Sam Virgo

Sam Virgo
Sam Virgo
	Virgo playing for Brisbane in March 2017
Personal information
Full name	Samantha Virgo
Date of birth	20 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Blackwood, South Australia
Original team(s)	Yeronga South Brisbane (QWAFL)
Draft	No. 66, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut	Round 1, 2017, Brisbane vs. Melbourne, at Casey Fields
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Half-back flank
Playing career1
Years	Club
2017–2019	Brisbane
2020–2021	Gold Coast
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Career highlights
	AFLW Gold Coast co-captain (2020–21); AFLW All Australian team (2017); Gold Coast leading goalkicker (2021); QWAFL 2016 QWAFL League Best & Fairest;
	Source: AustralianFootball.com

Samantha Virgo (born 20 February 1987) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and Gold Coast in the AFL Women's. She was selected in the All-Australian team in 2017, and co-captained Gold Coast from 2020 to 2021.

Early life

Virgo was born in 1987 in Blackwood, South Australia. She won the club best and fairest at Griffith-Moorooka in 2015 and was equal winner of the Queensland Women's AFL (QWAFL) best and fairest in 2016 while playing at Yeronga South Brisbane.^[3]^[4]

AFLW career

Brisbane

Virgo was recruited by Brisbane with the number 66 pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.^[5] She was announced as one of the Brisbane Lions' "values leaders" to assist captain Emma Zielke alongside Emily Bates, Sabrina Frederick-Traub and Leah Kaslar in January 2017.^[6] She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against Melbourne at Casey Fields on 5 February 2017.^[7] She was nominated by her teammates for the 2017 AFLW Players' most valuable player award,^[8] and was also listed in the 2017 All-Australian team.^[9]

Brisbane signed Virgo for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.^[10] She missed that season through injury, and instead acted as team manager for the Lions.^{[citation needed]} She returned to playing for the 2019 season as one of three vice-captains under Kaslar.^{[citation needed]}

Gold Coast

Following the 2019 season, Virgo joined Gold Coast.^[11] She was appointed co-captain in January 2020.^[12] Virgo retired at the end of the 2021 season.^[13]

Statistics

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2017	Brisbane	5	8	0	0	52	26	78	14	23	0.0	0.0	6.5	3.3	9.8	1.8	2.9	0
2018	Brisbane	5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2019	Brisbane	5	7	0	0	39	23	62	13	15	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.3	8.9	1.9	2.1	0
2020	Gold Coast	22	7	0	0	42	14	56	9	8	0.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	8.0	1.3	1.1	0
2021	Gold Coast	22	7	3	1	41	16	57	24	9	0.4	0.1	5.9	2.3	8.1	3.4	1.3	0
Career^[14]			29	3	1	174	79	253	60	55	0.1	0.0	6.0	2.7	8.7	2.1	1.9	0