Sarah D'Arcy (born 22 August 1991) is an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Previously, she played four seasons at Collingwood including in the club's inaugural team.
| Sarah D'Arcy | |||
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 D'Arcy with Richmond in February 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sarah D'Arcy | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Healesville, Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Eastern Devils (VFLW) | ||
| Draft | No. 22, 2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017, Collingwood vs. Carlton, at IKON Park | ||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Half-forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Richmond | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2020 | Collingwood | 24 (10) | |
| 2021– | Richmond | 23 (3) | |
| Total | 47 (13) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017 | Victoria | 1 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Early life and state football
editD'Arcy is originally from Healesville and was introduced to football via her local Auskick program.[citation needed] She switched to soccer before returning to play football with the under-14 boys at Healesville Football Club.[citation needed] After two games she was playing with Yarra Valley Cougars in the senior women's division.[citation needed] Four years after joining the Cougars, D'Arcy joined the Eastern Devils in the VFLW.[citation needed] During her time at the Eastern Devils, she played for both Melbourne and Western Bulldogs in exhibition matches.[1] Western Bulldogs chose her with pick No. 34 for the 2013 exhibition match.[2] In the 2016 season, D'Arcy kicked 30 goals for the Eastern Devils.[3]
AFL Women's career
editAhead of the 2017 season, Collingwood player Emma King said she thinks D'Arcy will be a star, despite not many having heard of her. She described her as probably one of the best half-forwards with a great hand and great lead, predicting that she'll be very dominant in Collingwood's forward line.[4] D'Arcy made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton, in which she had 14 disposals and was one of Collingwood's best players.[5] She was one of the standout performers for the club, leading the team with 39 disposals after three weeks.[1]
Collingwood re-signed D'Arcy for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[6] On 2 September, D'Arcy played for Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match, where she swapped between full-forward and higher up the ground and kicked a banana goal from an acute angle.[7]
D'Arcy returned to the Collingwood side in round 1, 2018, but was the subject of controversy after she was reported for kicking Carlton's Sarah Hosking in the groin. She was subsequently offered and accepted a two match ban under the AFL's match review system.[8] The incident was assessed under the system as "intentional conduct medium impact to the groin".[9] She was the first player in either the AFLW or AFL to be sanctioned under the new system overseen by match review officer Michael Christian.[10]
Collingwood re-signed D'Arcy for the 2019 season during the trade period in June 2018.[11]
At the conclusion of the 2020 season, D'Arcy was traded to Richmond alongside teammate Sarah Dargan, in a package deal in exchange for a third and fourth round pick at the 2020 draft.
Statistics
edit- Statistics are correct to round 3, 2022 season 6[12]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2017 | Collingwood | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 76 | 18 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 10.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | Collingwood | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 43 | 15 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 8.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | Collingwood | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 13 | 54 | 28 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | Collingwood | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 25 | 64 | 21 | 12 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | Richmond | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 45 | 94 | 18 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| 2022 (S6) | Richmond | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
| Career | 35 | 11 | 15 | 218 | 130 | 348 | 109 | 58 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Swerksy, Tiarne (22 February 2017). "An eye-catching start". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Prime, Toby (10 October 2016). "Eastern Devils likely to feature heavily in inaugural AFL Women's Draft". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Swerksy, Tiarne (31 January 2017). "AFLW: Your season preview". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Salemme, Kate (9 December 2016). "Collingwood marquee star Emma King says women's football doubters are in for a shock". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Guthrie, Ben (3 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period". AFL. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Black, Sarah (2 September 2017). "AFLW: Daisy stands tall as Big V dominates". AFL. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Costin, Luke (6 February 2018). "Sarah D'Arcy accepts ban for groin kick on Sarah Hosking". The Age. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Cherny, Daniel (5 February 2018). "Collingwood Magpies' Sarah D'Arcy gets two-game ban for kicking Sarah Hosking". The Age. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Wood, Lauren; Salemme, Kate (6 February 2018). "Collingwood's Sarah D'Arcy accepts two-match ban for kicking Sarah Howking in AFLW Round 1". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Lechucki, Meagan (4 June 2018). "AFLW: Pies pocket early picks". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Sarah D'Arcy - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
External links
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- Sarah D'Arcy's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
- Sarah D'Arcy at AustralianFootball.com