Amy McDonald (born 7 February 1998) is an

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFLW). McDonald is a three-time Geelong best and fairest winner and was named in the AFL Women's season seven All-Australian team.

Junior career

McDonald originally hails from

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and played netball for Redan Football Netball Club, including an under 19s premiership in 2014 when she was just 15. A tap on the shoulder asking McDonald to fill a spot to ensure that the Youth Girl's team had enough numbers began her footballing career after taking a break from netball. McDonald won her second Ballarat youth girls league best and fairest award in 2014. McDonald also spent time on the

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list before playing with the in the

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(VFLW) in 2019 where she managed 14 games and a team of the year selection after averaging just under 17 disposals and 5 tackles per game.

AFL Women's career

McDonald was selected with pick 80 in the 2019 AFL Women's draft, Geelong's fifth pick of the draft. She was notified that she would be drafted after playing in a losing

finals loss. McDonald made her AFL Women's debut in the opening round of the

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against the

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in which the

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lost. She had five disposals and two tackles on debut. Her side failed to make finals at the conclusion of the

and finished fifth on the conference A ladder. McDonald was the winner of the Geelong best and fairest award in 2021, collecting 71 votes, almost double the vote tally of runner-up and inaugural winner Meg McDonald. McDonald was Geelong's best player in its loss to North Melbourne in round 1 of the 2022 season, also polling six coaches' votes. She was Geelong's best player in its loss to in round 2 and among Geelong's best players in its losses to in round 3 and in round 4. McDonald was best afield in Geelong's first win of the season against in round 5; she polled seven coaches' votes and was selected in ''womens.afl''s Team of the Week for that round. She was also among Geelong's best players in its losses to in round 6 and the in round 7, and was best afield in Geelong's win over in round 8; she polled the maximum ten coaches' votes and was selected in ''womens.afl''s Team of the Week for round 8. McDonald was among Geelong's best players in its loss to in round 9 and was Geelong's best player in its loss to in round 10; she polled seven coaches' votes and was selected in ''womens.afl''s Team of the Week for that round. She was named in Champion Data's 2022 AFLW All-Star stats team after leading the competition for groundballs with 10.9 a game and averaging the third-most contested possessions with 13.1 a game. McDonald won her second Geelong best and fairest award in 2022, collecting 116 votes, 13 ahead of runner-up

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Statistics

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Honours and achievements

AFL Women's All-Australian team The AFL Women's All-Australian team is an all-star team of women's Australian rules footballers playing in the AFL Women's (AFLW), selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and ...

: S7 (2022) * 3× Geelong best and fairest: 2021, 2022, S7 (2022)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Amy Living people 1998 births Geelong Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sportswomen from Victoria (state)