Georgia Walker

Georgia Walker
Georgia Walker
Personal information
Full name	Georgia Walker
Date of birth	7 December 1998 (age 19)
Place of birth	Rye, Victoria
Original team(s)	Seaford (VFLW)
Draft	2016 free agent: Collingwood
Debut	Round 2, 2017, Collingwood ; vs. Brisbane, at South Pine Sports Complex
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder / Defender
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2017 season.
	Source: AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 03, 2019

Georgia Walker (born 7 December 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.

AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league began in February 2017 with 8 teams, expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, and will expand to 14 teams in the 2020 season. The league is run by the Australian Football League (AFL) and is contested by a subset of clubs from that competition. The reigning premiers are the Adelaide Crows.

Early life and state football

Born in Rye, Walker started playing with the boys of her local club. In 2015, Walker joined the Dandenong Stingrays and was the captain of the youth girls in her two years with the club. At the same time she also played for Rye Youth Girls and for Seaford in the starting VFLW season.^[1]^[2] She won the Youth Girls Academy Challenge premiership with the Dandenong Stingrays, beating the Sandringham Dragons in the grand final,^[3] with Walker winning the best on the ground award.^[4]

Rye is a seaside resort town, approximately 83 km south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the Mornington Peninsula. Its bay beach is popular with swimmers, fishermen, yachtsmen, and kitesurfers. Its ocean beach is also popular with surfers. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

The Sandringham Dragons are an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at the Trevor Barker Oval in Sandringham, Victoria, representing the southern suburban area of Melbourne. The Dragons were one of the founding metropolitan clubs of the competition in 1992 as part of a plan by the Victorian State Football League to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs. This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft.

After playing for Collingwood in the inaugural AFLW season, Walker joined the Southern Saints before their first VFLW season.^[5]

The 2017 AFL Women's season was the first season of the elite women's Australian rules football competition. Eight teams competed in the league, all of which are associated with existing Australian Football League (AFL) clubs. The first game was played on Friday, 3 February, and the season concluded with the grand final on Saturday, 25 March.

AFL Women's career

After not being selected in the draft, Walker was signed by Collingwood as a late injury replacement, following Collingwood's Canadian recruit Kendra Heil suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury.^[6] She made her debut in round 3, 2017, in a match at South Pine Sports Complex against Brisbane.^[7]

Anterior cruciate ligament injury is when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, a popping sound during injury, instability of the knee, and joint swelling. Swelling generally appears within a couple of hours. In approximately 50% of cases, other structures of the knee such as surrounding ligaments, cartilage, or meniscus are damaged.

South Pine Sports Complex is a sport and leisure centre in Brendale, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the primary home ground for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. On 18 February 2017, it hosted its first AFL Women's game, between Brisbane and Collingwood. No games were fixtured at the venue for the 2019 season, with most being moved to Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex.

Walker was delisted by Collingwood ahead of the 2018 season.^[8]

The 2018 AFL Women's season was the second season of the elite women's Australian rules football competition. Eight teams competed in the league, the same as the previous season, all of which are associated with existing Australian Football League (AFL) clubs. The first game was played on Friday, 2 February, and concluded with the grand final on Saturday, 24 March.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season.^[9]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	No.	Totals								Averages (per game)
2017	Collingwood	31	2	0	0	5	3	8	0	3	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.5	4.0	0.0	1.5
Career			2	0	0	5	3	8	0	3	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.5	4.0	0.0	1.5

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References

↑ Potter, Jarrod (12 February 2016). "Walker aims to step it up". Dandenong Journal .
↑ Gabelich, Josh (1 November 2017). "Hungry after a taste, Walker wants more". St Kilda . Telstra Media.
↑ Potter, Jarrod (29 March 2016). "Stingrays savour maiden victory". Pakenham Gazette .
↑ "Stingrays crowned YGAC Champions". AFL Victoria. 29 March 2016.
↑ Gabelich, Josh (1 November 2017). "Southern Saints secure first signing". St Kilda . Telstra Media.
↑ Lechucki, Meagan (21 December 2016). "Walker's last minute call-up". Collingwood . Telstra Media.
↑ "Match Centre - Brisbane Lions vs. Collingwood". AFL . Telstra Media. 18 February 2017.
↑ Black, Sarah (29 May 2017). "AFLW trade period analysis: How did your club go?". AFL . Telstra Media.
↑ "Georgia Walker - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

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[1] Potter, Jarrod (12 February 2016). "Walker aims to step it up". Dandenong Journal .

[2] Gabelich, Josh (1 November 2017). "Hungry after a taste, Walker wants more". St Kilda . Telstra Media.

[3] Potter, Jarrod (29 March 2016). "Stingrays savour maiden victory". Pakenham Gazette .

[4] "Stingrays crowned YGAC Champions". AFL Victoria. 29 March 2016.

[5] Gabelich, Josh (1 November 2017). "Southern Saints secure first signing". St Kilda . Telstra Media.

[6] Lechucki, Meagan (21 December 2016). "Walker's last minute call-up". Collingwood . Telstra Media.

[7] "Match Centre - Brisbane Lions vs. Collingwood". AFL . Telstra Media. 18 February 2017.

[8] Black, Sarah (29 May 2017). "AFLW trade period analysis: How did your club go?". AFL . Telstra Media.

[9] "Georgia Walker - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 December 2017.