IN 2017, Tayla Harris was announced as a marquee player for Brisbane’s inaugural NAB AFL Women’s team.

Since then, Harris has spent nearly six years becoming one of the league’s star forwards, most recently becoming a four-time All-Australian, Narrm Demons’ leading goal-kicker for season 2022A and finishing joint third in the club’s best and fairest count.

But her journey wasn’t without its share of scrutiny.

In 2019, a photo of Harris kicking a goal went viral, putting her at the centre of online harassment.

Now, in 2022, she tells her story in the Amazon Prime documentary “Kick Like Tayla”.

“Kick Like Tayla” is an insight into the highs and the lows of Harris’ life as an AFLW player, while also highlighting the impact external factors, such as social media, cyber-bullying, and sexism can have on female athletes.

“For the first time, I’m going to just be vulnerable and show myself,” Harris told womens.afl.

“The amount of people who reached out and said that I was helping them in any sort of way, drove me to continue to talk about it and to continue to shed light on the issue at the time, which was women being sexualised in sport.

“Beyond that, there was a ripple effect that was incredible."

In a special screening of the documentary on Tuesday night, Harris’ closest family and friends, including her Narrm teammates and club president Kate Roffey, came together to show their support for “Kick Like Tayla”.  

You can watch “Kick Like Tayla” when it premieres exclusively on Prime Video on May 27 in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US, UK and South Africa and will launch globally on June 17.