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Mimi Hill was named AFLW rising star, a year after an ACL injury; Orla O'Dwyer became the first Irish player to be named in the AFLW All Australian team.

"My heart's racing so quick, this is crazy. Tahlia Randall was winner of mark of the year for her sensational pack mark for North Melbourne against GWS in round three. Earlier in the night veteran defender Emma Kearney was named in her sixth All-Australian team, the only player to be honoured in every AFLW season to date. She also paid credit to her late father, who she credited with getting her involved in football at the Aspley club in Brisbane, where he was a coach of the men's team. Brisbane Lions vice-captain Bates, who was also named AFLCA champion player of the year, was tied with Hatchard with one round of votes to count. - Orla O'Dwyer became the first Irish player to be named in the AFLW All Australian team

It's Bates' second major individual win for the season, having already been crowned AFLCA champion player of the year. With just one round remaining, Bates and ...

Did you head to the footy over the weekend? The count tightened up considerably with three rounds remaining. "I've always had these girls as inspirations.

Emma Kearney, Ash Riddell and Jas Garner have all capped off stellar individual campaigns by being named in the AFLW All-Australian team for 2022.

She also captains the side for the first time in her career. This is the second time she's been included in the final team after she made the interchange in 2020. Riddell equalled the existing record for disposals in a game in her 35-touch best-on-ground performance against Geelong in Round 1, and then smashed that same record in Round 10 with a 42-disposal masterclass against West Coast.

The Brisbane Lions' Emily Bates has won a thriller of an AFLW best and fairest count, becoming the first Lions player to claim the honour.

Bates, who was Brisbane's first ever draft pick and one of the first AFLW players to reach the 50-game milestone, produced a whopping six best-on-ground ...

A member of the Lions’ 2021 premiership side, Bates earlier in the night was named in the All-Australian side for the third time in her career. Bates, 26, accepted the award at Crown Palladium on Tuesday night and paid tribute to her emotional mother, who was in the room to watch her daughter claim the award. Bates, who was Brisbane’s first ever draft pick and one of the first AFLW players to reach the 50-game milestone, produced a whopping six best-on-ground performances - including a three-vote effort in Round 10 - to finish on 21 votes, leapfrogging Crows Star Anne Hatchard (20) and seal a thrilling one-vote victory.

North Melbourne star Emma Kearney has become the first and only player to be named All-Australian in all six AFLW seasons while Carlton's Mimi Hill has ...

5. Alyssa Bannan (Melbourne) - five votes 4. Georgie Prespakis (Geelong) - 20 votes 3. Mia King (North Melbourne) - 33 votes 1. Mimi Hill (Carlton) - 43 votes 1. Emily Bates (Brisbane) - 21 votes "My heart's racing so quick, this is crazy.

Brisbane premiership midfielder Emily Bates won the coveted W Award, beating out Crows duo Anne Hatchard and Ebony Marinoff to win the 2022 award.

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Brisbane star Emily Bates has claimed the AFLW's highest honour, beating Adelaide's Anne Hatchard to the league's best and fairest by one vote.

5. Alyssa Bannan (Melbourne) - five 4. Georgie Prespakis (Geelong) - 20 3. Mia King (North Melbourne) - 33 4. Ashleigh Riddell (North Melbourne) - 17 3. Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) - 18 2. Anne Hatchard (Adelaide) - 20

It's Bates' second major individual win for the season, having already been crowned AFLCA champion player of the year. With just one round remaining, Bates and ...

Did you head to the footy over the weekend? The count tightened up considerably with three rounds remaining. "I've always had these girls as inspirations.

Hill won the award with 43 votes, narrowly beating Gold Cost SUNS' Charlie Rowbottom (42 votes) and North Melbourne's Mia King (33 votes).

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Brisbane Lions midfielder Emily Bates has won the W Award after being voted the AFLW best-and-fairest for the 2022 season.

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Sealed with a shoey: AFLW best and fairest's coach sinks drink from footwear to celebrate.

“I heard you’re doing a shoey tonight because I won this, so...” Bates told the crowd. Bates pipped Adelaide’s Anne Hatchard to the league’s top gong by one vote, delivering a speech to the assembled crowd in Melbourne. Brisbane coach Craig Starcevich sent the Crown Palladium into a frenzy on Tuesday night, sinking a shoey after his star Emily Bates won the AFLW best and fairest award.

Emerging Blue Mimi Hill has pipped young gun Sun Charlie Rowbottom by a vote to claim the 2022 AFLW Rising Star, despite the Carlton midfielder playing just ...

5 – Mimi Hill King, 20, found her groove in her third season on the Kangaroos’ list, averaging 14 – 5 disposals and 6.2 tackles per game. The 19-year-old, who was taken with pick 12 in the 2020 draft, averaged a team-high 21.5 disposals, 9.0 contested possessions and 3.0 clearances from her six games.

Brisbane Lions star Emily Bates has capped off a standout season by winning her first AFLW best and fairest trophy on Tuesday night.

“I just want to make mention of my dad. “He passed away when I was 15 and never got to see me get drafted or anything like that, so this would definitely be for him and I wish he was here to see it today, but I’d know he’d be really proud.” “I know my name had been bandied around but I honestly didn’t expect that, I didn’t think I was a chance.

The Brisbane Lions' Emily Bates has won a thriller of an AFLW best and fairest count, becoming the first Lions player to claim the honour.

MIMI Hill has become the second Carlton player to win the NAB AFLW Rising Star award, pipping Charlie Rowbottom and Mia King for the honour.

Did you head to the footy over the weekend? Across the first four rounds, Carlton averaged 26.3 points per game while conceding 43.8, coming away with just one win. Just 336 days later, however, the teenager made her triumphant return against Adelaide, winning a team-high - and career-high - 26 disposals, eight intercepts and registering 349 metres gained.

Five new faces have made their All-Australian debuts, while Emma Kearney has continued her streak.

Brisbane vice-captain Emily Bates' career-best season has been rewarded with a third All-Australian guernsey, while both Orla O'Dwyer and Natalie Grider have earned a maiden berth. Daisy Pearce's leadership sees her third All-Australian addition, while both ruck Lauren Pearce and defender Libby Birch have made the side for the second time. Did you head to the footy over the weekend?

North Melbourne star Emma Kearney's remarkable consistency at the top level has again been rewarded, with the midfielder named in the All-Australian time ...

FOLL: Lauren Pearce (Melbourne), Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide), Ashleigh Riddell (North Melbourne) F: Ashleigh Woodland (Adelaide), Tayla Harris (Melbourne) HB: Natalie Grider (Brisbane), Sarah Allan (Adelaide), Emma Kearney (C, North Melbourne)

Leading South Australian journalist Michelangelo Rucci is confident Erin Phillips will play for Port Adelaide next year. Phillips has become the dominant ...

“I think she’s in the goal square for Port Adelaide next year which would complete a nice storyline for her, wouldn’t it?” Rucci told SEN SA Breakfast. Phillips initially agreed to be a marquee player for Port in 2016, but the club was ultimately overlooked for an inaugural AFLW licence, leading to her signing with the Crows. Leading South Australian journalist Michelangelo Rucci is confident Erin Phillips will play for Port Adelaide next year.

Many believe Erin Phillips will join expansion club Port Adelaide and take Crows teammates with her. But, the AFLW superstar has chosen an unusual step for ...

Thirty-one Crows are AFLW premiership players and Allan hopes to introduce more to the Cup club on Saturday by helping them embrace the pressure. “We've got new ...

To be a part of it again is amazing.” “It’s amazing to have her back,” Allan said. “I think it’s because we work together as a unit, we are not about individual accolades,” three-time All Australian Allan said.

Emily Bates was crowned the AFLW's best player and her last-round win was sealed with a shoey from her coach. WATCH THE SHOEY HERE.

“I just want to make mention of my dad. Originally published as AFLW Awards 2022: Coach’s shoey after Emily Bates crowned AFLW best and fairest AFLW Awards 2022: Coach’s shoey after Emily Bates crowned AFLW best and fairest

Brisbane Lions vice-captain Emily Bates took out the AFLW's Best and Fairest award at the W Awards on Tuesday night, finishing just one vote ahead of ...

— AFL Women's (@aflwomens)April 5, 2022 — AFL Women's (@aflwomens)April 5, 2022 Fremantle's Ebony Antonio took out the AFLW Goal of the Year while North Melbourne's Tahlia Randall took out the AFLW Goal of the Year.

MIMI Hill has become the second Carlton player to win the NAB AFLW Rising Star award, pipping Charlie Rowbottom and Mia King for the honour.

Did you head to the footy over the weekend? Across the first four rounds, Carlton averaged 26.3 points per game while conceding 43.8, coming away with just one win. Just 336 days later, however, the teenager made her triumphant return against Adelaide, winning a team-high - and career-high - 26 disposals, eight intercepts and registering 349 metres gained.

Montana McKinnon's AFLW grand final heartbreak has been confirmed, with Adelaide deciding not to challenge the tribunal's decision to uphold her one-match ...

The Crows pondered , and while adamant the bump didn't warrant missing a grand final, decided not to appeal the tribunal's decision due to there being no fresh grounds to contest the outcome. In a heartbreaking situation for the 20-year-old, Adelaide were also unable to convince the tribunal the exceptional circumstances of a grand final, which would have been McKinnon's first, and her good record should reduce the penalty. Adelaide ruck Montana McKinnon will miss the AFLW grand final through suspension, with the Crows opting not to challenge the tribunal's decision to uphold her one-match ban for rough conduct.

AFLW player Deni Varnhagen is one of six parties challenging South Australia's vaccine mandates in the Supreme Court.

The Crows also shifted Ms Varnhagen to the inactive list after she refused to be vaccinated and she has since been supporting herself by working as a casual labourer "in order to survive". In addition to her professional football career, Ms Varnhagen has worked as a casual registered nurse for seven years, but claims she was left without shifts after the introduction of the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. "This case is not a case about the wisdom of the policy about mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers, it's a case about power," Mr Owen said.

Montana McKinnon's AFLW grand final heartbreak has been confirmed, with Adelaide deciding not to challenge the tribunal's decision to uphold her one-match ...

"From not playing a game last year to now being a key member of our side, she has improved markedly and been a significant contributor throughout what has been a fantastic season. The Crows pondered , and while adamant the bump didn't warrant missing a grand final, decided not to appeal the tribunal's decision due to there being no fresh grounds to contest the outcome. In a heartbreaking situation for the 20-year-old, Adelaide were also unable to convince the tribunal the exceptional circumstances of a grand final, which would have been McKinnon's first, and her good record should reduce the penalty.

Hayley Miller has been named as the side's vice-captain after her stellar first year as Fremantle skipper, while tough Western Bulldogs midfielder Kirsty Lamb ...

Brisbane vice-captain Emily Bates' career-best season has been rewarded with a third All-Australian guernsey, while both Orla O'Dwyer and Natalie Grider have earned a maiden berth. Four of Melbourne's seven squad members have been named in the side with Tayla Harris' 18 goals earning her a fourth guernsey. Did you head to the footy over the weekend?

Emily Bates was last night crowned the AFLW's best and fairest after a difficult season both collectively and personally. The Brisbane Lions vice-captain ...

"So for the future, it'll be a good thing. "So this season I just made sure I never chose convenience over group sessions. On Tuesday, she attributed this to the "sisterhood" that had developed among her teammates, Breeanna Brock (the Lions' head of women's football) and coach Craig Starcevich, who shocked and delighted the crowd by doing a "shoey" (drinking champagne out of his shoe) while Bates was on stage. I [even] texted a few friends saying, it was all hype, don't worry. Her mother was in tears as AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan announced three votes for E Bates in the final, dramatic round of the count, while Bates paid tribute to her father in her acceptance speech. "The fact I was even in the conversation earlier in the week was astounding to me," she said.

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Adelaide ruck Montana McKinnon will miss the AFLW grand final through suspension, with the Crows opting not to...

Brisbane's Emily Bates follows up her best-and-fairest win by being voted player of the year by her peers, with Daisy Pearce, Kirsty Lamb and Charlie ...

If she's going in, we're all going in." The players went with Rowbottom (118) ahead of Georgie Prespakis (88) and Eliza West (49). "Whatever happens next, happens. Melbourne's Daisy Pearce (137 votes), meanwhile, was voted the competition's best captain for the fourth time, ahead of Fremantle's Hayley Miller (92 votes). Just a day after she clinched the competition's best and fairest title, the Lions vice-captain was voted player of the year by her peers with 286 votes. - Erin Phillips is the only other AFLW player to win the league, AFLCA and AFLPA awards in a season

Adelaide ruck Montana McKinnon will miss the AFLW grand final through suspension, with the Crows opting not to...

Who was your club's leading vote-getter, and how many did your club poll? CLUB LEADERS. Adelaide: Anne Hatchard (20 votes), 52 total votes. Melbourne: Tyla ...

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Brisbane star Emily Bates has capped her dominant AFLW season with a hat-trick of the league's top individual...