Jasmine Garner

Jasmine Garner
Garner with North Melbourne in March 2021
Personal information
Full name Jasmine Garner
Date of birth (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)
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, ruck rover
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 25
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2018 Collingwood 14 (10)
2019– North Melbourne 61 (54)
Total 75 (64)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

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

Early life

Garner grew up supporting the Carlton Football Club, and Anthony Koutoufides was her favourite player. She started playing local football at the Yarraville Football Club at the age of eight, but later went through a stage of "not really enjoying playing footy anymore".[2]

Inspired by the women's exhibition games that took place in the years prior to the conception of the AFL Women's competition, Garner juggled local football with her day job as an apprentice landscaper.[2] After kicking 41 goals during the 2016 VFL Women's (VFLW) season for the St Kilda Sharks,[3] she 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 AFLW debut in round 1 of 2017, playing for Collingwood in the competition's inaugural match at IKON Park against Carlton. During the opening quarter, she kicked the league's first-ever goal (her team's only goal in the 35-point loss).[5]

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

In May 2018, Garner accepted an offer to join expansion club North Melbourne.[8] Her first season with the club led to selection in the All-Australian team as a half-forward.[9] She received greater acclaim for her performances during the 2020 season, winning the AFLPA Most Valuable Player and AFLCA Champion Player of the Year awards.[10][11] Garner also claimed her first club best and fairest award,[12] as well as earning her second All-Australian selection.[13][14] However, she was "stunningly overlooked"[15] in the league best and fairest count, polling just four votes.

In 2021, during an 11-point round seven victory against the Western Bulldogs at North Hobart Oval, Garner broke the record for most clearances in an AFLW match with 13.[16] She capped off the season by winning her second club best and fairest award.[17] Garner had another strong season in 2022 season 6, leading the goalkicking for North Melbourne for the second year in a row while also earning her fourth consecutive All-Australian selection and being named captain of the All-Australian side.[18] She re-signed with the club in June 2022 for a further two seasons.[19] Garner came 11th overall in the AFLW's best and fairest award in 2022, polling 12 votes across ten games.[20]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of home and away, 2024.[21]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
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 43 7 5 3 52 10 62 23 17 0.7 0.4 7.4 1.4 8.9 3.3 2.4 1
2018 Collingwood 43 7 5 3 67 20 87 29 32 0.7 0.4 9.6 2.9 12.4 4.1 4.6 3
2019 North Melbourne 25 7 5 4 68 24 92 25 15 0.7 0.6 9.7 3.4 13.1 3.6 2.1 0
2020 North Melbourne 25 7 8 3 99 42 141 32 33 1.1 0.4 14.1 6.0 20.1 4.6 4.6 4
2021 North Melbourne 25 10 9 6 133 73 206 45 54 0.9 0.6 13.3 7.3 20.6 4.5 5.4 9
2022 (S6) North Melbourne 25 11 11 5 144 86 230 45 42 1.0 0.5 13.1 7.8 20.9 4.1 3.8 11
2022 (S7) North Melbourne 25 13 8 2 198 98 296 55 67 0.6 0.2 15.2 7.5 22.8 4.2 5.2 12
2023 North Melbourne 25 13 13 13 250 122 372 46 94 1.0 1.0 19.2 9.4 28.6 3.5 7.2 14
2024 North Melbourne 25 11 13 10 187 97 284 26 81 1.2 0.9 17 8.8 25.8 2.4 7.4
Career 86 77 49 1198 572 1770 326 435 0.9 0.6 13.9 6.7 20.6 3.8 5.1 42

References

  1. ^ Beaton, Robert (2 February 2018). "'IT BECAME TOO MUCH' — HOW GARNER CHANGED HER APPROACH".
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". AFLW. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Kangaroos star Jasmine Garner claims AFLW MVP award with second-year Blue runner-up". Fox Sports. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  11. ^ "AFLW: Garner's just reward". nmfc.com.au. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  12. ^ Wood, Lauren (24 April 2020). "North Melbourne star Jasmine Garner claims club best and fairest in unique virtual style". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  13. ^ McGowan, Marc (27 April 2020). "AFLW All-Australian team revealed, new wave dominates". womens.afl. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. ^ "AFLW All-Australian team for 2020 revealed: 12 clubs represented as two stars make history". Fox Sports. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. ^ Salemme, Kate (29 April 2020). "Coach responds to shock AFLW voting snub". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Kangaroos hold off Bulldogs in AFLW". The West Australian. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Your club's B&F: It's Turbo time again as Dockers coach signs on". AFLW. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  18. ^ "2022 AFLW All-Australian team reveal, Roos star does it AGAIN". AFLW. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Kearney, Garner lead way for spate of re-signings". nmfc.com.au. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  20. ^ "AFLW Awards: Shock after All-Australian captain Jasmine Garner misses W Award top 10".
  21. ^ "Jasmine Garner". Australian Football. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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