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 a coach, of the best-performed players during the home-and-away season. The first AFL Women's All-Australian team was selected in 2017 following the competition's inaugural season.[1] The team also follows the AFL's tradition of the All-Australian coach being the coach of that season's premiership-winning side, with no coach being selected in 2020 when no premiership was awarded.
Despite its nature, the AFL Women's All-Australian team is only ceremonial: the AFL Women's has not played any all-star matches as of season seven, and the difference in skill level between the All-Australian team and the nearest international competitor is currently too large for any contest to be competitive.
Like in the Australian Football League (AFL) with their All-Australian team since 1991 (following the Victorian Football League's conversion to a national competition), the panel chooses a complete AFLW team consisting of sixteen players and five interchange players (as opposed to eighteen players and four interchange players in the AFL), based on performances during the home-and-away season.[2]
The inaugural team was the only team to contain 22 players, as match-day teams in the AFLW were reduced to 21 players from 2018. The AFL Women's All-Australian team was sponsored by Virgin Australia in the competition's first three seasons and by Toyota in 2020.
Teams
[edit]2017
[edit]2018
[edit]2019
[edit]2020
[edit]2021
[edit]2022 (S6)
[edit]| B: | Ruby Schleicher (‹See Tfd›Collingwood) | Libby Birch (‹See Tfd›Melbourne) | |
| HB: | Sarah Allan (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) | Nat Grider (Brisbane) | Emma Kearney (‹See Tfd›North Melbourne) (captain) |
| C: | Orla O'Dwyer (Brisbane) | Emily Bates (Brisbane) | Anne Hatchard (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) |
| HF: | Hayley Miller (‹See Tfd›Fremantle) (vice-captain) | Katie Brennan (‹See Tfd›Richmond) | Daisy Pearce (‹See Tfd›Melbourne) |
| F: | Ashleigh Woodland (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) | Tayla Harris (‹See Tfd›Melbourne) | |
| Foll: | Lauren Pearce (‹See Tfd›Melbourne) | Ebony Marinoff (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) | Ash Riddell (‹See Tfd›North Melbourne) |
| Int: | Jasmine Garner (‹See Tfd›North Melbourne) | Jaimee Lambert (‹See Tfd›Collingwood) | Monique Conti (‹See Tfd›Richmond) |
| Kirsty Lamb (‹See Tfd›Western Bulldogs) | Kerryn Harrington (‹See Tfd›Carlton) | | |
| Coach: | Matthew Clarke (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) | ||
2022 (S7)
[edit]| B: | Chelsea Biddell (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) | Breanna Koenen (Brisbane) (vice-captain) | |
| HB: | Eilish Sheerin (‹See Tfd›Richmond) | Katie Lynch (‹See Tfd›Western Bulldogs) | Emma Kearney (‹See Tfd›North Melbourne) |
| C: | Anne Hatchard (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) | Monique Conti (‹See Tfd›Richmond) | Georgie Prespakis (‹See Tfd›Geelong) |
| HF: | Kate Hore (‹See Tfd›Melbourne) | Jesse Wardlaw (Brisbane) | Madison Prespakis (‹See Tfd›Essendon) |
| F: | Courtney Wakefield (‹See Tfd›Richmond) | Chloe Scheer (‹See Tfd›Geelong) | |
| Foll: | Breann Moody (‹See Tfd›Carlton) | Jasmine Garner (‹See Tfd›North Melbourne) (captain) | Ebony Marinoff (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) |
| Int: | Olivia Purcell (‹See Tfd›Melbourne) | Nat Grider (Brisbane) | Amy McDonald (‹See Tfd›Geelong) |
| Chelsea Randall (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) | Greta Bodey (Brisbane) | | |
| Coach: | Mick Stinear (‹See Tfd›Melbourne) | ||
2023
[edit]Most selections
[edit]The following players have achieved selection in at least three AFL Women's All-Australian teams.
| # | Player | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Emma Kearney | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (S6) (c), 2022 (S7), 2023 |
| 6 | Jasmine Garner | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (S6), 2022 (S7) (c), 2023 |
| Ebony Marinoff | 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 (S6), 2022 (S7), 2023 | |
| 5 | Paxy Paxman | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (c), 2021 |
| Monique Conti | 2019, 2021, 2022 (S6), 2022 (S7), 2023 | |
| 4 | Tayla Harris | 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 (S6) |
| Anne Hatchard | 2019, 2020, 2022 (S6), 2022 (S7) | |
| Chelsea Randall | 2017, 2018 (c), 2019, 2022 (S7) | |
| 3 | Sarah Allan | 2020, 2021, 2022 (S6) |
| Emily Bates | 2017, 2018, 2022 (S6) | |
| Ellie Blackburn | 2017, 2018, 2021 | |
| Kiara Bowers | 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
| Kerryn Harrington | 2019, 2020, 2022 (S6) | |
| Kate Hore | 2020, 2022 (S7), 2023 (c) | |
| Kate Lutkins | 2018, 2020, 2021 | |
| Chloe Molloy | 2018, 2021, 2023 | |
| Daisy Pearce | 2017 (c), 2018, 2022 (S6) | |
| Erin Phillips | 2017, 2019 (c), 2021 | |
| Madison Prespakis | 2019, 2020, 2022 (S7) | |
| Ash Riddell | 2020, 2022 (S6), 2023 |
See also
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References
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- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (28 March 2017). "Finalists dominate AFLW All Australian team". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2019). "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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- ^ Bastiani, Gemma (5 April 2022). "REVEALED: Who made the 2022 AFLW All-Australian team?". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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- ^ Bastiani, Gemma (27 November 2023). "Eight straight for Kearney, 11 debutants in All-Aus team". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.