{{short description|Australian netball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox netball biography |name = Mel Bragg |image = |caption = |updated = <!-- Personal information --> |fullname = Melissa Bragg |maidenname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|12|17}} |birth_place = Werribee, Victoria,<ref name=Bio1>{{cite web|url=https://magpiesnetball.com.au/team/profile/melissa-bragg|title=Melissa Bragg profile|work=Collingwood Magpies}}</ref> Australia |death_date = |death_place = |height = {{convert|177|cm|ftin|frac=2|abbr=on}} |school = |university = |occupation = |relatives = |spouse = |marrieddate = |children = <!-- Netball career --> |positions = WD, GD |clubyears1 = 2018–2021 |clubteam1 = Collingwood Magpies |clubapps1 = 26 }} '''Melissa (Mel) Bragg''' (born 17 December 1994) is an Australian netball and AFL Women's player for the Geelong Football Club.
She has previously played in the Suncorp Super Netball league for the Collingwood Magpies.
==Netball career== Bragg's elite-level netball career commenced in 2015, when she played for the Victorian Fury team in the Australian Netball League.<ref name=Bio1/> She moved to the Collingwood Magpies as a training partner in 2018 and played for Tasmanian Magpies,<ref name=Bio1/> though she made her debut for the Magpies at Super Netball level in the 2018 regular season against the New South Wales Swifts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CollingwoodMagpiesNetball/posts/mels-moment-congratulations-to-our-training-partner-mel-bragg-on-making-her-sunc/2168960193328822/|title=Mel's moment!|work=Collingwood Magpies Netball|publisher=Facebook|date=28 May 2018}}</ref> From 2018 to 2019, Bragg made four Super Netball appearances as a training partner, and she was elevated to the Magpies' senior list ahead of the 2020 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://magpiesnetball.com.au/news/collingwood-magpies-latest-netball-club-news/bragg-elevated-as-ravaillion-takes-baby-break|title=Bragg elevated as Ravaillion takes a baby break|work=Collingwood Magpies Netball|date=24 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://supernetball.com.au/news/bragg-earns-full-time-magpies-spot-2020|title=Bragg Earns Full-time Magpies Spot For 2020|work=Super Netball|date=24 September 2019}}</ref>
==Australian rules football career==
Bragg switched to playing Australian rules football in 2022, playing in the 2022 VFL Women's season with Geelong. She was later added to Geelong's AFL Women's squad for AFL Women's season seven.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monforte |first1=Carla |title=Cats add Super Netballer Melissa Bragg to list |url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/1207744/cats-add-super-netballer-melissa-bragg-to-list |website=Geelong Football Club |access-date=25 August 2022 |date=25 August 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Geelplayer}} * {{AustralianFootball}} * [https://magpiesnetball.com.au/team/profile/melissa-bragg Magpies Netball profile] * [https://netball.draftcentral.com.au/player/melissa-bragg/ Netball Draft Central profile]
{{Geelong Football Club AFL Women's squad}}
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