Jordyn Allen (born 6 July 2000) is an

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er playing for the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

in the

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competition (AFLW).

State football

Allen played junior football with boys at Rye Demons in the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League. In 2016, Allen started playing with

Dandenong Stingrays The Dandenong Southern Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in the Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. 1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays, developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy (Regiona ...

Youth Girls Academy. She also played as vice-captain for Vic Metro and helped them win the

2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships The 2016 edition of the AFL Youth Girls National Championships was held from 2 May to 6 May in Melbourne, Victoria. Nine teams competed in the round-robin tournament, divided into pool A: Queensland, Western Australia, Vic Country and Vic Metro; ...

as the team beat Western Australia by 95 points at the

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under the coaching of

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. She was named Vic Metro's

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for her defensive efforts and leadership. Allen was selected for the 2017 AFL Women's Under 18 All-Australian team. Allen started the 2018 season as a top AFLW draft prospect. For a second consecutive season, she played for and captained

in the

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. At the end of the season, she won the club's

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award and was selected for the 2018 TAC Cup Team of the Year. In July, Allen captained Vic Country in the

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. At the end of the series, she was selected for the season's All-Australian team. Allen also played five games in 2018 for

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in the

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(VFLW), twice being named in the club's best players. Despite all the accolades, Allen thought she plateaued in 2018 as she felt she had to take a step back to focus on playing with passion and enjoyment.

AFL Women's career

Allen was drafted by Collingwood with the club's first selection and the fifth pick overall in the

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. She made her debut in the club's loss against

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at GMHBA Stadium in the opening round of the

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. In her debut season, Allen played as a defender. For the

she moved forward into the midfield and scored her first professional goal against Carlton in round 5. Allen was awarded a Rising Star nomination following her performance in Collingwood's six-point victory over

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at Victoria Park in round 7, their only win of the season. In the match she collected 10 disposals, took six

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, and laid three

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. Following the season in which she played all seven matches, in April 2019, she signed a new deal with Collingwood ahead of the 2020 season. Following

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, Allen won Collingwood's AFLW best and fairest award.

Personal life

Allen grew up in

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on the

Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located in the south of Greater Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to ...

. In her junior years, she was a

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rider for seven years, but after countless injuries and hospital stays as well as due to the financial burden, she focused on playing Australian rules football from the age of 12. She finished her VCE exams the day before her first professional pre-season campaign.

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Jordyn 2000 births Living people Dandenong Stingrays players (Talent League Girls) Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sportswomen from Victoria (state) 21st-century Australian sportswomen