Renee Forth

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Renee Forth
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Forth playing for Adelaide in January 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37)
Original team(s) Coastal Titans (WAWFL)
Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2018 Greater Western Sydney 05 (0)
2019–2021 Adelaide 17 (2)
Total22 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Renee Forth (born 28 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Greater Western Sydney and Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

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Amateur career

Forth played state league football for the Coastal Titans in the West Australian Women's Football League (WAWFL). She played in the club's 2012 and 2015 premiership sides. [1]

Forth captained Fremantle in the 2016 women's AFL exhibition series. [2] Forth was appointed the 2016 WA State Female Football Ambassador serving as a role model through ongoing promotion and programs. [3]

AFL Women's career

Forth was one of two Greater Western Sydney marquee players announced prior to the inaugural 2017 season.

She ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in a WAWFL match in August 2016, and was ruled out for the entirety of the 2017 AFL Women's season. [4]

She will serve as an assistant coach at the Giants in 2017. [5]

In June 2018, Forth was traded to Adelaide. [6]

Forth was awarded the Education and Training Excellence Award, presented by La Trobe University, for 2017 at the AFL Players’ Association’s MVP Awards night alongside Carlton’s Ed Curnow. [7]

In May 2021, Adelaide announced that they would not offer Forth a new contract. [8]

Other work

Outside of football, Forth works as an electrician. [9]

Forth has spent some time as a mentor, assistant coach and coach. Forth was mentor coach for the NAB AFL Women’s Academy. [10] She was an assistant coach for the 2017 Allies team in the NAB AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships. [11] Forth served as an assistant coach for the Allies when they took on Victoria in the NAB AFLW Under 18 Exhibition Match August 2018. [12] Forth assistant coached the Central Allies at the 2018 AFL Under-18 Youth Girls Championship on the Gold Coast. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Western Australia Women's Player Profiles". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Coastal Titan Renee Forth appointed as Football Ambassador". WA Womens Football League. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Harrington, Anna (17 August 2016). "Women's league marquee players Kiara Bowers and Renee Forth suffer serious knee injuries". Fox Sports. News Corp. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Horne, Ben (31 August 2016). "Injured GWS star Renee Forth has turned her attention to the draft". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Black, Sarah (1 June 2018). "AFLW: Crows trade for marquee Giant". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Forth & Curnow maximising their chance". AFLPA. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "AFLW: Adelaide confirms list changes". Adelaide . Telstra. 13 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Decent, Tom (27 July 2016). "GWS Giants name Renee Forth and Emma Swanson as women's marquee players". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "AFLW: 2018 Academy prospects revealed". afl.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Under 18s 'Allies' team named". changehergame. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Thunder to feature in AFLW Under 18 Exhibition Match". AFL Northern Territory. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "Six Panthers Selected to Represent Central Allies". The Official South Adelaide Football Club Website - The Panthers. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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