Kate McCarthy (born 24 October 1992) is a former

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er, media personality and sports commentator who played for the

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St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates fro ...

, and

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football competition for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the l ...

(AFLW).

Early and personal life

McCarthy grew up in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...

where she initially pursued a career in

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and represented Queensland in the process. She later switched to play

for Yeronga South Brisbane in the QWAFL before signing for the

. She has represented Australia for touch rugby league to at least as high as the under-20s age group. As of 2017, she works as a mathematics and physical education teacher at

Clairvaux MacKillop College Clairvaux MacKillop College is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school located in Upper Mount Gravatt, a suburb in the south side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Noted on the Clairvaux MacKillop homepage With a student body of over 13 ...

. She has required an implanted

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since the age of ten.

AFL Women's career

McCarthy was taken with the number 82 pick by

in the

2016 AFL Women's draft The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition recruited players prior to the competition's 2017 AFL Women's season, inaugural season in 2017. Draftees and signings over the peri ...

. She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against

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in the opening round of the

2017 AFL Women's season The 2017 AFL Women's season was the inaugural season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season ran from 3 February to 25 March, comprising a seven-roun ...

. McCarthy is noted for her speed and ability to kick the ball accurately while sprinting. At the end of the season, McCarthy was listed in the 2017 All-Australian team. Brisbane signed McCarthy for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. In April 2019, McCarthy joined expansion club St Kilda, along with fellow Brisbane player

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. In May 2022, McCarthy was delisted by St Kilda to allow her to explore her options. Following her delisting, she was signed by expansion club Hawthorn as a delisted free agent. At the conclusion of the season, on January 12th 2023 McCarthy retired from the sport after 7 seasons at the highest level.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL Women's minor premiership ():

Individual *

AFL Women's All-Australian team The AFL Women's All-Australian team is an all-star team of women's Australian rules footballers playing in the AFL Women's (AFLW), selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a ...

* Brisbane leading goalkicker: 2017

Media Career

McCarthy joined

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as a media personality supporting shows including Armchair Experts for the 2024 AFL season alongside

Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes (born 5 January 1983) is a sports journalist, commentator and former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL). Known primarily as a tagger, Cornes is a four-time John C ...

and the

2024 AFL Grand Final The 2024 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match that was contested between the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, 28 September 2024. It was the 129th annual AFL Grand Final, grand fi ...

broadcast alongside

Jude Bolton Jude Bolton (born 15 March 1980) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 1999 and 2013. Early life Growing up, he supported the St Kilda Footbal ...

.Channel 7 commentator Kate McCarthy hospitalised over heart issue
by Andrew McMurtry for News.com.au 1 October 2024

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Kate Living people 1996 births Australian rules footballers from Brisbane Sportswomen from Queensland Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players All-Australians (AFL Women's) Touch footballers St Kilda Football Club (AFLW) players Hawthorn Football Club (AFLW) players