Britt Tully

Britt Tully
Tully playing for Greater Western Sydney in February 2018
Personal information
Full name Brittany Tully
Date of birth (1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) Gungahlin (AFL Canberra)
Draft No. 80, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Greater Western Sydney vs. Adelaide, at Thebarton Oval
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2021 Greater Western Sydney 29 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Career highlights
  • AFL Canberra Women's premiership: 2016
  • 4× Mary Ann Bainrot Medal (AFL Canberra Women's best and fairest): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021
  • 5× AFL Canberra Women's team of the year: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017(c), 2018
  • AFL Canberra Women's team of the decade: 2007–2017
  • 4× Gungahlin Jets best and fairest: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018
  • Coach and Ainslie tricolours best and fairest 2019
  • 5× ACT representative: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 (c)
  • 3× NSW/ACT representative: 2014, 2016
  • GWS Southern(c) representative team Winter series 2018
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Brittany Tully (born 3 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer and softballer.

Tully plays for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition and retired in 2021. She was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with their tenth selection and eightieth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[1] She made her debut in the thirty-six point loss to Adelaide at Thebarton Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season.[2] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games[3] and ranked second for tackles and third in clearances in the league.[4] She placed 3rd in the GWS Best & Fairest Gabriel Trainor Medal in 2017.[5]

Tully won the best and fairest of AFL Canberra Women's for three consecutive years, between 2016 and 2018.[6]

Tully was listed as an inactive player for GWS for personal reasons in 2019 but has now been recontracted to resume with GWS for the 2020 season.[7] In June 2021, she retired.[8]

She plays for Boomerangs Softball Club in Canberra and played for the ACT Diamonds in the Softball Australia National Competition (Gillies Shield) from 2012 to 2016.[9] She was an Australian Schoolgirls representative in 2010.[10]

  1. ^ Zell, Alison (12 October 2016). "Your Latest GIANTS". GWSgiants.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ "AFLW Teams Round 1: Full sides named for inaugural round of AFL Women's competition". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Britt Tully". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ Slattery, Geoff (30 April 2017). See What We Created Celebrating the Inaugural Season of the NAB AFL Women's Competition (First ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 171.
  5. ^ Buckley, James (31 March 2017). "Giant-hearted Jessica Dal Pos wins Gabrielle Trainor Medal to cap off AFL Women's season". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. ^ Black, Sarah (26 September 2018). "AFLW: All the state league winners". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  7. ^ Lindell, Jasper (19 April 2019). "Ellie Brush and Britt Tully re-sign with GWS Giants for 2020". The Canberra Times.
  8. ^ "GIANTS Announce Delistings". Greater Western Sydney. Telstra. 9 June 2021.
  9. ^ ACT, Softball. "ACT v WA lineup". Facebook. Softball ACT. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  10. ^ Australia, School Sports. "SSA Softball Results 2010" (PDF). School Sport Australia. School Sport Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2017.