Amy McDonald (Australian footballer)
Australian rules football player
Amy McDonald (born 7 February 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). McDonald is a three-time Geelong best and fairest winner and was named in the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 All-Australian team.
Junior career
McDonald originally hails from Ballarat and played netball for Redan Football Netball Club, including an under 19s premiership in 2014 when she was just 15. A tap on the shoulder asking McDonald to fill a spot to ensure that the Youth Girls' team had enough numbers began her footballing career after taking a break from netball.
McDonald won her second Ballarat youth girls league best and fairest award in 2014. McDonald also spent time on the Greater Western Victoria Rebels list before playing with the Geelong Cats in the VFL Women's (VFLW) in 2019 where she managed 14 games and a team of the year selection after averaging just under 17 disposals and 5 tackles per game.
AFL Women's career
McDonald was selected with pick 80 in the 2019 AFL Women's draft, Geelong's fifth pick of the draft. She was notified that she would be drafted after playing in a losing VFL Women's finals loss. McDonald made her AFL Women's debut in the opening round of the 2020 AFL Women's season against the Fremantle Dockers at Fremantle Oval in which the Geelong Cats lost. She had five disposals and two tackles on debut.
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