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2018 AFL Women's Rising Star
The AFL Women's Rising Star is an Australian rules football award given annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) for the year. Two eligible players are nominated each round of the home-and-away season; the players must have been under 21 at the beginning of the year and cannot have been previously nominated. Players suspended during the year cannot win. After the season's completion, an expert panel votes on the recipient. National Australia Bank continued its sponsorship of the award in 2018, offering $20,000 in prize money. The winner was announced at the AFLW's awards ceremony on 27 March, held at Peninsula, an event space in Docklands, Melbourne, and live-streamed on AFL.com.au. The ten members of the voting panel were Australian Football League (AFL) officials Nicole Livingstone, who served as the chair, Steve Hocking, Josh Vanderloo and Grant Williams; AFL Victoria's Darren Flanigan; Tim Harrington of the AFL Players Association (AFLPA); 's Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Molloy
Chloe Molloy (born 6 December 1998) is an Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Collingwood Football Club from 2018 to season seven. Molloy is a dual AFL Women's All-Australian, and won the AFL Women's Rising Star and Collingwood best and fairest awards in 2018. She was also Collingwood's leading goalkicker in 2021 and 2022. Early life, junior and state league football Molloy grew up in Whittlesea, in Melbourne's outer north-east. She attended school at Assumption College, Kilmore Molloy's uncle is former , , and player Jarrod Molloy. In 2017 she played football both the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup and Diamond Creek in the VFL Women's competition. She was well credentialled in both leagues, winning the TAC Cup's league best and fairest and leading goalkicker awards before tying AFLW star Katie Brennan for the VFLW's league leading goalkicker award. In her first year in senior football at Diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Flanigan
Darren Flanigan (born 8 March 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian and Australian Football Leagues. Flanigan came to Geelong from the Victorian town of Katamatite and during the early 1980s acted as their back up ruckman. He got more regular game time in 1985, the same year he was named in Victoria's interstate team. In 1989 Flanigan appeared in the VFL Grand Final, coming off the bench in the loss to Hawthorn. He finished his career with a season at St Kilda in 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi .... Flanigan is currently the AFL Victoria female football manager. References * *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Associated Press
Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency. It was established by Keith Murdoch in 1935. AAP employs around 80 journalists who work in bureaus in all states and territories of Australia except the Northern Territory. It also maintains correspondents in New Zealand and London as well as using a network of contributors from the US, Europe, Asia and Africa. AAP's domestic news coverage is complemented by alliances with the major international news agencies. AAP's main focus is on breaking news but is also known for its court reporting, sport, political coverage, feature stories, and photographs. It also produces video and visual explainers. AAP is one of the few remaining non-government newswires in the world. History Australia was first linked to international telegraph services by a submarine cable that linked Java to Darwin, which was laid by the British-Australian Telegraph Company, and completed on 18 November 1871. The Eastern states were connected thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 AFL Women's All-Australian Team
The 2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2018 AFL Women's season. It was announced on 27 March 2018 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players, the first time that this happened after teams in the AFL Women's were reduced from 22 players following the competition's inaugural season. The team is honorary and does not play any games. Initial squad The initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 21 March. and had the most players selected in the initial squad with seven each, while grand finalists and the had six each. Twelve players from the 2017 team were among those selected. Final team The final team was announced on 27 March. Melbourne and grand finalists Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs had the most representatives with four each, and every team again had at least one representative. Nine players from the 2017 team were among those selected. co-captain Chelsea Randall was announced as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Kearney (sportswoman)
Emma Michelle Kearney (born 24 September 1989) is an Australian rules footballer and former cricketer. A decorated midfielder in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, Kearney won the league's best and fairest award while playing for the in 2018 and has captained since 2019. She previously played cricket for the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) and for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). Early life Kearney was born in the Victorian town of Hamilton, and raised on a sheep station in nearby Cavendish. She played football through her early years, but was forced to give up the sport at the age of twelve when barred from playing with the youth boys team. She attended high school at Monivae College in Hamilton. Australian rules football State league and representative football Kearney returned to football while studying a physical education teaching degree at university in Ballarat. She began playing state league football in 2010, joining Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Women's Best And Fairest
The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFLW. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in women's Australian rules football. Criteria Voting procedure To determine the ''best'' player, the three field umpires (not the goal umpires or boundary umpires) confer after each home-and-away match and award three votes, two votes and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. On the awards night, the votes from each match are tallied, and the player or players with the highest number of votes is awarded the trophy (subject to eligibility – see below). The current voting system, which is the same as that of the Australian Football League (AFL)'s Brownlow Medal, has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collingwood Best And Fairest (AFL Women's)
In the AFL Women's (AFLW), the Collingwood best and fairest award is awarded to the best and fairest player at the Collingwood Football Club during the home-and-away season. The award has been awarded annually since the competition's inaugural season in 2017, and Nicola Stevens was the inaugural winner of the award. Recipients See also * Copeland Trophy (list of Collingwood Football Club best and fairest winners in the Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Collingwood best and fairest (AFL Women's) AFL Women's awards Lists of AFL Women's players Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players Awards established in 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football Positions
In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the ground. As the game has evolved, tactics and team formations have changed, and the names of the positions and the duties involved have evolved too. There are 18 positions in Australian rules football, not including four (sometimes 6–8) interchange players who may replace another player on the ground at any time during play. The fluid nature of the modern game means the positions in football are not as formally defined as in sports such as rugby or American football. Even so, most players will play in a limited range of positions throughout their career, as each position requires a particular set of skills. Footballers who are able to play comfortably in numerous positions are referred to as utility players. Back line The term back line c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Sports News (Australia)
Fox Sports News is an Australian cable and satellite sports news channel, owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group) and is the sister channel of Fox Sports. Fox Sports News launched on 1 October 2006. Initially, for 6 hours a day (midnight6am AEST) the channel would simulcast Sky Sports News, similar to the set-up of Australian News channel Sky News Australia. It was later replaced by a continuous loop of different newscasts broadcast that day. On 5 March 2013 at Fox Sports new headquarters launch in Artarmon, New South Wales, among the announcements relating to Fox Sports was the new logo of Fox Sports and Fox Sports News which is in line with its global affiliate broadcasters. On 3 November 2014, Fox Sports News launched a HD simulcast. In addition, it moved from channel 513 to channel 500. Fox Sports News is available at the Fox Sports website free of charge. However, its live stream is only accessible in Australia. The live programming has always bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelli Underwood
Kelli Underwood (born 1977) is an Australian radio and television sports journalist and sportscaster specialising in Australian rules football, netball and tennis. She was the first woman to call an Australian Football League match on television and radio. Underwood is host of ABC's ''Offsiders'' and a regular panelist on the Fox Sports program '' The Back Page''. She also calls AFL and AFLW football on Fox Footy and ABC Grandstand. Radio career Underwood's work began in regional radio at Murray Bridge, South Australia. She worked at Geelong station K-Rock before moving to 3AW in Melbourne as a sports reporter and AFL match day reporter. Underwood is part of the ABC Radio Grandstand team, calling AFL games mainly on Friday nights. Television career Underwood's move into television began in 2006, when she joined Network Ten as a sports reporter for the 5pm Ten News bulletin and Sports Tonight out of Melbourne. She joined Network Ten's AFL coverage in 2009, replacing Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharelle McMahon
Sharelle Jane McMahon (born 12 August 1977) is an Australian former netball player who captained the Australia national netball team. She played in the goal attack and goal shooter positions. Domestic career Born in Bamawm, Victoria, McMahon captained the Melbourne Vixens in the ANZ Championship and played 11 seasons for the Melbourne Phoenix (as a captain for four seasons) in the previous Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She led the Vixens to the ANZ Championship title in 2009, defeating the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the grand final. McMahon captained the Vixens from its inaugural season in 2008 until 2011, sharing the captaincy with Bianca Chatfield from 2009. McMahon was best and fairest for the Vixens in 2009 and 2010, having previously been voted best and fairest for Melbourne Phoenix four times between 2000 and 2007. On 31 March 2011, McMahon ruptured her Achilles tendon in an ANZ Championship game against Queensland Firebirds. Following surgery, she withdrew from the 2011 Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
