Tori Groves-Little (born 13 October 2000) 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 who played for

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and for

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in the

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competition (AFLW).

Early life

Groves-Little grew up in

Logan, Queensland Logan City is a local government area situated within the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City also bor ...

and attended

Beenleigh State High School , motto_translation = Reach Higher , principal = Matt O'Hanlon , type = Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, day school , city = Logan , state = Queensland , country = ...

throughout their teenage years. They played junior football for the Beenleigh Buffaloes in the local Queensland competition in their younger years. They joined the

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program at the age of 16 and became the youngest player to win the QWAFL best and fairest award at the age of 17. Later that year they were drafted by with the 56th pick in the

2018 AFL Women's draft The 2018 AFL Women's (AFLW) draft consisted of the various periods when the ten clubs in the AFL Women's, Australian rules football women's competition could recruit players prior to the competition's 2019 AFL Women's season, 2019 season. As i ...

. Groves-Little is

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and uses they/them pronouns.

AFLW career

Groves-Little made their

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debut in

's round 2 game against

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

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on 10 February 2019. Following the 2019 season, they joined

. In March 2023, Groves-Little was delisted by Gold Coast.

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* * 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Logan, Queensland Australian rules footballers from Queensland Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players Gold Coast Football Club (AFLW) players Australian LGBT sportspeople Australian non-binary people LGBT players of Australian rules football Non-binary sportspeople {{AFL-bio-2000s-stub