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Sophie Casey
Sophie Casey (born 22 October 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life and state football Born in Holbrook, New South Wales, Casey was introduced to footy with Auskick. She played for three years with Riverina Lions in the Canberra League, while attending university in Wagga Wagga. She then joined Victorian Football League#VFL Women's, VFLW club, Eastern Devils. AFL Women's career After being overlooked in the 2016 AFL Women's draft#Draft, inaugural AFLW draft, Casey was signed by as a free agent. She made her debut in round 1, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at Princes Park (stadium), IKON Park against . In her second match of the season, Casey was cited for a high hit with the shoulder on player Meg Downie, which caused Downie to lose consciousness. The match review panel set the ban at three matches, but allowed it to become two with an early guilty plea. The day following the incident, Casey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holbrook, New South Wales
Holbrook is a small town in Southern New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Hume Highway, by road North-East of Melbourne and by road south-west of Sydney between Tarcutta, New South Wales, Tarcutta and Albury. The town is in the Greater Hume Shire which was established in May 2004 from the merger of Culcairn, New South Wales, Culcairn Shire with the majority of Holbrook Shire and part of the Hume Shire. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Holbrook had a population of 1,715 people. The district around Holbrook is renowned for local produce including merino wool, wheat and other grains, lucerne, fat cattle and lamb. History The area was originally inhabited by the Wiradjuri people. The explorers Hume and Hovell expedition, Hume and Hovell were the first-known Europeans in the area. They travelled through in 1824 looking for new grazing country in the south of the colony of New South Wales. The town was originally called Ten Mile Creek and the first buildings were erec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Downie
Meg Downie (born 3 January 1989) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. AFLW career Downie was recruited by Melbourne as a free agent in October 2016. She made her debut in the 15 point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. She played in the next round against , during which she was knocked out in a brutal clash with Collingwood player Sophie Casey Sophie Casey (born 22 October 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life and state football Born in Holbrook, New South Wales, Casey was introduced to footy with Ausk .... Downie suffered a heavy concussion and was unconscious for several minutes before leaving the ground on a stretcher. Casey was given a two match ban for the incident and Downie missed the remainder of the season due to a hamstring injury suffered moments before the clash. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) Players
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club was formed in 1892 in the suburb of Collingwood and played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League, today known as the AFL. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and has its training and administrative headquarters at Olympic Park Oval and the AIA Centre. Collingwood has played in a record 44 VFL/AFL Grand Finals (including rematches), winning 15, drawing two and losing 27 (also a record). Regarded as one of Australia's most popular sports clubs, Collingwood has attracted the second-highest attendance figures and television ratings of any professional football team in the nation. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Births
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Living People
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AFL Women's Season Seven
AFL Women's season seven was the seventh season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest-level senior Women's Australian rules football, women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season began on 25 August and ran until 27 November. It was the second AFL Women's season to take place in the 2022 calendar year, after the competition's 2022 AFL Women's season, sixth season ran from January to April. The season was the first to feature 18 clubs, an increase from 14 the previous season, and the first to have an August start date, after previous seasons traditionally began in January or February. The season comprised ten home-and-away rounds, just as the previous season was scheduled to before it was Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports#Australian rules football, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a AFL final eight system, four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs, like in the Australian Football League (AFL), took place for the first time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 AFL Women's Season
The 2022 AFL Women's season was the sixth season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season was the last to feature 14 clubs, ran from 7 January until 9 April 2022, and comprised a ten-game home-and-away season, followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs. It was the first of two seasons to take place in the 2022 calendar year, with the competition's seventh season held from August to November. won their third AFL Women's premiership, defeating by 13 points in the 2022 AFL Women's Grand Final, played at Adelaide Oval. Format The season was formatted mostly the same as the previous season, with each of the fourteen clubs ranked on a single ladder and the top six teams qualifying for the three-week, single-elimination finals series. The only change was extension of the home-and-away season by an additional round, allowing each team to play 10 matches. The season was originally pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 AFL Women's Season
The 2021 AFL Women's season was the fifth season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 28 January until 17 April, and comprised a 9-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs. The premiership was won by the for the first time, after it defeated by 18 points in the AFL Women's Grand Final. Format The previous two AFLW seasons were formatted with the assistance of conferences, which split the league's clubs into two ranking tables. The AFL elected to remove the conferences for the 2021 season and revert to a single ladder. Under the terms of the existing contractual bargaining agreement between the players and the AFL, teams will play nine regular season matches, before a three-week finals series for the top six teams occurs. Owing to the fact clubs will not get the opportunity to play all of their opponents once, the AFL pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 AFL Women's Season
The 2020 AFL Women's season was the fourth season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, with four new teams joining the league: , , and . The season ran from 7 February until 22 March. It was intended to comprise an 8-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs; however, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 saw the season curtailed and finally abandoned. No premiership was awarded. Background New teams Four new teams, , , and , joined the competition, bringing the total number of teams to fourteen. This followed on from the inclusion of and in the previous season. Collective bargaining agreement Prior to the season commencing a collective bargaining agreement failed to pass the player's association, with only 70% agreeing, falling short of the required 75% threshold. One of the demands of the dissenters was to have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 AFL Women's Season
The 2017 AFL Women's season was the inaugural season of the AFL Women's competition, the new highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 3 February until 25 March, and comprised a 7-game home-and-away season followed by a grand final featuring the top two clubs. The new league was established featuring the women's teams of eight Australian Football League (AFL) clubs – , , , , , , , and . The inaugural premiership was won by , after it defeated by six points in the 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final. Premiership season Home-and-away matches The full fixture was released on Friday 9 December 2016. Notable features of the draw include: * and featured in the league's first ever match, the match was initially scheduled to be held at Collingwood's home Olympic Park Oval, but was moved in January 2017 to the higher capacity Ikon Park due to higher than expected interest. *, Carlton, and the each had four ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 AFL Women's Season
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2018 AFL Women's Season
The 2018 AFL Women's season was the second season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 2 February until 24 March, and comprised a 7-game home-and-away season followed by a grand final featuring the top two clubs. The premiership was won by the for the first time, after it defeated the by six points in the AFL Women's Grand Final. Rule changes Three rules were changed heading into the 2018 season: *A free kick is paid against a player who last touches the ball before it goes out of bounds under the following conditions, :*A free kick will be awarded against a player who kicks or handballs the football over the boundary line without the football being touched by another player; :*Except where a player who does not have possession stops the football being touched by an opposition player by shepherding the football across the boundary line where the football could ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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