Tayla Harris

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Tayla Harris
Tayla Harris S7 grand final.jpg
Harris with Melbourne in 2022
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [1]
Original team(s) Zillmere (QAWFL)
Draft Marquee player, 2016: Brisbane
Debut Round 1, 2017, Brisbane  vs. Melbourne, at Casey Fields
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward/ruck
Club information
Current club Melbourne
Number 7
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017 Brisbane 08 0(4)
2018–2021 Carlton 29 (25)
2022 (S6)– Melbourne 32 (32)
Total69 (61)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2017 Allies 1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights

AFLW

State

  • QAWFL best and fairest: 2012
Source: AustralianFootball.com
Boxing career
Statistics
Weight(s) Middleweight
Boxing record [2]
Total fights10
Wins8
Wins by KO3
Losses1
Draws1

Tayla Harris (born 16 April 1997) is a professional Australian sportsperson best known for her careers in Australian rules football with the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and in professional boxing. She is a highly successful boxer, being an Australian National Boxing Federation female middleweight title holder. As a footballer, she plays as a key forward and previously played with Carlton and Brisbane. Harris is an AFLW premiership player, 4 time women's All-Australian, as well as former Carlton leading goalkicker and Melbourne leading goalkicker.

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Early life and amateur career

Harris was born and raised in Brisbane's northern suburbs and began playing competitive football for Aspley at age five. [3] She played in a mixed competition with young girls and boys until 2010. [3]

At the age of 15, she began playing senior football for Zillmere in the AFL Queensland Women's League (QAWFL), where she won the league best and fairest award in her first season. [3] In 2017, following a move to Melbourne, she began playing in the VFL Women's competition with the St Kilda Sharks. [4]

She represented Queensland in the youth girls competition, and is a five time All-Australian. [5]

At the age of 17, she was drafted to the Melbourne representative side as part of the AFL women's exhibition series. [6] She continued to play for the club through 2016. [3] She also played as part of the Brisbane Lions' representative team in 2016. [7]

She attended primary school at Prince of Peace Lutheran College and high school at Albany Creek State High School. [3]

AFL Women's career

Harris playing for Brisbane in 2017 Tayla Harris 19.03.17.jpg
Harris playing for Brisbane in 2017
Harris playing for Carlton in 2019 Tayla Harris 23.03.19.jpg
Harris playing for Carlton in 2019

Harris was one of two marquee player signings announced by Brisbane in anticipation of the league's inaugural 2017 season. [5] She made her league debut in the club's inaugural match, in round 1, 2017, against Melbourne at Casey Fields. In round 2, she was nominated for the league Rising Star award for a two-goal, twelve disposal and seven mark performance against Fremantle, [8] and also was named "Player of the Week" by the AFL Players Association. [9] At the conclusion of two rounds she was ranked equal fourth in the league for total goals scored (two) and first in the league for contested marks (eight). [10]

At the end of the season, Harris was listed in the 2017 All-Australian team. [11]

Prior to the 2017 AFLW trade period, Harris expressed her desire to be traded to a Victorian club. The trade period started on 15 May. [12] Early talks between Brisbane and Carlton faltered; although Carlton offered Bianca Jakobsson in trade, Brisbane wanted an additional player. Melbourne also made an offer for Harris. [13] On 25 May 2017, Harris was traded to Carlton in a complex trade involving four teams, five players and a draft pick. [14]

She played six matches with her new club in 2018 and kicked five goals, tying with Darcy Vescio to share the club's leading goalkicker award with them. [15] She also claimed All-Australian selection that year, named on the interchange bench. [16] Her 2019 and 2020 seasons were both solid, as she kicked 8 goals in each. She was named in the All-Australian team in 2020 on the interchange bench. [17] 2021 saw Harris down on form, playing 9 games but only kicking 4 goals and averaging under 10 disposals. [18] Harris was involved in controversy in March 2021 after it was reported that she missed part of her training in order to create an instagram post promoting her new documentary. [19] Around May 2021, it was revealed that Harris was looking for the club to double her salary to a total of $150,000, which Carlton were reluctant to do. [20] Harris cautioned that she may switch sporting codes back to boxing, where she was successful in the past. [21] It was reported that her relationship with the club had begun to deteriorate. [22] Harris ultimately requested a trade to Melbourne, and was traded on 8 June. [23]

AFLW statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2022 season 6. [18]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Brisbane 784945115623160.51.15.61.47.02.92.06
2018 Carlton 2265648115920190.81.08.01.89.83.33.24
2019 Carlton 788750136325211.00.96.31.67.93.12.60
2020 Carlton 778555187326171.10.77.92.610.53.72.43
2021 Carlton 794334144816170.50.34.31.86.02.02.10
2022 (S6) Melbourne 712181166319739171.50.95.52.68.13.31.43
Career494740298983961491071.00.86.12.08.13.02.213

Professional boxing record

10 fights8 wins1 loss
By knockout30
By decision51
Draws1
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
8Win7–0–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Janay Harding TKO4 (8), 0:5822 Nov 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, AustraliaWon vacant Australian female super-welterweight title
7Win6–0–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margarite ButcherTKO2 (8), 1:1818 Oct 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, AustraliaWon Australian female middleweight title
6Win5–0–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renee Gartner TKO2 (5), 1:5314 Aug 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5Draw4–0–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah DwyerMD817 Nov 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, AustraliaFor vacant Australian female middleweight title
4Win4–0–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Janay HardingUD57 Sep 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, Australia
3Win3–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margarite ButcherUD64 Aug 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, Australia
2Win2–0 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tessa TualevaoMD423 Sep 2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eatons Hill Hotel, Eatons Hill, Queensland, Australia
1Win1–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margarite ButcherUD424 Jun 2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eatons Hill Hotel, Eatons Hill, Queensland, Australia

Online harassment

The original picture Tayla Harris 2019 kicking.jpg
The original picture

A picture taken by AFL Media photographer Michael Willson showing Harris kicking for goal during a 2019 match against the Western Bulldogs became the target of sexual Internet trolling after it was posted on social media by Seven Network. [24] Harris retweeted the photograph with the caption: "Here’s a pic of me at work... think about this before your derogatory comments, animals". [24] Critics of the trolls included fellow AFLW players Erin Phillips and Darcy Vescio, Geelong player Patrick Dangerfield, cyclist Anna Meares, AFLW head of football Nicole Livingstone and Australian Football League chief executive Gillon McLachlan, and federal minister for women Kelly O'Dwyer. [25] [26] Phillips, Vescio, Meares and O'Dwyer joined the chorus of people condemning Seven's decision to remove the photo, which was perceived as yielding to the trolls. It was later reinstated with an apology. [25] [26]

On 11 September 2019, a bronze statue immortalising the image was unveiled in Federation Square Melbourne. [27]

On 27 February 2020, Tayla Harris was announced as an ambassador for Our Watch, a national organisation tasked with preventing violence against women and their children. [28]

Personal life

Harris' partner is fellow AFLW player Kodi Jacques. [29]

Recognition

She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2019. [30]

See also

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