Ruby Svarc

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Ruby Svarc
AFLW S7 GF Ruby Svarc warmup 2.jpg
Svarc warming up before the 2022 season 7 Grand Final
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-28) 28 September 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) Essendon (VFLW)
Draft No. 38, 2020 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 3, 2022 (S6), Brisbane  vs. Carlton, at Carrara Stadium
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender/wing
Club information
Current club Brisbane
Number 29 [1]
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2021– Brisbane 29 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Ruby Svarc (born 28 September 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Brisbane in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Svarc is from Corowa, New South Wales and grew up on a farm with older sister Cathy Svarc [2] in a family passionate about Australian rules. [3]

She grew up playing soccer, volleyball and cricket. Though she played Australian rules informally on the farm, she did not play the sport in New South Wales as there were few opportunities for young girls to play. It wasn't until she was 19 that she moved to Melbourne and began playing with St Mary's Salesian in the Victorian Amateur Football Association that she developed a desire to play the sport at the highest level. [4]

She played for Essendon in the VFL Women's before being drafted by Brisbane with the 38th pick in the 2020 AFL Women's draft.

She spent the 2021 season on the Lions' list without making her debut and was announced as a delisting at the end of the season. She was, however, shortly afterwards reinstated to the Lions' list for 2022 season 6, [5] and made her AFLW debut in round 3 that season in the Lions' win against Carlton at Carrara Stadium. [6]

She won the inaugural AFL Women's Grand Final sprint in 2021. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "RUBY SVARC". Australian Football. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Svarc sisters roaring for 2021" . The Corowa Free Press . 25 November 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Corowa's Cathy Svarc drafted by Brisbane for 2020 AFLW season
  4. ↑ The Svarc's: From the Family Farm to the Big Stage By Michael Whiting/AFL Media 16 November 2022
  5. ↑ "The curious case of Ruby Svarc and who will replace Emma Zielke?". Credit to the Girls - an AFLW podcast (Podcast). Australian Football League. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Black, Sarah (25 January 2022). "TUESDAY TEAMS: Lions set for sister act, gun Blue back". AFL Women's . Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. ↑ AFL Women's [@aflwomens] (17 April 2021). "Ruby Svarc from @lionsaflw takes out the @Colgate AFLW Grand Final Sprint 💨 #AFLWGF" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 January 2022– via Twitter.


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