Lily Postlethwaite ( ; born 29 October 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for

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in the

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competition (AFLW).

Early life and state football

Postlethwaite was raised on a farm in the northern Brisbane suburb of

Caboolture, Queensland Caboolture () is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 26,433 people. It is located on the north side of the Caboolture River, which separates the town from Mora ...

. Postlethwaite started her sporting career playing Oztag, the Australian variation of

tag rugby Tag-rugby belt Tag rugby, or flag rugby, is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode of play is based on rugby league with many similarities to to ...

, and started playing Australian rules football only at the age of 12. In 2014 she won the most valuable player award for Oztag's 13 Girls Division. Postlethwaite played for Moreton Bay Lions and won the under-15 division best and fairest in 2016. Postlethwaite played for

Maroochydore Maroochydore ( ) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The town was subdivided from the Cotton Tree reserve by Surveyor Thomas O'Connor in 1903. The land was acquired from William Pettigrew who had a timber de ...

in the AFL Queensland Women's League (QWAFL). In the 2019 season she won the QWAFL Rising Star Award. During 2019, Postlethwaite also played for the

Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...

Academy team. Postlethwaite represented Queensland in the

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. In the

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, she was selected for the All-Australian team. In the

2019 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships The 2019 NAB AFL Women's Under-18 Championships was played between May and July 2019, with six teams competing in the main 'Series 2' round-robin tournament and with a further four playing in a two-match one-on-one exhibition as the competition' ...

she led the team as captain and was selected once again for the All-Australian team.

AFLW career

Postlethwaite was drafted by

with the third pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in Brisbane's opening round game against

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on 8 February 2020.

Personal life

Postlethwaite is from Caboolture in

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

and grew up supporting

. She grew up on a farm and used the horse track for some unorthodox training and conditioning while at home.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Postlethwaite, Lily 2001 births Living people Sportswomen from Queensland Australian rules footballers from Queensland Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players