Olivia Barber | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 14 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Balldale, New South Wales | ||
Original team(s) | Murray Bushrangers (NAB League Girls) | ||
Draft | No.21, 2020 AFL Women's draft | ||
Debut | 6 February 2021, Geelong vs. Collingwood, at Victoria Park | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward / Ruck | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2021–2022 (S6) | Geelong | 10 (3) | |
2022 (S7)–2023 | Collingwood | 4 (2) | |
Total | 14 (5) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. |
Olivia Barber (born 14 July 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW) league.
Barber was a representative for the New South Wales country team in both the under 16s and under 18s divisions. [1] She played basketball for four years at state level, around the same time she was playing for Vic Country at under 16s level. [2] Barber played for the Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League Girls in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. She kicked 7 goals from 6 games in the 2019 season, while she only kicked a singular goal in the 2020 season due to it be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] She had her best game for the 2019 season in the Bushrangers' round two 42 point win over Queensland, where she kicked 4 goals and was named in the team's best. [4] She was named as an All-Australian in the 2019 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships as a 17 year old, [5] after kicking 5 goals from 3 games. [3]
Barber was recruited by Geelong with the 21st pick in the 2020 AFL Women's draft. [6] [7] She debuted in the team's 29 point loss to Collingwood. [8] On debut, she kicked her first career goal in the opening 30 seconds of the game. [9] Barber would go on to play every possible game for the season, with the exception of round 5. Barber injured her knee in round 12 of the VFL Women's season, [10] but avoided surgery. [11]
In June 2022, Barber was traded to Collingwood in exchange for pick #33. [12] In December 2023, Collingwood announced they won't be offering her a contract for the 2024 AFL Women's season. [13]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | H/O | Hit-outs |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
2021 | Geelong | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
2022 (S6) | Geelong | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
2022 (S7) | Collingwood | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.3 |
2023 | Collingwood | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career | 14 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 41 | 85 | 18 | 26 | 50 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
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