Jasmine Garner (born 8 July 1994) is an

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er with in the

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(AFLW) competition. Garner scored the AFLW's first-ever goal while playing for in the league's inaugural match in 2017.

Early life

Garner grew up supporting the

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, and

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was her favourite player. She started playing local football at the

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at the age of eight, but later went through a stage of "not really enjoying playing footy anymore". Inspired by the women's exhibition games that took place in the years prior to the conception of the AFL Women's competition, Garner juggled local football with her day job as an apprentice

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. After kicking 41 goals during the 2016

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(VFLW) season for the St Kilda Sharks, she was drafted by with the club's eleventh selection (eighty-sixth overall) in the

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AFL Women's career

Garner made her AFLW debut in round 1 of

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, playing for Collingwood in the competition's inaugural match at

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against . During the opening quarter, she kicked the league's first-ever goal (her team's only goal in the 35-point loss). Collingwood re-signed Garner for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. On 2 September, she played for

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in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match, and was named among her team's best players with a game-high (and career-best) five goals. In May 2018, Garner accepted an offer to join expansion club . Her first season with the club led to selection in the

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as a half-forward. She received greater acclaim for her performances during the 2020 season, winning the AFLPA Most Valuable Player and AFLCA Champion Player of the Year awards. Garner also claimed her first club best and fairest award, as well as earning her second All-Australian selection. However, she was "stunningly overlooked" in the league best and fairest count, polling just four votes. In

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, during an 11-point round seven victory against the at

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, Garner broke the record for most clearances in an AFLW match with 13. She capped off the season by winning her second club best and fairest award. Garner had another strong season in 2022 season 6, leading the goalkicking for North Melbourne for the second year in a row while also earning her fourth consecutive All-Australian selection and being named captain of the All-Australian side. She re-signed with the club in June 2022 for a further two seasons. Garner came 11th overall in the AFLW's best and fairest award in 2022, polling 12 votes across ten games. In 2024, Garner had 35 possessions in the AFLW Grand Final which saw her team North Melbourne Kangaroos win their first AFLW Premiership.

Statistics

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garner, Jasmine Living people 1994 births Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players