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Thomas Baulch
Thomas William Baulch (born 26 November 1999) is an Australian rules footballer and social media personality.[1] He is the founder and CEO of Prime Train, a fitness business he began in 2020.[2] As of October 2023, he has more than 450,000 followers on social media, including 280,000 on TikTok.[3][4] Football careerEarly yearsBaulch was Born in Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]],grew up in Kojonup Western Australia, played footy for Kojonup Cougars Queensland.[4] 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.[5][6][7] WAFLIn 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.[5][8] 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.[9][10] NEAFL and VFLBaulch 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.[11][12] 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.[13][14] He made his VFL debut in round 1 against Port Melbourne.[15] 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.[16] NTFLBaulch joined Darwin in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) for the 2021–22 season.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19] Local leaguesBaulch 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.[20][21] In 2024, he played in the AFL London competition.[22] Business careerBaulch 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.[23] Baulch wrote articles for The Roar from 2015 until 2018.[24] StatisticsAs of June 2024, Baulch has played for at least 16 different clubs in a dozen different leagues.[5]
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