Erin Phillips

Erin Phillips, the greatest player in AFLW history, has officially switched clubs, heading from the Crows to Port Adelaide ahead of their first season in ...

It’s where I spent a lot of my childhood. The 2023 AFLW season is set to start in December, with all 18 AFL clubs having a women's affiliate for the first time. Her move to Port continues a strong family connection to the club - her father Greg played over 300 SANFL games for the Magpies, was named in their greatest ever team and is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

AFLW star Erin Phillips leaves the Crows, committing to cross-town rivals Port Adelaide as its first player for its inaugural campaign.

"It was always my dream to be able to represent the club and add to its incredible history, and I am beyond thrilled to finally get that chance and play a role in building this team from the ground up," she said. Phillips has twice won the highest individual honour as the league's best and fairest player to go with three premierships with the Crows in 2017, 2019 and 2022. "But as a kid growing up, all I wanted was to be like Dad and play football for the Port Adelaide Football Club.

Three-time Adelaide premiership player Erin Phillips has announced she is leaving the Crows and will join Port Adelaide as their inaugural expansion ...

Phillips thanked the Crows, where she played 46 games and was a key part of the most successful AFLW side in the young competition’s history. She described the move to Port Adelaide as a homecoming, with her father playing 343 games and winning eight premierships for the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL between 1976 and 1993. It’s where I spent a lot of my childhood.

The triple premiership player has made the long-awaited move to follow in her father's footsteps at Port Adelaide.

“As a footballer Erin has been the best player of her generation but equally she is a great person,” he said. Phillips was a key in Adelaide winning their third flag this season with the Crows “disappointed” at her decision to leave, Adelaide’s AFLW head of football Phil Harper said. “But as a kid growing up all I wanted was to be like dad and play football for the Port Adelaide Football Club.

The football rivalry between the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide ramps up, with the Power securing Crows AFLW great Erin Phillips as a marquee recruit ...

"It was always my dream to be able to represent the club and add to its incredible history, and I am beyond thrilled to finally get that chance and play a role in building this team from the ground up. "As a footballer, Erin has been the best player of her generation but equally she is a great person," Crows AFLW head of football Phil Harper said. But the Crows announced in a statement on Wednesday morning that Phillips was leaving and would "explore her options" at an expansion club — although they did not name Port Adelaide.