Rebecca Webster Explained

Rebecca Webster
Birth Date:22 October 2000
Originalteam:Murray Bushrangers (NAB League Girls)
Draftpick:No. 7, 2018 national draft
Debutdate:Round 1, 2019
Debutstadium:GMHBA Stadium
Height:172 cm
Position:Defender[1]
Guernsey:21
Years1:2019–
Games Goals1:50 (9)
Statsend:the 2023 season

Rebecca Webster (born 22 October 2000) is an Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Webster played with Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup and Melbourne University in the VFL Women's (VFLW) competition.[2] She was subsequently drafted with selection number seven by Geelong in the 2018 AFL Women's draft,[1] and made her AFLW debut during the first round of the 2019 season, against Collingwood at GMHBA Stadium.[3] She played only four games for Geelong in the 2019 AFLW season, though later that year won the club's VFL Women's best and fairest award.[4]

Webster currently studies a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science/Bachelor of Business – Sport Management at Deakin University.[5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2022 season 7.[6]

|-| 2019 || || 21| 4 || 0 || 1 || 11 || 15 || 26 || 4 || 4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.0 || 7.7 || 12.7 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0|-| 2020 || || 21| 6 || 0 || 0 || 40 || 37 || 77 || 21 || 16 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.7 || 6.2 || 12.9 || 3.5 || 2.7 || 0|-| 2021 || || 21| 9 || 2 || 3 || 88 || 48 || 136 || 22 || 25 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 9.8 || 5.3 || 15.1 || 2.4 || 2.8 || 0|-| 2022 (S6) || || 21| 10 || 3 || 2 || 81 || 87 || 168 || 14 || 63 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 8.7 || 8.7 || 16.8 || 1.4 || 6.3 || 2|-| 2022 (S7) || || 21| 11 || 2 || 4 || 113 || 81 || 194 || 26 || 40 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 10.3 || 7.4 || 17.6 || 2.4 || 3.6 || 5|- class=sortbottom! colspan=3 | Career! 40 !! 7 !! 10 !! 333 !! 268 !! 601 !! 87 !! 148 !! 0.2 !! 0.3 !! 8.3 !! 6.7 !! 15.0 !! 2.2 !! 3.7 !! 7|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Black . Sarah . AFLW Draft: Who did your club select? . AFL.com.au . . 3 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190120212426/https://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-23/aflw-draft-who-did-your-club-select . 20 January 2019 . 23 October 2018 . live.
  2. News: Maher . Tyler . Becky Webster drafted by Geelong for AFLW . 3 March 2019 . Shepparton News . McPherson Media Group . 24 October 2018.
  3. Web site: AFLW team selection round 1 . geelongcats.com.au . Geelong Football Club . 3 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232323/http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2019-01-31/aflw-team-selection-round-1 . 9 February 2019 . 31 January 2019 . live.
  4. Web site: VFLW: Webster wins Best & Fairest. Geelong FC. 26 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Changing the game: Deakin celebrates women in sport . Deakin Life . Deakin University . 11 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Rebecca Webster – player stats by season. Australian Football. 7 December 2022.