| Lauren Arnell | |||
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 Lauren Arnell in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1987-03-15)15 March 1987 (age 38) | ||
| Original team | Darebin Falcons (VWFL) | ||
| Draft | Priority signing2016:Carlton | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017,Carlton vs.Collingwood, atIKON Park | ||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2018 | Carlton | 11 (4) | |
| 2019–2021 | Brisbane | 25 (5) | |
| Total | 36 (9) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017 | Victoria | 1 (0) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2022 (S7)– | Port Adelaide (W) | 34 (12–20–2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2017. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2024. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Source:AustralianFootball.com | |||
Lauren Arnell (born 15 March 1987) is a retiredAustralian rules footballer and senior coach of thePort Adelaide Football Club in theAFL Women's competition, having previously played forCarlton and theBrisbane Lions. She served as Carlton's inaugural AFLW team captain in the 2017 season and won the2021 premiership with the Brisbane Lions, before becomingPort Adelaide's inaugural coach in 2022.
Arnell played just one football match as a junior, in a school tournament in her last year of primary school.[1] A talented state-level juniorbasketballer, Arnell next played football in 2005 while studying to be a teacher inBallarat.[2][3][4]
Arnell first played football competitively forNorth Ballarat before moving to theDarebin Falcons in theVictorian Women's Football League (VWFL) where she would win nine league premierships through the end of 2016.[5]
In 2010, Arnell was selected as one of forty players to participate in the women's AFL high-performance camp. As part of the program she played in a curtain-raiser exhibition match ahead of the round 12, 2010 AFL match betweenMelbourne andCollingwood.[3]
She has represented Victoria at theAFL Women's National Championship on six occasions and been selected three times as an All-Australian.[5]
Arnell was drafted by theWestern Bulldogs with the twelfth overall pick in the 2013 exhibition series draft.[6] She played for the club in exhibition series matches through the end of 2016.
Arnell was signed as a priority player byCarlton in August 2016 ahead of the league's inaugural 2017 season.[4] She had previously worked at the club in an off-field role, including in the development of Carlton's bid for a women's team licence.[5] She was named the club's inaugural AFL Women's captain in January 2017.[7] She made her debut in round 1,2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match atPrinces Park againstCollingwood.[8]
Carlton signed Arnell for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[9] She was replaced as captain byBrianna Davey in 2018, instead taking on the role of co-vice captain that season.[10]
On 28 May 2018, Arnell moved toBrisbane in a three-way deal in whichCarlton received pick 40 andCollingwood receivedNicole Hildebrand.[11] Ahead of the2021 AFL Women's season, Arnell made the decision to retire at the end of the season, a decision she announced in April 2021, following Brisbane's18-point victory overAdelaide to claim the premiership.[12]
Arnell was appointed as the inaugural coach ofPort Adelaide's AFLW side in April 2022, making her the first former AFLW player to become a senior coach.[13]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2017 | Carlton | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 24 | 84 | 11 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 1.6 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | Carlton | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | Brisbane | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 30 | 88 | 15 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 12.6 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| 2020 | Brisbane | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 31 | 80 | 16 | 17 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 11.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | Brisbane | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 91 | 39 | 130 | 26 | 31 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| Career[14] | 36 | 9 | 10 | 279 | 130 | 409 | 75 | 116 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 11.4 | 2.1 | 3.2 | ||
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Wins | L | Losses | D | Draws | W% | Winning percentage | LP | Ladder position | LT | League teams | ||
| Season | Team | Games | W | L | D | W % | LP | LT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (S7) | Port Adelaide | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10.0% | 17 | 18 |
| 2023 | Port Adelaide | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20.0% | 15 | 18 |
| Career totals | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 15.0% | |||
Arnell grew up on a cattle farm in theVictorian town ofClarkefield, 46 kilometres northwest ofMelbourne.[4] She spent her later teenage years inLakes Entrance in the state's east.[5] She is one of a set of triplets.[1]
Arnell studied physical education teaching at theUniversity of Ballarat and has previously worked as a school teacher.[5][1]
She is the niece of formerFootscray player,Ray Walker.[16]
In July 2023, Arnell and her partner Lexi announced that Arnell was pregnant.[17]
Off-field Arnell works as AFL Victoria's education and training manager.[1]
