AFLW teenager Brenna Tarrant making big impression on and off field
Teenager Brenna Tarrant’s reaction to AFLW draft news causes quite a stir in East Blaxland.
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Her mum thought it was a phase but Brenna Tarrant’s love for AFL is now taking her to Melbourne to kick start a career in the AFLW.
While the teenage draftee dreams of being a hit for her new AFLW team on the field but she is already one on social media.
Pick No 72 for the Melbourne Demons, this young East Blaxland player’s delighted reaction to being drafted caused quite a stir - both in her school library and on the internet.
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A friend was videoing Tarrant studying for an exam when she got the call to inform her she had been drafted and caught her squeal of excitement.
Also caught was the voice of the librarian concerned a snake had made its way into the room after an earlier visit a week previously.
“I was speaking to my agent and he told me the picks I could go at. I was panicking. I was at the last one, 72,” Tarrant said.
“They called my name wrong but I realised it was me and I just screamed.
“A few days before the draft we had a snake in one of the meeting rooms. The librarian was panicking because she though it was a snake when she heard me scream.”
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The former St Columbus Catholic College student honed her early AFL skills with the Glenmore Park club at Emu Plains but was a late starter in the sport.
“I’ve been playing since I was 13. I would have played earlier but my mother just thought it was a phase I was going through,” said Tarrant, who more recently played with the East Coast Eagles based in The Hills.
“A thing came up at my club at Emu Plains and mum though, let’s get her out of this phase. It was a Come and Try day. I loved it and I then played at Glenmore Park for two years when I got too old.”
This season Tarrant had been training with the GWS Giants and competed for NSW at the u18s AFLW Australian championships in July.
She has started pre-season training with her new Melbourne club after relocating and moving in with extended family.
“I’m a bit nervous at the moment, it’s a new start but its going to be really refreshing,’’ she said.
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