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.
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 2021, 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. [1]
The first AFL Women's All-Australian team was selected in 2017 following the competition's inaugural season. 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.
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[]
2017[]
| 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[]
| 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[]
| 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[]
| 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) |
| Ashleigh Riddell (North Melbourne) | Anne Hatchard (Adelaide) | ||
| Coach: | |||
2021[]
| 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) | ||
Multiple selections[]
The following players have achieved selection in at least two AFL Women's All-Australian teams in the first five seasons of the competition.
| Number | Player | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Emma Kearney | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Karen Paxman | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (c), 2021 | |
| 3 | Ellie Blackburn | 2017, 2018, 2021 |
| Kiara Bowers | 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
| Jasmine Garner | 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
| Tayla Harris | 2017, 2018, 2020 | |
| Kate Lutkins | 2018, 2020, 2021 | |
| Ebony Marinoff | 2017, 2019, 2021 | |
| Erin Phillips | 2017, 2019 (c), 2021 | |
| Chelsea Randall | 2017, 2018 (c), 2019 | |
| 2 | Sarah Allan | 2020, 2021 |
| Emily Bates | 2017, 2018 | |
| Monique Conti | 2019, 2021 | |
| Brianna Davey | 2017, 2021 (c) | |
| Sabrina Frederick | 2017, 2018 | |
| Kerryn Harrington | 2019, 2020 | |
| Anne Hatchard | 2019, 2020 | |
| Dana Hooker | 2018, 2019 | |
| Gemma Houghton | 2019, 2020 | |
| Emma King | 2017, 2019 | |
| Meg McDonald | 2019, 2021 | |
| Chloe Molloy | 2018, 2021 | |
| Elise O'Dea | 2017, 2018 | |
| Alyce Parker | 2020, 2021 | |
| Daisy Pearce | 2017 (c), 2018 | |
| Madison Prespakis | 2019, 2020 | |
| Darcy Vescio | 2017, 2021 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "AFL Record 1991 Round 22". p. 3. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (28 March 2017). "Finalists dominate AFLW All Australian team". afl.com.au. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (27 March 2018). "W Awards: Nine named dual All Australians". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2019). "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ McGowan, Marc (27 April 2020). "AFLW All-Australian team revealed, new wave dominates". womens.afl. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "REVEALED: The 2021 AFLW All-Australian team". womens.afl. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
External links[]
- All-Australians (AFL Women's)
- AFL Women's awards
- National Australian rules football teams
- Lists of AFL Women's players