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Ella Friend
Personal information
Full name	Ella Friend
Date of birth	(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 20)
Original team(s)	Greater Western Victoria Rebels (NAB League Girls)
Draft	No. 4, 2021 national draft
Debut	Round 4, 2022, St Kilda vs. West Coast, at Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	St Kilda
Number	16
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2022–	St Kilda	25 (4)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Ella Friend is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Friend was recruited by St Kilda with the 4th pick in the 2022 AFL Women's draft.^[1]

AFL Women's career

Friend debuted for the Saints in the fourth round of the 2022 AFL Women's season.^[2] On debut, Friend collected 7 disposals and 2 tackles.^[3]

Updated to the end of S7 (2022).^[4]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2022	St Kilda	16	7	0	0	41	22	65	12	8	0.0	0.0	5.9	3.1	9.0	1.7	1.1	0
S7 (2022)	St Kilda	16	9	0	0	47	13	60	15	15	0.0	0.0	5.2	1.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0
Career			16	0	0	K	H	D	M	T	0.0	0.0	5.5	2.2	7.7	1.7	1.4	0

^ "Ella Friend selected at pick four in AFLW draft, heads to St Kilda". The Weekly Advertiser. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Ella Friend to debut for St Kilda in AFLW Tuesday evening game". The Weekly Advertiser. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "West Coast WFC vs ST Kilda WFC - Player Stats". womens.afl. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Ella Friend". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

v t e St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's) – current squad
1 McDonald 2 Stevens 3 Burke 5 Guttridge 6 Smith 7 Anderson 8 Jakobsson 9 Lambert 11 Kelly 12 Watson 14 Priest (c) 15 Exon 16 Friend 17 Chiocci 18 Stuart 20 Ott 21 Patrikios 22 Richards 23 Vesely 24 Pinchin 27 Xenos 28 Matthews 29 Boyd 30 Wardlaw 32 Plane 34 Nalder Caris Simpson Trudgeon Whiley Coach: Dal Santo * denotes rookie listed players

v t e 2021 AFL Women's draft
First round	1. Charlie Rowbottom 2. Georgie Prespakis 3. Charlie Thomas 4. Ella Friend 5. Stella Reid 6. Teagan Levi 7. Zali Friswell 8. Ashanti Bush 9. Gabbi Featherston 10. Annie Lee 11. Keeley Sherar 12. Ashleigh Richards 13. Tess Craven 14. Amy Franklin 15. Annabel Johnson 16. Emilia Yassir 17. Zoe Prowse 18. Maggie Harmer
Second round	19. Tara Slender 20. Brooke Tonon 21. Courtney Rowley 22. Amanda Ling 23. Brooke Vickers 24. Beth Schilling 25. Aurora Smith 26. Imogen Milford 27. Elizabeth Snell 28. Kim Rennie 29. Eliza James 30. Giselle Davies 31. Dana East 32. Eloise Chaston 33. Imogen Barnett 34. Abbie Ballard 35. Bella Smith
Third round	37. Ally Morphett 38. Makaela Tuhakaraina 40. Sarah Lakay 41. Georgia Campbell (F/D) 42. Tahlia Gillard 43. Perri King 44. Airlie Runnalls 45. Alison Brown 46. Mikayla Pauga
Fourth round	47. Emily Bennett 48. Meagan Kiely 49. Jessica Doyle 50. Ingrid Houtsma 51. Jasmine Ferguson 52. Jessica Low 53. Luka Yoshida-Martin
Fifth round	54. Akec Makur Chuot 55. Brodee Mowbray 56. Ella Maurer 57. Sarah Wielstra 58. Lulu Pullar
Sixth round	59. Georgina Fowler
Seventh round	60. Casidhe Simmons
Eighth round	61. Erin Todd
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