Brittany Bonnici | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Brittany Bonnici | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1997 | ||
Original team(s) | St Kilda Sharks (VFLW) | ||
Draft | No. 27, 2016 national draft | ||
Debut | Round 1, 2017, Collingwood vs. Carlton, at IKON Park | ||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Collingwood | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017– | Collingwood | 66 (8) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Brittany Bonnici (born 3 August 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Bonnici first played competitively with the under-11 boys of the Wallan Football Club. She has since then toured New Zealand as the vice-captain of the Australian AFL High Performance Academy, captained Victoria Metro Youth Girls to a national title in 2015, was selected three times for the Youth Girls All-Australians, and played for Melbourne in the 2015 exhibition match. Following a bad run of concussions in 2015, she only played two senior games for St Kilda Sharks in 2016. As a result of the concussions, she also started wearing a helmet during her games. [1]
Bonnici made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton. [2] After round 6, she was nominated for the season's Rising Star award. [3]
Collingwood re-signed Bonnici for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. [4]
Collingwood re-signed Bonnici for the 2019 season during the trade period in June 2018. [5]
Bonnici had a successful season for Collingwood in 2021, awarded with her maiden All-Australian blazer, named on the interchange bench. [6] [7] She led the league for marks and disposals. [8] Because of this, she was selected in Champion Data's 2021 AFLW All-Star stats team. [9]
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 | |||||
2017 | Collingwood | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 64 | 8 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 0 |
2018 | Collingwood | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 33 | 78 | 14 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 11.1 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0 |
2019 | Collingwood | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 17 | 88 | 16 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 12.6 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 1 |
2020 | Collingwood | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 42 | 137 | 25 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 13.6 | 6.0 | 19.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 7 |
2021 | Collingwood | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 83 | 256† | 60§ | 38 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 15.7 | 7.5 | 23.3† | 5.5§ | 3.5 | 12 |
2022 (S6) | Collingwood | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 111 | 41 | 152 | 26 | 44 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 13.9 | 5.1 | 19.0 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 12 |
2022 (S7) | Collingwood | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2023 | Collingwood | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 44 | 183 | 29 | 65 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 4.4 | 18.3 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 12 |
2024 | Collingwood | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 118 | 63 | 181 | 16 | 64 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 7.0 | 20.1 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 8 |
Career | 66 | 8 | 8 | 798 | 341 | 1139 | 194 | 341 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.1 | 5.2 | 17.3 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 52 |
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