Kirby Bentley Biography – Kirby Bentley Wiki
Kirby Bentley is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle and Carlton Football Clubs in the AFL Women’s Competition (AFLW). She is a contestant from Australian Survivor: Titans v Rebels.
Kirby Bentley is an Australian Rules Footballer who was awarded a Scholarship within the 2007 Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program. She was paired with Rechelle Hawkes AM as her Mentor.
Born in Perth, she rose to prominence as a netballer. She later switched to Australian Rules Football and became such a respected figure in the game. Soon after, she had a tournament named in her honor.
Kirby is a proud Indigenous woman who played netball at the highest level for West Coast Fever and Western Sting, before making the change to Aussie Rules according to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Kirby played for the Fremantle and Carlton Football Clubs in the AFLW. She was signed as a priority player by Fremantle in August 2016 ahead of the league’s inaugural 2017 season. She made her debut in round 1, in the club’s inaugural match against Western Bulldogs.
In 2017, Kirby played a State of Origin match for the Allies and injured her knee, which required surgery. She was delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2018 season. In October 2018, she joined Carlton as a free agent.
Kirby is regarded as one of the greatest female Aussie Rules players and is an advocate for Indigenous girls, especially in the AFLW community. The Kirby Bentley Cup is an Australian rules football trophy played as a 9-a-side round-robin tournament for Aboriginal girls aged between thirteen and fifteen and was founded in 2014.
The inaugural Kirby Bentley Cup featured 10 teams and more than 150 players. With the introduction of the AFL Women’s League, the Kirby Bentley Cup provides young Aboriginal girls with a great opportunity to display their skills and be identified for the state talent pathway.
Kirby Bentley Survivor
The footballer is a contestant on Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels (2024). She forms part of the Rebel tribe with other contestants like Kitty Blomfield, Sarah Moore, Kelli Harris, Feras Basal, Alex Coe, and Aileen Chong among others.
Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels was shot in Samoa. It goes on air every Sunday to Tuesday on Channel 10 and 10Play.
A lifelong sports player, Kirby got her blackbelt at the age of 14. She started playing state netball for WA, before moving to AFL and is now an AFLW coach. She jokes all the years of sports have aged her saying, “I had a few knee reconstructions and concussions so that is probably why I feel so old. Physically. Not in spirit, I’m a kid at heart.”
She says her professional sporting background and work in the mining and shipping industries, have given her the confidence to take on anything, she says people can confuse her for rude or arrogant when that’s far from the truth.
Coming in with something to prove, Kirby hopes to be an inspiration to women. She says, “I mentor Aboriginal girls and empower them and do that through sport every day. But out here, I want to inspire everyone. My Elders have gone through a huge struggle in our country. We are always challenged, but all the women I admire, like my mum and aunties, have paved the way for me. I want to do the same for others.”
Kirby Bentley Age
Australian rules footballer Kirby was born on May 9, 1986, in Perth, Western Australia. She currently resides in Melbourne, Victoria.
Kirby Bentley Partner
Australian Survivor contestant Kirby and her business partner Jayme-Lee Fechner co-own Gnalla. Gnalla is an inclusive clothing brand combining the world’s longest-living culture with design, art, and sport.
Kirby Bentley Family
The Australian rules footballer’s parents are Noongar. She has two siblings; her middle sister Ashley and a younger sister named Jay. When Kirby was young, her family nicknamed her “Billy” because she had tomboy tendencies.
Kirby Bentley Ethnicity
Her heritage is that of the Ballardong, Wagyl Karp, and South West Boodjaran tribes. She hails from Noongar country in the south of Western Australia. Kirby has family connections to Roger Hayden, Jeff Farmer, and Michael Walters.
Kirby Bentley Nationality
She is an Australian aboriginal/indigenous group. She is a Noongar woman.
Kirby Bentley Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.72 meters) tall.
The Australian Survivor contestant’s Instagram handle is @kirbybentley.
