The 2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of
2022 AFL Women's season 6
2022 AFL Women's season 6 was the sixth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season was the last to feature 14 clubs, ran from 7 January until 9 ...
. The team was announced on 5 April 2022 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 2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team consisted of chairwoman
Nicole Livingstone,
Andrew Dillon
Sir Andrew Dillon, (born 9 May 1954) is a British executive, who was chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) from 1999 to 2020. His earlier career was spent as an administrator and manager in the Nationa ...
,
Laura Kane
Laura Kane (born ) is an Australian sports administrator currently serving as the executive general manager of football at the Australian Football League (AFL).
Kane was appointed to the position in August 2023, having acted in the role since ...
,
Brad Scott,
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 i ...
, Narelle Smith,
Kelli Underwood, Sarah Black, Megan Waters and
Tim Harrington.
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Initial squad
The initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 30 March. had the most players selected in the initial squad with seven, with players from grand finalists and Melbourne making up one-third of the squad, and every team had at least one representative. Eleven players from the 2021 team were among those selected.
Final team
The final team was announced on 5 April. Grand finalists Adelaide and Melbourne had the most selections with four, with nine teams represented overall. Five players achieved selection for the first time, while seven players from the 2021 team were selected, with captain Emma Kearney achieving selection for the sixth consecutive year. Kearney was announced as the All-Australian captain and captain Hayley Miller
Hayley Miller (born 3 February 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. Miller won the Fremantle fairest and best and leading goalkicker awards in 2022 and was named in th ...
was announced as the vice-captain.
References
External links
AFLW Awards
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2022 AFL Women's season 6