Tori Groves-Little

Tori Groves-Little (born 13 October 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Following their AFLW career Groves-Little switched to rugby league, playing for Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Women's Rugby League.^[1]

Tori Groves-Little
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 (age 24)
Original team(s)	Coorparoo (QWAFL)
Draft	No. 56, 2018 AFL Women's draft
Debut	Round 2, 2019, Brisbane vs. Fremantle, at Fremantle Oval
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Wing/Half-back
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2019	Brisbane	02 (0)
2020–2022 (S7)	Gold Coast	11 (4)
Total		13 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022 (S7).
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Groves-Little grew up in Logan, Queensland and attended Beenleigh State High School throughout their teenage years.^[2] They played junior football for the Beenleigh Buffaloes in the local Queensland competition in their younger years.^[3] They joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy program at the age of 16^[4] and became the youngest player to win the QWAFL best and fairest award at the age of 17.^[5] Later that year they were drafted by Brisbane with the 56th pick in the 2018 AFL Women's draft.^[6]

Groves-Little is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.^[7]

AFLW career

Groves-Little made their AFLW debut in Brisbane's round 2 game against Fremantle at Fremantle Oval on 10 February 2019.^[8] Following the 2019 season, they joined Gold Coast.^[9] In March 2023, Groves-Little was delisted by Gold Coast.^[10]

Statistics

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
2019	Brisbane	26	2	0	1	10	2	12	1	8	0.0	0.5	5.0	1.0	6.0	0.5	4.0	0
2020	Gold Coast	3	1	0	0	4	1	5	0	1	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	0
2021	Gold Coast	3	3	0	0	16	11	27	7	12	0.0	0.0	5.3	3.7	9.0	2.3	4.0	0
2022 (S6)	Gold Coast	3	5	4	5	23	4	27	5	11	0.8	1.0	4.6	0.8	5.4	1.0	2.2	0
2022 (S7)	Gold Coast	3	2	0	0	7	3	10	0	10	0.0	0.0	3.5	1.5	5.0	0.0	5.0	0
Career[11]			13	4	6	60	21	81	13	42	0.3	0.5	4.6	1.6	6.2	1.0	3.2	0