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Kiara Bowers
Bowers playing for Fremantle in January 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32)
Original team(s) Coastal Titans (WAWFL)
Debut Round 1, 2019, ‹See Tfd›Fremantle vs. ‹See Tfd›Melbourne, at Casey Fields
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club ‹See Tfd›Fremantle
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– ‹See Tfd›Fremantle 15 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Kiara Bowers (born 16 November 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). In July 2016, Bowers was announced as Fremantle's second marquee signing.[1] She made her debut in the four point win against ‹See Tfd›Melbourne at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2019 season.[2]

She had an outstanding debut season, finishing second behind Erin Phillips in the league's player voted Most valuable player award, sixth in the AFL Women's best and fairest award, winning Fremantle's best and fairest award and being named in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team.[3] In 2020 she played in every game of Fremantle's undefeated season, winning the best player award in the first ever AFL Women's Western Derby and was again named in the All-Australian team.[4]

References

  1. ^ Matthews, Bruce (27 July 2016). "Sixteen of the best: women's marquees named". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ Black, Sarah (1 February 2019). "TEAMS: Injury-hit Docker finally locked in for debut". womens.afl.com.au. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. ^ Fee, Tom. "AFLW: Bowers triumphs at Fairest and Best". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ Laughton, Max (27 April 2020). "AFL Women's 2020: AFLW All-Australian team 2020, nominees, 40-woman squad, club-by-club representatives". Fox Sports. Retrieved 27 April 2020.