Krystal Scott (born 17 October 1994) is a former

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 played for the

Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The club has been playing in the AFL since th ...

in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was also listed for two years with Brisbane, but didn't make an appearance.

Early life

Scott was born in Adelaide and moved to the Gold Coast at seven years of age where she began pursuing a career in tennis as a teenager. She attended King's Christian College throughout her upbringing and relocated to Virginia in the United States in 2014 when she accepted a tennis scholarship to attend Norfolk State University. Following her two seasons with NSU, she returned to the Gold Coast and was inspired to try

for the first time at 22 years of age after seeing the success of the inaugural AFLW season. She signed up to play for

Bond University Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its founding on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher ed ...

in the QWFA Division 1 and helped lead Bond to the first women's premiership in club history, which would lead to her and teammate

Molly Ritson Molly Ritson (born 12 August 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Early life Ritson grew up on the Gold Coast and attended Aquinas College throughout her upbr ...

being rookie drafted by the Brisbane Lions at the 2017 AFLW draft.

AFL Women's career

Brisbane

Scott spent two years on Brisbane's list before being delisted in 2019 without making her AFLW debut.

Gold Coast

Scott was drafted by her hometown team, the

, as a mature-age signing in the 2022 AFLW draft. She made her AFLW debut in round 10 of the

2022 AFL Women's season The 2022 AFL Women's season was the sixth season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season was the last to feature 14 clubs, ran from 7 January until 9 April ...

. In December 2022, Scott announced her retirement from football after making a single appearance.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Krystal 1994 births Living people Australian rules footballers from the Gold Coast, Queensland Sportswomen from Queensland Gold Coast Football Club (AFLW) players