Georgia Nanscawen

Georgia Nanscawen (born 27 May 1992) is an Australian field hockey player[1] and Australian rules footballer. As of October 2015, Nanscawen has 162 caps to her name, and has scored 32 goals. She debuted for Australia in May, 2009. Her former club is Essendon Ladies, Melbourne, Victoria. She players in the Forward position. Making her debut for Australia at 17, Georgia Nanscawen is the youngest woman ever to play 100 matches for Australia.

Nanscawen playing for Australia in 2013.

Georgia Nanscawen
Nanscawen in June 2019
Personal information
Full name Georgia Nanscawen
Born (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992
Brunswick, Victoria
Height 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Playing position Midfielder d
Club information
Current club Victorian Vipers
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009– Australia 205 (37)

In May 2018 she announced that she would join North Melbourne in the AFL Women's for the 2019 season.[2] She made her AFLW football debut in the opening round, when North Melbourne beat Carlton. At the end of the season, she was delisted by North Melbourne.[3]

References

  1. "Profile". hockey.org.au. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  2. Banister, Jack (28 January 2019). "Georgia Nanscawen: More hockey players will be lured by AFLW". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. "AFLW Trade and Signing Period wrap: Saints and Suns swoop on last day". AFL Women's. Telstra Media. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.


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