Amelia Mullane (née Barden; born 17 April 1993) is a retired

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er who played for Collingwood and for Carlton in the

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(AFLW).

Early life and state football

Mullane started playing football at her school

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and in 2011 joined

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club Diamond Creek, where she played for five years. During that time she won the 2012 VFLW premiership with Diamond Creek, under the coaching of her father, and twice won the club's best and fairest award. Mullane attributes her strengths of blocking and tackling to her three brothers knocking her around when they were growing up. During the off-season between the

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and

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AFLW seasons, Mullane played for Diamond Creek in the VFLW. She played in nine games leading up to the grand final, but they lost the premiership match to

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AFL Women's career

Collingwood

Mullane made her debut for Collingwood in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at

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against Carlton, in which she was one of Collingwood's best players. In the first two weeks of the competition she asserted herself as one of Collingwood's leading midfielders and was praised by commentators for her uncompromising attack on the ball. Collingwood re-signed Mullane for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.

Carlton

Ahead of the

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, Mullane was traded to Carlton as part of a three-way deal in which

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was traded from Carlton to

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. After playing all nine matches in the 2019 season, including in the

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, Mullane announced that she is retiring from football.

Personal life

Apart from her sports career, Mullane works as a full-time nurse at an

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ward and at an

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clinic.

Statistics

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mullane, Amelia Living people 1993 births Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players