MITCH Robinson has been caught up in the Fortnite video game craze, with the Brisbane Lions midfielder joining a professional gaming franchise.

The game, which has more than 200 million registered players worldwide, is hugely popular in Australia, and Robinson will represent the Australian team Chiefs in a Fortnite competition.

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Long-time gamer Robinson told the Chiefs website that after a rocky start playing the video game juggernaut he was excited to test his skills against the best Fortnite players going around.

"I can't wait to join The Chiefs and get started with my streaming set up, so I'm looking forward to 2019," Robinson said.

"I jumped on (playing Fortnite) on console and I was pretty bad with the remote, and I used to be a gamer back in the day, so my brother, who is a massive tech head, he setup a gaming PC for me.

"Sooner or later I got pretty good at it and I started to show some skills, so it's been pretty fun."

Robinson will juggle his burgeoning gaming career next year with his 11th season in the AFL.

Gamer: Mitch Robinson in action on Fortnite. Picture: A screen shot from a video on chiefsesc.com