Zarlie_Goldsworthy

Zarlie Goldsworthy

Zarlie Goldsworthy

Australian rules footballer


Zarlie Goldsworthy (born 18 November 2004) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW). In 2023, her second season in the league, she won both her club's best and fairest and the league's Rising Star awards.

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Pre-AFLW

Goldsworthy hails from Thurgoona, Albury, New South Wales,[1] and played numerous sports in her youth. She was selected in underage representative teams at state level in cricket and national level in soccer.[2]

In Australian rules football, she played for the Murray Bushrangers in the Talent League Girls and the Allies at the 2022 AFL Women's Under-18 Championships, where she won her team's MVP award and was selected in the All-Australian team.[1]

After playing with junior and senior football with the Western Sydney Magic where she became known for kicking bags of goals, including her first open age Grand Final.[3] She returned to Albury to play senior football with the Lavington Panthers in the Ovens & Murray Football League.

AFLW

Goldsworthy was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with pick 20 in the 2022 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in round three of 2022 season 7, kicking two goals in the inaugural AFLW Sydney Derby.[4]

In her second season, she had a breakout year. In round eight, she became the youngest player to kick five goals in an AFLW game, "single-handedly dragg[ing] the Giants over the line" against Carlton.[5] At Greater Western Sydney's awards night, she won the rising star award, members' player of the year, leading goalkicker award, "fearless award" and, most notably, the Gabrielle Trainor Medal as the club's best and fairest player.[6] She also won the league Rising Star award by one vote over Sydney's Ally Morphett.[7]

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Statistics are correct to the end of the 2023 season.[8]
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Honours and achievements


References

  1. Tervet, Steve (28 June 2022). "AFLW Draft: High hopes for Zarlie Goldsworthy and Keeley Skepper". The Border Mail. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. Williams, Peter (27 January 2022). "Player Focus: NAB League Girls – Zarlie Goldsworthy". Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. Zarlie Goldsworthy kicks five goals in Western Magic's grand final win by Andrew Moir for the Border Mail 1 October 2020
  4. Goodenough, Gordon (10 September 2022). "Giants' running game pays dividends in first AFLW Sydney derby". The Inner Sanctum. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. "Goldsworthy wins AFLW Rising Star, AA named". ESPN Australia. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  6. "Zarlie Goldsworthy". Australian Football. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

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