Renee Garing

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Renee Garing

| image = Renee Garing 2019.2 (cropped).jpg

| alt = Renee Garing

| caption = Garing with Geelong in 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|9|4|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| originalteam = {{AFLW|Gee}} (VFL Women's)

| draftpick =

| debutdate = Round 1, 2019

| debutteam = {{AFLW|Gee}}

| debutopponent = {{AFLW|Col}}

| debutstadium = GMHBA Stadium

| height = 164 cm

| weight =

| position = Midfielder{{cite web |last1=Oates |first1=Stacey |title=AFLW: Local six sign on |url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2018-05-16/aflw-local-six-sign-on |website=geelongcats.com.au |publisher=Geelong Football Club |accessdate=2 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703220817/https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2018-05-16/aflw-local-six-sign-on |archivedate=3 July 2018 |date=16 May 2018 |url-status=live}}

| currentclub = {{AFLW|Gee}}

| guernsey = 12

| years1 = 2019–

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = 23 (1)

| statsend = the S7 (2022) season

| careerhighlights =

}}

Renee Garing (born 4 September 1988) is an Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Garing was recruited directly from Geelong's VFL Women's team prior to the club's inaugural season in the AFLW.{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Sarah |title=AFLW: New Cat relishing second chance |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-07/aflw-new-cat-relishing-second-chance |website=AFL.com.au |publisher=AFL Media |accessdate=2 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627134542/https://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-07/aflw-new-cat-relishing-second-chance |archivedate=27 June 2018 |date=7 June 2018 |url-status=live}} Prior to playing Australian rules football, she played netball with St Mary's–winning the league's best and fairest award three times. Garing 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=2 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}} As well as playing football, Garing is a physical education teacher and is married to her husband, Tony.{{cite web |last1=Hanlon |first1=Peter |title=Born to play |url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2018-11-09/born-to-play |website=geelongcats.com.au |publisher=Geelong Football Club |accessdate=2 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302020220/https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2018-11-09/born-to-play |archivedate=2 March 2019 |date=9 November 2018 |url-status=live}}