ALEX Tegg is mixing it with women who have played Australian rules football for as long as the teenager has been alive.
Tegg, 14, has become the youngest player in Southern Power's more than 30-year history to play first team Australian rules.
According to Sydney Women's Australian Football League (SWAFL) there have been a couple of 14-year-olds to have played open-age football before but no-one younger than 14.
And with Tegg not turning 15 until December it is likely she is the youngest person ever to play in an open aged first team in SWAFL history since it was founded in 2000.
Tegg turns out for the Power in the premier AFL competition in NSW.
"Sometimes it's a bit hard," Tegg, of Woronora Heights, said. "I like running a lot so sometimes I'm a bit fitter than my opposition players."
In their debut season last year the Power won four games with 12 losses.
This season they have fared much better, winning their opening two games.
"Everyone in the team is so nice to me," Tegg said.
"[The hardest thing] has been trying to learn everyone's name.
"They all have nicknames and proper names.
"You need to learn both — just in case."
The St John Bosco College year 9 student started playing AFL three years ago for Heathcote Hawks.
She won best and fairest in her debut season — playing in a mixed gender side.
Tegg said she enjoyed the physicality of the sport.
"Dad always tells me to play a running game but I always try and push people over, even if they are bigger than me," Tegg said.