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Joanna Guelas

BIZARRE: Aflw pioneers continue to kick goals as sport surges | Mind Blowing Facts

Inspired and inspiring: Erin Phillips has been a trailblazer for women's Australian rules. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

Women's Australian rules has come a long way from when Debbie Lee learned her craft on the streets of Melbourne's north.

As a seven-year-old, Lee played with her older brothers on the concrete before hiding in the bushes whenever a car drove past because "the community said girls don't play football".

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