Amanda Farrugia

Amanda Farrugia
Personal information
Nickname(s) Fridge[1]
Date of birth (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales
Original team(s) Macquarie University (SWAFL)
Draft No. 64, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Greater Western Sydney
vs. Adelaide, at Thebarton Oval
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Utility
Club information
Current club Greater Western Sydney
Number 18
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Greater Western Sydney 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Career highlights

AFLW

State

  • SWAFL best and fairest: 2015

Amanda Farrugia (born 24 January 1985) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition. She is the club's inaugural AFLW team captain.

Early life and state league football

Farrugia was born and raised in the western suburbs of Sydney in New South Wales. Her parents are of Maltese descent and she attended Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Greystanes.[1][2] She began playing football in 2011 when she joined Macquarie University in the lower divisions of the Sydney Women's AFL (SWAFL).[3] She missed the majority of the 2012 season while completing recovery for a knee reconstruction.[4] In 2013, she won the league's division two best and fairest award.[4] In 2015, she became captain of the club's division one side, a role she continued into the 2016 season.[1] She was awarded the Mostyn Medal as the SWAFL's best and fairest player in the 2015 season.[1] She finished second in the 2016 award, behind Sydney University's, Nicola Barr.[5]

In 2016, Farrugia played exhibition series matches for Greater Western Sydney's representative team.[6] She went on to join the Western Bulldogs side in the year's women's all star match in September 2016.[7]

AFL Women's career

Farrugia was drafted by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the club's eight pick and sixty-fourth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[8][9] She was named the club's inaugural AFL Women's captain in January 2017.[8]

Greater Western Sydney signed Farrugia for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[10]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season[11]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2017 Greater Western Sydney 18 7 0 0 49 14 63 14 27 0.0 0.0 7.0 2.0 9.0 2.0 3.9
Career 7 0 0 49 14 63 14 27 0.0 0.0 7.0 2.0 9.0 2.0 3.9

Personal life

Off-field, Farrugia works as a physical education teacher at Our Lady of Mercy College in Parramatta.[12][13][8] She lives in the western Sydney suburb of Seven Hills.[4]

She also has a husband of the name Daniel Repeti whom is also a high school teacher at Wyndham College in Quakers Hill and a professional photographer. They married in the year of 2015, they live with their two dogs George and Sasha.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 caitlintuttle (16 January 2017). "GIANTS announce AFLW leaders". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (15 January 2017). "Pearce to skipper Demons, GWS picks local teacher". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Marsden, Matt (4 October 2016). "Draft Her: Kate Gillespie-Jones, Maddie Boyd and Amanda Farrugia". Girls Play Footy. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 McMurtry, Andrew (19 January 2017). "Seven Hills resident Amanda Farrugia named first GWS Giants Women's captain". Blacktown Sun. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ↑ McMurtry, Andrew (14 October 2016). "GWS Giants select Seven Hills local Amanda Farrugia with pick 64 in inaugural AFL women's draft". Blacktown Sun. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Williams, Kristy (8 April 2016). "Preview: Giants out for revenge against cross-town Swans". Girls Play Footy. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bulldogs name women's squad for Hampson-Hardeman Cup". Western Bulldogs. Bigpond. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Buckley, James (15 January 2017). "Amanda Farrugia named inaugural captain of GWS for AFL women's competition". The Age. Fairfax. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "GWS Giants recruits Seven Hills footballer Amanda Farrugia in AFL Women's Draft". Blacktown Sun. Fairfax Media. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Amanda Farrugia–player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  12. ↑ Arrow, Brendan (24 December 2016). "GWS Giants' women's AFL recruit Amanda Farrugia wants to inspire young Australians". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Imagawa, Yoshihiro (10 January 2017). "Inspiring story of Amanda Farrugia". The Footy Almanac. DISKMANdotNet. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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