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Poppy Kelly

  • Ruck
  • 26
  • 184cm
AFLW Fantasy Points
719 Season Total
71.9 Season Avg.
2024 Season Match Avg.
Disposals
11.0
Kicks
5.5
Handball
5.5
Total Clearances
2.0
Hitouts
27.4
Hitouts To Adv
7.4
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Poppy Kelly was recruited to Richmond from St Kilda during the 2021 Sign and Trade Period. The 184cm former basketballer took steady steps in 2023 with nine matches, before elevating her game last year and finishing a career-high sixth in the best and fairest. Kelly averaged 29 hit outs and 11 disposals per game in 2024 to establish herself as a formidable ruck. With 37 AFLW games now under her belt, Kelly is entering the peak of her career. The ruck is also a Richmond Green ambassador and environmental engineer.
Poppy Kelly
Poppy Kelly was recruited to Richmond from St Kilda during the 2021 Sign and Trade Period. The 184cm former basketballer took steady steps in 2023 with nine matches, before elevating her game last year and finishing a career-high sixth in the best and fairest. Kelly averaged 29 hit outs and 11 disposals per game in 2024 to establish herself as a formidable ruck. With 37 AFLW games now under her belt, Kelly is entering the peak of her career. The ruck is also a Richmond Green ambassador and environmental engineer.
Total Games 38
Total Goals 2
DOB 10 December 1998
Debut 2020
Draft other
Recruited From Highett (Vic)/Beaumaris (Vic)/Southern Saints (VFLW)/St Kilda

Key Stats & Performance

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Stat Season Avg. v Career Avg. Top Season Performance Top Career Performance

Disposals

Season AVG. 11
Career AVG. 6.9
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Top Season Performance
15
vs Melbourne Demons Week 8
Top Career Performance
15
vs Melbourne Demons Week 8, 2024

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Kicks

Season AVG. 5.5
Career AVG. 3
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Top Season Performance
9
vs Sydney Swans Swans Week 3
Top Career Performance
9
vs Sydney Swans Swans Week 3, 2024

Handball

Season AVG. 5.5
Career AVG. 3.9
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Top Season Performance
10
vs Melbourne Demons Week 8
Top Career Performance
10
vs Melbourne Demons Week 8, 2024

Total Clearances

Season AVG. 2
Career AVG. 1.6
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Top Season Performance
3
vs Melbourne Demons Week 8
Top Career Performance
4
vs West Coast Eagles Eagles Round 7, 2022

Hitouts

Season AVG. 27.4
Career AVG. 16.7
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Top Season Performance
39
vs Geelong Cats Cats Week 7
Top Career Performance
39
vs Geelong Cats Cats Week 7, 2024

AFL Fantasy

Season AVG. 71.9
Career AVG. 46.3
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Top Season Performance
95
vs Geelong Cats Cats Week 7
Top Career Performance
95
vs Geelong Cats Cats Week 7, 2024

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Latest Player Videos

  • 00:52

    AFLW Week 1: Poppy pops up with power and skill

    Richmond earns a much-needed goal after Poppy Kelly grabs the footy from the ruck and quickly snaps it through.

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  • 02:48

    'I never thought there would be a women's league' -Kelly

    Poppy Kelly appears on, 'Women's Footy' and speaks about her childhood, sporting pathway and her time at Richmond

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  • 31:59

    Hanging with the Hoskings: Episode 3

    Presented by WISE Employment, get to know the real Poppy Kelly through a game of 'moral dilemmas', as the twins present her with a number of predicaments to test her ethics. How does Poppy respond to telemarketer phone calls? And, what would she d...

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