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
edit2017
edit| 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) | ||
Notes:
- Adelaide and Brisbane had five players selected in the team each, which is an equal record for most players from a club in one All-Australian team.
2018
edit| 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
edit| 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) | ||
Notes:
- Adelaide had five players selected in the team, which is an equal record for single most players from a club in one All-Australian team.
2020
edit| 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) |
Notes:
- The team have no coach because no AFLW premiership was awarded in 2020.
2021
edit| 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)
edit| 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)
edit| 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) | ||
Notes:
- Despite winning the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 best and fairest award, Brisbane's Ally Anderson was not named in the team, in the only instance where this has happened to the season's best and fairest winner.
2023
edit| 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) | ||
Notes:
- This was the last of Emma Kearney's eight consecutive selections, a record which remains unbroken for both consecutive and total selections.
2024
edit| B: | Chelsea Biddell (Adelaide) | Brenna Tarrant (Sydney) | |
| HB: | Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Hawthorn) | Emma O'Driscoll (Fremantle) | Maddison Gay (Essendon) |
| C: | Sophie Conway (Brisbane) | Ash Riddell (North Melbourne) | Ella Roberts (West Coast) |
| HF: | Aisling McCarthy (Fremantle) | Aishling Moloney (Geelong) | Aileen Gilroy (Hawthorn) |
| F: | Caitlin Gould (Adelaide) | Taylor Smith (Brisbane) | |
| Foll: | Mim Strom (Fremantle) | Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) (captain) | Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) (vice-captain) |
| Int: | Chelsea Randall (Adelaide) | Charlie Rowbottom (Gold Coast) | Alice O'Loughlin (North Melbourne) |
| Ally Anderson (Brisbane) | Belle Dawes (Brisbane) |
Most selections
editPlayers
editThe following players have achieved selection in at least three AFL Women's All-Australian teams.
| No. | Player | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Emma Kearney | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (vc), 2021, S6 (c), S7, 2023 |
| 7 | Jasmine Garner | 2019, 2020, 2021, S6, S7 (c), 2023, 2024 (c) |
| Ebony Marinoff | 2017, 2019, 2021, S6, S7, 2023, 2024 (vc) | |
| 5 | Monique Conti | 2019, 2021, S6, S7, 2023 |
| Paxy Paxman | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (c), 2021 | |
| Chelsea Randall | 2017, 2018 (c), 2019 (vc), S7, 2024 | |
| 4 | Tayla Harris | 2017, 2018, 2020, S6 |
| Anne Hatchard | 2019, 2020, S6, S7 | |
| Ash Riddell | 2020, S6, 2023, 2024 | |
| 3 | Sarah Allan | 2020, 2021, S6 |
| Ally Anderson | 2019, 2023, 2024 | |
| Emily Bates | 2017, 2018, S6 | |
| Chelsea Biddell | S7, 2023, 2024 | |
| Ellie Blackburn | 2017, 2018, 2021 | |
| Kiara Bowers | 2019, 2020, 2021 (vc) | |
| Kate Hore | 2020, S7, 2023 (c) | |
| Kate Lutkins | 2018, 2020, 2021 | |
| Chloe Molloy | 2018, 2021, 2023 | |
| Daisy Pearce | 2017 (c), 2018 (vc), S6 | |
| Kerryn Peterson | 2019, 2020, S6 | |
| Erin Phillips | 2017 (vc), 2019 (c), 2021 | |
| Madison Prespakis | 2019, 2020, S7 |
Coaches
editThe following coaches have achieved selection in at least two AFL Women's All-Australian teams.
| No. | Player | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Matthew Clarke | 2019, S6 |
| Craig Starcevich | 2021, 2023 |
See also
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References
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