Amelia Mullane (née Barden; born 17 April 1993) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and for Carlton in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
| Amelia Mullane | |||
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 Mullane with Carlton in March 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Amelia Mullane | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1993 | ||
| Original team(s) | Diamond Creek (VFLW) | ||
| Draft | No. 59, 2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017, Collingwood vs. Carlton, at IKON Park | ||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2018 | Collingwood | 14 (3) | |
| 2019 | Carlton | 9 (0) | |
| Total | 23 (3) | ||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Early life and state football
editMullane started playing football at her school Eltham College and in 2011 joined VFLW club Diamond Creek, where she played for five years. During that time she won the 2012 VFLW premiership with Diamond Creek, under the coaching of her father, and twice won the club's best and fairest award. Mullane attributes her strengths of blocking and tackling to her three brothers knocking her around when they were growing up.[1]
During the off-season between the 2017 and 2018 AFLW seasons, Mullane played for Diamond Creek in the VFLW. She played in nine games leading up to the grand final,[2] but they lost the premiership match to Darebin Falcons.[3]
AFL Women's career
editCollingwood
editMullane made her debut for Collingwood in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton, in which she was one of Collingwood's best players.[4] In the first two weeks of the competition she asserted herself as one of Collingwood's leading midfielders and was praised by commentators for her uncompromising attack on the ball.[1]
Collingwood re-signed Mullane for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[5]
Carlton
editAhead of the 2019 season, Mullane was traded to Carlton as part of a three-way deal in which Maddison Gay was traded from Carlton to Melbourne.[6]
After playing all nine matches in the 2019 season, including in the grand final, Mullane announced that she is retiring from football.[7]
Personal life
editApart from her sports career, Mullane works as a full-time nurse at an orthopaedic ward and at an IVF clinic.[1]
Statistics
edit- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season.[8]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2017 | Collingwood | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 29 | 65 | 8 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | Collingwood | 38 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 34 | 73 | 7 | 47 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 10.4 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 2019 | Carlton | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 37 | 77 | 7 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 0.8 | 5.2 |
| Career | 23 | 3 | 5 | 115 | 100 | 215 | 22 | 133 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 5.8 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b c Swersky, Tiarne (15 February 2017). "Our AFL Women's wrecking ball". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Swersky, Tiarne (19 September 2017). "Four Pies into VFLW Grand Final". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Prime, Toby (24 September 2017). "Darebin Falcons capture fifth straight VFL Women's premiership over Diamond Creek". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Guthrie, Ben (3 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period". AFL. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Black, Sarah (4 June 2018). "AFLW: Five-way deal ends trade period". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media.[dead link]
- ^ "Three Blues depart". Carlton. Telstra Media. 25 April 2019. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Amelia Barden - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
External links
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- Amelia Mullane at AustralianFootball.com