Gabrielle Colvin Explained

Gabrielle Colvin
Birth Date:1 March 1991
Originalteam:Darebin Falcons (VFLW)
Draftpick:No. 77, 2019 AFL Women's draft
Debutdate:Round 1, 2020
Debutstadium:Casey Fields
Height:175 cm
Position:Defender
Guernsey:32
Years1:2020–
Games Goals1:27 (0)
Statsend:the 2023 season

Gabrielle Colvin (born 1 March 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Colvin was drafted by Melbourne with their third selection and seventy-seventh overall in the 2019 AFL Women's draft.[1] She made her debut against at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2020 season.[2]

Colvin was raised in Wagga Wagga where she played netball before taking up Australian rules.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Draft recap: All of your club's picks. Navaratnam. Dinny. 22 October 2019. womens.afl. Telstra Media. 23 February 2020.
  2. News: Round 1 AFLW teams and expert tips. 6 February 2020. The Age. Fairfax Media. 23 February 2020.
  3. https://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/7679258/waggas-colvin-ready-to-make-aflw-history-at-mcg/ "If feels like our game is being taken seriously": Colvin to be part of AFLW history at MCG