Hayley Miller (born 3 February 1996) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er playing for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of ...

in the

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, 1 ...

competition. Miller won the Fremantle fairest and best and leading goalkicker awards in 2022 and was named in the

2022 AFL Women's All-Australian team The 2022 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2022 AFL Women's season. 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 do ...

. She has served as Fremantle captain since the 2022 season, and is also Fremantle's games record holder with 60 games.

AFL Women's career

Miller was drafted by Fremantle with their first selection and fourth overall in the

2016 AFL Women's draft The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for w ...

. She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven matches. Miller is a two-time winner of the WAWFL

best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...

award. Miller was named as the new Fremantle captain in December 2021 taking over from inaugural captain

Kara Antonio Kara Antonio ( Donnellan, born 27 February 1992) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. Early life and amateur career Antonio spent her early years in Victoria. She pl ...

. A career best season saw Miller earn selection in the

as a half forward, and named vice-captain.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

* Fremantle captain: 2022–present * Fremantle games record holder *

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 ...

* Fremantle fairest and best: 2022 * Fremantle leading goalkicker: 2022 * Western Derby Medal: S7

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Hayley 1996 births Living people Fremantle Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia