Amanda Farrugia

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Amanda Farrugia
Amanda Farrugia 03.02.18.jpg
Farrugia playing for Greater Western Sydney in February 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales
Original team(s) Macquarie University Australian Football Club (SWAFL)
Draft No. 64, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Greater Western Sydney
vs.  Adelaide, at Thebarton Oval
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Utility
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2019 Greater Western Sydney 21 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2019 season.
Career highlights

AFLW

State

  • AFL Sydney Women's Premier Division best and fairest: 2015, 2017
  • AFL Sydney Women's Division Two best and fairest: 2013
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Amanda Farrugia (born 24 January 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition. She was the club's inaugural AFLW captain and played in all 21 possible matches across her three seasons at the club.

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Early life and state league football

Farrugia was born and raised in the western suburbs of Sydney in New South Wales. Her parents are of Maltese descent and she attended Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Greystanes. [1] [2] She began playing football in 2011 when she joined Macquarie University in the lower divisions of the Sydney Women's AFL (SWAFL). [3] She missed the 2012 season while completing recovery for a knee reconstruction after sustaining a pre-season injury. [4] In 2013, she won the league's division two best and fairest award, as well as the division 2 premiership with Macquarie University & was also named Best on Ground in the Grand Final. Farrugia was also awarded 'Best Athlete' at the 2013 Macquarie University Sporting Awards. [4] In 2015, she became captain of the club's division one side, a role she continued into the 2016. [1] She was awarded the Mostyn Medal as the SWAFL's best and fairest player in the 2015 season. [1] She finished second in the 2016 award, behind Sydney University's, Nicola Barr. [5]

Upon completion of the 2017 AFLW season, Farrugia once again returned to captain Macquarie University who finished the 2017 season in 3rd place. Farrugia's brilliant form was once again rewarded with her second Mostyn Medal, as best & fairest player for the Sydney Women's premier division. Nicola Barr polled highly once again to finish runner-up.

In 2016, Farrugia played exhibition series matches for Greater Western Sydney's representative team. [6] She went on to join the Western Bulldogs side in the year's women's all star match in September 2016. [7]

AFL Women's career

Farrugia was drafted by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the club's eight pick and sixty-fourth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. [8] [9] She was named the club's inaugural AFL Women's captain in January 2017. [8]

Greater Western Sydney signed Farrugia for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. [10]

In November 2019, Farrugia announced her retirement from the game. [11]

Statistics

Legend
 G  Goals  K  Kicks  D  Disposals  T  Tackles
 B  Behinds  H  Handballs  M  Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Greater Western Sydney 1870049146314270.00.07.02.09.02.03.9
2018 Greater Western Sydney 1872160298913360.30.18.64.112.71.95.1
2019 Greater Western Sydney 1870033265911160.00.04.73.78.41.62.3
Career [12] 21211426921138790.10.06.83.310.01.83.8

Personal life

Off-field, Farrugia works as a physical education teacher at Our Lady of Mercy College in Parramatta. [13] [14] [8] She lives in the western Sydney suburb of Seven Hills. [4]

Her husband Daniel Repeti is a high school teacher at Wyndham College in Quakers Hill and a professional photographer. They married in 2015 and have two dogs, George and Sasha.

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  4. 1 2 3 McMurtry, Andrew (19 January 2017). "Seven Hills resident Amanda Farrugia named first GWS Giants Women's captain". Blacktown Sun. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ↑ McMurtry, Andrew (14 October 2016). "GWS Giants select Seven Hills local Amanda Farrugia with pick 64 in inaugural AFL women's draft". Blacktown Sun. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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  7. ↑ "Bulldogs name women's squad for Hampson-Hardeman Cup". Western Bulldogs. Bigpond. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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