{"id":349686,"date":"2025-12-15T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349686\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:17:17","slug":"pick-3-kiera-yerbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349686\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick 3: Kiera Yerbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The GIANTS have selected Swans Academy product Kiera Yerbury from the North Shore Bombers with pick 3 in the 2025 Telstra AFLW Draft.\n            <\/p>\n<p>The GIANTS have selected\u00a0Swans Academy product Kiera Yerbury\u00a0from the North Shore\u00a0Bombers\u00a0with pick\u00a03\u00a0in the 2025 Telstra AFLW\u00a0Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The key details:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Name: Kiera Yerbury<br \/>State:\u00a0New South Wales<br \/>Drafted from: Allies\u00a0| Sydney Swans Academy\u00a0<br \/>Position:\u00a0Midfielder\/Forward<br \/>Height: 173cm<br \/>Date of Birth:\u00a024\/7\/2007<\/p>\n<p>Bio:\u00a0A Swans Academy prospect,\u00a0Yerbury\u2019s\u00a0explosive speed out of contest and dual craftwork with ground balls and overhead make her an attractive prospect for any list.\u00a0With the footwork of a far smaller midfielder,\u00a0Yerbury\u2019s\u00a0evasiveness and impact with her handballs made her an important inclusion for the Allies in 2025, where\u00a0she averaged\u00a015.0 disposals, 2.7 marks and 6.0 inside 50s across three National Championship games.\u00a0Yerbury\u00a0also managed a best on ground performance in her North Shore Bombers\u2019\u00a0AFL Sydney\u00a0Premiership\u00a0win in a stacked 2025 season where she also starred for the Sydney Swans Academy in the Coates League and\u00a0CIS inter-school football. Defined by incredible endurance and speed,\u00a0Yerbury\u00a0will continue to develop as she adds strength and experience to her repertoire of athletic skills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What GIANTS AFLW List Manager Tyson Bourke says:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKiera\u00a0is\u00a0the most\u00a0GIANTS-type player in the Draft, with\u00a0her line-breaking ability,\u00a0athleticism\u00a0and run and carry.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The GIANTS have selected Swans Academy product Kiera Yerbury from the North Shore Bombers with pick 3 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-349686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}