Lucy Single | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Lucy Single | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Gold Coast, Queensland | ||
Original team(s) | Bond University (QAFLW) | ||
Draft | No. 57, 2020 AFL Women's draft | ||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Gold Coast | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2021– | Gold Coast | 31 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Lucy Single (born 28 September 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).
Single was born on the Gold Coast [1] to a Korean mother and a New Zealand father. She moved with her family to New Zealand as an infant where she played a number of sports including rugby as well as competing in karate competitions. [2] Due to a lack of opportunities in New Zealand, she relocated back to the Gold Coast at the age of 10 [3] and enrolled at Miami State High School. She was a member of the school's Rugby Sevens Excellence Program and competed in the Queensland Rugby Sevens State Championships multiple times, [4] as well as captaining Miami to a win at the 2020 Queensland Rugby Sevens Schools Championship. [5]
In 2016, Single joined Miami's inaugural Australian rules football team as a "joke" with her friends and went on to play an important role in the school's state championship win that year. [6] In 2017, she signed up to play club football for the first time with the Burleigh Bombettes and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns' developmental academy. Single later switched clubs to play for Bond University in the top level QAFLW competition where she impressed scouts. As a result of her 2020 performances, she was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with pick 57 in the 2020 AFL Women's draft. [7]
In November 2020, Single showcased her athleticism by winning the 2 km time trial in her first AFLW pre-season with a time of 7:11. [8] She made her AFLW debut for the Suns in Round 1 of the 2021 AFLW season. [9] It was revealed Single signed a two-year contract extension with Gold Coast on 10 June 2021. [10]
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