Katie Loynes

Katie Loynes
Loynes with Carlton in March 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-23) 23 March 1986 (age 38)
Original team(s) Diamond Creek (VFL Women's)
Draft No. 110, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Carlton vs. Collingwood, at Ikon Park
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2021 Carlton 36 (7)
2022 Greater Western Sydney 9 (2)
Total 45 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Katie Loynes (born 23 March 1986) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.

AFLW career

Loynes was drafted by Carlton with the club's fourteenth selection and the one hundred and tenth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[1] She made her debut in Round 1, 2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against Collingwood.[2] At the end of the 2018 season, she was the joint winner of the club best and fairest alongside Breann Moody.[3] Loynes was delisted by Carlton at the conclusion of the 2021 season.[4] A few weeks later it was announced that she joined Greater Western Sydney.[5] In April 2022, Loynes retired after 45 AFLW games.[6]

Personal life

She is a teacher at Mordialloc College, a Secondary School in Melbourne's South-East. She teaches Physical Education and Health and Human Development.[7]

References

  1. ^ Black, Sarah (12 October 2016). "As it happened: 2016 AFL Women's Draft". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ Guthrie, Ben (2 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL Media. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ Landsberger, Sam (10 April 2018). "Katie Loynes and Breann Moody crowed joint Carlton AFLW best-and-fairest winners". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. ^ Black, Sarah. "Who's hanging up the boots? Your club's retiring players". womens.afl. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ Black, Sarah (8 June 2021). "Tayla a Demon: Mega-trade confirmed with SEVEN players involved". AFL Women's. Telstra.
  6. ^ "Loynes Calls Time on AFLW Career". Greater Western Sydney. Telstra Media. 7 April 2022.
  7. ^ Roberts, Michelle (8 October 2015). "Newsletter No 303" (PDF). Mordialloc College Newsletter. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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