Second Generations (111): AFLW player Mai Nguyen

If the AFL is looking for somebody who embodies the first season of the Australia's national Australian rules football league for female players in 2017, they should look no further than Mai Nguyen at the GWS Giants. A spritely, tenacious and exceptionally fit young woman, Mai is ready to make her mark in the new league.

When Mai Nguyen sat down to tell her parents she was putting her career in physiotherapy on hold to pursue an AFL career, the 26-year-old admits she was nervous.