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
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Season seven
| B: | Chelsea Biddell (Template:AFLW Ade) | Breanna Koenen (Template:AFLW BL) (vice-captain) | |
| HB: | Eilish Sheerin (Template:AFLW Ric) | Katie Lynch (Template:AFLW WB) | Emma Kearney (Template:AFLW NM) |
| C: | Anne Hatchard (Template:AFLW Ade) | Monique Conti (Template:AFLW Ric) | Georgie Prespakis (Template:AFLW Gee) |
| HF: | Kate Hore (Template:AFLW Mel) | Jesse Wardlaw (Template:AFLW BL) | Madison Prespakis (Template:AFLW Ess) |
| F: | Courtney Wakefield (Template:AFLW Ric) | Chloe Scheer (Template:AFLW Gee) | |
| Foll: | Breann Moody (Template:AFLW Car) | Jasmine Garner (Template:AFLW NM) (captain) | Ebony Marinoff (Template:AFLW Ade) |
| Int: | Olivia Purcell (Template:AFLW Mel) | Nat Grider (Template:AFLW BL) | Amy McDonald (Template:AFLW Gee) |
| Chelsea Randall (Template:AFLW Ade) | Greta Bodey (Template:AFLW BL) | | |
| Coach: | Mick Stinear (Template:AFLW Mel) | ||
Most selections
The following players have achieved selection in at least three AFL Women's All-Australian teams.
| Number | Player | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Emma Kearney | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (c), S7 |
| 5 | Jasmine Garner | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, S7 (c) |
| Ebony Marinoff | 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, S7 | |
| Karen Paxman | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (c), 2021 | |
| 4 | Monique Conti | 2019, 2021, 2022, S7 |
| Tayla Harris | 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 | |
| Anne Hatchard | 2019, 2020, 2022, S7 | |
| Chelsea Randall | 2017, 2018 (c), 2019, S7 | |
| 3 | Sarah Allan | 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Emily Bates | 2017, 2018, 2022 | |
| Ellie Blackburn | 2017, 2018, 2021 | |
| Kiara Bowers | 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
| Kerryn Harrington | 2019, 2020, 2022 | |
| Kate Lutkins | 2018, 2020, 2021 | |
| Daisy Pearce | 2017 (c), 2018, 2022 | |
| Erin Phillips | 2017, 2019 (c), 2021 | |
| Madison Prespakis | 2019, 2020, S7 |
See also
References
- ^ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record – 2022 NAB AFLW Season 7 Season Guide. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-6484651-8-8.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Bastiani, Gemma (5 April 2022). "REVEALED: Who made the 2022 AFLW All-Australian team?". womens.afl. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Bastiani, Gemma (22 November 2022). "ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM: Seventh heaven for Roos star, 10 new faces". womens.afl. Retrieved 22 November 2022.