Julia Crockett-Grills (born 28 October 1994) is an
Australian rules footballer with the
Geelong Football Club 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).
Crockett-Grills grew up in
Kyabram, Victoria
Kyabram is a town in north central Victoria, Australia. Kyabram is located in the centre of a rich irrigation district in the Goulburn River Valley, north of Melbourne. It is the second-largest town in the Shire of Campaspe, situated between ...
and played football as a child before leaving the sport due to the absence of women's teams.
When she was older, and living in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, she returned to playing local football with
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and
Knox.
Crockett-Grills was recruited directly by Geelong from the
VFL Women's
VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria. The league initially comprised the six premier division clubs and the top four division 1 clubs from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football L ...
league, where she played with the
Box Hill Hawks, prior to the club's
inaugural season in the AFLW. She made her AFLW debut during the first round of the
2019 season, against
Collingwood at
GMHBA Stadium.
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Geelong Football Club (AFLW) players
1994 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
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