Aisling Utri (born 21 March 1998) is an
Australian rules footballer playing for the
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.
Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the o ...
in the
AFL Women's
AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the league ...
(AFLW). Utri was recruited by the Western Bulldogs as a
rookie signing in August 2017 due to her career in
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
. She made her debut in the twenty-six point win against at
VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the
2018 season. In round 4 Utri received a nomination for the
2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award after recording 18 disposals in her side's win over .
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1998 births
Living people
Western Bulldogs (AFLW) players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
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