Tanya Hetherington

Tanya Hetherington
Tanya Hetherington
	Hetherington playing for Greater Western Sydney in February 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	14 April 1985 (age 40)
Original team(s)	Diamond Creek (VFL Women's)
Draft	No. 17, 2017 AFL Women's draft
Debut	Round 1, 2018, Greater Western Sydney vs. Melbourne, at Casey Fields
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club
2018–S7 (2022)	Greater Western Sydney
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the S7 (2022) season.
	Source: AustralianFootball.com

Tanya Hetherington (born 14 April 1985) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition.

Hetherington played state league football with Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League and later in the VFL Women's competition. In 2015 she suffered a major knee injury and went un-selected in the 2016 AFL Women's draft somewhat as a result.^[1] Hetherington was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with their third pick and the seventeenth selection overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft.^[1] She made her debut in the six point loss to Melbourne at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2018 season.^[2] Hetherington announced her retirement in October 2022.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Barnes, Josh (18 October 2017). "Diamond Creek's Tanya Hetherington snapped up by Greater Western Sydney in AFLW draft". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Diamond Valley. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ Matthews, Bruce (3 February 2018). "Match report: Demons win after Giant fright". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ "Hetherington Announces Retirement". Gold Coast. Telstra. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022. Defender Tanya Hetherington has retired.