Tori Groves-Little

Australian rules footballer

Tori Groves-Little
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 (age 23)
Original team(s)	Coorparoo (QWAFL)
Draft	No. 56, 2018 AFL Women's draft
Debut	Round 2, 2019, Brisbane vs. ‹See Tfd›Fremantle, at Fremantle Oval
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Wing/Half-back
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2019	Brisbane	02 (0)
2020–S7 (2022)	‹See Tfd›Gold Coast	11 (4)
Total		13 (4)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of the S7 (2022) season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Tori Groves-Little (born 13 October 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

Early life

Groves-Little grew up in Logan, Queensland and attended Beenleigh State High School throughout their teenage years.^[1] They played junior football for the Beenleigh Buffaloes in the local Queensland competition in their younger years.^[2] They joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy program at the age of 16^[3] and became the youngest player to win the QWAFL best and fairest award at the age of 17.^[4] Later that year they were drafted by Brisbane with the 56th pick in the 2018 AFL Women's draft.^[5]

Groves-Little is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.^[6]

AFLW career

Groves-Little made their AFLW debut in Brisbane's round 2 game against Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on 10 February 2019.^[7] Following the 2019 season, they joined Gold Coast.^[8] In March 2023, Groves-Little was delisted by Gold Coast.^[9]

Statistics

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2019	Brisbane	26	2	0	1	10	2	12	1	8	0.0	0.5	5.0	1.0	6.0	0.5	4.0	0
2020	‹See Tfd›Gold Coast	3	1	0	0	4	1	5	0	1	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0
2021	‹See Tfd›Gold Coast	3	3	0	0	16	11	27	7	12	0.0	0.0	5.3	3.7	9.0	2.3	4.0	0
2022 (S6)	‹See Tfd›Gold Coast	3	5	4	5	23	4	27	5	11	0.8	1.0	4.6	0.8	5.4	1.0	2.2	0
2022 (S7)	‹See Tfd›Gold Coast	3	2	0	0	7	3	10	0	10	0.0	0.0	3.5	1.5	5.0	0.0	5.0	0
Career^[10]			13	4	6	60	21	81	13	42	0.3	0.5	4.6	1.6	6.2	1.0	3.2	0

References

^ Black, Sarah (7 October 2018). "Groves-Little a one of a kind draft prospect". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ Cormack, Michael (8 August 2015). "Beenleigh Buffaloes player Tori Groves-Little stars at national AFL Schoolgirls championships". Courier Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ Cheadle, Josh (12 June 2019). "Tori's story: from competitive skipping to AFLW". goldcoastfc.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ Wingard, Ant (17 September 2018). "Groves-Little becomes youngest ever QWAFL Best and Fairest winner". AFL Queensland. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Brisbane Lions AFL Women's Players". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^ Whiting, Michael (23 December 2021). "'I'm here to educate': Why Tori wants you to ask the question". womens.afl. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ Arnold, Rikki-Lee (7 February 2019). "Tori Groves-Little in frame for her AFLW debut against Fremantle". news.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
^ "Gold Coast Suns sign Brisbane Lions young gun for AFLW team". Gold Coast Bulletin. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "SUNS make AFLW list changes". Gold Coast Suns. Telstra. 7 March 2023. The Gold Coast SUNS have informed defender Jade Pregelj and small forward Tori Groves-Little that they will not be offered contracts for the upcoming AFLW season.
^ Tori Groves-Little at AustralianFootball.com