Roxanne Roux (born 10 November 2001) 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 playing for the
Fremantle Football Club in the
AFL Women's (AFLW). Roux was drafted by Fremantle with their first selection, 12th overall, in the
2019 AFL Women's draft
The 2019 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2020 season.
At the conclusion of the period clubs were required to have 27 senior-lis ...
.
Roux lived in
Dongara in the
Mid West region of Western Australia until she was unable to play football in girls teams, so her family moved back to Perth and she played for
East Fremantle
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...
in the
West Australian Women's Football League
The West Australian Women's Football League (WAWFL) was the governing body of women's Australian rules football in the state of Western Australia from 1987 until its dissolution in 2021.
It organised the premier women's football league in Wes ...
(WAWFL).
Career
Roux debuted in against Geelong in Round 1 of 2020, kicking a goal and leaving her mark with a crunching tackle.
References
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Living people
2001 births
Fremantle Football Club (AFLW) players
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Australian people of Zimbabwean descent
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