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Emily Bates
Emily Bates (born 18 October 1995) is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2017 to season seven. Bates was selected by the in the inaugural national women's draft in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of the league. She represented Brisbane in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was drafted by the club with the second selection in the 2016 AFL Women's draft prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season. Bates won an AFL Women's premiership with Brisbane in 2021 and was awarded the league's highest individual accolade, the AFL Women's best and fairest, in 2022. She is also a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian and four-time Brisbane best and fairest winner, and is the AFL Women's equal games record holder with 66 games. Early life Bates was born in 1995 in Victoria one of three sisters. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeronga Football Club
The Yeronga South Brisbane Football Club, often known simply as Yeronga and nicknamed the Devils, is an Australian rules football club that plays in Division 2 of the Queensland Football Association (QFA) men's leagues and in the AFL Queensland Women's League (QAFLW). The club has previously competed in the Queensland Australian National Football League (QANFL). History South Brisbane Football Club An early mention of a club in formation known as the "South Brisbane Football Club" to play under Australian Rules appears in The Brisbane Courier on 25 September 1886. Colours and name were chosen and a foundation meeting took place at the Palace Hotel. Mr. L. H. Nathan occupied tho chair and John Hardgrave was president. The club trained at Musgrave Park in West End. The last mention of this club being active was in 1889, after which in 1894 rugby and soccers club were formed under the same name. Given the 20-year gap it is unlikely that there is continuity between this club a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawthorn Football Club (AFL Women's)
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and, from 2018 until 2022, the VFL Women's (VFLW). The team is associated with the Hawthorn men's team. History 2021–present: Foundation In 2016, The AFL announced the creation of the AFL Women's league with all 18 clubs asked to submit a bid to become one of the inaugural clubs. Hawthorn would be one of five clubs who chose not to submit a bid. In 2017, following a successful debut season the AFL would announce the league would expand from the 2019 season. Unlike 2016, Hawthorn would this time submit a bid to join the league. They would ultimately be unsuccessful. On 12 August 2021, Hawthorn along with Essendon, Port Adelaide, and Sydney were granted licences to join the AFL Women's from 2022 season 7. Bec Goddard who was in charge of the club's VFL Women's side was appointed as Hawthorns inaugural AFLW coach immed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald Sun
The ''Herald Sun'' is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the Murdoch owned News Corp. The ''Herald Sun'' primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and New South Wales South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In 2017, the paper had a daily circulation of 350,000 from Monday to Friday. The ''Herald Sun'' newspaper is the product of a merger in 1990 of two newspapers owned by The Herald and Weekly Times Limited: the morning tabloid paper ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' and the afternoon broadsheet paper '' The Herald''. It was first pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 AFL Women's Season
The 2017 AFL Women's season was the inaugural season of the AFL Women's competition, the new highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 3 February until 25 March, and comprised a 7-game home-and-away season followed by a grand final featuring the top two clubs. The new league was established featuring the women's teams of eight Australian Football League (AFL) clubs – , , , , , , , and . The inaugural premiership was won by , after it defeated by six points in the 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final. Premiership season Home-and-away matches The full fixture was released on Friday 9 December 2016. Notable features of the draw include: * and featured in the league's first ever match, the match was initially scheduled to be held at Collingwood's home Olympic Park Oval, but was moved in January 2017 to the higher capacity Ikon Park due to higher than expected interest. *, Carlton, and the each had four ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Virgo
Samantha Virgo (born 20 February 1987) is a former Australian rules footballer playing for and co-captaining Gold Coast in the AFL Women's until 2021. She previously played 15 games over three seasons with Brisbane. Early life Virgo was born in 1987 in Blackwood, South Australia. She won the club best and fairest at Griffith-Moorooka in 2015 and was equal winner of the Queensland Women's AFL (QWAFL) best and fairest in 2016 while playing at Yeronga South Brisbane. AFLW career Brisbane Virgo was recruited by with the number 66 pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She was announced as one of the Brisbane Lions' "values leaders" to assist captain Emma Zielke alongside Emily Bates, Sabrina Frederick-Traub and Leah Kaslar in January 2017. She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against at Casey Fields on 5 February 2017. She was nominated by her teammates for the 2017 AFLW Players' most valuable player award, and was also listed in the 2017 All-Australian team. Brisbane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Kaslar
Leah Kaslar (born 11 September 1985) is an Australian rules footballer who played for and co-captained Brisbane and the Gold Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life Kaslar was born in 1985 in Caringbah, New South Wales and moved with her family to Cairns, Queensland before her first birthday. She first played football as a teenager in Cairns and moved to the Gold Coast shortly after her 21st birthday where she began playing football for Coolangatta Tweed Heads in the QAFLW. She was equal winner of the Queensland Women's AFL (QWAFL) best and fairest in 2016. AFLW career Brisbane Kaslar was recruited by with the number 31 pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She was announced as one of the Brisbane Lions' "values leaders" to assist captain Emma Zielke alongside Emily Bates, Sabrina Frederick-Traub and Sam Virgo in January 2017. She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against at Casey Fields on 5 February 2017. At the end of the season, she was listed in the 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Frederick-Traub
Sabrina Frederick (formerly Frederick-Traub; born 23 November 1996) is an English-born Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was one of Brisbane's two marquee players for the 2017 season, alongside Tayla Harris. Early life Frederick spent her early years in Brighton, England. Her mother is White British and her biological father is of Jamaican and Antiguan descent."Sabrina doing what she loves" ''The West Australian'', 16 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017. Her step-father's surname "Traub" was added to her name as a child, but in 2020 she announced that she was reverting to the name "Frederick" for several reasons. Frederick and her family moved to Australia when she was seven, althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Zielke
Emma Zielke (born 19 April 1988) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition. She was the club's inaugural AFLW team captain, leading the club in 2017–2018 and 2020–2021. Early life and state league football Zielke was born and raised in Bundaberg, Queensland. She grew up a passionate Brisbane Broncos fan and played soccer from the age of 6. Following high school graduation, Zielke moved to Brisbane to pursue greater opportunities in soccer but quickly lost passion for the sport and tried her hand at Australian rules football after being convinced by friends to try the sport. She first played Aussie rules in 2008 at the age of 19 for her local club Morningside. She was selected to participate in the women's AFL high-performance camp in 2010. As part of the program she played in a curtain-raiser exhibition match ahead of the round 12, 2010 AFL match between and . After the team at Morningside folded, Zielke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Queensland
AFL Queensland (AFLQ) is the governing body of Australian rules football in Queensland. AFL Queensland has over 216,000 participants (including Northern Rivers which is governed by AFLQ) playing at all levels of football from the introductory NAB AFL Auskick program to the AFL Masters Competition. AFL Queensland covers 13 regions, 24 leagues and 159 clubs. These bodies include Affiliated Leagues Premier South East Queensland Leagues The highest grades of men's and women's Queensland community football are: * Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) (1903-) * AFL Queensland Women's League (QWAFL) (2001-) * North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) (was the highest level from 2010-2020) Developmental Leagues * Queensland Football Association (QFA) (AFL Northern Rivers Regional Leagues *AFL Cairns (1956-) * AFL Capricornia (1969-) *AFL Darling Downs (1971-) * AFL Mackay (1970-) * AFL Mount Isa (1967-) * AFL Northern Rivers (reintroduced 2017) *AFL Sunshine Coast (reint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigidine College, Indooroopilly
, motto_translation = Strength and Gentleness , established = , type = Independent secondary day school , denomination = Roman Catholic , religious_affiliation = Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Brigid , gender = Girls , principal = Brendan Cahill , location = Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Queensland , pushpin_image = , pushpin_mapsize = 240 , pushpin_map_alt = , pushpin_map_caption = Location in Queensland , pushpin_label = , pushpin_label_position = , enrolment = , enrolment_as_of = 2015 , grades = 7- 12 , grades_label = Years , colours = Heritage green, navy blue, golden yellow , website = , affiliations = Brigidine College is an independent Roman Catholic secondary day school for girls, located in the suburb of Indooroopilly less than from the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courier-Mail
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, Queensland, Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Murarrie, Queensland, Murarrie, in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. It is available for purchase throughout Queensland, most regions of Northern New South Wales and parts of the Northern Territory. History The history of ''The Courier-Mail'' is through four Nameplate (publishing), mastheads. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' later became ''The Courier (Brisbane), The Courier'', then the ''Brisbane Courier'' and, since a merger with the Daily Mail in 1933, ''The Courier-Mail''. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' was established as a weekly paper in June 1846. Issue frequency increased steadily to bi-weekly in January 1858, tri-weekly in December 1859, then daily under the ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, Australia
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropolitan area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
