Tomas Bugg ( born 5 April 1993 ) is a retired professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club , and previously with and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . A defender , tall and weighing , Bugg is capable of playing on both the half-back line and as a midfielder . He entered top level football early when he joined the Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup as a bottom-aged player . In addition to representing Victoria in both the under 16 and under 18 championships . His performances as a junior , saw him be one of twelve players who signed with the Greater Western Sydney Giants as an underage recruit in 2010 . He made his AFL debut in the 2012 season and earned a Rising Star nomination . After spending four seasons with Greater Western Sydney , playing sixty-five matches , he was traded to the Melbourne Football Club during the 2015 trade period . During his time in the AFL , he has earned the reputation as being " one of the best nigglers in the competition " . Prior to the beginning of the 2019 premiership season , he informed the Carlton Football Club of his decision to step away from AFL football , effective immediately
Rising Star
2012 AFL Rising Star
Tomas Bugg