{"id":274841,"date":"2025-11-10T06:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/274841\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T06:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:20:13","slug":"former-afl-player-rhan-hooper-loses-everything-in-devastating-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/274841\/","title":{"rendered":"Former AFL player Rhan Hooper \u2018loses everything\u2019 in devastating house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former AFL<\/a> player Rhan Hooper has \u201clost everything\u201d after having his house burn down last week.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old, who played 54 games across stints with Brisbane<\/a> and Hawthorn<\/a>, has had a GoFundMe<\/a> page set up for him and his young family.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi my name is Tia! Penny and Rhan tragically lost everything in a house fire yesterday,\u201d reads the page, which was posted on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m trying to raise money to help them get back on their feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, the fundraiser was just short of $5000.<\/p>\n

Hooper is pictured with his partner and two kids on the page.<\/p>\n

The former electric small forward played 48 games for Brisbane between 2006 and 2009 before moving to the Hawks for one season, where he played six games.<\/p>\n

Hooper kicked 56 goals in total from his 54 games.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the Queenslander made the switch to rugby league, signing with the Ipswitch Jets in the Queensland Rugby League competition.<\/p>\n

He later went back and forth from rugby league back to local Aussie Rules, then back to rugby league again.<\/p>\n

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