ƙwallo 18.5 a kowane wasa a matsayin ɗan wasan baya. Laird ya sami takarar zagaye na 20 don kyautar AFL Rising Star ta 2013, bayan wasan 24 da North Melbourne, kuma ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru biyu da ƙungiyar a cikin makon guda. Laird ya buga wasanni 16 a shekarar 2014 duk da matsalolin rauni, yana wasa a fannin tsaro da kuma wani lokacin a tsakiyar fili. An ajiye shi a SANFL a ƙarshen kakar wasa amma ya amsa da wasa 42 na mallakar kwallo don samun damar sake dawowa.

### Shekarun duk 'yan Ostiraliya
Laird ya samu nasara a shekarar 2015, inda ya buga wasanni daban-daban kuma ya samu matsakaicin kwallaye 24.4 a fannin tsaron gida yayin da yake kare abokan karawarsa, wanda hakan ya ba shi matsayi a cikin jerin 'yan wasa 40 da za su fafata a gasar All-Australian.[1] A cikin shekarar, ya sanya hannu kan tsawaita kwantiragin shekaru uku da kungiyar. [undefined] A shekarar 2016, an sanya shi cikin tawagar All-Australian mai 'yan wasa 40 amma bai shiga kungiyar ba. Ya kara inganta a fanninsa a shekarar 2017, inda ya fara kakar wasa da wasa 40 da kungiyar Greater Western Sydney.[3] Tsarinsa ya ci gaba da kasancewa a matakin fitattu a duk tsawon kakar wasa, ciki har da wasan mallaka 34 da kungiyar St Kilda a zagaye na 12. [undefined] An ba shi kyautar daidaiton da ya samu tare da zabar All-Australian kuma kungiyarsa ta zabe shi don kyautar MVP ta kungiyar 'yan wasa ta AFL.[2]

A shekarar 2018, Laird ya lashe lambar yabo ta Malcolm Blight a matsayin ɗan wasa mafi kyau da adalci na Crows.  An kuma zaɓe shi a cikin ƙungiyar All-Australian a kakar wasa ta biyu a jere. 

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