[2] The family moved to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland when she was a young child before returning to Geelong where Purcell attended Sacred Heart College for school.

[2][4] In the same year she also helped Geelong's VFL Women's team reach the grand final,[2] and was subsequently drafted with selection number fourteen in the 2018 AFL Women's draft by the club.

[1] Purcell made her AFLW debut during the first round of the 2019 season, against Collingwood at GMHBA Stadium.

[6][7] It was revealed that Purcell was likely to request a trade to Melbourne in May 2021 in order to play with a team contending for a flag.

[9] Individual AFL Women’s All-Australian Team:2022 * denotes rookie listed players; italics denotes inactive players This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 2000s is a stub.