Rebecca Webster

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Rebecca Webster

| image = Rebecca Webster 29.02.20.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Webster with Geelong in February 2020

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|10|22|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| originalteam = Murray Bushrangers (NAB League Girls)

| draftpick = No. 7, 2018 national draft

| debutdate = Round 1, 2019

| debutteam = {{AFLW|Gee}}

| debutopponent = {{AFLW|Col}}

| debutstadium = GMHBA Stadium

| height = 172 cm

| weight =

| position = Defender{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Sarah |title=AFLW Draft: Who did your club select? |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-23/aflw-draft-who-did-your-club-select |website=AFL.com.au |publisher=Telstra Media |accessdate=3 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120212426/https://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-23/aflw-draft-who-did-your-club-select |archivedate=20 January 2019 |date=23 October 2018 |url-status=live}}

| currentclub = {{AFLW|Gee}}

| guernsey = 21

| years1 = 2019–

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = 50 (9)

| statsend = the 2023 season

| careerhighlights =

}}

Rebecca Webster (born 22 October 2000) is an Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Webster played with Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup and Melbourne University in the VFL Women's (VFLW) competition.{{cite news |last1=Maher |first1=Tyler |title=Becky Webster drafted by Geelong for AFLW |url=https://www.sheppnews.com.au/@sport/2018/10/23/289631/becks-in-the-cats-cradle |accessdate=3 March 2019 |work=Shepparton News |publisher=McPherson Media Group |date=24 October 2018}} She was subsequently drafted with selection number seven by Geelong in the 2018 AFL Women's draft, and made her AFLW debut during the first round of the 2019 season, against Collingwood at GMHBA Stadium.{{cite web |title=AFLW team selection round 1 |url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2019-01-31/aflw-team-selection-round-1 |website=geelongcats.com.au |publisher=Geelong Football Club |accessdate=3 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232323/http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2019-01-31/aflw-team-selection-round-1 |archivedate=9 February 2019 |date=31 January 2019 |url-status=live}} She played only four games for Geelong in the 2019 AFLW season, though later that year won the club's VFL Women's best and fairest award.{{cite web|url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2019-09-26/vflw-webster-wins-best-fairest|title=VFLW: Webster wins Best & Fairest|work=Geelong FC|date=26 September 2019}}

Webster currently studies a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science/Bachelor of Business – Sport Management at Deakin University.{{cite web |title=Changing the game: Deakin celebrates women in sport |url=https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/deakinlife/2021/03/11/changing-the-game-deakin-celebrates-women-in-sport/ |website=Deakin Life |publisher=Deakin University |access-date=11 March 2021}}

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2022 season 7.{{cite web|title=Rebecca Webster – player stats by season|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Rebecca%2BWebster/20390|work=Australian Football|access-date=7 December 2022}}

{{Australian rules football statistics legend}}

{{AFLW player statistics start}}

|-

| 2019 || {{AFLW|Gee}} || 21

| 4 || 0 || 1 || 11 || 15 || 26 || 4 || 4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.0 || 7.7 || 12.7 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0

|-

| 2020 || {{AFLW|Gee}} || 21

| 6 || 0 || 0 || 40 || 37 || 77 || 21 || 16 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.7 || 6.2 || 12.9 || 3.5 || 2.7 || 0

|-

| 2021 || {{AFLW|Gee}} || 21

| 9 || 2 || 3 || 88 || 48 || 136 || 22 || 25 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 9.8 || 5.3 || 15.1 || 2.4 || 2.8 || 0

|-

| 2022 (S6) || {{AFLW|Gee}} || 21

| 10 || 3 || 2 || 81 || 87 || 168 || 14 || 63 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 8.7 || 8.7 || 16.8 || 1.4 || 6.3 || 2

|-

| 2022 (S7) || {{AFLW|Gee}} || 21

| 11 || 2 || 4 || 113 || 81 || 194 || 26 || 40 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 10.3 || 7.4 || 17.6 || 2.4 || 3.6 || 5

|- class=sortbottom

! colspan=3 | Career

! 40 !! 7 !! 10 !! 333 !! 268 !! 601 !! 87 !! 148 !! 0.2 !! 0.3 !! 8.3 !! 6.7 !! 15.0 !! 2.2 !! 3.7 !! 7

|}

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