Jasmine Garner

Jasmine Garner (born 8 July 1994) is an Australian rules footballer with the North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Garner scored the first-ever goal in the AFLW competition, playing for Collingwood in the competition's inaugural match in 2017.[1]

Jasmine Garner
Garner with North Melbourne in January 2019
Personal information
Full name Jasmine Garner
Date of birth (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994
Original team(s) St Kilda Sharks (VFLW)
Draft No. 86, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Collingwood
vs. Carlton, at IKON Park
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s) Key forward
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 25
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2018 Collingwood 14 (10)
2019– North Melbourne 14 (13)
Total 28 (23)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Garner grew up supporting the Carlton Football Club, and Anthony Koutoufides was her favourite player. Garner started playing local football at the Yarraville Football Club at the age of eight, however she later went through a stage where she was "not really enjoying playing footy anymore". She was inspired by the women's exhibition games that took place in the years prior to the conception of the AFL Women's competition, and juggled local football with her day job as an apprentice landscaper.[2]

Garner played for the St Kilda Sharks in the VFL Women's (VFLW) in 2016 alongside future Collingwood teammate Moana Hope, kicking 41 goals.[3] Garner was drafted by Collingwood with the club's eleventh selection, eighty-sixth overall, in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[4]

AFL Women's career

Garner made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton, where she kicked the league's first-ever goal (and Collingwood's only goal for the game).[5] She went on to kick five goals in her first season.

Collingwood signed Garner for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[6] On 2 September, Garner played for Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match, where she was named among Victoria's best players with a game-high (and career-best) five goals.[7]

In May 2018 Garner accepted an offer from expansion club North Melbourne to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season.[8]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 7, 2020.[9]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
AFLW playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Collingwood 4375352106223170.70.47.41.48.93.32.41
2018 Collingwood 4375367208729320.70.49.62.912.44.14.63
2019 North Melbourne 2575468249225150.70.69.73.413.13.62.10
2020 North Melbourne 25783994214132321.10.414.16.020.14.64.6
Career 28 23 13 286 96 382 109 96 0.8 0.5 10.2 3.4 13.6 3.9 3.4 4

References
  1. Beaton, Robert (2 February 2018). "'IT BECAME TOO MUCH' — HOW GARNER CHANGED HER APPROACH".
  2. Ellis, Alice (1 March 2017). "Collingwood Player Jasmine Garner Now Gets to Wear Her Hero's Number on Her Own Jersey". Women's Health. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. "AFLW Player Profiles". collingwoodfc.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. Black, Sarah (12 October 2016). "As it happened: 2016 AFL Women's Draft". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. Guthrie, Ben (3 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period". afl.com.au. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  7. Black, Sarah (2 September 2017). "AFLW: Daisy stands tall as Big V dominates". afl.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. Black, Sarah (11 May 2018). "AFLW: Roos, Cats start list builds ahead of '19". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  9. "Jasmine Garner". Australian Football. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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