Naomi Ferres (born 26 October 1997) 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

Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the o ...

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 ...

(AFLW). Ferres was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with the club's first selection and the third pick overall in the 2017 AFL Women's rookie draft from the

VU Western Spurs The VU Western Spurs are a Women's Australian rules football club who compete in the Northern Football League (Australia) and the AFL Masters Victoria competition . Based in Footscray, they play home games at Henry Turner Oval. They were for ...

. She was upgraded to the Bulldog's main playing list following an injury to

Kimberley Ebb Kimberley Ebb (born 6 April 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Ebb was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with their fifth selection and thirty-seventh overall in the 2016 AFL Wom ...

and subsequently made her debut in the twenty-six point win against at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2018 season. Ferres received a nomination for the

2018 AFL Women's Rising Star The AFL Women's Rising Star is an Australian rules football award given annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) for the year. Two eligible players are nominated each round of the home-and-away season; the players must have ...

award in the Bulldogs' round 7 win over . Ferres went on to win the

2018 AFL Women's Grand Final The 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final was an Australian rules football match held on 24 March 2018 to determine the premiers of the 2018 AFL Women's season, the league's second season. It was contested by the and and was won by the Western Bulldog ...

and took a crucial mark in the defensive 50 just before the siren to deny the

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a chance to tie the game. It was revealed that Ferres had signed a contract extension with the club on 16 June 2021, after playing 8 out of 9 games for the club that season.

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* * 1997 births Living people Western Bulldogs (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub