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Ashanti Bush
Personal information
Full name Ashanti Bush
Date of birth (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Wugularr, Northern Territory
Original team(s) NT Thunder / Hawthorn FC (VFLW)
Draft No. 8, 2021 AFL Women's draft
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 19
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2022 (S6)– Gold Coast 10 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
  • Goal of the Year: 2022 (S7)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Ashanti Bush (born 18 August 2002) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

Bush was born and raised in Wugularr, Northern Territory of indigenous descent, from a Jawoyn (Bagala) regions descended from the Mayali, people and is from a family of Indigenous Australian artists.[1] She attended primary school there before moving to Darwin to attend boarding school.[2] Bush began playing Australian rules from a young age following her older sister and relative David Wirrpanda and Stephanie Williams, always aspiring to play AFLW. Proving a talent she joined the NT Thunder Academy and later moving to the Gold Coast to join the Gold Coast Suns Academy. To improve her chances of being drafted she followed a proven pathway moving to Melbourne to play games with Hawthorn Football Club’s VFLW team before being drafted by the Gold Coast Suns.[3]

Bush was picked by the Gold Coast at number 8 in the 2021 AFL Women's draft.[4] She debuted in 2022 (S6) and won the Goal of the Year in her second season for her Round 10 goal.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "My culture - Ashanti Bush". hawthornfc.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "An interview with AFLW player Ashanti Bush - The Memo". MECCA. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Ashanti Bush | AFL". goldcoastfc.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ^ High praise for new AFLW draft Ashanti Bush By Teisha Cloos 4 August 2021
  5. ^ Bush brilliance wins Crypto.com AFLW Goal of the Year By SUNS Media 22 November 2022
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