Tori Groves-Little Explained

Tori Groves-Little
Birth Date:13 October 2000
Originalteam:Coorparoo (QWAFL)
Draftpick:No. 56, 2018 AFL Women's draft
Debutdate:Round 2, 2019
Debutstadium:Fremantle Oval
Height:167cm
Position:Wing/Half-back
Years1:2019
Games Goals1:2 (0)
Years2:2020–S7 (2022)
Games Goals2:11 (4)
Games Goalstotal:13 (4)
Statsend:the S7 (2022) season

Tori Groves-Little (born 13 October 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

Early life

Groves-Little grew up in Logan, Queensland and attended Beenleigh State High School throughout their teenage years.[1] They played junior football for the Beenleigh Buffaloes in the local Queensland competition in their younger years.[2] They joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy program at the age of 16[3] and became the youngest player to win the QWAFL best and fairest award at the age of 17.[4] Later that year they were drafted by with the 56th pick in the 2018 AFL Women's draft.[5]

Groves-Little is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[6]

AFLW career

Groves-Little made their AFLW debut in Brisbane's round 2 game against Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on 10 February 2019.[7] Following the 2019 season, they joined Gold Coast.[8] In March 2023, Groves-Little was delisted by Gold Coast.[9]

Statistics

|-| scope=row | 2019 || || 26 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 10 || 2 || 12 || 1 || 8 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 6.0 || 0.5 || 4.0 || 0|-| scope=row | 2020 || || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 5.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0|-| scope=row | 2021 || || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 11 || 27 || 7 || 12 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.3 || 3.7 || 9.0 || 2.3 || 4.0 || 0|-| scope=row | 2022 (S6) || || 3 || 5 || 4 || 5 || 23 || 4 || 27 || 5 || 11 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 4.6 || 0.8 || 5.4 || 1.0 || 2.2 || 0|-| scope=row | 2022 (S7) || || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 3 || 10 || 0 || 10 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.5 || 1.5 || 5.0 || 0.0 || 5.0 || 0|- class=sortbottom! colspan=3 | Career! 13 !! 4 !! 6 !! 60 !! 21 !! 81 !! 13 !! 42 !! 0.3 !! 0.5 !! 4.6 !! 1.6 !! 6.2 !! 1.0 !! 3.2 !! 0|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Groves-Little a one of a kind draft prospect. AFL.com.au. Black. Sarah. 7 October 2018. 22 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Beenleigh Buffaloes player Tori Groves-Little stars at national AFL Schoolgirls championships. Courier Mail. Cormack. Michael. 8 August 2015. 10 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Tori's story: from competitive skipping to AFLW. goldcoastfc.com.au. Cheadle. Josh. 12 June 2019. 12 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Groves-Little becomes youngest ever QWAFL Best and Fairest winner. AFL Queensland. Wingard. Ant. 17 September 2018. 5 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Brisbane Lions AFL Women's Players. Brisbane Lions. 12 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190203095550/http://www.lions.com.au/afl-womens/afl-womens-players. 3 February 2019.
  6. Web site: 'I'm here to educate': Why Tori wants you to ask the question. womens.afl. Whiting. Michael. 23 December 2021. 23 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Tori Groves-Little in frame for her AFLW debut against Fremantle. news.com.au. Arnold. Rikki-Lee. 7 February 2019. 12 February 2019.
  8. Web site: Gold Coast Suns sign Brisbane Lions young gun for AFLW team. Gold Coast Bulletin. 9 April 2019. 9 April 2019.
  9. Web site: SUNS make AFLW list changes. Telstra. Gold Coast Suns. 7 March 2023. The Gold Coast SUNS have informed defender Jade Pregelj and small forward Tori Groves-Little that they will not be offered contracts for the upcoming AFLW season..