Tahlia Randall

Tahlia Randall (born 29 May 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Randall previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2017 to 2018. She received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 6 of the 2018 season.

Tahlia Roy Randall
Randall during a pre-season practice match for North Melbourne in 2019
Personal information
Full name Tahlia Randall
Date of birth (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998
Place of birth Buderim, Queensland
Original team(s) Wilston Grange (QWAFL)
Draft No. 15, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Brisbane
vs. Melbourne, at Casey Fields
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Key defender / ruck
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 16
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2018 Brisbane 15 (0)
2019– North Melbourne 16 (1)
Total 31 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 2, 2021.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Randall was born in Buderim, Queensland, and attended Kuluin State School and Mountain Creek State High School. She grew up supporting the Brisbane Lions, and her favourite player was Simon Black.[1] Randall played junior football for the Kawana and Nambour/Maroochydore youth girls teams, and played school football for Mountain Creek, until graduating.[2] She then played for the Wilston Grange Football Club in the Queensland Women's Australian Football League (QWAFL) in 2016 before being drafted.

AFL Women's career
Randall playing for Brisbane in 2017

Brisbane (2017–2018)

Randall was drafted by Brisbane with its second selection and fifteenth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[3]

Randall made her AFL Women's debut in the Lions' inaugural match against Melbourne at Casey Fields in round 1 of the 2017 season.[4] She went on to play seven games in her debut season, playing predominantly as a key defender, missing only the round 4 win over Greater Western Sydney due to a shoulder injury.[5] Randall played in the six-point 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final loss to Adelaide.[6] Brisbane signed Randall for the 2018 season during the trading and signing period in May 2017.[7]

After making a permanent move to the ruck in her second season, Randall had an impressive start to the 2018 season, achieving selection in the team of the week in rounds 2[8] and 4.[9] She later received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award after recording seven disposals, three marks and nine hit-outs in Brisbane's round 6 loss to Collingwood in heavy rain.[10] Randall went on to play in the 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final loss to the Western Bulldogs, Brisbane's second consecutive grand final loss.[11] She finished the season with the third-most hit-outs in the competition (140), after leading the statistic earlier in the season.

North Melbourne (2019–present)

On 11 May 2018, after appearing at her junior club Kawana only days earlier as part of her AFL Women's Rising Star nomination,[12] Randall was signed by North Melbourne at the beginning of the trading and signing period ahead of the club's inaugural season in the AFL Women's, along with teammate Jamie Stanton,[13] and teammates Kaitlyn Ashmore and Brittany Gibson later joined them.[14] She remained in the number 16 guernsey that she previously wore for Brisbane. Randall later played for Gold Coast in the inaugural AFL Women's Winter Series in June and July.[15]

Randall returned to her familiar position as a defender at her second club, and made her North Melbourne debut in the club's inaugural match against Carlton at North Hobart Oval in round 1 of the 2019 season.[16] Randall was twice cited by Match Review Officer Michael Christian during the season; she was offered a reprimand for an incident in round 2[17] and a $400 fine for an incident in round 5.[18] Randall signed a two-year contract with North Melbourne during the trade and sign period in April 2019.[19]

Randall had a good start to the 2021 season, achieving selection in womens.afl's Team of the Week in round 1 after accumulating nine spoils.[20] She kicked her first career goal the following week against St Kilda,[21] and was again named in the Team of the Week.[22]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 2, 2021.[23]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
AFLW playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017Brisbane16 70032114314120.00.04.61.66.12.01.70
2018Brisbane16 8003716539240.00.04.62.06.61.13.00
2019North Melbourne16 70039104917180.00.05.61.47.02.42.60
2020North Melbourne16 70045105518140.00.06.41.47.92.62.00
2021North Melbourne16 21014418540.50.07.02.09.02.52.0
Career 31101685121964740.00.05.41.67.12.12.40

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References
  1. Black, Sarah (28 December 2020). "10 questions with ... Kangaroo Tahlia Randall". womens.afl. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. "Brisbane Lions Cup – Secondary Girls". SportsTG. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. Black, Sarah (12 October 2016). "As it happened: 2016 AFL Women's Draft". afl.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. Matthews, Bruce (5 February 2017). "Lions take the points in AFLW wild weather clash". afl.com.au. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. de Haer, Katie (2 March 2017). "Randall returns for top of the table clash". lions.com.au. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  6. Matthews, Bruce (25 March 2017). "Match report: Crows soar to flag in thriller". afl.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  7. "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period". afl.com.au. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  8. Black, Sarah; Buxton, Aaron (13 February 2018). "AFLW Team of the Week: Demons dominate". afl.com.au. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  9. Navaratnam, Dinny (27 February 2018). "AFLW Team of the Week: Six Dogs make it". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  10. Black, Sarah (13 March 2018). "AFLW: Crow and Lion win Rising Star nominations". afl.com.au. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  11. Matthews, Bruce (24 March 2018). "AFLW match report: Dogs take out flag". afl.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  12. "Best yet to come from AFLW rising star". Sunshine Coast Daily. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  13. Black, Sarah (11 May 2018). "AFLW: Roos, Cats start list builds ahead of '19". afl.com.au. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  14. Black, Sarah (17 May 2018). "AFLW: Cats, Roos land big fish as '19 lists take shape". afl.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  15. Wingard, Ant (7 June 2018). "Brisbane and Gold Coast head south for a Winter Series". AFL Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  16. Warren, Stu (3 February 2019). "Match report: Roos thrash Blues on memorable debut". womens.afl. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  17. Black, Sarah (11 February 2019). "Giant sent straight to Tribunal for off-the-ball bump". womens.afl. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  18. Black, Sarah (4 March 2019). "Roos defender charged with rough conduct on Crows star". womens.afl. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  19. Black, Sarah (16 April 2019). "AFLW Sign and Trading Period wrap: Lion becomes a Tiger". womens.afl. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  20. Black, Sarah (2 February 2021). "AFLW Team of the Week, round one". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  21. Cleary, Mitch (7 February 2021). "Kangas overwhelm young Saints to remain unbeaten". womens.afl. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  22. Black, Sarah (9 February 2021). "AFLW Team of the Week, round two". womens.afl. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  23. "Tahlia Randall". Australian Football. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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