Lauren Arnell

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Lauren Arnell
Lauren Arnell, Adelaide Oval, 2022 September 30.jpg
Lauren Arnell in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-15) 15 March 1987 (age 37)
Original team(s) Darebin Falcons (VWFL)
Draft Priority signing 2016: Carlton
Debut Round 1, 2017, Carlton  vs. Collingwood, at IKON Park
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2018 Carlton 11 (4)
2019–2021 Brisbane 25 (5)
Total36 (9)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (0)
Coaching career3
YearsClubGames (W–L–D)
2022– Port Adelaide (W) 20 (3–15–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2023.
Career highlights

State

  • 9× VWFL premiership player: –2016
  • Darebin Falcons leading goalkicker: 2013
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Lauren Arnell (born 15 March 1987) is a retired Australian rules footballer and senior coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition, having previously played for Carlton and the Brisbane Lions. She served as Carlton's inaugural AFLW team captain in the 2017 season and won the 2021 premiership with the Brisbane Lions, before becoming Port Adelaide's inaugural coach in 2022.

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Early life and state league football

Arnell played just one football match as a junior, in a school tournament in her last year of primary school. [1] A talented state-level junior basketballer, Arnell next played football in 2005 while studying to be a teacher in Ballarat. [2] [3] [4]

Arnell first played football competitively for North Ballarat before moving to the Darebin Falcons in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) where she would win nine league premierships through the end of 2016. [5]

In 2010, Arnell was selected as one of forty players to participate in the women's AFL high-performance camp. As part of the program she played in a curtain-raiser exhibition match ahead of the round 12, 2010 AFL match between Melbourne and Collingwood. [3]

She has represented Victoria at the AFL Women's National Championship on six occasions and been selected three times as an All-Australian. [5]

Arnell was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with the twelfth overall pick in the 2013 exhibition series draft. [6] She played for the club in exhibition series matches through the end of 2016.

Playing career

Carlton

Arnell was signed as a priority player by Carlton in August 2016 ahead of the league's inaugural 2017 season. [4] She had previously worked at the club in an off-field role, including in the development of Carlton's bid for a women's team licence. [5] She was named the club's inaugural AFL Women's captain in January 2017. [7] She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match at Princes Park against Collingwood. [8]

Carlton signed Arnell for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. [9] She was replaced as captain by Brianna Davey in 2018, instead taking on the role of co-vice captain that season. [10]

Brisbane

On 28 May 2018, Arnell moved to Brisbane in a three-way deal in which Carlton received pick 40 and Collingwood received Nicole Hildebrand. [11] Ahead of the 2021 AFL Women's season, Arnell made the decision to retire at the end of the season, a decision she announced in April 2021, following Brisbane's 18-point victory over Adelaide to claim the premiership. [12]

Coaching career

Port Adelaide

Arnell was appointed as the inaugural coach of Port Adelaide's AFLW side in April 2022, making her the first former AFLW player to become a senior coach. [13]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season [14]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Carlton 1372260248411260.30.38.63.412.01.63.7
2018 Carlton 13421216277100.50.35.31.56.81.82.5
2019 Brisbane 1670058308815320.00.08.34.312.62.14.6
2020 Brisbane 1672349318016170.30.47.04.411.42.32.4
2021 Brisbane 161134913913026310.30.48.33.511.82.42.8
Career36910279130409751160.30.37.83.611.42.13.2

Personal life

Arnell grew up on a cattle farm in the Victorian town of Clarkefield, 46 kilometres northwest of Melbourne. [4] She spent her later teenage years in Lakes Entrance in the state's east. [5] She is one of a set of triplets. [1]

Arnell studied physical education teaching at the University of Ballarat and has previously worked as a school teacher. [5] [1]

She is the niece of former Footscray player, Ray Walker. [15]

In July 2023 Arnell and her partner Lexi announced that Arnell was pregnant. [16]

Off-field Arnell works as AFL Victoria's education and training manager. [1]

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  2. ↑ Lane, Samantha (15 June 2010). "A league of their own". The Age. Fairfax. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 Jolly, Laura (27 June 2010). "Arnell loves specialist coaching in camp". Leader. News Corp. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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  13. ↑ "Port Adelaide appoints Lauren Arnell as inaugural AFLW head coach". Port Adelaide Football Club . Telstra. 12 April 2022.
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  16. ↑ Anderson, Jamie. "Arnell shares pregnancy joy". Port Adelaide Football Club. Port Adelaide Football Club. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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