Nicola Barr


Nicola Barr is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition.

Early life

Barr was born in Melbourne but spent most of her early years living outside of Australia. Barr's family settled in Sydney when she was 14. She began playing football while in year ten at Queenwood in Sydney's North.
She was selected to play in the AFL youth girls national competition in 2014.
Barr played soccer at an elite level as a junior.

Amateur career

Barr plays state-league football with Sydney University in the Sydney Women's AFL.
In 2016, Barr won the league's Rising Star award as the best young player in the league. The following season she won the Mostyn Medal as the best and fairest player in the SWAFL.
Barr represented the Sydney Swans academy in an AFL exhibition match in April 2016, winning best on ground honours.

AFL Women's career

Barr was drafted by with the first overall selection in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She played in all seven games, and was nominated for the AFL Women's Rising Star award after moving from midfield to half back late in the season.
Greater Western Sydney signed Barr for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.
Barr became the first player in AFL Women's history to be sent directly to the AFL Tribunal owing to an incident involving 's Ashleigh Riddell during the round two, 2019 match between Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne played at Drummoyne Oval. She was suspended for one match.

Statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017
! colspan=3| Career
! 7
! 0
! 0
! 55
! 23
! 78
! 10
! 22
! 0.0
! 0.0
! 7.9
! 3.3
! 11.2
! 1.4
! 3.1

Personal life

Barr studies medical science at the University of Sydney.