Ashleigh Woodland (born 9 September 1998) is an

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er who plays for

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in the

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competition (AFLW). She previously played for

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for one season before returning home to Adelaide. Woodland enjoyed a breakout season with Adelaide in 2022, winning the 2022 AFLW leading goalkicker award and the 2022 AFLW Premiership with Adelaide.

AFLW career

Woodland was signed by Melbourne as an undrafted free agent following the

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. She made her debut in loss to at

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in round 1 of the 2019 season. Woodland enjoyed a breakout season with Adelaide in 2022, starting the season with 4 goals in round one against Brisbane and another 4 goals in round two against North Melbourne. In the final minor round game v St Kilda, Woodland kicked two goals to win the 2022 AFLW leading goalkicker award with 19 goals. Woodland and her team went on to win the 2022 AFLW Premiership over Melbourne.

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* 1998 births Living people Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub