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Rheanne Lugg (born 22 February 1990) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL Women's (AFLW) for Adelaide, from 2018 to 2019, and for Brisbane, from 2020 to 2021.

Rheanne Lugg
Lugg playing for Adelaide in January 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Riverina Lions (AFL Canberra)
Draft	No. 42, 2017 AFL Women's draft
Debut	Round 1, 2018, Adelaide vs. Brisbane, at Norwood Oval
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2018–2019	Adelaide	06 (0)
2020–2021	Brisbane	09 (3)
Total		15 (3)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

State football

Lugg played with Swan Districts in the West Australian Women's Football League (WAWFL), alongside Chelsea Randall, and won a premiership with them.[1] She played over 125 games for Swan Districts.[2] In 2017, Lugg played for Riverina Lions in AFL Canberra.[3] Lugg joined Wilston Grange, together with Brianna McFarlane, for the 2020 AFL Queensland Women's League (QAFLW) season.[2] Lugg represented Western Australia four times, including the team who beat Victoria in 2015.[4] Lugg has also played in the AFL Women's exhibition matches[3]

AFLW career

Adelaide

Lugg was drafted by Adelaide with their sixth selection and forty-second overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft.[1] The Australian Army let her transfer bases for six months so that she can work and play football simultaneously.[3] She made her AFLW debut in the twelve point loss to Brisbane at Norwood Oval in the opening round of the 2018 season.[5] In total, she played in six games over the season.[2] After not playing a game the following year, she was delisted by Adelaide in April 2019.[6]

Brisbane

Lugg signed as a free agent with Brisbane ahead of the 2020 season.[4][7] In June 2021, Lugg retired from football.[8]

Personal life

Lugg is from Perth, where she completed a four-year electrical apprenticeship.[9] Lugg's father, Gary, played for St Kilda before suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[1] Lugg is a qualified electrician, and worked in the field in the Australian Army,[3] as an electrical technician, servicing, maintaining, and repairing electrical equipment.[10]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rheanne Lugg.

• Rheanne Lugg's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
• Rheanne Lugg at AustralianFootball.com

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