Moana Hope

Moana Hope
Personal information
Nickname(s) Mo
Date of birth (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988
Place of birth Victoria
Original team(s) St Kilda Sharks (VWFL)
Draft Marquee player signing 2016: Collingwood
Height / weight 172 cm
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 23
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Collingwood 0 (0)

Moana Hope is an Australian rules footballer with the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.

Early life

Hope began playing Australian football competitively at age seven, playing with boys teams at Glenroy through under 12s.[1] Without a viable youth girls league to join, Hope immediately progressed to playing senior women's football with Hatfield at age 13.[2] She played representative football for Victoria at age 16, and captained the state side at under 19 level.[1] She also represented the travelling Australia side in the first women's International Rules series in 2006.[1]

Hope was also an accomplished junior cricketer, representing Victoria through to under 19 level. She chose to give up the sport in favour of Australian football.[1]

Amateur career

Hope has played premier division Australian football in the VWFL for Darebin and St Kilda. She is a multiple competition leading goalkicker.[1]

Hope ceased playing Australian football in 2011 after an accomplished period in the VWFL; in 2013, she witnessed the first AFL women's exhibition match and recommitted to football as a result, and was drafted with the eleventh selection the following year to the Western Bulldogs. She would go on to play for the club in representative exhibition matches for the next three years. In 2016, she kicked six goals in the victorious Western Bulldogs side against Melbourne in the AFL Women's all-stars game in September.[3]

In the 2016 season she kicked over 100 goals, the first ever player to do so in the VWFL.[4]

AFL Women's career

In July 2016, Hope was signed by Collingwood as one of two Marquee players ahead of the AFL Women's inaugural season.[5]

Personal life

Hope hails from the subburb of Broadmeadows, in Melbourne's north.[6] She is of New Zealand, German and Australian heritage.[1]

Hope is a full-time carer for younger sister Lavinia, who has Möbius syndrome. She has 14 siblings in total.[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Samantha, Lane (15 August 2016). "For the love of the game - Moana Hope finds her feet". The Age. Fairfax. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Amy, Paul (27 April 2016). "St Kilda Shark Moana Hope's decorated career takes in another accolade this weekend". Caulfield Glen Eira Leader. News Corp. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Wood, Lauren (5 September 2016). "Moana Hope kicks six goals to lead Western Bulldogs to win over Melbourne in women's exhibition game". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Matthews, Bruce (21 August 2016). "Hope on a high after 100 goals in a season". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Women's AFL: Who are the marquee players?". ABC. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Moana Hope is first cult figure in AFL women's league". news.com.au. News Corp. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Brooks, Emily (5 September 2016). "Moana Hope Reveals What It Costs To Be A Female AFL Player". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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