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AFL Women's All-Australian team

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Emma Kearney was selected in the first eight AFL Women's All-Australian teams

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

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2017

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2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team[3]
B: Nicola Stevens (Collingwood) Courtney Cramey (Adelaide)  
HB: Chelsea Randall (Adelaide) Brianna Davey (Carlton) Karen Paxman (Melbourne)
C: Elise O'Dea (Melbourne) Daisy Pearce (Melbourne) (captain) Emma Kearney (Western Bulldogs)
HF: Erin Phillips (Adelaide) (vice-captain) Sabrina Frederick-Traub (Brisbane) Ellie Blackburn (Western Bulldogs)
F: Sarah Perkins (Adelaide) Darcy Vescio (Carlton)  
Foll: Emma King (Collingwood) Kara Donnellan (Fremantle) Emily Bates (Brisbane)
Int: Jessica Dal Pos (Greater Western Sydney) Kate McCarthy (Brisbane) Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide)
Tayla Harris (Brisbane) Melissa Hickey (Melbourne) Sam Virgo (Brisbane)
Coach: Bec Goddard (Adelaide)

2018

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2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team[4]
B: Chloe Molloy (Collingwood) Kate Lutkins (Brisbane)  
HB: Hannah Scott (Western Bulldogs) Chelsea Randall (Adelaide) (captain) Ebony Antonio (Fremantle)
C: Dana Hooker (Fremantle) Emma Kearney (Western Bulldogs) Alicia Eva (Greater Western Sydney)
HF: Elise O'Dea (Melbourne) Sabrina Frederick-Traub (Brisbane) Brooke Lochland (Western Bulldogs)
F: Jess Wuetschner (Brisbane) Christina Bernardi (Collingwood)  
Foll: Erin McKinnon (Greater Western Sydney) Courtney Gum (Greater Western Sydney) Daisy Pearce (Melbourne) (vice-captain)
Int: Emily Bates (Brisbane) Tayla Harris (Carlton) Karen Paxman (Melbourne)
Ellie Blackburn (Western Bulldogs) Meg Downie (Melbourne)  
Coach: Paul Groves (Western Bulldogs)

2019

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2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team[5]
B: Meg McDonald (Geelong) Ashleigh Brazill (Collingwood)  
HB: Jess Duffin (North Melbourne) Chelsea Randall (Adelaide) (vice-captain) Kerryn Harrington (Carlton)
C: Emma Kearney (North Melbourne) Kiara Bowers (Fremantle) Karen Paxman (Melbourne)
HF: Erin Phillips (Adelaide) (captain) Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) Monique Conti (Western Bulldogs)
F: Gemma Houghton (Fremantle) Stevie-Lee Thompson (Adelaide)  
Foll: Lauren Pearce (Melbourne) Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) Madison Prespakis (Carlton)
Int: Emma King (North Melbourne) Gabriella Pound (Carlton) Ally Anderson (Brisbane)
Anne Hatchard (Adelaide) Dana Hooker (Fremantle)  
Coach: Matthew Clarke (Adelaide)

2020

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2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team[6]
B: Sarah Allan (Adelaide) Kate Lutkins (Brisbane)  
HB: Kerryn Harrington (Carlton) Libby Birch (Melbourne) Isabel Huntington (Western Bulldogs)
C: Emma Kearney (North Melbourne) (vice-captain) Kiara Bowers (Fremantle) Jaimee Lambert (Collingwood)
HF: Olivia Purcell (Geelong) Gemma Houghton (Fremantle) Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne)
F: Caitlin Greiser (St Kilda) Kate Hore (Melbourne)  
Foll: Sharni Layton (Collingwood) Karen Paxman (Melbourne) (captain) Madison Prespakis (Carlton)
Int: Kalinda Howarth (Gold Coast) Alyce Parker (Greater Western Sydney) Tayla Harris (Carlton)
Ash Riddell (North Melbourne) Anne Hatchard (Adelaide)  
Coach:  

2021

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2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team[7]
B: Sarah Allan (Adelaide) Meg McDonald (Geelong)  
HB: Ruby Schleicher (Collingwood) Kate Lutkins (Brisbane) Janelle Cuthbertson (Fremantle)
C: Monique Conti (Richmond) Kiara Bowers (Fremantle) (vice-captain) Georgia Patrikios (St Kilda)
HF: Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) Katie Brennan (Richmond) Ellie Blackburn (Western Bulldogs)
F: Erin Phillips (Adelaide) Chloe Molloy (Collingwood)  
Foll: Breann Moody (Carlton) Brianna Davey (Collingwood) (captain) Alyce Parker (Greater Western Sydney)
Int: Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) Darcy Vescio (Carlton) Brittany Bonnici (Collingwood)
Karen Paxman (Melbourne) Emma Kearney (North Melbourne)  
Coach: Craig Starcevich (Brisbane)

2022 (S6)

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2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team[8]
B: Ruby Schleicher (Collingwood) Libby Birch (Melbourne)  
HB: Sarah Allan (Adelaide) Nat Grider (Brisbane) Emma Kearney (North Melbourne) (captain)
C: Orla O'Dwyer (Brisbane) Emily Bates (Brisbane) Anne Hatchard (Adelaide)
HF: Hayley Miller (Fremantle) (vice-captain) Katie Brennan (Richmond) Daisy Pearce (Melbourne)
F: Ashleigh Woodland (Adelaide) Tayla Harris (Melbourne)  
Foll: Lauren Pearce (Melbourne) Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) Ash Riddell (North Melbourne)
Int: Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) Jaimee Lambert (Collingwood) Monique Conti (Richmond)
Kirsty Lamb (Western Bulldogs) Kerryn Harrington (Carlton)  
Coach: Matthew Clarke (Adelaide)

2022 (S7)

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2022 AFL Women's season 7 All-Australian team[9]
B: Chelsea Biddell (Adelaide) Breanna Koenen (Brisbane) (vice-captain)  
HB: Eilish Sheerin (Richmond) Katie Lynch (Western Bulldogs) Emma Kearney (North Melbourne)
C: Anne Hatchard (Adelaide) Monique Conti (Richmond) Georgie Prespakis (Geelong)
HF: Kate Hore (Melbourne) Jesse Wardlaw (Brisbane) Madison Prespakis (Essendon)
F: Courtney Wakefield (Richmond) Chloe Scheer (Geelong)  
Foll: Breann Moody (Carlton) Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) (captain) Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide)
Int: Olivia Purcell (Melbourne) Nat Grider (Brisbane) Amy McDonald (Geelong)
Chelsea Randall (Adelaide) Greta Bodey (Brisbane)  
Coach: Mick Stinear (Melbourne)

2023

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2023 AFL Women's All-Australian team[10]
B: Charlotte Thomas (West Coast) Chelsea Biddell (Adelaide)  
HB: Emma Kearney (North Melbourne) Emma O'Driscoll (Fremantle) Eilish Sheerin (Richmond)
C: Niamh Kelly (Adelaide) Monique Conti (Richmond) Sophie Conway (Brisbane)
HF: Chloe Molloy (Sydney) Bonnie Toogood (Essendon) (vice-captain) Kate Hore (Melbourne) (captain)
F: Dakota Davidson (Brisbane) Danielle Ponter (Adelaide)  
Foll: Ally Morphett (Sydney) Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide)
Int: Charlie Rowbottom (Gold Coast) Eden Zanker (Melbourne) Ally Anderson (Brisbane)
Ash Riddell (North Melbourne) Laura Gardiner (Sydney)  
Coach: Craig Starcevich (Brisbane)

Most selections

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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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  1. ^ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record – 2022 NAB AFLW Season 7 Season Guide. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-6484651-8-8.
  2. ^ "AFL Record 1991 Round 22". p. 3. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (27 March 2018). "W Awards: Nine named dual All Australians". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ McGowan, Marc (27 April 2020). "AFLW All-Australian team revealed, new wave dominates". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ^ "REVEALED: The 2021 AFLW All-Australian team". womens.afl. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Bastiani, Gemma (22 November 2022). "ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM: Seventh heaven for Roos star, 10 new faces". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  10. ^ 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.
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