Kara Donnellan

Kara Donnellan
Donnellan playing for Fremantle in January 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992
Original team(s) Swan Districts (WAWFL)
Draft Marquee player, 2016: Fremantle
Debut Round 1, 2017, Fremantle
vs. Western Bulldogs, at VU Whitten Oval
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Fremantle
Number 15
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Fremantle 13 (5)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2018 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights

AFLW

  • AFLW All Australian team (2017)

State

Source: AustralianFootball.com

Kara Donnellan (born 27 February 1992) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.

Early life and amateur career

Donnellan spent her early years in Victoria.[1] She played state league football with the St Abans Women's Football Club (now VU Western Spurs) through 2012.[1] Donnellan moved to Perth prior to the 2013 season and began playing with Swan Districts in the West Australian Women's Football League. She is currently the captain of Swan Districts.[2]

In 2013, she was drafted by the Melbourne Football Club to play in the exhibition match representative side.[3] She was selected fifth overall in the initial two-team draft.[2][4] She went on to play with the side in exhibition matches through 2016. Donnellan was named best on ground following the first of two exhibition matches in 2015.[5] She also played for and represented the West Coast side in an exhibition match played in 2016.

AFL Women's career

Donnellan was one of two marquee player signings announced by Fremantle in anticipation of the league's inaugural 2017 season. In January 2017, she was announced as the inaugural captain of the Fremantle AFL Women's team.[6]

Donnellan was highlighted as "Player of the Week" by the AFL Players Association for her "best on ground" performance in the Dockers' first AFLW win in round 6 against Carlton.[7] However, she tore a quadriceps in the third quarter of that match, causing her to miss the final game of the season. After six rounds, Donnellan was statistically in the top two players overall and in score assists, fourth in kicks, tackles and clearances,[8] and top ten in disposals and inside 50s.[7]

Despite missing the final game, Donnellan was nominated by her teammates for the AFL Players' Most Valuable Player Award,[9] and was listed in the 2017 All-Australian team.[10]

Fremantle signed Donnellan for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[11]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season[12]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2017 Fremantle 15640782310111400.70.013.03.816.81.86.7
Career 6 4 0 78 23 101 11 40 0.7 0.0 13.0 3.8 46.8 1.8 6.7

References

  1. 1 2 Matthews, Bruce (11 April 2016). "'The female Juddy' Kara Donnellan to lead WA in exhibition match". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Player Profiles". Fremantle FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Burgan, Matt (26 June 2013). "Women's guernsey numbers announced". Melbourne FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Burgan, Matt (16 May 2016). "Dees claims Pearce with No. 1 Draft pick". Melbourne FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Di Giorgio, Giulio (24 May 2015). "Dees claim hard-fought win in women's clash". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Miller, Dale (11 January 2017). "Donnellan a natural choice as first Freo leader". The West Australian. Seven West Media. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 "AFLW Player Of The Week: Round 6". AFL Players Association. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  8. ↑ @championdata (11 March 2017). "AFLW Player Stat Leaders after Round 6 matches.(Ties ordered by games played, player name)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "AFLW MVP Nominations Revealed". AFL Players Association. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (28 March 2017). "Lions, Crows dominate AFLW All Australian team - AFL.com.au". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "Kara Donnellan–player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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