Sarah D'Arcy

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
D'Arcy playing for Collingwood in February 2019
Personal information
Full name Sarah D'Arcy
Date of birth (1991-08-22) 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
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2020 Collingwood 24 (10)
2021– Richmond 00 0(0)
Total 24 (10)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Victoria 1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life and state football

D'Arcy is originally from Healesville and was introduced to football via her local Auskick program. She switched to soccer before returning to play football with the under-14 boys at Healesville Football Club. After two games she was playing with Yarra Valley Cougars in the senior women's division. Four years after joining the Cougars, D'Arcy joined the Eastern Devils in the VFLW. 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

Ahead 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
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season.[12]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Collingwood 472448287618120.30.66.94.010.92.61.7
2018 Collingwood 450028154315120.00.05.63.08.63.02.4
2019 Collingwood 45404113542860.80.08.22.610.85.61.2
2020 Collingwood 4741139256421120.61.65.63.69.13.01.7
Career 24 10 15 156 81 237 82 42 0.4 0.6 6.5 3.4 9.9 3.4 1.8

References
  1. Swerksy, Tiarne (22 February 2017). "An eye-catching start". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  2. Prime, Toby (10 October 2016). "Eastern Devils likely to feature heavily in inaugural AFL Women's Draft". Herald Sun.
  3. Swerksy, Tiarne (31 January 2017). "AFLW: Your season preview". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  4. Salemme, Kate (9 December 2016). "Collingwood marquee star Emma King says women's football doubters are in for a shock". Herald Sun.
  5. Guthrie, Ben (3 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL. Telstra Media.
  6. "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period". AFL. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017.
  7. Black, Sarah (2 September 2017). "AFLW: Daisy stands tall as Big V dominates". AFL. Telstra Media.
  8. Costin, Luke (6 February 2018). "Sarah D'Arcy accepts ban for groin kick on Sarah Hosking". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. Cherny, Daniel (5 February 2018). "Collingwood Magpies' Sarah D'Arcy gets two-game ban for kicking Sarah Hosking". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. 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.
  11. Lechucki, Meagan (4 June 2018). "AFLW: Pies pocket early picks". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  12. "Sarah D'Arcy - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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