Taylor Smith (Australian footballer)

Taylor Smith (born 13 February 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

She is a premiership player with the Lions, having played in the club's 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final side.

Towards the end of Year 12, she played Australian rules football for the first time in the local APS inter-school competition and was spotted by an AFL Queensland scout who organised a trial with the Gold Coast Suns Academy.

Less than two years after playing football for the first time, Smith was announced as a priority signing for the Gold Coast Suns' inaugural AFLW list.

[4] Smith made her AFLW debut for Gold Coast in round 6 of the 2020 AFL Women's season.