Tori Groves-Little
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 (age 23)
Original team(s) Coorparoo (QWAFL)
Draft No. 56, 2018 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 2, 2019, Brisbane vs. Fremantle, at Fremantle Oval
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Wing/Half-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019 Brisbane 02 (0)
2020–S7 (2022) Gold Coast 11 (4)
Total 13 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the S7 (2022) season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Tori Groves-Little (born 13 October 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

Early life

Groves-Little grew up in Logan, Queensland and attended Beenleigh State High School throughout their teenage years.[1] They played junior football for the Beenleigh Buffaloes in the local Queensland competition in their younger years.[2] They joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy program at the age of 16[3] and became the youngest player to win the QWAFL best and fairest award at the age of 17.[4] Later that year they were drafted by Brisbane with the 56th pick in the 2018 AFL Women's draft.[5]

Groves-Little is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[6]

AFLW career

Groves-Little made their AFLW debut in Brisbane's round 2 game against Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on 10 February 2019.[7] Following the 2019 season, they joined Gold Coast.[8] In March 2023, Groves-Little was delisted by Gold Coast.[9]

Statistics

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2019 Brisbane 26 2 0 1 10 2 12 1 8 0.0 0.5 5.0 1.0 6.0 0.5 4.0 0
2020 Gold Coast 3 1 0 0 4 1 5 0 1 0.0 0.0 4.0 1.0 5.0 0.0 1.0 0
2021 Gold Coast 3 3 0 0 16 11 27 7 12 0.0 0.0 5.3 3.7 9.0 2.3 4.0 0
2022 (S6) Gold Coast 3 5 4 5 23 4 27 5 11 0.8 1.0 4.6 0.8 5.4 1.0 2.2 0
2022 (S7) Gold Coast 3 2 0 0 7 3 10 0 10 0.0 0.0 3.5 1.5 5.0 0.0 5.0 0
Career[10] 13 4 6 60 21 81 13 42 0.3 0.5 4.6 1.6 6.2 1.0 3.2 0

References

  1. ^ Black, Sarah (7 October 2018). "Groves-Little a one of a kind draft prospect". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ Cormack, Michael (8 August 2015). "Beenleigh Buffaloes player Tori Groves-Little stars at national AFL Schoolgirls championships". Courier Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ Cheadle, Josh (12 June 2019). "Tori's story: from competitive skipping to AFLW". goldcoastfc.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. ^ Wingard, Ant (17 September 2018). "Groves-Little becomes youngest ever QWAFL Best and Fairest winner". AFL Queensland. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Brisbane Lions AFL Women's Players". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. ^ Whiting, Michael (23 December 2021). "'I'm here to educate': Why Tori wants you to ask the question". womens.afl. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  7. ^ Arnold, Rikki-Lee (7 February 2019). "Tori Groves-Little in frame for her AFLW debut against Fremantle". news.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Gold Coast Suns sign Brisbane Lions young gun for AFLW team". Gold Coast Bulletin. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. ^ "SUNS make AFLW list changes". Gold Coast Suns. Telstra. 7 March 2023. The Gold Coast SUNS have informed defender Jade Pregelj and small forward Tori Groves-Little that they will not be offered contracts for the upcoming AFLW season.
  10. ^ Tori Groves-Little at AustralianFootball.com

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