| Olivia Barber | |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Balldale, New South Wales |
| Originalteam: | Murray Bushrangers (NAB League Girls) |
| Draftpick: | No.21, 2020 AFL Women's draft |
| Debutdate: | 6 February 2021 |
| Debutstadium: | Victoria Park |
| Height: | 185 cm |
| Position: | Forward / Ruck |
| Years1: | 2021–2022 (S6) |
| Games Goals1: | 10 (3) |
| Years2: | 2022 (S7)–2023 |
| Games Goals2: | 4 (2) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 14 (5) |
| Statsend: | the 2023 season |
Olivia Barber (born 14 July 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW) league.
Barber was a representative for the New South Wales country team in both the under 16s and under 18s divisions.[1] She played basketball for four years at state level, around the same time she was playing for Vic Country at under 16s level.[2] Barber played for the Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League Girls in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. She kicked 7 goals from 6 games in the 2019 season, while she only kicked a singular goal in the 2020 season due to it be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She had her best game for the 2019 season in the Bushrangers' round two 42 point win over Queensland, where she kicked 4 goals and was named in the team's best.[3] She was named as an All-Australian in the 2019 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships as a 17 year old,[4] after kicking 5 goals from 3 games.[5]
Barber was recruited by Geelong with the 21st pick in the 2020 AFL Women's draft.[6] [7] She debuted in the team's 29 point loss to Collingwood.[8] On debut, she kicked her first career goal in the opening 30 seconds of the game.[9] Barber would go on to play every possible game for the season, with the exception of round 5. Barber injured her knee in round 12 of the VFL Women's season,[10] but avoided surgery.[11]
In June 2022, Barber was traded to Collingwood in exchange for pick #33.[12] In December 2023, Collingwood announced they won't be offering her a contract for the 2024 AFL Women's season.[13]
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2023 season.[14] |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021|style="text-align:center;"|| 15 || 7 || 3 || 1 || 22 || 24 || 46 || 10 || 15 || 18 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 3.1 || 3.4 || 6.6 || 1.4 || 2.1 || 2.6|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022 (S6)|style="text-align:center;"|| 15 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 8 || 20 || 5 || 4 || 19 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0 || 2.7 || 6.7 || 1.7 || 1.3 || 6.3|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022 (S7)|style="text-align:center;"|| 19 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 10 || 9 || 19 || 3 || 7 || 13 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.5 || 2.3 || 4.8 || 0.8 || 1.8 || 3.3|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2023|style="text-align:center;"|| 19 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 14! 5! 1! 44! 41! 85! 18! 26! 50! 0.4! 0.1! 3.1! 2.9! 6.1! 1.3! 1.9! 3.6|}