Sarah Perkins

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Sarah Perkins
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Perkins playing for Adelaide in January 2019
Personal information
Full name Sarah Perkins
Nickname(s) Tex, Tank
Date of birth (1993-07-26) 26 July 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) East Burwood (YJFL)
Draft 2016 free agent: Adelaide
Debut Round 1, 2017, Adelaide  vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Thebarton Oval
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s) Full-forward / ruck
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2019 Adelaide 17 (13)
2020 Melbourne 03 0(3)
2021–2022 (S6) Gold Coast 15 0(9)
2022 (S7)–2023 Hawthorn 05 0(1)
Total40 (26)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Sarah Perkins (born 26 July 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who currently play's for the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She previously played with Adelaide, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Hawthorn.

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Early life and state league career

Raised in Melbourne, [1] Perkins played netball and soccer before playing Australian rules football. [2] At thirteen, Perkins was told she would no longer be able to play contact sports due to a spinal disc herniation, so she concentrated on netball for the next three years.

At the age of sixteen, she decided to start playing Australian rules football, [3] joining the East Burwood Devils (later known as the Eastern Devils) youth side in 2009 and becoming a two-time Victorian under-18 representative. In 2011, she won the best-and-fairest medal in the inaugural Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL) Youth Girls season. [4]

In 2012, she joined the Devils' senior side in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in 2012. [5] In 2016, she kicked fifty-two goals and finished third in the leading goalkicker award, behind Moana Hope and Katie Brennan, and was named in the VWFL team of the year. [6] In the eighteen months before being recruited, she lost 40 kilograms (88 lb) to fulfill her dream of playing AFL football, reducing her BMI from 45.1 to just 31.7. [7]

AFL Women's career

Perkins celebrating a goal in the round 6, 2017 match against Melbourne. Perkins celebrating goal.jpg
Perkins celebrating a goal in the round 6, 2017 match against Melbourne.

After being overlooked in the 2016 AFL Women's draft, Perkins was recruited by the Adelaide Football Club as a free-agent. [8] She debuted in the thirty-six point win over Greater Western Sydney at Thebarton Oval in the opening round of the 2017 AFLW season. [9] Labelled as the league's first cult hero by the ABC, she recorded eight disposals, three marks and a long-range goal, and earned the nickname "Tex" after The Cruel Sea lead singer, Tex Perkins. [10] In addition, her performance in the match drew comparisons to Adelaide captain and full-forward, Taylor Walker, who is also nicknamed "Tex". [11]

In her second match, she kicked two goals to help Adelaide defeat the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval by twenty-five points; her skills in the match led to Herald Sun journalist, Eliza Sewell, writing "she leads well and takes a strong grab...she uses her body well and a set-shot goal from forty-five metres impressed even the Bulldogs fans," [12] Furthermore, Fox Sports Australia journalist, Sarah Olle, wrote "Perkins' leading patterns are terrific. She’s quick off the mark, uses her size to great effect, has a monstrous kick and loves a celebration" [13] and the Australian edition of The Huffington Post said she is a player people need to know about and she is as strong as she is inspirational. [14]

Perkins kicked four goals and created scoring opportunities for her teammates in the seventh round win against Collingwood, leading to her being named Player of the Week by the AFL Players Association. [15]

On 25 March 2017 Perkins and the Adelaide Crows defeated the Brisbane Lions at Metricon Stadium to become the inaugural AFLW premiers. Perkins played an instrumental role in the Crows' success, and was named on the forward line in the 2017 All-Australian team. [16]

On 18 May 2017, Adelaide signed Perkins for the 2018 AFLW season. [17] In 2019, Sarah was delisted from Adelaide. In 2020, Sarah was added as an injury replacement player to the Melbourne list. In the 2020 AFLW Draft, Sarah was selected at pick 23 to the Gold Coast Suns.

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2023. [18]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTH/OGBKHDMTH/O
2017 # Adelaide 2881184324671824211.41.05.43.08.42.33.02.66
2018 Adelaide 287142393241540.10.63.31.34.60.62.10.40
2019 Adelaide 282116393510.50.53.01.54.51.52.50.50
2020 Melbourne 33330148226971.00.04.72.77.32.03.02.30
2021 Gold Coast 285302933295120.60.05.80.66.41.81.02.40
2022 (S6) Gold Coast 28106125313661814120.61.25.31.36.61.81.41.20
2022 (S7) Hawthorn 23411153183630.30.33.80.84.50.81.50.80
2023 Hawthorn 231025164500.02.05.01.06.04.05.00.00
Career402628188642526583600.60.74.71.66.31.62.11.56

Honours and achievements

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