Serene Watson | |
Birth Date: | 3 November 2001 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales |
Originalteam: | Bond University (QAFLW) |
Draftpick: | No. 18, 2019 AFL Women's draft |
Height: | 174cm |
Position: | Half-back |
Years1: | 2020–S7 (2022) |
Games Goals1: | 33 (0) |
Years2: | 2023– |
Games Goals2: | 9 (0) |
Games Goalstotal: | 42 (0) |
Statsend: | the 2023 season |
Serene Watson (born 3 November 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for St Kilda in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She has previously played for the Gold Coast.
Watson was born in Sydney, New South Wales and moved to the Gold Coast at eight years of age.[1] She attended Helensvale State High School throughout her upbringing[2] and began playing junior football with the Broadbeach Cats. She later switched to play for the Bond University and became a dual All-Australian at the under-18 level in 2018 and 2019.[3] Watson signed with the Gold Coast Suns Academy.
Watson became the first women's player ever drafted by the Gold Coast Suns when she was selected with the 18th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft.[4] She made her AFLW debut against Greater Western Sydney in round 1 of the 2020 AFL Women's season.[5]
At the end of season seven, Watson was traded to St Kilda as part of a five-club deal.[6]
Watson's partner Kade Nanscawen is a well known talent scout for the Gold Coast Suns.Watson is also very well known for her twitch Fortnite streaming under the alias “Sniper Serene”.
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season.[7]
|- style="background-color:#EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020| | 14 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 49 || 16 || 65 || 6 || 16 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.0 || 2.3 || 9.3 || 0.9 || 2.3 || |- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3 | Career! 7! 0! 0! 49! 16! 65 ! 6 ! 16 ! 0.0! 0.0 ! 7.0! 2.3! 9.3! 0.9! 2.3! |}