Name: Eliza Tonkin
Jumper Number: 18
Nickname: Lizzy or Liza
Relatives at the Club: None except my son Maddix (age 2)
Occupation: Mother
First season you played Australian Football: 2019 and played throughout school
Football position you play: Back pocket or half back flank
Preferred football position: Anywhere in the backline
What players inspire you: The whole team inspire me. Each week every single player is improving and always giving it 100%
Why you started playing football: Always loved the sport and wanted to play in a competition
Any pre-game superstitions: Wearing two pairs of socks
What’s the dumbest way you have been injured: Having my feet taken out from underneath me after kicking the ball and injuring my neck
AFL team: Essendon and Hawthorn
Pre-match routine: Pre-workout ?
Best game to date: I’ve played? Against Park Orchards although we lost
Biggest inspiration: My mum
Favourite food: Woodfired pizza or mango
Favourite drink: Smoothie from Acai Brothers
Favourite music: Don’t care (Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran, Meduza – Piece of Your Heart)
Favourite tv show: I only ever get to watch the Wiggles ?
Favourite movie: A Star is Born
Something we would never know about you: I’d love to become a foster parent
Phobias: Snakes and clowns
Who’s going to get the most fines this season: Skip
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