Renee Forth
Renee Forth | |||
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![]() Forth playing for Adelaide in January 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 28 January 1987 | ||
Original team(s) | Coastal Titans (WAWFL) | ||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Adelaide | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017–2018 | Greater Western Sydney | 5 (0) | |
2019– | Adelaide | 15 (1) | |
Total | 20 (1) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Renee Forth (born 28 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Amateur career
Forth played state league football for the Coastal Titans in the West Australian Women's Football League (WAWFL). She played in the club's 2012 and 2015 premiership sides.[1]
Forth captained Fremantle in the 2016 women's AFL exhibition series.[2] Forth was appointed the 2016 WA State Female Football Ambassador serving as a role model through ongoing promotion and programs.[3]
AFL Women's career
Forth was one of two Greater Western Sydney marquee players announced prior to the inaugural 2017 season.
She ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in a WAWFL match in August 2016, and was ruled out for the entirety of the 2017 AFL Women's season.[4]
She will serve as an assistant coach at the Giants in 2017.[5]
In June 2018, Forth was traded to Adelaide.[6]
Forth was awarded the Education and Training Excellence Award, presented by La Trobe University, for 2017 at the AFL Players’ Association’s MVP Awards night alongside Carlton’s Ed Curnow.[7]
Other work
Outside of football, Forth works as an electrician.[8]
Forth has spent some time as a mentor, assistant coach and coach. Forth was mentor coach for the NAB AFL Women’s Academy.[9] She was an assistant coach for the 2017 Allies team in the NAB AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships.[10] Forth served as an assistant coach for the Allies when they took on Victoria in the NAB AFLW Under 18 Exhibition Match August 2018.[11] Forth assistant coached the Central Allies at the 2018 AFL Under-18 Youth Girls Championship on the Gold Coast.[12]
References
- ^ Balme, Ned (16 March 2016). "Forth to captain Freo". Fremantle FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Western Australia Women's Player Profiles". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Coastal Titan Renee Forth appointed as Football Ambassador". WA Womens Football League. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Harrington, Anna (17 August 2016). "Women's league marquee players Kiara Bowers and Renee Forth suffer serious knee injuries". Fox Sports. News Corp. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Horne, Ben (31 August 2016). "Injured GWS star Renee Forth has turned her attention to the draft". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Black, Sarah (1 June 2018). "AFLW: Crows trade for marquee Giant". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Forth & Curnow maximising their chance". AFLPA. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Decent, Tom (27 July 2016). "GWS Giants name Renee Forth and Emma Swanson as women's marquee players". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "AFLW: 2018 Academy prospects revealed". afl.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Under 18s 'Allies' team named". changehergame. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Thunder to feature in AFLW Under 18 Exhibition Match". AFL Northern Territory. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Club, Author: South Adelaide Football. "Six Panthers Selected to Represent Central Allies". The Official South Adelaide Football Club Website - The Panthers. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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External links
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- Renee Forth's profile on the official website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants
- Renee Forth at AustralianFootball.com