Bonnie Toogood | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Bonnie Toogood | ||
Date of birth | 8 December 1997 | ||
Original team(s) | Mornington (SEFNL) | ||
Draft | No. 11, 2017 rookie draft | ||
Debut | Round 1, 2018, ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs vs. ‹See Tfd› Fremantle, at VU Whitten Oval | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Key forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | ‹See Tfd› Essendon | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2018–2022 (S6) | ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs | 37 (29) | |
2022 (S7)– | ‹See Tfd› Essendon | 21 (23) | |
Total | 58 (52) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Bonnie Toogood (born 8 December 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Toogood was educated at Melbourne Grammar [1] and then Melbourne Girls Grammar. [2]
Toogood was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with their second selection and eleventh overall in the 2017 AFL Women's rookie draft. [3] She made her debut in the twenty-six point win against ‹See Tfd› Fremantle at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2018 season. [4] Toogood was one of two round 2 nominees for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award the following week after recording ten disposals and three tackles in her side's win over the Brisbane. [5] She was named one of the Western Bulldogs' best players in the opening match of the 2021 AFL Women's season, [6] kicking 2 goals [7] and 1 behind, while also collecting 9 disposals and 3 marks. [8] It was revealed that Toogood had signed a contract extension with the club on 16 June 2021, after playing every game possible for the club that season. [9]
Toogood moved to ‹See Tfd› Essendon at the conclusion of 2022 AFL Women's season 6, and was named the Bombers' co-captain in August 2022.
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
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 | |||||
2018 # | ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1 |
2019 | ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0 |
2020 | ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 |
2021 | ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 82 | 26 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 9.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3 |
Career | 27 | 19 | 9 | 135 | 63 | 198 | 64 | 52 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 6 |
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