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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 26)
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 53 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Ruby Schleicher (/ˈslaɪʃər/ SLY-shər;[1] 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.

Early life and state football

As a junior basketball player with the Willetton Tigers, Schleicher won the Western Australian Basketball League (WABL) Female Player of the Year award in 2014.[2] She also represented the under-16 and the under-18 Western Australian Metropolitan teams.[3][4][5] 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.[6]

In 2015, Schleicher was named in the Western Australian squad for the

ruck for East Fremantle in the Grand Final.[8]

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.[9] She debuted with the St Kilda Sharks in their round 1 match against Eastern Devils, winning by one point.[10]

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,[11] and was the youngest player drafted by Collingwood.[8] She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton.[12]

Collingwood re-signed Schleicher for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[13]

Collingwood re-signed Schleicher for the 2019 season during the trade period in June 2018.[14]

In the 2021 AFL Women's season, Schleicher was awarded with her maiden All-Australian blazer, named on the half back position.[15][16] It was revealed Schleicher had signed on with Collingwood for two years on 10 June 2021.[17] 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.[18]

Media

Schleicher joined Fox Sports late in 2023 as a reporter for Fox Sports News. She is currently a commentator for Fox Footy’s AFLW coverage, in addition to being a presenter of news program AFL Tonight. In 2024, she became a rotating panellist on Bounce.

Schleicher also co-hosts the AFL-related podcast ‘Tagged’ with Richmond’s Sarah Hosking.

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[19]

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 (S6) 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
2022 (S7) Collingwood 18 11 0 1 116 54 170 35 48 0.0 0.1 10.5 4.9 15.5 3.2 4.4 3
2023 Collingwood 18 2 0 0 14 7 21 4 7 0.0 0.0 7.0 3.5 10.5 2.0 3.5 0
Career 53 3 1 414 234 648 155 153 0.1 0.0 7.8 4.4 12.2 2.9 2.9 11

Honours and achievements

References

  1. ^ "'It's simple when you break it down': How to say the AFLW's trickiest names". AFL Women's. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2014 Basketball WA Award Winners". Basketball WA. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017.
  3. ^ "U/16 AJC - Day Five Update". WABL.asn.au. 11 July 2013.
  4. ^ Uluc, Olgun (14 April 2015). "2015 Australian U18s Nationals Day 3 Recap – NSW Metro Men remain undefeated". The Pick and Roll.
  5. ^ "U18s & Kevin Coombs Cup Recap - Day 5". Basketball Australia. 16 April 2015.
  6. Telstra Media
    .
  7. ^ "5 Sharks named in State Squad". East Fremantle. 1 May 2015.
  8. ^
    Telstra Media
    .
  9. ^ "PREVIEW: Eastern Devils v St Kilda Sharks". Sports TG. 1 May 2017.
  10. ^ "VFL Women's recap: Round 1". Sports TG. 9 May 2017.
  11. ^ "23 WA players selected in AFL Women's Draft". West Australian Football Commission. 12 October 2016.
  12. Telstra Media. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original
    on 4 February 2017.
  13. Telstra Media
    . 26 May 2017.
  14. Telstra Media
    .
  15. ^ "REVEALED: The 2021 AFLW All-Australian team". womens.afl. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  16. ^ Zita, David (20 April 2021). "Two AFLW greats reach footy immortality as All-Australian squad revealed". womens.afl. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  17. ^ Lewis, Tash (11 June 2021). "AFLW: Collingwood secure top 10 talent". collingwoodfc.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  18. ^ Black, Sarah (19 June 2021). "All-Star stats team: Shock leaders, lone Lion makes the cut". womens.afl. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Ruby Schleicher – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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