Brooke Walker (footballer)

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Brooke Walker
Walker with Carlton February 2019 (cropped).png
Walker with Carlton February 2019
Personal information
Full name Brooke-Morgan Joanne Walker
Date of birth (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Original team(s) Carlton FC (VFL Women's)
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Wing/Forward
Club information
Current club Essendon
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2019–S7 (2022) Carlton 26 (14)
2023– Essendon 11 0(0)
Total37 (14)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Brooke-Morgan Joanne Walker (born 3 January 1995) is a triple-code women's footballer, playing at the highest level in Rugby Sevens (Australia), Australian rules football (AFLW) and Rugby league (NRLW).

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Walker is also a former Australian rugby union sevens and Touch Football Australia representative player. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Early life

Brooke grew up in Christchurch before moving to the Gold Coast and completed her high schooling at Keebra Park High School. [1] She played rugby league until the age of 10. [6] At the age of 14 she moved to Australia. [7]

Walker made her debut for Australia in Touch Football in 2011 at the Youth Trans Tasman series vs New Zealand in which the team was unbeaten in a three game series. [8]

Rugby union

Following this in 2013, Walker debut for Australia in Rugby Sevens being part of the team that competed and won gold at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival before debuting at an open level on the world series at the 2015 USA Women's Sevens a month after being granted her Australian citizenship. [9] [10] [11] Walker won silver playing for Australia in rugby sevens at the 2015 Pacific Games held in Port Moresby and was the travelling reserve for the Australian women's sevens team that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [12] [13] [14]

Australian rules football

In 2019, Brooke transitioned from Rugby Sevens to AFLW where she made her debut for Carlton Football Club against Greater Western Sydney as the team recorded its highest ever score in the AFLW competition. [15] [16] She signed a two-year contract with Carlton on 10 June 2021, after it was revealed the team had conducted a mass re-signing of 13 players. [17]

In March 2023, Walker was traded to Essendon in exchange for pick #9. [18]

Rugby league

In an effort to reach NRLW level, Walker signed with the Werribee Bears at the end of 2020 and after just one game was called up to represent Victoria at the National Championships. [6]
In May 2022, Walker signed to play with the Parramatta Eels in the 2022 NRL Women's season. [19] Walker played the full 70 minutes at Five-eighth in the Eel's Round 1 match on 20 August 2022, kicking two goals from three conversion attempts in a 16-38 loss to the Sydney Roosters. [20] Walker did not play in the Eels' subsequent six matches of the 2022 season.

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References

  1. 1 2 Olle, Sarah (4 May 2018). "Kiwi turned Aussie Brooke Walker is going from the Rio Olympics to the VFLW with Carlton". Fox Sport. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Brooke Walker". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Balales, Danielle (22 August 2018). "Blues sign AFLW rookies". Carlton Media. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "World's best sevens players to join Bond squad". Bond University. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Australian Youth And Masters Teams Announced". Touch Football Australia. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  6. 1 2 AFLW star Walker thrilled to get back to rugby league Mary Konstantopoulos. Ladies Who League 18 Jun 2021
  7. ↑ 7’s Rugby star drawn to bright lights of AFLW 20 May 2021
  8. ↑ "TRANS TASMAN YOUTH TOUCH SERIES 2011" (PDF). Touch Football Australia. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Aussie Brooke set for Women's Sevens World Sevens debut in Atlanta". Rugby.com.au. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN RUGBY SEVENS TEAMS WIN GOLD AND SILVER AT THE AUSTRALIAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL". Reds Rugby. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Rugby Sevens charging into Olympics". Australian Olympic Committee. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Meet the Aussie Pacific Games Rugby Sevens side". Australian Olympic Committee. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  13. ↑ Doran, Christy (6 August 2016). "Ultimate Guide to rugby sevens at the 2016 Rio Olympics". Fox Sport. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "Fiji slogs past Australia for women's rugby 7s gold". POM XV Pacific Games. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  15. ↑ Filippo, Cristian (14 February 2019). "Team Selection". Carlton. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "AFLW: Star Blue back, Pies drop Layton". The Age. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  17. ↑ Black, Sarah (10 June 2021). "List changes: Dogs lose their Spark, Pies swoop on big Blue". AFL Women's Media. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "AFLW: Brooke the Bomber". Essendon . Telstra. 17 March 2023.
  19. ↑ "Former AFLW player Brooke Walker signs with Eels". Parra Eels. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Telstra Women's Premiership - Eels v Roosters". NRL. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2024.


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