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AFL Women's Rising Star
The AFL Women's Rising Star award is presented annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season. The first award was awarded in 2017 AFL Women's Rising Star, 2017. The award has been sponsored by Telstra since 2024. Eligibility and voting procedure To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 years of age on 1 January of that year and not have been previously nominated. Players suspended during the season may be nominated, but cannot win. At the end of the season, each member of a voting panel, which also selects the AFL Women's All-Australian team, awards five votes, four votes, three votes, two votes and one vote to the nominated players they judge the best to fifth-best during the season respectively; the player with the highest total of votes wins. Winners Nominations Nominations by club ''Updated to the end of the 2024 season''. Most nominations in a season Achievements of winners Won a premiership * Ebony Marin ...
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AFL Women's
AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football competition for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 14 teams in 2020 and 18 teams in 2022. The league is run by the Australian Football League (AFL) and is contested by each of the clubs from that competition. The reigning premiers are the North Melbourne Kangaroos. The AFLW is the second most attended women's football competition in Australia (behind A-League Women) and one of the most popular women's football competitions in the world. Its average attendance in 2019 of 6,262 per game made it the second-highest of any domestic women's football competition. Its record attendance of 53,034 for the 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final was until 2020 the highest match attendance for women's sport in A ...
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2022 AFL Women's Draft
The 2022 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 18 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's seventh season. Expansion club signing period The expansion clubs Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, and Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ... are able to sign up to 14 current AFLW players before the sign and trade period. They can also pre-list under-18 players from their Next Generation Academy (NGA) region or players as open-age signings if they previously nominated for the AFLW draft and aren't on a current list. Signing and trading period Players can be signed for one or two year contracts. Retirements and delistings Trades Delisted free agency The delisted free agency period clos ...
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Katherine Smith (footballer)
Katherine Smith (born 28 September 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Melbourne with their seventh selection and 56th overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the 15-point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. After the two-point win against at TIO Stadium in Round 6—in which she recorded ten disposals and a mark—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. Melbourne signed Smith for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. She suffered an ACL injury in December 2019, and missed the entire 2020 season. She joined the Giants during the 2020 trade season, traded for draft picks 29 and 42, and played her first game for the Giants on 27 February 2021. On 23 February 2022, Smith became the first player in AFL Women's history to kick a match-winni ...
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Lily Mithen
Lily Mithen (born 2 March 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Melbourne with their tenth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. After the nineteen point win against at Ikon Park in round two—in which she recorded fourteen disposals, three marks and two tackles—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. She also won Geelong's 2017 best and fairest award in the club's VFL Women's team. Melbourne signed Mithen for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. Mithen's grandfather's cousin is Laurie Mithen – a Melbourne great, who played in five premierships and was named in the club's team of the century. Her father is former Nine Network Nine Network ( ...
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Jasmine Grierson
Jasmine Grierson (born 16 May 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She has previously played for Melbourne and North Melbourne. AFLW career Grierson was drafted by Melbourne with their eighteenth selection and 135th overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. After the six point win against at Casey Fields in round four—in which she recorded sixteen disposals, five marks and two tackles—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. Melbourne signed Grierson for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. In May 2018, Grierson was traded to North Melbourne. In June 2021, Grierson was traded to Greater Western Sydney in exchange for pick #28. Personal life Grierson is currently studying a Bachelor of Psycholog ...
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Deanna Berry
Deanna Berry (born 7 May 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has served as captain since the 2024 season. Berry was drafted with the ninth selection in the 2016 AFL Women's draft by . Early life Berry grew up in the Whittlesea region of Melbourne, playing her junior football for the Mernda Demons, alongside the Demons, she was selected to represent Vic Metro, as well as playing for Montmoerency and Melbourne University in the Victorian Women's Football League. Her leadership saw her captain the Calder Cannons Youth Girls academy. Her junior career saw her drafted by Melbourne with their second selection and ninth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft, ironically ensuring she remained a Demon. Career Berry would make her debut in a fifteen point loss to at Casey Fields, during the opening round of the 2017 season, the inaugural season for the AFLW. She played every match during the season and after th ...
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Aisling Utri
Aisling Utri (born 21 March 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Utri was recruited by the Western Bulldogs as a rookie signing in August 2017 due to her career in field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk .... She made her debut in the twenty-six point win against at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2018 season. In round 4 Utri received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award after recording 18 disposals in her side's win over . References External links * * * * 1998 births Living people Western Bulldogs (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub ...
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Bonnie Toogood
Bonnie Toogood (born 8 December 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life Toogood was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar and then Melbourne Girls Grammar. AFL Women's career Western Bulldogs (2018–2022 (S6)) Toogood was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with their second selection and eleventh overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft#Rookie draft, 2017 AFL Women's rookie draft. She made her debut in the twenty-six point win against at Whitten Oval, VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2018 AFL Women's season, 2018 season. Toogood was one of two round 2 nominees for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award the following week after recording ten disposals and three tackles in her side's win over the . She was named one of the ' best players in the opening match of the 2021 AFL Women's season, kicking 2 goals and 1 behind, while also collecting 9 disposals and 3 marks. It was revea ...
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Naomi Ferres
Naomi Ferres (born 26 October 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (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 . She was upgraded to the Bulldogs' main playing list following an injury to Kimberley Ebb 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 award in the Bulldogs' round 7 win over . Ferres went on to win the 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final and took a crucial mark in the defensive 50 just before the siren to deny the Brisbane Lions 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. Statistics :''Statistics are correct to ...
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Monique Conti
Monique Conti (born 9 December 1999) is an Australian sportswoman who plays Australian rules football and basketball. Conti currently plays for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW), having previously played for the Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Originally named the Footscray F ... from 2018 to 2019. She also plays in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for Geelong United (WNBL), Geelong United. As an Australian rules footballer, Conti received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 4 of the 2018 season and went on to win an List of AFL Women's premiers, AFL Women's premiership with the Bulldogs that season, and was adjudged best afield in the grand final. She was also selected in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team and won ...
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Libby Birch
Libby Birch (born 3 December 1997) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for North Melbourne in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne. She previously played netball and captained Victoria at the National Netball Championships. Birch is currently studying a Physiotherapy degree at La Trobe University. In 2016, Birch switched from netball to Australian rules football and was recruited by the Western Bulldogs as a rookie after having only played football for three months for the Darebin Falcons in the VFL Women's. Sporting background In April 2016, Birch won a silver medal for netball when Victoria finished runners-up at the under 21 national championships. After the tournament, Daisy Pearce from the Darebin Falcons made contact with Birch and invited her to trial for the inaugural AFL Women's season. Prior to 18 June 2016, she had never kicked a football but only ten weeks later, Birch played and won a VFL Women's premiershi ...
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The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister paper ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.4 million. , this had fallen to 4.55 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first editi ...
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