Jesse Wardlaw

Jesse Wardlaw
Wardlaw warming up before the 2022 season 7 Grand Final
Personal information
Full name Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw
Date of birth (2000-01-13) 13 January 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Ashburton, New Zealand[2]
Original team(s) Coorparoo (QWAFL)[1]
Draft No. 61, 2018 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2019, Brisbane vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 56
Position(s) Forward/Ruck
Club information
Current club St Kilda
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019–S7 (2022) Brisbane 49 (47)
2023– St Kilda 10 0(8)
Total 59 (55)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw (usually known as Wardlaw, born 13 January 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for St Kilda in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She played for Brisbane from 2019 to season seven (2022).

Wardlaw plays as a key forward and led Brisbane's goalkicking for the first time in 2020. Her breakout season as a power forward came in season seven when she won the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award with the highest average goal haul in the league at more than 2 goals a game.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Brisbane Lions AFL Women's Players". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference meets the eye was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ AFLW stats - average goals