Tori Groves-Little | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 13 October 2000 | ||
Original team(s) | Coorparoo (QWAFL) | ||
Draft | No. 56, 2018 AFL Women's draft | ||
Debut | Round 2, 2019, Brisbane vs. Fremantle, at Fremantle Oval | ||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Wing/Half-back | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2019 | Brisbane | 2 (0) | |
2020–S7 (2022) | Gold Coast | 11 (4) | |
Total | 13 (4) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the S7 (2022) season. | |||
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Tori Groves-Little (born 13 October 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).
Groves-Little grew up in Logan, Queensland and attended Beenleigh State High School throughout their teenage years. [1] They played junior football for the Beenleigh Buffaloes in the local Queensland competition in their younger years. [2] They joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy program at the age of 16 [3] and became the youngest player to win the QWAFL best and fairest award at the age of 17. [4] Later that year they were drafted by Brisbane with the 56th pick in the 2018 AFL Women's draft. [5]
Groves-Little is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. [6]
Groves-Little made their AFLW debut in Brisbane's round 2 game against Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on 10 February 2019. [7] Following the 2019 season, they joined Gold Coast. [8] In March 2023, Groves-Little was delisted by Gold Coast. [9]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2019 | Brisbane | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 0 |
2020 | Gold Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
2021 | Gold Coast | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 0 |
2022 (S6) | Gold Coast | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0 |
2022 (S7) | Gold Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0 |
Career [10] | 13 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 21 | 81 | 13 | 42 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0 |
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