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Sabrina Frederick (formerly Frederick-Traub; born 23 November 1996) is an English-born
Australian rules footballer 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 ...
who plays for the
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in the
AFL Women's 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, 1 ...
competition. She was one of Brisbane's two marquee players for the 2017 season, alongside
Tayla Harris Tayla Harris (born 16 April 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and professional boxer. She previously played football for and . Early life and amateur career Harris was bo ...
.


Early life

Frederick spent her early years in
Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
, England. Her mother is
White British White British is an ethnicity classification used for the native white population identifying as English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Northern Irish, or British in the United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White British population wa ...
and her biological father is of
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n and
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n descent."Sabrina doing what she loves"
''The West Australian'', 16 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
Her step-father's surname "Traub" was added to her name as a child, but in 2020 she announced that she was reverting to the name "Frederick" for several reasons. Frederick and her family moved to Australia when she was seven, although she has said considers herself English and "my family still kept me immersed in the British culture". She grew up in
Pinjarra, Western Australia Pinjarra is a town in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, from the state capital, Perth and south-east of the coastal city of Mandurah. Its local government area is the Shire of Murray. At the 2016 census, P ...
.


Junior and state-league football

Frederick played in mixed-gender teams until the age of thirteen, when she began playing for the Peel Thunderbirds (an all-female team). She eventually progressed to the club's senior team 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). In 2013, Frederick captained an Australian youth girls team on a tour of New Zealand. She switched to for the 2014 WAWFL season, and in 2015 and 2016 played in exhibition matches for against the . She kicked three goals in the latter game.


AFL Women's career


Brisbane (2017–2019)

In July 2016, Frederick was selected by as one of the club's inaugural marquee players. She made her senior debut for Brisbane in round one of the 2017 season, against at
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. She was responsible for kicking the team's first goal of the competition. Frederick recorded 13 disposals, six marks, and a goal against in round four, for which she was nominated for the 2017 Rising Star award. On 17 May 2017, Brisbane announced they had signed Frederick for the 2018 season. Frederick was listed in the 2017 and 2018 All-Australian team. She was retrospectively named in the
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's 2017-2019 22under22 team, which recognises the best young players in the league.


Richmond (2020–2021)

In April 2019, Frederick expressed a desire to move to Victoria. Frederick was traded to expansion club in exchange for a first round draft selection which was slated at the time to be pick 12 in the upcoming
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 ...
. After just two years with , Frederick requested a trade to in May 2021.


Collingwood (2022–)

With the opening of the trade period on 31 May 2021, Frederick was traded to Collingwood in exchange for
Maddie Shevlin Maddie Shevlin (born 21 September 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Initially a tag rugby player, Shevlin played with the Gungahlin Jets in the AFL Canberra for two seasons before she was drafted by ...
.


Statistics

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Television

In 2020, it was announced Frederick would be participating the
Seven Network The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
's reality program '' SAS Australia''. Frederick was one of three recruits to pass selection along with
Merrick Watts Merrick Watts (born 18 November 1973) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. He is best known for performing stand-up comedy and radio works as part of the comedy duo Merrick and Rosso with Tim Ross. Career Stand up Watts be ...
and
Nick Cummins Nicholas Mark Cummins (born 5 October 1987), known by his nickname The Honey Badger, is an Australian former professional rugby union player and television personality. He played for the Western Force in Super Rugby and for Coca-Cola Red Spa ...
. Along with
Millie Boyle Millie Boyle (born 19 May 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently co-captains the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her position is . Boyle previously played rugby union as a flanker. She is a ...
, she is one of just two female recruits to successfully pass selection.


Personal life

Frederick studied psychology at
Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its n ...
, and was part of the university's Elite Athlete Program. She previously worked at AFL Queensland as the Participation Programs Coordinator for Game Development. Frederick married Lili Cadee-Matthews in December 2021 in Melbourne. In January 2022, Frederick announced that Cadee-Matthews was pregnant with the couple's first child.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frederick, Sabrina 1996 births Living people All-Australians (AFL Women's) Australian people of Antigua and Barbuda descent Australian people of Jamaican descent Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players English emigrants to Australia English sportspeople of Antigua and Barbuda descent English sportspeople of Jamaican descent Lesbian sportswomen LGBT Black British people LGBT players of Australian rules football Murdoch University alumni People from Pinjarra, Western Australia Richmond Football Club (AFLW) players Sportswomen from Western Australia Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players