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2021 AFL Women's All-Australian Team
The 2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2021 AFL Women's season. The team was announced on 20 April 2021 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games. Selection panel The selection panel for the 2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team consisted of chairwoman Nicole Livingstone, Steve Hocking, Josh Vanderloo, Kelli Underwood, Sarah Black, Tim Harrington, Shelley Ware, Sharelle McMahon, Courtney Cramey and Melissa Hickey. Initial squad The initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 31 March. had the most players selected in the initial squad with six, and every team had at least one representative. Fifteen players from the 2020 team were among those selected. Final team The final team was announced on 20 April. Collingwood had the most selections with four, and every team except and had at least one representative. Six players achieved selection f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football, but has also played host to rugby league, rugby union, soccer, tennis among other sports as well as regularly being used to hold concerts. Austadiums.com described Adelaide Oval as being "one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world." After the completion of the ground's most recent redevelopment in 2014, sports journalist Gerard Whateley described the venue as being "the most perfect piece of modern architecture because it's a thoroughly contemporary stadium with all the character that it's had in the past." Adelaide Oval has been headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) since 1871 and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) since 2014. The stadium is managed by the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Hickey
Melissa Hickey (born 18 December 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She served as Geelong captain in the club's first two AFL Women's seasons. She also played in the Victorian Women's Football League/VFL Women's for eleven seasons, representing the St Albans Spurs, and Geelong. In the VWFL/VFLW, Hickey won seven premierships, represented Victoria on three occasions and featured in the VFL Women's team of the year. Hickey represented Melbourne in the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of AFL Women's before being drafted by the club in 2016 as a marquee signing prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season. She was selected in the inaugural AFL Women's All-Australian team in 2017, and also represented Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match. Following the 2018 season, Hickey was announced as one of four Melbourne players to join Geelong a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Prespakis
Madison Prespakis (born 2 November 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Carlton Football Club from 2019 to 2022. A midfielder who won multiple accolades at junior level and played in the VFL Women's (VFLW) as a teenager, Prespakis won the 2019 AFL Women's Rising Star award in her debut season and the 2020 AFL Women's best and fairest award in her second season. She is a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian, three-time Carlton best and fairest winner and was the inaugural Essendon best and fairest winner in season seven, and is Essendon's equal games record holder with ten games. Early life Prespakis is the daughter of Damien and Jody. Her mother is an Indigenous Australian from the Djadjawurrung tribe. Prespakis has three siblings: twin sister Annalea, Georgie and Jimmy; She attended Gisborne Secondary College and supported growing up. Prespakis began playing football a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breann Moody
Breann Moody (born 4 March 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She was drafted by Carlton with the club's ninth selection and the sixty seventh overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in Round 1, 2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against . Moody finished 2017 having played in all seven of Carlton's matches that season. In 2018, Moody received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award after recording 29 hitouts and eleven disposals in Carlton's round 5 loss to . At the end of the 2018 season, she was the joint winner of the club best and fairest alongside Katie Loynes. She received an All-Australian blazer for the first time in 2021 after being named as the ruck in the 2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team. Personal life Moody is the daughter of race horse trainer Peter Moody, known for training Black Caviar. She has a twin sister, Celine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerryn Harrington
Kerryn Peterson (née Harrington, born 2 March 1992) is an Australian rules footballer and former basketballer. Peterson currently plays for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW), and previously played for the Bendigo Spirit, Australian Institute of Sport, Bulleen Boomers and Adelaide Lightning in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) between 2007 and 2017. She is a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian. Peterson served as Carlton co-captain from 2020 to 2021, and has served as the sole captain since the 2022 season. Basketball career WNBL Peterson began her WNBL career in the inaugural year of the Bendigo Spirit alongside the likes of Kristi Harrower. She would then spend the next three seasons in between the AIS and Bendigo. She then had a two-season stint in Bulleen. After a one-year absence from the league, she returned playing for the Adelaide Lightning. For the 2015–16 season she returned to Bendigo. Peterson was re-signed by the Spirit, for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Svarc
Catherine Svarc (born 25 November 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Svarc is from Corowa, New South Wales and grew up on a farm with younger sister Ruby Svarc in a family passionate about Australian rules. Cathy played competitive netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ... before moving to Geelong to become a physiotherapist. She moved to Queensland playing two seasons for Wilston Grange in the AFL Queensland Women's League before being drafted by with the 16th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. Svarc made her debut in the Lions' round 1 game against at Hickey Park on 8 February 2020. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Svarc, Cathy 1991 births Living people Sportswome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Lutkins
Kate Lutkins (born 31 May 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's. She was the "best player on the ground" at the 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final. Early life Lutkins was born in 1988 in Brisbane, Queensland. Her mother is Debbie Bowe. She attended and completed high school at West Moreton Anglican College and Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, in Ipswich, Queensland. Lutkins captained the "undefeated" Yeronga Devils Aussie Rules team. In 2012 she was working as an animal technician for the University of Queensland when she was announced as the captain of the national team to play in October at the Pacific Cup in San Francisco. She was playing for Wilston Grange when she was drafted. AFLW career Lutkins was recruited by with the number 79 pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against at Casey Fields on 5 February 2017. At the end of the season, she won the Lions' Most Courageous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota Davidson
Dakota Davidson (born 31 December 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Early life Davidson was born in Ipswich, Queensland to a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Gunditjmara) and attended Ipswich Girls' Grammar School throughout her upbringing. She was playing for University of Queensland in the AFL Queensland Women's League when she was drafted by with the 60th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. AFLW career Davidson made her debut in the Lions' round 1 game against at Hickey Park on 8 February 2020. She had her best game for the 2021 AFL Women's season in the Lions' round two 63 point victory over , where she kicked 4 goals. She starred in the Lions' 2021 preliminary final win over Collingwood with a three-goal performance to help her team qualify for the 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final. Davidson signed on with for two more years on 15 June 2021. Statistics :''Statistics are correct to the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Conway
Sophie Conway (born 6 April 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Conway was raised in Bracken Ridge, Queensland and attended St Rita's College. She was a talented hockey and Australian rules player, making the Under 18 All Australian teams in both sports. She was playing for Zillmere in the AFL Queensland Women's League when she was drafted by with the 45th pick in the 2017 AFL Women's draft. Conway made her debut in the Lions' round 1 game against at Norwood Oval on 3 February 2018. A fortnight later she received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award after kicking two goals in her side's round 3 win over . Conway's brother Isaac Conway plays for Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Phillips
Erin Victoria Phillips (born 19 May 1985) is an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, a radio host, and a former professional basketball player. She played nine seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for five different teams and is a two-time WNBA champion. She also represented Australia on the women's national basketball team, winning a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women and serving as a co-vice captain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Additionally, Phillips has played five seasons in the AFLW with the Adelaide Football Club, in which she is a three-time premiership player and two-time league best and fairest. Phillips's father Greg played professional Australian rules football for , where he was an eight-time premiership player and earned an induction into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Phillips played only Australian rules football until age 13, switching to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebony Marinoff
Ebony Marinoff (born 15 November 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Marinoff is a three-time AFL Women's premiership player and five-time AFL Women's All-Australian, and won the Adelaide Club Champion award in 2021. In 2017, she won the inaugural AFL Women's Rising Star award, played in a premiership with in the VFL Women's (VFLW) and represented The Allies in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match. Marinoff is the AFL Women's games record holder and Adelaide games record holder with 66 games. Early life Marinoff's first introduction to the sport was through the Auskick program. She first played competitive football at the age of five in the boys team at Lockleys Football Club in the Adelaide suburb of Lockleys. She remained at the club through to the age of twelve. She later moved on to play with an all-girls team at Morphetville Park. In 2014, at sixteen years of age, she played in her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hatchard
Anne Hatchard is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. AFL Women's career Hatchard was drafted by Adelaide with their eleventh selection and eighty-seventh overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the thirty-six point win against at Thebarton Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season. She missed the round four match against at Fremantle Oval when she was omitted from the side. She returned the next week for the three point loss to at Norwood Oval. She was a part of Adelaide's premiership side which defeated by six points at Metricon Stadium in the AFL Women's Grand Final. She missed one match during the season to finish with seven matches in her debut season. Adelaide signed Hatchard for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. She received a nomination for the Rising Star award in Adelaide's round 7 loss to . Hatchard enjoyed a breakout year in 2019, showing an incr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
