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Brenna Tarrant
Tarrant in February 2021
Personal information
Full name Brenna Tarrant
Date of birth (2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 (age 22)
Original team(s) East Coast Eagles (Sydney AFL)
Draft No. 72, 2019 national draft
Debut Round 5, 2020, Template:AFLW Mel vs. Template:AFLW WC, at Casey Fields
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Utility
Club information
Current club Template:AFLW Syd
Number 20
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2020–2022 Template:AFLW Mel 15 (1)
S7 (2022)– Template:AFLW Syd 10 (0)
Total 25 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the S7 (2022) season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Brenna Tarrant (born 3 November 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously played for Melbourne.

Early life

Tarrant was raised in Blaxland, New South Wales in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.[1] Tarrant grew up supporting the Sydney Swans from a very young age and was schooled at St Columba's Catholic College.

Tarrant's junior football began at the Emu Plains/Glenmore Lions and Kellyville/Rouse Hill Magpies she joined the East Coast Eagles Premier Division senior side in 2018 contesting a Grand Final in 2019. She was still at school when she was recruited to the AFLW, moving to Melbourne following her graduation.[2]

AFLW career

In October 2019, Tarrant joined Melbourne.[3][4][5][6]

She made her AFLW debut in Round 5, 2020 against the West Coast Eagles at Casey Fields playing 3 games before the COVID-19 pandemic ended competition for the year.[1]

In May 2022, Tarrant joined expansion club Sydney.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b East Blaxland's Brenna Tarrant signs with the Sydney Swans By B.C Lewis 25 May 2022
  2. ^ EAGLE AFLW DEBUT: BRENNA TARRANT MAKING HER AFLW DEBUT FOR THE MELBOURNE DEMONS THIS WEEKEND by William Cashmore 6 March 2020
  3. ^ "Brenna Tarrant | AFL". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. ^ Cunningham, Ilsa (12 October 2019). "Professional football career beckons for Brenna Tarrant". Blue Mountains Gazette. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ Cunningham, Ilsa (28 October 2019). "Brenna Tarrant picked to play for Melbourne in AFLW". Blue Mountains Gazette. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Tarrant's big move to become a Demon". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Two more Swans for Sydney's inaugural AFLW team". Sydney Swans. Telstra Media. 10 May 2022.