Brittany Bonnici

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Brittany Bonnici
Brittany Bonnici (Helmet) 03.02.17.jpg
Bonnici playing for Collingwood in February 2017
Personal information
Full name Brittany Bonnici
Date of birth (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997 (age 24)
Original team(s) St Kilda Sharks (VFLW)
Draft No. 27, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Collingwood
vs. Carlton, at IKON Park
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 8
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Collingwood 39 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Brittany Bonnici (born 3 August 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Early life and state football[]

Bonnici first played competitively with the under-11 boys of the Wallan Football Club. She has since then toured New Zealand as the vice-captain of the Australian AFL High Performance Academy, captained Victoria Metro Youth Girls to a national title in 2015, was selected three times for the Youth Girls All-Australians, and played for Melbourne in the 2015 exhibition match. Following a bad run of concussions in 2015, she only played two senior games for St Kilda Sharks in 2016. As a result of the concussions, she also started wearing a helmet during her games.[1]

AFL Women's career[]

Bonnici made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton.[2] After round 6, she was nominated for the season's Rising Star award.[3]

Collingwood re-signed Bonnici for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[4]

Collingwood re-signed Bonnici for the 2019 season during the trade period in June 2018.[5]

Bonnici had a successful season for Collingwood in 2021, awarded with her maiden All-Australian blazer, named on the interchange bench.[6][7] She led the league for marks and disposals.[8] Because of this, she was selected in Champion Data's 2021 AFLW All-Star stats team.[9]

Statistics[]

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season[10]
Legend
 G  Goals  K  Kicks  D  Disposals  T  Tackles
 B  Behinds  H  Handballs  M  Marks
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 8 7 0 0 46 18 64 8 32 0.0 0.0 6.6 2.6 9.1 1.1 4.6 0
2018 Collingwood 8 7 1 0 45 33 78 14 24 0.1 0.0 6.4 4.7 11.1 2.0 3.4 0
2019 Collingwood 8 7 0 2 71 17 88 16 44 0.0 0.3 10.1 2.4 12.6 2.3 6.3 1
2020 Collingwood 8 7 0 1 95 42 137 25 30 0.0 0.1 13.6 6.0 19.6 3.6 4.3 7
2021 Collingwood 8 11 0 2 173 83 256† 60§ 38 0.0 0.2 15.7 7.5 23.3† 5.5§ 3.5 12
Career 39 1 5 430 193 623 123 168 0.1 0.1 11.0 4.9 16.0 3.2 4.3 20

References[]

  1. ^ Swersky, Tiarne (10 March 2017). "Bonnici's living the dream". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  2. ^ "Match Centre - Carlton vs. Collingwood". AFL. Telstra Media. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ^ Black, Sarah (14 March 2017). "Tenacious Pie, Demon defender earn AFLW Rising Star nods". AFL. Telstra Media.
  4. ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period". AFL. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017.
  5. ^ Lechucki, Meagan (4 June 2018). "AFLW: Pies pocket early picks". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  6. ^ "REVEALED: The 2021 AFLW All-Australian team". womens.afl. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ Zita, David (20 April 2021). "Two AFLW greats reach footy immortality as All-Australian squad revealed". womens.afl. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ Nice, Chris (3 April 2021). "Behind the stats: Young mid reigns supreme, chart-topping Saints surprise". St Kilda. Telstra. Georgia Patrikios ended the home-and-away season equal-second in the league for the most touches, just seven behind Collingwood’s Brittany Bonnici.
  9. ^ Black, Sarah (19 June 2021). "All-Star stats team: Shock leaders, lone Lion makes the cut". womens.afl. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Brittany Bonnici - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

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