Chelsea Randall

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Chelsea Randall
Chelsea Randal 2018.jpg
Randall playing for Adelaide in March 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-14) 14 June 1991 (age 33)
Original team(s) Swan Districts (WAWFL)
Draft Marquee player, 2016: Adelaide
Debut Round 1, 2017, Adelaide  vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Thebarton Oval
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Adelaide
Number 26
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017– Adelaide 60 (22)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2017 The Allies 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights

AFLW

State

  • 2× WAWFL best and fairest

Representative

  • 3× All-Australian
  • 4× Western Australia player
  • Western Australia captain: 2013
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Chelsea Randall (born 14 June 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She is one of the club's inaugural AFLW team co-captains.

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Early life and state league football

Randall began playing football in the boys under-11 side at the Safety Bay Stingers. [1]

Randall has played state league football with Swan Districts in the West Australian Women's Football League (WAFL) since 2008. [1] She is a two-time winner of the WAWFL best and fairest award. [1]

Randall is a three-time All-Australian and has represented Western Australia at four national championships. Her first selection came at the age of 15. In 2013, she captained the state's side at that year's championships. [2]

In 2011, she was selected as one of eight players to participate the AIS/AFL women's academy. [3]

Randall was drafted to the Melbourne side for the 2013 women's AFL exhibition series with the third overall pick. [4] In 2014, she was returned to Melbourne's side and was named best on ground in the series' second exhibition match of that year. She recorded fourteen marks and two goals in the match. [5] Randall continued to play for the side through to the end of the 2016 exhibition series. [1] In 2016, she also played matches for West Coast in the same exhibition series. [6]

AFL Women's career

Randall kicking during the round 6, 2017 match against Melbourne. Chelsea Randall kicking.1.jpg
Randall kicking during the round 6, 2017 match against Melbourne.

Randall was one of two marquee player signings announced by Adelaide in anticipation of the league's first season in 2017. [7] She was named the club's inaugural AFL Women's captain in January 2017. [8] [9] Randall was nominated by her teammates for the AFLW Players’ Most Valuable Player Award, [10] and was listed in the All-Australian team. [11]

Randall won the 2017 AFLW Players' Most Courageous Award. [12]

On 18 May 2017, Adelaide signed Randall for the 2018 AFLW season. [13]

Randall had another successful season in 2018, and was named the Crows' club champion, receiving 162 of a possible 168 votes over the season and scoring a maximum 24 votes in four of seven matches. [14] She also won the AFLW Players' Most Courageous Award again, and was named captain of the 2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team. [15] Randall again co-captained the side in the 2019 season, where she had another superb year, winning a second premiership and also being named for the third year running in the AFLW All-Australian team.

She suffered a serious injury to her knee at the start of the 2020 pre-season, ruling her out of the entire 2020 AFLW season. [16] After her co-captain Erin Phillips relinquished her share of the captaincy, Randall was appointed sole captain of the Crows ahead of the 2021 season. [17] It was revealed Randall had re-signed with Adelaide for two more years on 8 June 2021. [18]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2022 season 6. [19]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
Chelsea Randall AWFL statistics
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Adelaide 26822852811324390.30.310.63.514.13.04.94
2018 Adelaide 26710852911422340.10.012.14.116.33.14.96
2019 Adelaide 26811725112328170.10.19.06.415.43.52.14
2020 Adelaide 260––––––––––––––0
2021 Adelaide 26962684311125220.70.27.64.812.32.82.43
2022 (S6) Adelaide 26600431053168007.21.78.82.71.3
Career381053541615151161210.30.19.34.213.63.13.217

Personal life

Off the field, Randall works at the Adelaide Football Club as a community programs officer. [8] In addition to her work, Randall is studying to become a physical education teacher. [6] [20]

In 2015 and 2016, Randall lived and worked in the remote mining town of Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. She regularly completed a thirteen-hour drive in order to play for Swan Districts in the WAWFL. [6]

In 2020, Randall competed on The Amazing Race Australia 5 with Marijana Rajčić as a "stowaway team". [21] In post-show interviews, the two revealed that they had started dating before filming began. [22] The pair announced their engagement on 5 March 2023 and the birth of their son on 29 October 2023. [23] [24]

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References

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  2. ↑ Gill, Katrina (27 July 2016). "Chelsea's captain's call". AFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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  4. ↑ "Darebin Falcon skipper Daisy Pearce tops women's draft". Herald Sun . News Corp Australia. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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  6. 1 2 3 Matthews, Bruce (2 June 2016). "Chelsea's long haul". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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  8. 1 2 "Erin Phillips, Chelsea Randall named inaugural Adelaide Crows captains". The Advertiser . News Corp Australia. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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