Mikayla Pauga
AFLW player
Australian rules footballer
| Mikayla Pauga | |||
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 Pauga warming up before the 2022 season 7 Grand Final | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | (2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 21)[1] | ||
| Original team(s) | Bond University (QAFLW) | ||
| Draft | 46 (2021 AFL Women's draft) | ||
| Debut | 24 September 2022, Brisbane vs. Richmond, at Punt Road Oval | ||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Half Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Greater Western Sydney | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2022 (S6)–2023 | Brisbane | 15 (0) | |
| 2024– | Greater Western Sydney | 00 (0) | |
| Total | 15 (0) | ||
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Mikayla Pauga (born 10 April 2003) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for Brisbane, with whom she won a premiership in 2023.
Pauga is from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and played with the Maroochydore Football Club[2] prior to moving to the Gold Coast and playing with Bond University in the QAFLW and awarded the Riewoldt Family AFL Excellence Scholarship[3][4] as part of the Brisbane Lions Academy before being drafted by the Lions.[5] Pauga made her AFLW debut against Richmond on 24 September 2022 at the Punt Road Oval.[5]
She won a premiership with Brisbane in 2023, shortly after which she was traded to Greater Western Sydney.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Mikayla Pauga | AFL". lions.com.au.
- ^ "Maroochydore footy factory produces the goods again for Lions". AFLW.
- ^ "Mikayla Pauga Punches Ticket To AFLW". lions.com.au. 27 July 2021.
- ^ "2021 NAB AFLW Draft: Queensland's Top Prospects Part One | AFL Queensland".
- ^ a b "Patient Pauga gets her chance on the big stage". Bond University.
- ^ "Premiership talent joins the Big Big Sound". Greater Western Sydney Giants. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFL Women's) – current squad
- 1 Bradfield
- 2 Eva
- 3 Parker
- 4 Smith
- 5 Doyle
- 6 Beeson
- 7 Goldsworthy
- 8 Barr
- 9 Miller
- 10 Grierson
- 11 Dalton
- 12 Huntington
- 17 Garnett
- 18 Evans
- 20 Davies
- 21 Randall
- 22 Gaffney†
- 23 Brazendale
- 24 Zreika
- 25 McCormick
- 31 Mowbray
- 33 Pease
- Linde
- Murphy
- Newman
- Pauga
- Ransom
- Srhoj
- Walker
- Coach: Bernasconi
† denotes inactive players
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