Her mum thought it was a phase but Brenna Tarrant’s love for AFL is now taking her to Melbourne to kick start a career in the AFLW.

While the teenage draftee dreams of being a hit for her new AFLW team on the field but she is already one on social media.

Pick No 72 for the Melbourne Demons, this young East Blaxland player’s delighted reaction to being drafted caused quite a stir - both in her school library and on the internet.

media_camera Brenna Tarrant and Georgia Garnett, left and centre, with Alyce Parker, shared MVP honours in round one of the AFL Women's under 18s championship.

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A friend was videoing Tarrant studying for an exam when she got the call to inform her she had been drafted and caught her squeal of excitement.

Also caught was the voice of the librarian concerned a snake had made its way into the room after an earlier visit a week previously.

“I was speaking to my agent and he told me the picks I could go at. I was panicking. I was at the last one, 72,” Tarrant said.

“They called my name wrong but I realised it was me and I just screamed.

“A few days before the draft we had a snake in one of the meeting rooms. The librarian was panicking because she though it was a snake when she heard me scream.”

AFL Women's Draft Announcement Shocks and Delights New South Wales Teen A New South Wales teenager's professional football career was launched on October 22, when she was drafted into the women's Australian Football League, and she captured her own surprise and delight at the announcement in a touching video. The footage shows Brenna Tarrant anxiously listening to the AFLW draft announcement, along with her astonished reaction once her name is called. Tarrant was pick 72 for the Melbourne Demons. Tarrant's draft came after her invitation to the AFLW combine, where her footy skills were tested in early October, local media reported. Tarrant was studying for exams at the library when she heard the news, and her surprised reaction startled the librarian, according to the Twitter video's caption. 'I thought there was a snake or something,' the tweet said, quoting the librarian. At the end of the video, a woman can be heard saying 'Is she alive? Is she breathing?' as an emotional Tarrant slips out of view. Credit: Brenna Tarrant via Storyful

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The former St Columbus Catholic College student honed her early AFL skills with the Glenmore Park club at Emu Plains but was a late starter in the sport.

“I’ve been playing since I was 13. I would have played earlier but my mother just thought it was a phase I was going through,” said Tarrant, who more recently played with the East Coast Eagles based in The Hills.

media_camera Brenna Tarrant competing at the AFLW under 18s championship on th Gold Coast earlier this year.

“A thing came up at my club at Emu Plains and mum though, let’s get her out of this phase. It was a Come and Try day. I loved it and I then played at Glenmore Park for two years when I got too old.”

This season Tarrant had been training with the GWS Giants and competed for NSW at the u18s AFLW Australian championships in July.

She has started pre-season training with her new Melbourne club after relocating and moving in with extended family.

“I’m a bit nervous at the moment, it’s a new start but its going to be really refreshing,’’ she said.

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