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Melissa Bragg

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Mel Bragg
Personal information
Full name Melissa Bragg
Born (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29)
Werribee, Victoria,[1] Australia
Height 177 cm (5 ft 9 12 in)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD, GD
Years Club team(s) Apps
2018–2021 Collingwood Magpies 26

Melissa (Mel) Bragg (born 17 December 1994) is an Australian netball and AFL Women's player for the Geelong Football Club.

She has previously played in the Suncorp Super Netball league for the Collingwood Magpies.

Netball career

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Bragg's elite-level netball career commenced in 2015, when she played for the Victorian Fury team in the Australian Netball League.[1] She moved to the Collingwood Magpies as a training partner in 2018 and played for Tasmanian Magpies,[1] though she made her debut for the Magpies at Super Netball level in the 2018 regular season against the New South Wales Swifts.[2] From 2018 to 2019, Bragg made four Super Netball appearances as a training partner, and she was elevated to the Magpies' senior list ahead of the 2020 season.[3][4]

Australian rules football career

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Bragg switched to playing Australian rules football in 2022, playing in the 2022 VFL Women's season with Geelong. She was later added to Geelong's AFL Women's squad for AFL Women's season seven.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Melissa Bragg profile". Collingwood Magpies.
  2. ^ "Mel's moment!". Collingwood Magpies Netball. Facebook. 28 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Bragg elevated as Ravaillion takes a baby break". Collingwood Magpies Netball. 24 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Bragg Earns Full-time Magpies Spot For 2020". Super Netball. 24 September 2019.
  5. ^ Monforte, Carla (25 August 2022). "Cats add Super Netballer Melissa Bragg to list". Geelong Football Club. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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