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AFL Women's Rising Star
The AFL Women's Rising Star award is presented annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season. The first award was awarded in 2017. The award has been sponsored by National Australia Bank (NAB) since 2017. Eligibility and voting procedure Every round, two nominations are given to standout young players who performed well during that particular round. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 years of age on 1 January of that year and not have been previously nominated. Players suspended during the season may be nominated, but cannot win. At the end of the season, each member of a voting panel, which also selects the AFL Women's All-Australian team, awards five votes, four votes, three votes, two votes and one vote to the nominated players they judge the best to fifth-best during the season respectively. The player with the highest total of votes wins. Winners Nominations Nominations by club ''Updated to the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Women's
AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 14 teams in 2020 and 18 teams in 2022. The league is run by the Australian Football League (AFL) and is contested by each of the clubs from that competition. The reigning premiers are . The AFLW is the most attended women's football competition in Australia and one of the most popular women's football competitions in the world. Its average attendance in 2019 of 6,262 a game made it the second-highest of any domestic women's football competition. Its record attendance of 53,034 for the 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final was formerly the highest of any women's sport in Australia and remains the highest of any women's football in Australia. The AFLW has attracted an audience of more than 1 million attendees and 2 million viewers and has managed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Conti
Monique Conti (born 9 December 1999) is an Australian rules footballer and basketballer. Conti currently plays for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW), having previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2018 to 2019, and plays for the Melbourne Boomers in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), having also played for the Southside Flyers from 2020 to 2023. As an Australian rules footballer, Conti received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 4 of the 2018 season and went on to win an AFL Women's premiership with the Bulldogs that season, and was adjudged best afield in the grand final. She was also selected in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team and won the Western Bulldogs best and fairest award in 2019 before moving to Richmond, where she won the inaugural four Richmond best and fairest awards in her first four seasons at the club, won the AFLPA AFLW most valuable player award in season 7 and was selected i ... [...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] |
Sarah Allan (footballer)
Sarah Allan (born 19 November 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. Early life and career Allan's father was Keith Allan, who played in the South Australian National Football League for Central District Football Club. She grew up in the south east of South Australia on the Limestone Coast, originally from Beachport but later moving to Millicent. As a junior player, Allan was twice named in the Youth Girls All-Australian team. In 2016, when playing in the South Australian Women's Football League for Salisbury, she chose to wear the same number as her father, the number 39. AFLW career (2017–present) Allan was drafted by Adelaide with their sixteenth selection and 122nd overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft, and she kept her playing number 39 upon joining the club. She made her debut in the thirty-six point win against at Thebarton Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season. She was omitted for the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Hodder
Courtney Hodder (born 8 July 2000) is an Australian rules footballer and former rugby union player currently playing for in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played rugby for the Western Force Women, Western Force and the Queensland Reds (Super W), Queensland Reds in the Super W and was the top try-scorer in the competition in 2018. Early life Hodder is a Noongar - Yamatji woman. She grew up in suburban Perth and played junior football with Peel Thunder and was part of 3 under-18 All-Australian teams. Rugby union Hodder played for the Western Force Women, Western Force in the inaugural season of the Super W in 2018. During a year which included scoring six tries in the Force's round 1 game against the Melbourne Rebels Women, Melbourne Rebels, she finished the season as the top try-scorer in the competition. She did not play in the 2019 Super W season due to a broken leg, and after recovery was selected near the end of the year to play for Australia A in the Oceania Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahlia Hickie
Tahlia Hickie (born 22 July 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She was playing for Coorparoo in the AFL Queensland Women's League when she was drafted by with the 28th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft, having missed the 2018 draft due to injury. Hickie made her debut in the Lions' semi-final against at Princes Park on 22 March 2020. Hickie signed on with for one more year on 15 June 2021. Honours and achievements Individual * AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ... References External links * * 2000 births Living people Sportswomen from Queensland Australian rules footballers from Queensland Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players 21st-century Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat Grider
Natalie "Nat" Grider (born 10 October 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Junior and state football Grider started playing Australian rules football as a teenager with Jindalee Jags. She was also a member of the Brisbane Lions Academy and excelled for the club in the 2018 Winter Series against Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast. After three years at Jindalee Jags, in 2017, Grider joined the University of Queensland in the AFL Queensland Women's League (QWAFL). In the 2018 season she won the QWAFL Rising Star Award, was selected in the QWAFL Team of the Year, and shared the club's best and fairest award with Megan Hunt and Jane Childes. In 2019, she was selected again for the QWAFL Team of the Year. Grider represented Queensland in the AFL Women's Under 18 Championships. In the 2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships she led the team as captain, was selected for the All-Australian team, and was selected as Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Dawes
Isabel Dawes (born 11 May 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Raised in Maroochydore, Queensland Dawes competed in the boys competition due to a lack of opportunities for girls in local competition. She was signed to the Lions Academy at a young age. She was playing for Maroochydore AFC in the AFL Queensland Women's League when she was drafted by with the 15th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. Dawes made her debut in the Lions' round 1 game against at Hickey Park Hickey Park is an Australian rules football ground in Stafford, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the primary home ground for Wilston Grange in the Queensland Australian Football League. It has also been featured in the AFL W ... on 8 February 2020. Dawes signed on with for one more year on 15 June 2021. References External links * * 2001 births Living people Sportswomen from Queensland Sportspeople from the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Smith (footballer)
Katherine Smith (born 28 September 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Melbourne with their seventh selection and fifty-sixth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. After the two-point win against at TIO Stadium in round six—in which she recorded ten disposals and a mark—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. Melbourne signed Smith for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. She suffered an ACL injury in December 2019, and missed the entire 2020 season. She joined the Giants during the 2020 trade season, traded for draft picks 29 and 42, and played her first game for the Giants on 27 February 2021. On 23 February 2022, Smith became the first player in AFL Women's history to kick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Mithen
Lily Mithen (born 2 March 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Melbourne with their tenth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. After the nineteen point win against at Ikon Park in round two—in which she recorded fourteen disposals, three marks and two tackles—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. She also won Geelong's 2017 best and fairest award in the club's VFL Women's team. Melbourne signed Mithen for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. Mithen's grandfather's cousin is Laurie Mithen Lawrence Sidney Mithen (15 April 1934 – 2 February 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during their successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmine Grierson
Jasmine Grierson (born 16 May 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She has previously played for Melbourne and North Melbourne. AFLW career Grierson was drafted by Melbourne with their eighteenth selection and 135th overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. After the six point win against at Casey Fields in round four—in which she recorded sixteen disposals, five marks and two tackles—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. Melbourne signed Grierson for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. In May 2018, Grierson was traded to North Melbourne. In June 2021, Grierson was traded to Greater Western Sydney in exchange for pick #28. Personal life Grierson is currently studying a Bachelor of Psychol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deanna Berry
Deanna Berry (born 7 May 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was drafted by Melbourne with their second selection and ninth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. She played every match during the season and after the final round match against —in which she recorded eleven disposals, three marks and two goals—she was nominated for the AFLW Rising Star. After one season with Melbourne, Berry was traded to the during the 2017 trade period. It was revealed that Berry had signed a contract extension with the club on 16 June 2021, after playing 5 games for the club that season. Statistics :''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season'. , - style=background:#EAEAEA , scope=row , 2017 , , , , 7 , 7 , , 5 , , 5 , , 43 , , 6 , , 49 , , 11 , , 7 , , 0.7 , , 0.7 , , 6.1 , , 0.9 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
