Zimmorlei Farquharson ( ; born 27 April 2002) is an

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er who plays for the

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in the

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(AFLW). She previously played for

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. Farquharson was born and raised in

Dalby, Queensland Dalby () is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,758 people. It is on the Darling Downs and is the administrativ ...

to a mother from

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

and an Australian father. She attended

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throughout her upbringing. She played for Yeronga South Brisbane in the

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before being drafted by with the 8th pick in the

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. After spending the 2021 season on the Lions' list without making her debut, she played her first AFLW game in round 3 of 2022 season 6 in the Lions' win against at

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. For her debut, she received a nomination for the 2022 AFL Women's season 6 Rising Star. She spent the 2023 season on the inactive list, citing the intensity of AFLW training demands as she began an apprenticeship outside of football. Following that season, she was traded to the in exchange for pick 41.

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* * 2002 births Living people Australian people of Papua New Guinean descent Sportswomen from Queensland Australian rules footballers from Queensland Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players 21st-century Australian sportswomen Sportspeople from Dalby, Queensland Western Bulldogs (AFLW) players {{AFL-bio-2000s-stub