Emily Bates

2022 - 4 - 6

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Emily Bates of the Brisbane Lions wins AFLW best and fairest, Mimi ... (ABC News)

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

Superstar Lion caps brilliant season with AFLW best and fairest award (Fox Sports)

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.

LION QUEEN: Emily Bates crowned 2022 AFLW Best and Fairest (AFLW)

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.

EMILY BATES CROWNED THE 2022 AFL WOMEN'S BEST AND ... (AFL)

She is the first Brisbane Lions player to win the award. The Adelaide Crows were the team with the most votes across the night with 52, followed by Melbourne ( ...

12 7 The vote-count was a thriller, with Bates and Hatchard tied in first place with one round remaining.

Brisbane Lions' star Emily Bates named AFLW's best (The New Daily)

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.

— AFL Women's (@aflwomens)April 5, 2022 "Sisterhood is definitely what it feels like at the Lions and I love these girls like sisters. That's what feels like has driven our success, that love for each other and care." 3. Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) – 18 — AFL Women's (@aflwomens)April 5, 2022 Bates (21 votes) won from Adelaide duo Hatchard (20) and Ebony Marinoff (18), and North Melbourne’s Ashleigh Riddell (17).

Emily Bates wins AFLW's best and fairest, pays tribute to Brisbane's ... (Women's Agenda)

Brisbane Lions player Emily Bates has taken out the AFLW's highest honour, winning the best and fairest award for the 2022 season.

“I’ve always had these girls as inspirations. Sisterhood is definitely what it feels like at the Lions and I love these girls like sisters,” she said. In her best and fairest acceptance speech, Bates paid tribute to her father who introduced her to football, and to the “sisterhood” of the Brisbane team, who helped her in the aftermath of her home flooding in Brisbane recently.

Emily Bates wins AFLW's best and fairest prize (Daily Mail)

Bates, the club's first ever draft pick, produced an exceptionally consistent campaign this year and picked up six best-on-ground performances - including a ...

'I just want to make mention of my dad. Brisbane Lions star Emily Bates has been rewarded for a sensational season after picking up the AFLW's best and fairest award following a nail-biting vote count. Emily Bates wins AFLW's best and fairest prize after Brisbane Lions star by ONE VOTE following sensational campaign - and Lions coach toasts star's triumph by drinking a shoey!

LION QUEEN: Emily Bates crowned 2022 AFLW Best and Fairest (AFLW)

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.

AFLW Awards 2022: Coach's shoey after Emily Bates crowned ... (The West Australian)

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 Lion Emily Bates on what inspired her to a career-best ... (ABC News)

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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