Tori Groves-Little

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Tori Groves-Little
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 (age 23)
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
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2019 Brisbane 02 (0)
2020–S7 (2022) Gold Coast 11 (4)
Total13 (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).

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Early life

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]

AFLW career

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]

Statistics

Legend
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Goals
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Disposals  
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Behinds  
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Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2019 Brisbane 2620110212180.00.55.01.06.00.54.00
2020 Gold Coast 3100415010.00.04.01.05.00.01.00
2021 Gold Coast 33001611277120.00.05.33.79.02.34.00
2022 (S6) Gold Coast 3545234275110.81.04.60.85.41.02.20
2022 (S7) Gold Coast 320073100100.00.03.51.55.00.05.00
Career [10] 134660218113420.30.54.61.66.21.03.20

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References

  1. Black, Sarah (7 October 2018). "Groves-Little a one of a kind draft prospect". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. Cormack, Michael (8 August 2015). "Beenleigh Buffaloes player Tori Groves-Little stars at national AFL Schoolgirls championships". Courier Mail . Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. Cheadle, Josh (12 June 2019). "Tori's story: from competitive skipping to AFLW". goldcoastfc.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. Wingard, Ant (17 September 2018). "Groves-Little becomes youngest ever QWAFL Best and Fairest winner". AFL Queensland. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. "Brisbane Lions AFL Women's Players". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. Whiting, Michael (23 December 2021). "'I'm here to educate': Why Tori wants you to ask the question". womens.afl . Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  7. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (7 February 2019). "Tori Groves-Little in frame for her AFLW debut against Fremantle". news.com.au . Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  8. "Gold Coast Suns sign Brisbane Lions young gun for AFLW team". Gold Coast Bulletin. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. "SUNS make AFLW list changes". Gold Coast Suns . Telstra. 7 March 2023. The Gold Coast SUNS have informed defender Jade Pregelj and small forward Tori Groves-Little that they will not be offered contracts for the upcoming AFLW season.
  10. Tori Groves-Little at AustralianFootball.com