Ellie McKenzie

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Ellie McKenzie
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McKenzie in February 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-10-17) 17 October 2002 (age 21)
Original team(s) Northern Knights (NAB League Girls)
Draft No. 1, 2020 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2021, Richmond  vs. Brisbane, at Punt Road Oval
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Inside midfielder
Club information
Current club Richmond
Number 22
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2021– Richmond 27 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights

Junior

  • Under-18 All-Australian: 2019

Senior

  • AFLW Best First Year Player (2021)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Ellie McKenzie (born 17 October 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

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Early life and junior football

McKenzie grew up in the northern Melbourne suburb of Northcote. [1] She first played junior football in 2010 in an under 10s boys team at the Fitzroy Junior Football Club before a representative stint with the Northern Knights in the NAB League Girls competition. [1]

She earned All-Australian honours as a bottom age player at the 2019 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships but was unable to challenge for a consecutive honour after the 2020 series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

AFL Women's career

McKenzie was drafted by Richmond with the first overall pick in the 2020 AFL Women's draft. [2]

She made her debut against Brisbane at Punt Road Oval in the opening round of the 2021 season. She recorded 12 disposals in the loss, and was named among her side's best by AFL Media. [3]

McKenzie won a 2021 AFL Women's Rising Star nomination for her role in Richmond's first ever AFLW win, recorded against Geelong. In that game, she had 16 disposals, 5 marks, a goal and 4 inside 50s. [4] McKenzie won the league's best first year player award in 2021, following in the footsteps of Rising Star winner Chloe Molloy, Brownlow medallist Madison Prespakis and St Kilda gun Georgia Patrikios. She received 137 votes to win the award, the closest to her being Bulldog Jess Fitzgerald on 63 votes. [5] She also finished runner up in the team's best and fairest for 2021, finishing with 15 vote which was 1 behind winner Monique Conti, and won the team's best first year player award. [6]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season. [7]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2021 Richmond 22944707014027260.40.47.87.815.63.02.96
Career944707014027260.40.47.87.815.63.02.96

Personal life

McKenzie is the younger sister of former North Melbourne men's rookie Tom McKenzie. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MIchell, Tim (17 April 2018). "TAC Cup: Siblings Tom and Ellie McKenzie making a mark at Northern Knights". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Black, Sarah (6 October 2020). "No.1 revealed: Tigers take elite-kicking McKenzie". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Black, Sarah (31 January 2021). "Improved Tigers fall to Lions at Punt Road". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. AFL Media. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Black, Sarah (1 March 2021). "Rising Star, R5: Eagles' matchwinner, No.1 gun fire". AFL Women's Media. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Black, Sarah (14 April 2021). "MVP Awards: Pie pips Docker for top gong, best captain revealed". AFL Women's Media. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Your club's B&F: Second-year Saint claims top gong again". AFL Women's Media. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Ellie McKenzie- Player Stats By Season" . Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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