Renee Forth
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Renee Forth
| image = Renee Forth 2019.3.jpg
| caption = Forth playing for Adelaide in January 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|01|28|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = Coastal Titans (WAWFL)
| height = 166 cm
| weight =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| guernsey =
| years1 = 2017–2018
| club1 = {{AFLW|GWS}}
| games_goals1 = {{0}}5 (0)
| years2 = 2019–2021
| club2 = {{AFLW|Ade}}
| games_goals2 = 17 (2)
| games_goalstotal = 22 (1)
| statsend = the 2021 season
| careerhighlights = *AFLW premiership player: 2019
- WAWFL premiership player (2015)
}}
Renee Forth (born 28 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Greater Western Sydney and Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Amateur career
Forth played state league football for the Coastal Titans in the West Australian Women's Football League (WAWFL). She played in the club's 2012 and 2015 premiership sides.{{cite news|last1=Balme|first1=Ned|title=Forth to captain Freo|url=http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2016-03-16/forth-to-captain-freo-|access-date=20 October 2016|work=Fremantle FC|publisher=Bigpond|date=16 March 2016}}
Forth captained Fremantle in the 2016 women's AFL exhibition series.{{cite web|title=Western Australia Women's Player Profiles|url=http://www.afl.com.au/womens/player-profiles/western-australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707060745/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/player-profiles/western-australia|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2016|website=AFL.com.au|publisher=Australian Football League|access-date=20 October 2016}} Forth was appointed the 2016 WA State Female Football Ambassador serving as a role model through ongoing promotion and programs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wawfl.com.au/news/9860/coastal-titan-renee-forth-appointed-as-football-ambassador|title=Coastal Titan Renee Forth appointed as Football Ambassador|website=WA Womens Football League|access-date=2019-10-17}}
AFL Women's career
Forth was one of two Greater Western Sydney marquee players announced prior to the inaugural 2017 season.
She ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in a WAWFL match in August 2016, and was ruled out for the entirety of the 2017 AFL Women's season.{{cite news|last1=Harrington|first1=Anna|title=Women's league marquee players Kiara Bowers and Renee Forth suffer serious knee injuries|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/womens-league-marquee-players-kiara-bowers-and-renee-forth-suffer-serious-knee-injuries/news-story/b02821d5f4673cab4a03a4fd4c7126fa|access-date=20 October 2016|work=Fox Sports|publisher=News Corp|date=17 August 2016}}
She will serve as an assistant coach at the Giants in 2017.{{cite news|last1=Horne|first1=Ben|title=Injured GWS star Renee Forth has turned her attention to the draft|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/injured-gws-star-renee-forth-has-turned-her-attention-to-the-draft/news-story/6a3a6a40c737b935b798e35687b99fa2?nk=1de4e0b92ac29693825ca412707c486a-1476943539|access-date=20 October 2016|work=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corp|date=31 August 2016}}
In June 2018, Forth was traded to Adelaide.{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Sarah |title=AFLW: Crows trade for marquee Giant |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-01/aflw-sign-and-trade-period |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602195609/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-01/aflw-sign-and-trade-period |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 June 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018 |work=AFL Media |publisher=Telstra Media |date=1 June 2018}}
Forth was awarded the Education and Training Excellence Award, presented by La Trobe University, for 2017 at the AFL Players’ Association’s MVP Awards night alongside Carlton’s Ed Curnow.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/forth-curnow-maximising-their-chance/|title=Forth & Curnow maximising their chance|website=AFLPA|date=12 September 2017 |access-date=2019-10-17}}
In May 2021, Adelaide announced that they would not offer Forth a new contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/934899/aflw-adelaide-confirms-list-changes|title=AFLW: Adelaide confirms list changes|publisher=Telstra|work=Adelaide|date=13 May 2021}}
Other work
Outside of football, Forth works as an electrician.{{cite news|last1=Decent|first1=Tom|title=GWS Giants name Renee Forth and Emma Swanson as women's marquee players|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/gws-giants-name-renee-forth-and-emma-swanson-as-womens-marquee-players-20160727-gqf183.html|access-date=20 October 2016|work=The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=27 July 2016}}
Forth has spent some time as a mentor, assistant coach and coach. Forth was mentor coach for the NAB AFL Women’s Academy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-10-25/aflw-2018-academy-prospects-revealed|title=AFLW: 2018 Academy prospects revealed|website=afl.com.au|date=25 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-18}} She was an assistant coach for the 2017 Allies team in the NAB AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.changehergame.com/single-post/2017/07/06/Under-18s-Allies-team-named|title=Under 18s 'Allies' team named|website=changehergame|language=en|access-date=2019-10-17|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018000751/https://www.changehergame.com/single-post/2017/07/06/Under-18s-Allies-team-named|url-status=dead}} Forth served as an assistant coach for the Allies when they took on Victoria in the NAB AFLW Under 18 Exhibition Match August 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aflnt.com.au/news/2018/thunder-to-feature-in-aflw-under-18-exhibition-match|title=Thunder to feature in AFLW Under 18 Exhibition Match|website=AFL Northern Territory|language=en|access-date=2019-10-17}} Forth assistant coached the Central Allies at the 2018 AFL Under-18 Youth Girls Championship on the Gold Coast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.safc.com.au/blog/six-panthers-selected-to-represent-central-allies|title=Six Panthers Selected to Represent Central Allies|website=The Official South Adelaide Football Club Website - The Panthers|language=en|access-date=2019-10-18}}
References
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External links
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- {{AustralianFootball|ref=Renee%2BForth/19811}}
{{2019 Adelaide premiership players (AFLW)}}
{{2015 AFL women's draft}}
{{2014 AFL women's draft}}
{{2013 AFL women's draft}}
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