Annise Bradfield (born 9 December 2002) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who plays for the GWS Giants in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

Early life

Bradfield grew up on the

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and was a high level

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in her younger years. At the age of 12, her neighbour convinced her to begin playing

for the Labrador Tigers. A year later Bradfield switched clubs to the

Southport Sharks Southport Australian Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, that competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Southport is one of the most successful football clubs in ...

where she became an outstanding junior prospect. She signed with the

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as a teenager. She switched to the

Bond University Football Club Bond University AFL, nicknamed as the ''Bull Sharks'', is a Gold Coast based Australian rules football club operating out of Bond University. The club currently competes in the Queensland Football Association Division Two and the Queensland ...

in her final year of junior football in order to compete in the top level QAFLW competition. Bradfield attended

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throughout her upbringing and was taught P.E. by future Suns teammate

Jamie Stanton Jamie Stanton (born 7 November 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2017 to 2018 and the North Melbourne Football Club in 2019. ...

AFLW career

Bradfield made her AFLW debut for

in Round 1 of the

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. In March 2023, Bradfield was delisted by Gold Coast, having played five matches while coping with a knee injury. In April 2023, Bradfield was drafted by the GWS Giants in the

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References

2002 births Living people Australian rules footballers from the Gold Coast, Queensland Sportswomen from Queensland Gold Coast Football Club (AFLW) players {{AFL-bio-2000s-stub