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Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw (born 13 January 2000 in New ZealandI would love to represent my country – AFLW star paving the way for Kiwi’s playing AFL
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by Michael Whiting for AFLW 22 October, 2022 She migrated to Australia with her family at the age of 4. While growing up, Jesse's father would join in
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Australian rules football
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er playing for Brisbane
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in the AFL Women's
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competition (AFLW).
Wardlaw plays as a key forward and led the Brisbane Lions goalkicking in 2020, her break-out season as a power forward came in 2022, by mid-season Seven she led the competition's goalkicking, averaging more than 2 goals a game, the highest in the league.she has the highest goal kicking for season 7 of the NAB AFLW.
Early life
Wardlaw was born in Ashburton, New Zealand to an Aucklander mother and Christchurch father. Both her mother's parents and father's parents are Maori.Culture, swagger and … engineering: There’s more to Jesse Wardlaw than meets the eyeby Michael Whiting for AFLW 22 October, 2022 She migrated to Australia with her family at the age of 4. While growing up, Jesse's father would join in
kick-to-kick
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with a rugby league
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ball. At Slacks Creek State School and John Paul College she participated in cross country and basketball
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, netball
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and touch rugby
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A formal, competitive variety, known as Tou ...
. A talented netballer, Wardlaw was chosen in the Queensland Under 17 and Under 19 state representative sides. Her first introduction to Australian rules was through her friends, who encouraged her to be part of the AFL 9s
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social non-contact team in the Yeronga competition and the umpire of one of these games Tayla Harris
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Early life and amateur career
Harris was bo ...
seeing significant potential in her to be successful recommended she play at club level. She started with Coorparoo junior women's before being part of the Brisbane South Under 17 representative team and the Queensland Under 18 side. During this time, Wardlaw was approached by the Brisbane Lions who signed her to their Academy program.
She was playing for Coorparoo
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in the AFL Queensland Women's League
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when she was drafted by with the 61st pick in the 2018 AFL Women's draft
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As i ...
.
AFLW Career
She made her debut in the Lions' round 1 game against at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex
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on 3 February 2019.
She was nominated for the AFLW Rising Star Award in Round 2, 2020, after kicking three goals in the Lions' win over Geelong. Wardlaw achieved selection in Champion Data's 2021 AFLW All-Star stats team, after coming runner up in the league for average marks inside 50 in the 2021 AFL Women's season
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, totalling 2.0 a game.
Wardlaw was celebrated by AFL Queensland on International Women's Day 2020 as a cross-coder who plays multiple sports.
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