Jasmyn Smith (born 10 May 2004) is an

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er playing for the

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in the

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competition (AFLW). She has previously played for the

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Early life

Smith was raised on the

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where she attended Emmanuel College and served as school vice captain in 2022. Her mother, Michaela is a

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bronze medallist and Australian singles champion in

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and her father, Shane, is a former Broadbeach, Southport and Geelong Football League AFL player, and professional triathlete. Jasmyn first participated in her school's

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program in grade four but didn't take the sport seriously until the professional

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competition was established in 2017. Jasmyn was a state level netball player at the time, and her Queensland U15 team won the Australian Indoor Netball Championship. She joined the

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in 2018 when the club fielded their first U17 female team which Smith joined with her older sister, Tyra, as a 13-year old. Smith would take part in three consecutive junior grand finals with Broadbeach, winning two premierships. Smith won the South East Qld league Best and Fairest award and captained her undefeated Broadbeach team in 2021. She switched to play for

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in the top state level QAFLW competition and was also a member of the

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program where she was named in their team of the year. Smith also co-captained the Queensland U18 state team. Smith excelled and was drafted by hometown team

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with pick 52 in the

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. Along with football, Smith is a model, actress and features as a host on

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's Shake Takes television program.

AFLW career

Smith made her AFLW debut for the Suns in round 1 of the AFLW season seven at 18 years of age. Ahead of the

2024 AFL Women's season AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, ...

, Smith was traded to the

as part of an 11-player trade.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jasmyn 2004 births Living people Australian rules footballers from the Gold Coast, Queensland Sportswomen from Queensland Gold Coast Football Club (AFLW) players