Jarryd Roughead and wife Sarah show off baby bump

Rumours that the pair are expecting their first child emerged only hours before the Brownlow Medal count.

And the news was confirmed on Monday night as Jarryd Roughead walked down the red carpet with wife Sarah.

Sarah had a brand new baby bump on display as she posed for the cameras alongside her AFL star husband in Melbourne.

The happy news comes after Hawthorn captain Jarryd overcame a seven month battle with cancer last year. 

Confirmed: Jarryd Roughead’s wife Sarah takes to the Brownlow Medal red carpet and confirms pregnancy rumours as she puts her brand new baby bump on display

Baby joy! Jarryd Roughead and wife Sarah takes to the Brownlow Medal red carpet to debut her baby bump just hours after reports revealed she was pregnant

New addition: Sarah is pregnant with couple’s first baby and debuted the baby bump at the Brownlows after AFL star overcomes battle with cancer

Tough times: Roughead was sidelined indefinitely when diagnosed with a melanoma in May 2016 after a return of the cancer which first appeared on his lip in 2015

Tough times: Roughead was sidelined indefinitely when diagnosed with a melanoma in May 2016 after a return of the cancer which first appeared on his lip in 2015

The Herald Sun reported that Sarah is ‘understood to be four months pregnant’.

Roughead was sidelined indefinitely when diagnosed with a melanoma in May 2016 after a return of the cancer which first appeared on his lip in 2015.

The 30-year-old had the initial melanoma removed from his lip, and his football career was put on hold indefinitely when the four melanoma lumps were discovered on his lung and confirmed by a biopsy.

A routine body scan detected ‘a few spots of cancer’ which then required further medical treatment pending the outcome of a further biopsy.

Happy couple: Sarah and Jarryd tied the knot in January 2016 at Melbourne's Ripponlea  

Happy couple: Sarah and Jarryd tied the knot in January 2016 at Melbourne’s Ripponlea  

  Baby makes three: This will be the couple's first child 

  Baby makes three: This will be the couple’s first child 

But he declared himself ‘cancer free’ in December, and said he would return to play with Hawthorn in 2017.

‘I’ve had a complete response from the treatment so far and [the doctor has] given me the all clear. Things are all good and we can get back to normal life,’ Roughead said at the time.

He said he was most excited to be there for his family, after gaining the perspective through his diagnosis that ‘footy is not everything’.

More good news: The popular player was named captain of the Hawks for the 2017 season back in January after overcoming cancer 

More good news: The popular player was named captain of the Hawks for the 2017 season back in January after overcoming cancer 

The popular player was named captain of the Hawks for the 2017 season back in January.

Roughead took the top job at the AFL club after last season’s captain Luke Hodge stepped down from the role.

‘I’m honoured to be captaining the Hawks this year,’ Roughead said in a statement at the time.   

Captain Jarryd: Roughead took the top job at the AFL club after last season's captain Luke Hodge stepped down from the role

Captain Jarryd: Roughead took the top job at the AFL club after last season’s captain Luke Hodge stepped down from the role

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