Darren Gertner

Darren Gertner is a male German Shepherd backfur who currently plays for the East Sydney Roosters in the Furry Australian Football League (FAFL)

Biography
Darren Gertner was born in Brisbane, Australia on August 18, 1996. His father Richard Gertner was a Rugby League player back in the 90's and he was pretty damn good one at that.

Darren was originally expected to go in his father Richard's footsteps and play Rugby League at the highest level, But when Darren started Secondary School, He wanted to play Australian Football as he thought he would be more dominant in it then Rugby League.

While his father was disappointed that Darren wasn't going to follow in his footsteps and play Rugby League, He was still supportive of his only son and wanted him to succeed in what he wanted to do.

Darren was a bit of a scrawny lad when he started playing for Oxley but as time went on with the help of his dad's training with weightlifting, He was able to catch up with the other players in the QSFFL.

With his body being a late-bloomer, Darren kept bulking-up, Year after Year until he hit his current weight of 138kg and gained the nickname Darren "The Beast" Gertner. By this time Darren was playing exclusively in the backline as Full Back. While Darren isn't the fastest player around, You could make the argument that He's the toughest player around.

He was unstoppable at the Full-Back position at Oxley during 2015 and while he might not win the C.J. Willing Trophy during his career, He is probably one of the best key position player currently around.

2016 Season
Darren Gertner would end up being the Number 1 draft pick for the 2015 FAFL Draft. The club holding the draft pick? The FAFL's newest club, The Darwin Storm. With the high reputation of being the Number 1 draft pick, Darren will defiantly be the rookie with the most media focus, At least at first.