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Ruby Schleicher (born 16 March 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Schleicher is a dual AFL Women's All-Australian.

Ruby Schleicher
Schleicher playing for Collingwood's VFLW team in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Ruby Schleicher
Date of birth	(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 24)
Original team(s)	East Fremantle (WAWFL)
Draft	No. 137, 2016 national draft
Debut	Round 1, 2017, Collingwood vs. Carlton, at Ikon Park
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Collingwood
Number	18
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2017–	Collingwood	51 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of S7 (2022).
Career highlights
2× AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2021, 2022
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life and state football

Before playing football, Schleicher played basketball and won the Smarter than Smoking Female Player of the Year award while playing with SBL team Willetton Tigers,[1] She also represented the under-16 and the under-18 Western Australian Metropolitan teams.[2][3][4] She was on the way to receiving a basketball scholarship at an American college, before breaking a vertebra playing and half-a-year later breaking one on the other side while surfing, which as a result of the college decided not to risk her.[5]

In 2015, Schleicher was named in the Western Australian squad for the AFL Youth Girls National Championships.[6] In 2016, she played with the WA Youth Girls team who made the Grand Final, before getting the opportunity to play senior football for her local WAWFL club East Fremantle. In her last game of the year she was the starting ruck for East Fremantle in the Grand Final.[7]

In the winter during the off-season between the 2017 and 2018 AFLW seasons, Schleicher decided to stay in Melbourne and play in the VFLW with the St Kilda Sharks.[8] She debuted with the St Kilda Sharks in their round 1 match against Eastern Devils, winning by one point.[9]

AFL Women's career

Schleicher was selected by Collingwood with pick 144, joining 22 other West Australians drafted in the inaugural AFL Women's draft,[10] and was the youngest player drafted by Collingwood.[7] She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton.[11]

Collingwood re-signed Schleicher for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[12]

Collingwood re-signed Schleicher for the 2019 season during the trade period in June 2018.[13]

In the 2021 AFL Women's season, Schleicher was awarded with her maiden All-Australian blazer, named on the half back position.[14][15] It was revealed Schleicher had signed on with Collingwood for two years on 10 June 2021.[16] Schleicher achieved selection in Champion Data's 2021 AFLW All-Star stats team, after leading the league for total intercept possessions and intercept marks in the 2021 season.[17]

Statistics

Updated to the end of S7 (2022).[18]

Legend

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

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2017	Collingwood	18	5	0	0	9	6	15	0	15	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.2	3.0	0.0	3.0	0
2018	Collingwood	18	5	0	0	14	6	20	6	9	0.0	0.0	2.8	1.2	4.0	1.2	1.8	0
2019	Collingwood	18	6	0	0	23	13	36	9	8	0.0	0.0	3.8	2.2	6.0	1.5	1.3	0
2020	Collingwood	18	2	0	0	8	3	11	1	2	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.5	5.5	0.5	1.0	0
2021	Collingwood	18	11	2	0	115	62	177	46	29	0.2	0.0	10.5	5.6	16.1	4.2	2.6	2
2022	Collingwood	18	11	1	0	115	83	198	54	35	0.1	0.0	10.5	7.5	18.0	4.9	3.2	6
S7 (2022)	Collingwood	18	11	0	1	116	54	170	35	48	0.0	0.1	10.5	4.9	15.5	3.2	4.4
Career			51	3	1	400	227	627	151	146	0.1	0.0	7.8	4.5	12.3	3.0	2.9	8

Honours and achievements

• 2× AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2021, 2022

References

External links

• Ruby Schleicher's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
• Ruby Schleicher at AustralianFootball.com
• Ruby Schleicher on Instagram

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