| Nat Grider | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Natalie Jade Grider | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-10-10)10 October 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Brisbane,Queensland | ||
| Original team(s) | University of Queensland (QWAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 22,2018 AFL Women's draft | ||
| Debut | Round 4, 2019,Brisbane vs.Western Bulldogs, atWhitten Oval | ||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back/Midfield | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Brisbane | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2019– | Brisbane | 57 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Source:AustralianFootball.com | |||
Natalie "Nat" Grider (born 10 October 2000) is anAustralian rules footballer playing forBrisbane in theAFL Women's competition (AFLW).
Grider was raised inBrisbane, Queensland and began playing Australian rules football as a teenager with the juniorJindalee Jags club in suburbanJindalee.[1] She was also a member of theBrisbane Lions Academy and excelled for the club in the 2018 Winter Series againstGreater Western Sydney andGold Coast.[1][2] After three years at Jindalee Jags, in 2017, Grider joined theUniversity of Queensland in theAFL Queensland Women's League (QWAFL).[3][4] In the 2018 season she won the QWAFL Rising Star Award,[5] was selected in the QWAFL Team of the Year,[4][5] and shared the club'sbest and fairest award withMegan Hunt andJane Childes.[4] In 2019, she was selected again for the QWAFL Team of the Year.[6] Grider represented Queensland in theAFL Women's Under 18 Championships. In the2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships she led the team as captain,[7] was selected for the All-Australian team,[8][9] and was selected as Queensland'smost valuable player.[10]
Grider was drafted to theAFL Women's (AFLW) byBrisbane with the 22nd pick in the2018 AFL Women's draft,[1] joining her long-time teammateGabby Collingwood.[4] She made her AFLW debut in the Lions' round 4 game againstWestern Bulldogs atWhitten Oval on 23 February 2019 as a late replacement for captainLeah Kaslar.[11] She played two games in her debut season.[12] In April 2019, Grider re-committed to Brisbane for the2020 season.[13][14] She played every game of the season, shutting down small forwards and steadily disposing the ball out of the back-line.[15] She raised her game every week and culminated the season with the club nominating her for the 2020AFLW Players' Association's Most Valuable Player Award along withEmily Bates andKate Lutkins.[16] The2021 AFL Women's season saw Grider rapidly improve, besting her averages in disposals, kicks, handballs, marks and tackles.[17] She received a2021 AFL Women's Rising Star nomination in the third round of the season after an impressive game againstWest Coast where she collected 16 disposals, 7 marks and 2 tackles.[18] The first three rounds of the season saw her become the Lions' leading disposal getter.[19] Grider signed on withBrisbane for one more year on 15 June 2021.[20]
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 | |||||
| 2019 | Brisbane | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Brisbane | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 7 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2021 | Brisbane | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 17.3 | 2.3 | 5.3 | |
| Career | 12 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 58 | 119 | 17 | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 0 | ||
Grider can play as ahalf-back or as amidfielder and demonstrates athleticism and strongmarking skills.[21]
Grider was born and raised inBrisbane.[1] She is a supporter ofBrisbane Lions, despite her mum supportingSt Kilda and her dad supportingCarlton.[12] She studied at theUniversity of Queensland and received a Bachelor of Exercise andSports Science.[12][22]