Zarlie Goldsworthy (born 18 November 2004) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW). In 2023, her second season in the league, she won both her club's best and fairest and the league's Rising Star awards.
| Zarlie Goldsworthy | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 18 November 2004 | ||
| Original team(s) | Murray Bushrangers (Talent League Girls) | ||
| Draft | No. 20, 2022 AFL Women's draft | ||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder/forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Greater Western Sydney | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2022 (S7)– | Greater Western Sydney | 18 (16) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Pre-AFLW
editGoldsworthy hails from Thurgoona, Albury, New South Wales,[1] and played numerous sports in her youth, particularly soccer, cricket and Australian rules.
In 2018, she made the New South Wales all schools AFL side representing Trinity Anglican College, played cricket with North-East Knights and was signed to the Cricket Victoria High Performance Academy and was selected in the New South Wales Country soccer team.[2]
Goldsworthy was a young soccer star, achieving selection in the national level (Junior Matilda) in 2019.[3] In 2021 at the age of 16 she was playing soccer with Albury United. In cricket, she was selected in the Female Victoria Country Squad in 2021-22. In 2022 she was called to play for the played for the Murray Bushrangers in the Talent League Girls in Australian rules in 2022. She only continued to focus on Australian rules as she "fell out of love" with soccer.[4][5]
Goldsworthy represented the Allies at the 2022 AFL Women's Under-18 Championships, where she won her team's MVP award and was selected in the All-Australian team.[1]
After playing with junior and senior football with the Western Magic where she became known for kicking bags of goals, including her first open age Grand Final.[6] She returned to Albury to play senior football with the Lavington Panthers in the AFL North East Border Female Football League.
AFLW
editGoldsworthy was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with pick 20 in the 2022 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in round three of 2022 season 7, kicking two goals in the inaugural AFLW Sydney Derby.[7]
In her second season, she had a breakout year. In round eight, she became the youngest player to kick five goals in an AFLW game, "single-handedly dragg[ing] the Giants over the line" against Carlton.[8] At Greater Western Sydney's awards night, she won the rising star award, members' player of the year, leading goalkicker award, "fearless award" and, most notably, the Gabrielle Trainor Medal as the club's best and fairest player.[9] She also won the league Rising Star award by one vote over Sydney's Ally Morphett.[10]
Statistics
edit- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2023 season.[11]
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Goals | K
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Kicks | D
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Disposals | T
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Tackles |
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Behinds | H
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Handballs | M
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2022 (S7) | Greater Western Sydney | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 27 | 68 | 10 | 28 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 8.5 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | Greater Western Sydney | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 97 | 86 | 183 | 33 | 66 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 18.3 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 4 |
| Career | 18 | 16 | 17 | 138 | 113 | 251 | 43 | 94 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 4 | ||
Honours and achievements
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Tervet, Steve (28 June 2022). "AFLW Draft: High hopes for Zarlie Goldsworthy and Keeley Skepper". The Border Mail. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Albury’s Zarlie Goldsworthy in line for Cricket Victoria selection By Beau Greenway 23 November 2019
- ^ Williams, Peter (27 January 2022). "Player Focus: NAB League Girls – Zarlie Goldsworthy". Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ 'She'll be a star': 17-year-old Zarlie Goldsworthy to make a giant debut by Sarah Burt for ESPN 9 September
- ^ Zarlie Goldsworthy relishing her opportunity in Australian Rules football after years playing soccer By Steve Tervet for the Border Mail 31 December 2021
- ^ Zarlie Goldsworthy kicks five goals in Western Magic's grand final win by Andrew Moir for the Border Mail 1 October 2020
- ^ Goodenough, Gordon (10 September 2022). "Giants' running game pays dividends in first AFLW Sydney derby". The Inner Sanctum. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Is this 18-year-old the best AFLW talent we've ever seen?". Code Sports. 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Good as Goldsworthy as Young Gun Wins Club Champion". Greater Western Sydney Giants. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Goldsworthy wins AFLW Rising Star, AA named". ESPN Australia. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Zarlie Goldsworthy". Australian Football. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
External links
edit- Zarlie Goldsworthy's profile on the official website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants
- Zarlie Goldsworthy at AustralianFootball.com
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