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Heartbreaking moment that fired up Crows captain Chelsea Randall
BY MARK SODERSTROM
Adelaide Crows AFLW captain Chelsea Randall has opened up about coming out to her family, her relationship with teammate and life partner Marijana Rajcic and the mental scars she still carries from being a girl playing footy.
In an emotional interview on a new podcast The Soda Room, Chelsea reveals the turmoil she went through as a teenager telling her parents she was gay.
The WA native recalls driving an hour to break the news to her father, but being unable to find the words before getting back in her car and starting to drive home.
Chelsea Randall
The Soda Room podcast
Chelsea said her father, mother and brother, were all supportive when she came out to them. But she said she faced a quandary when she and Rajcic became a couple, because they were teammates.
She also recalled being laughed at as an 11-year-old when she was lining up as the only girl before her first game of football in an under-age boys competition.
Chelsea Randall
The Soda Room podcast
She said she made a mental note of the opposition player laughing the hardest, and when he picked up the ball during the game, she tackled him hard into the ground and won a free kick for holding the ball.
And I thought, ‘Yeah, I kind of like this game. Let that be a statement, I’m here to stay and I want to play just like you guys’.
Chelsea Randall
Adelaide Crows AFLW captain
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