Bree White (born 18 December 1981) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

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in the

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(AFLW).

Early life and state football

White grew up in

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and in her junior days acted as a boundary umpire in local matches. On the occasion that her brothers' club Dunnstown, was missing players, she would fill in. Once she reached the age when there were no more mixed teams, she represented her school Loreto College in football. At the age of 18 she joined VWFL club

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. In 2016, she captained the Spurs, with coach Debbie Lee saying she leads from the front. During her time at the Spurs, White represented

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3 times. White has played for in exhibition matches, prior to the creation of the AFLW.

AFL Women's career

White made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at

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against , in which she was one of Collingwood's best players, with 10 disposals, 6 kicks and 4 handballs. At the end of the season, she was named in Collingwood's top 10

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. Collingwood re-signed White for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. In October 2017, together with player

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, White helped launch

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's "Walk to School" program which encourages kids to walk, ride or scoot to school and to build healthy habits. White retired from AFL Women's football at the conclusion of the 2018 season.

Other sports

As well as playing footy, White was also a national under-23 cricketer and represented Victoria's under-19 and senior women

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teams. She also played

gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

with

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, including featuring in the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship Final in 2007.

Statistics

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Bree 1981 births Living people Australian expatriate cricketers in England Australian Gaelic footballers Australian women cricketers Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players Cricketers from Victoria (state) Ladies' Gaelic footballers who switched code London inter-county Gaelic footballers Australian rules footballers from Ballarat Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Victorian Women's Football League players 21st-century Irish sportswomen