Welcome to ESPN's first edition of the Top 20 Must-Watch AFLW Players list. Ashleigh Woodland has taken home this year's Leading Goalkicker Award with 21 goals, an AFLW record.Subscribe NOW to AFC Media: http://bit.ly/1zUR9BmThe next. The 27-year-old also became the seventh Western Bulldogs player to achieve the feat, joining stars like Marcus Bontempelli and Scott West. Woodland, 24, played 36 games for the Crows after being taken in the 2020 AFLW Draft at pick No.47. What are our BIG calls of the year? We revealed the players ranked 20-11 last week. To be awarded to the player(s) with the highest number of goals during the home-and-away season, and presented at the W Awards. In 2022, the AFLW will consist of the same 14 teams that competed last season, including Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, GWS Giants, Melbourne, North . Tim Taranto is Levelling Up in 2023, are you? The Cats went 1-8 last year, finishing with a percentage of 40 due to multiple beltings, to narrowly avoid the wooden spoon. She kicked 44 goals across her three seasons at the Club, winning the leagues leading goal kicker award in 2022 and the Clubs leading goalkicker award back-to-back in Season Six and Seven. Shierlaw capped off an impressive season with her maiden best-and-fairest after leading the goal kicking for the Saints. The 2021 premiership winner has shown maturity beyond her years to recognise where she needed to improve. The 24-year-old was trailing Marinoff but an impressive preliminary final lifted her to first place. The 10 big moments that defined the AFLW season. With the ability to play across the park and exceptional kicking no matter her position, she is invaluable. Rising Star: Montana Ham Get AFLW news and more in your inbox Hill averaged over 23 disposals, including a career-high 33 touches against Melbourne. 5d Sarah Burt and Marissa Lordanic. ESPN's 2022 AFLW team-by-team season preview AFL Champions The ESPN Footy Podcast AFLW: Massive team previews, season predictions and more! Biggest slider: North Melbourne The percentage is determined by dividing the Game Points Scored For by Game Points Scored Against. Adelaide superstar Erin Phillips has shownwhy she is the AFLW's greatest player, spearheading the Crows to an ominous 14-point victory over Melbourne. Biggest slider: Carlton Why St Kilda's second appointment of Ross Lyon is a massive gamble, Every AFL club's trade and free agency period graded. ANALYSISWhy teams aren't panicking about PSP and who might move. Wooden Spoon: Hawthorn Premier: Melbourne Riley Thilthorpe lists off his top five essential travel items on the teams trip to Perth. Woodland played an integral role in the Crows claiming the 2022 premiership, kicking 21 goals from 12 games in that season to claim both the League's leading goalkicker award and be named as a first-time All-Australian. You know, not necessarily favourites from the team you support, but the players from across the league who stop you in your tracks and make you tune in anytime, anywhere? The AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional women's Australian rules football competition. AFL 2023 fixture: Five must-watch games in the early rounds, How 'Demon spirit' brings out the best of Tayla Harris, AFL Draft - The top 10 prospects for 2023, AFL Draft 2022 - Every club's draft haul rated. "I'm surrounded by a great group and we make each other great.". #SheIsFootball pic.twitter.com/sjyxGPEOpY, AFLW Fan MVP Award:Georgie PrespakisGrit Award:Georgie PrespakisHoops Award:Mikayla BowenCarter Family Community Champion Award:Kate Darby & Georgie Rankin. Wooden Spoon: Hawthorn BRISBANE'S Ally Anderson has been named the AFLW's Best & Fairest for season seven after winning a thrilling count on the night. Wardlaw was the AFLW leading goal kicker for the year with 19 goals, equalling the record set previously by Adelaide's Ash Woodland. Rain started falling late in the game as the Lions hung on in the slippery conditions. Player's Award: Kiara BowersBest Clubwoman: Ange StannettBest First-Year Player: Orlagh Lally. Premier: Brisbane 2016 marquee player signing and now Carlton fan-favourite and co-vice captain, Darcy Vescio very rarely disappoints. This page is a collection of AFL Women's goalkicking records. min reading time. READ MORE >> Revealed: The 2022 S7 AFL Women's All Australian team, READ MORE>> REVEALED: The 2022 AFLW All-Australian team, READ MORE>>REVEALED: The 2021 AFLW All-Australian team, Adelaide: Chelsea Randall, Jess Foley, Marijana Rajcic, Ebony Marinoff, Sarah Allan, Anne Hatchard, Erin Phillips, Stevie-Lee Thompson, Eloise JonesBrisbane:Ally Anderson, Nat Exon, Kate Lutkins, Jess WuetschnerCarlton: Kerryn Harrington, Gabbie Pound, Maddie Prespakis, Brianna DaveyCollingwood:Ash Brazill, Jaimee LambertFremantle: Kiara Bowers, Kellie Gibson, Sabreena Duffy, Ebony Antonio, Gemma Houghton, Dana HookerGeelong: Meg McDonald, Maddy McMahonGreater Western Sydney:Alyce Parker, Rebecca BeesonMelbourne: Tegan Cunningham, Lauren Pearce, Elise ODea, Karen PaxmanNorth Melbourne:Emma King, Jasmine Garner, Emma Kearney, Jenna Bruton, Jess DuffinWestern Bulldogs:Ellie Blackburn, Monique Conti, HB: WB - H. Scott, ADEL - C. Randall (C), FRE - E. Antonio, C: FRE - D. Hooker, WB - E. Kearney, GWS - A. Eva, HF: MELB - E. O'Dea, BL - S. Frederick-Traub, WB - B. Lochland, FF: BL - J. Wuetschner, COLL - C. Bernardi, FOLL: GWS - E. McKinnon, GWS - C. Gum, MELB - D. Pearce (VC), I/C: BL - E. Bates, CARL - T. Harris, MELB - K. Paxman, WB - E. Blackburn, MELB - M. Downie, Defenders:Nicola Stevens (Collingwood), Courtney Cramey (Adelaide Crows), Chelsea Randall (Adelaide Crows), Brianna Davey (Carlton), Karen Paxman (Melbourne), Midfield:Elise O'Dea (Melbourne), Daisy Pearce (Melbourne), Emma Kearney (Western Bulldogs), Emma King (Collingwood), Kara Donnellan (Fremantle), Emily Bates (Brisbane Lions), Forwards:Erin Phillips (Adelaide Crows), Sabrina Frederick-Traub (Brisbane Lions), Ellie Blackburn (Western Bulldogs), Sarah Perkins (Adelaide Crows), Darcy Vescio (Carlton), Interchange:Jessica Dal Pos (Greater Western Sydney), Kate McCarthy (Brisbane Lions), Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide Crows), Tayla Harris (Brisbane Lions), Melissa Hickey (Melbourne), Sam Virgo (Brisbane Lions), Check out your club's guernsey for the AFLW's Pride Round, All 18 clubs and umpires will wear specially-designed uniforms in Pride Round, which supports diversity and inclusion of LGBTQI+ communities and families, It may seem like a small thing, but a single wave of a Pride flag sends a clear reminder that everyone is allowed to feel safe at the football, Cathy Svarc is set to stay a Lion following the departure of Greta Bodey and Emily Bates from Brisbane, Collingwood's Ruby Schleicher discusses Chloe Molloy's exit, the raid on the Lions and why the Dees have been spared, Jennifer Dunne, Paris McCarthy and Dayna Finn are weighing up interest from AFLW clubs to play in season eight, Check out the best highlights from Hawthorn signing Greta Bodey, Check out the best highlights from new Hawk Emily Bates, Sarah Olle and Josh Gabelich with the latest footy news. Carlton's Darcy Vescio is the 2021 AFLW leading goalkicker. Adelaide Crows AFLW. Her leadership will be super important to the Dees this season. AFL Women's leading goalkicker (Redirected from AFL Women's Leading Goalkicker) The AFL Women's leading goalkicker award is awarded annually to the AFL Women's (AFLW) player who kicks the most goals during the home-and-away season. Woodland, 24, played 36 games for the Crows after being taken in the 2020 AFLW Draft at pick No.47. Jesse Wardlaw of Brisbane. Womens.afl understands Woodland officially informed the Power of her intentions to join the club ahead of Wednesday's opening day of the PSP, in a significant boost for the expansion side. Blackburn has become the third AFLW player to win four club best-and-fairests following another impressive season. Oct 14, 2016. (No captains predicted Emily Bates, Brisbane Lions, to win the 2022 AFLW Best and Fairest). Wooden Spoon: Sydney Have the Tigers over-achieved? The following tables only include goals kicked in home-and-away matches and finals; goals kicked in practice matches are excluded from the totals. #1. Dustin Martin goes to work kicking two goals in today's match simulation against North Melbourne. The season opener kicks off on Thursday, August 25 with Carlton and Collingwood doing battle in a massive clash that will be live on Channel 7 from 7pm AEST. In a tight count, the key forward managed to beat out Bianca Jakobsson and Molly McDonald and became the eldest St Kilda player to win the award (knocking legend Lenny Hayes, 32). The Sporting News reveals every best and fairest winner and leaderboards for each club. Rising Star: Montana Ham These two sides have been the trend setters in recent NTFL seasons meeting in both . 2022 Barrie Robran Club Champion - Campbell Combe Club Champion Runner Up - Aaron Young CL Jessop Trophy for League Most Consistent - Will Combe Ken Farmer Leading Goal kicker -Keenan Ramsey The Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year -Aaron Young (Half-Forward Flank), Keenan Ramsey (Centre Half . She capped off a stellar season by winning comfortably in the Dockers' best-and-fairest count, taking the crown from Hayley Miller and Aine Tighe. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Biggest slider: Carlton Amy McDonald has won her third consecutive best-and-fairest at Geelong, putting her with some of the stars of AFLW. The Demons are being tipped to return to the premiership decider in season seven. Our inaugural best and fairest winner, @MPrespakis pic.twitter.com/EesdtOwSxS. Swanson has been dubbed the best Eagle yet again, taking home her second best-and-fairest. Who will win the premiership? . 4 pic.twitter.com/4siihOVpSa, Best First Year Player:Eilish SheerinLeading Goalkicker:Courtney WakefieldPlayers' Player:Courtney Wakefield. Averaging 22.5 touches, six clearances and seven tackles, Rowbottom has shown plenty of promise for the future. (Seven captains correctly picked Melbourne in Season Six). If she can get the ball in her hands, there's a good chance it'll end up between the two centre goal posts. The Lions were pushed all the way by the improving Cats at Maroochydore on Saturday, before falling over the line 3.9 (27) to 4.1 (25). Understanding the ladder-. Unstoppable. AFL. Biggest riser: Richmond Leading Goalkicker: Cora Staunton Players' Player:Georgia ClaydenMost Professional:Bess KeaneyCoach's Award:Jac Dupuy. Biggest riser: Geelong Leah Cutting and Caitlin Gould compete during the R10 clash between St Kilda and Adelaide on March 13, 2022. Fan-Awarded AVJennings Sainter of the Year:Hannah Priest, AFLW Personal Excellence Career Award:Hannah Stuart, Inaugural Bernadette Sierakowski Allegiance Award:Staff memberGemma Sammut. Collingwood looked shattered as she was helped off the field during the second quarter and the Lions confirmed she would be assessed by medical staff. The Hawks' captain capped off a remarkable debut season in the brown and gold, playing all 10 games and polling in each. She kicked 44 goals across her three seasons at the Club, winning the league's leading goal kicker award in 2022 and the Club's leading goalkicker award back-to-back in Season Six and Seven. She's also got accolades in spades to prove it: AFLPA 2019 AFLW Best First year Player, 2019 NAB AFLW Rising Star and All-Australian, 2019 and 2020 Carlton best and fairest and 2020 AFLW best and fairest. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Jayden Short manages to get boot to ball and score a goal during the third quarter. Highlighting her list of plaudits were AFLW and Collingwood best and fairests, All-Australian captaincy, and the recognition of her peers as the AFL Players' Association's MVP. Tip now at ESPNfootytips Following an exciting and impressive Season Seven in the women's competition, teams are slowly but surely unveiling who will be crowned club champion. Popular Quizzes Today. Given how lethal she is in the forward 50, she'd also definitely be making the opposition's list each week of one to try and stop. She's also familiar with putting points on the board, contributing five goals in the first four games of season 2021. Runner-up: Melbourne Emily also becomes just the 8th player in our Clubs combined history (Fitzroy and Bears included) to claim four or more Best & Fairest awards Adelaide Crows remain undefeated after win over Melbourne Demons, Brisbane Lions hold off Geelong in AFLW, Follow the live scorecard of Australia's third Test against Indiain Indore. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Biggest riser: Essendon Premier: Melbourne The Eagles and Bulldogs clash in round nine of the 2022 NAB AFL Women's Competition. AFL 2023: ESPN's way-too-early predictions - Can the Cats go again? AFLW Mark of the Year AFLW Goal of the Year 2022 S7 AFL Women's All- Australian team READ MORE >> Revealed: The 2022 S7 AFL Women's All Australian team 2022 AFL Women's All- Australian Team The 20-year-old played her first full season after suffering an ACL injury in 2021 and was a clear standout through the midfield. Subscribe to ESPN's AFLW podcast. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/aflw-scorecentre-adelaide-melbourne-stats-results/100783616, Get breaking news alerts directly to your phone with our app, Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this article, Engineers criticised over handling of one of the Australia's biggest natural disasters speak out, Police shoot man dead after being called to reported domestic violence incident in Sydney's south west, Anna called police to report an assault, but it backfired and she lost her home. With just one week to go until the season opener, it's time we look into our crystal balls and attempt to predict the AFLW season ahead. FRIDAY KNOCK OFFS: Luke Hodge on Hawks v Cats, No.1 flag, Buddy advice. McDonalds finest season to date was also capped off with her first selection in the All Australian team. She missed the entire 2021 season, including the Lions' grand final win against Adelaide, after rupturing her ACL late in the 2020 season. AFLW Leading Goalkicker 2022, and don't her teammates love it . The 18 AFLW captains have given their predictions for season seven with last seasons runners-up Melbourne tipped to have another strong campaign. She's a contentious midfielder with proven chops in the forward line and has the kind of composure, poise and game sense that coaches dream of and opponents fear. 3 Best & Fairest: Anne Hatchard Hear from our season seven best and fairest winner, Jordy Allen: Best First Year Player:Emily SmithSide By Side Award:Paul TurkHead of High Performance. The officiating umpires will award votes on a 3,2,1 basis after each match, with votes to be counted as part of the W Awards. At the other end, Demons defender Tahlia Gillard spent the first half keeping 2022's league leading goalkicker Jesse Wardlaw quiet, playing in front with success. All Rights Reserved. Mady Prespakis is an all-star player of the game. Chloe Molloy (born 6 December 1998) is an Australian rules footballer with the Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Biggest riser: Western Bulldogs Bates has been crowned Lions best and fairest for a record fourth time. 84 votes to clinch the win. She previously played for Melbourne for one season before returning home to Adelaide where she has played three seasons for Adelaide.. Woodland enjoyed a breakout season with Adelaide in 2022, winning the 2022 AFLW leading goalkicker award and the 2022 . Re-watch the highlights from our practice match against West Coast. Lucas-Rodd was awarded the inaugural AFLW Hawthorn best-and-fairest, pipping fancies Aileen Gilroy and Jasmine Fleming. And on the stats front, her disposal count in 2020 didn't drop below 17, which is indicative of her reliability and consistency. ESPN's 2022 AFLW All-Australian team. Find out how the Hawks went here: https://t.co/fyPqrgxFsm pic.twitter.com/GRp8WOTvOa, Best Club Person: Tamara LukeGold Standards Award: Aileen Gilroy (as voted by the players each week)Most Improved: Tahlia FellowsRising Star: Jas Fleming. Carlton has its AFLW season off and running after a hard-earned win against a gallant Geelong on Saturday. Melbourne did not score their first goal until the first minute of the last quarter the longest period the Demons have gone without a major in their AFLW history. However, Melbourne's late charge, which they have made a habit of doing this season, was far too late against the experienced and powerful Crows. After leading by just seven points at the final change, the Lions created a handy gap early in the last quarter. 3. Watch highlights from today as training ramps up with Round One fast approaching. Sherpa are world famous for their work, which is synonymous with their name. Ashleigh Woodland (born 9 September 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). In Blackburn's seven season, she has finished either first or second in a tremendous show of consistency. Which team aside from your own is most likely to reach the NAB AFLW Grand Final? AFLW Rd 7 highlights v Tigers . Copyright 2023 AFL. The Club Champion is voted on by head coach Cam Joyce and his three assistants, assigning players a score from one to 10 for every game, meaning the highest score a player can receive from any one match is 40 votes. In its first season, Prespakis took out the inaugural Essendon best and fairest. First W awards. AFLW 2023: ESPN's way-too-early predictions - North's time to shine? Far fewer know their real story, Cate Blanchett hides from host Hasan Minhaj at Film Independent Spirit Awards, Foreign ownership of Aussie gold mines would rise above 50pc if Newmont-Newcrest deal goes ahead. Anderson finished on 21 votes, two ahead of Richmond's Mon Conti with Adelaide's Ebony Marinoff a further vote back. Able to mark, contest the ball, tackle and score goals, it's fair to say she's a genuine weapon on the field, both on the ground and in the air. Woodland was part of the 2022 premiership winning team and that year was named in the AFL Womens All-Australian team alongside three of her premiership teammates. Molloy's contributions on the scoreboard will be important to Collingwood's fight for the flag as will her combination with the likes of offseason recruits Sabrina Fredrick and Imogen Barnett. The Brisbane Lions' thrilling two-pointvictory over Geelong has been soured by another expected ACL injury to an important player. Watch exclusive footage of Alastair Clarkson in Adelaide above, Analysis, local footy and the biggest moments, Seven and 7plus are the home of footy shows for every fan. Your day, today! Biggest slider: Carlton Biggest slider: Fremantle Ranking every AFL after-the-siren winning goal since 2000, AFLW as a side hustle: How work, life and everything is impacted, Every AFLW club's make or break for season seven, ESPN's Top 20 Must-Watch AFLW Players for season seven: 10-1, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. More from Telstra afl.com.au . Taken with the number 2 pick in the AFL Women's Draft, Emily Bates is a very valuable player who can be either a hard running midfielder or halfback. With the ability to run all day, plenty of smarts, and a clean user of the football by hand and by foot, Kearney's presence and value in the North midfield cannot be understated. Garner has added her third North Melbourne best-and-fairest after a superb season in the blue and white. Eagle Stories 07:53 Dedication and Drive - Shannon Hurn Premiership captain Shannon Hurn reflects on a legendary career at the football club, becoming the first Eagle to reach the historical 300-game . Runner-up: Melbourne Rare air Amy McDonald went back-to-back-to-back in our Season 7 best and fairest! Time to test your footy know-how against your friends, family and coworkers. Runner-up: Port Adelaide This isn't a countdown of the competition's finest players, but a ranking of the players we simply can't wait to watch in action in 2022. AFLW 2023: ESPN's way-too-early predictions - North's time to shine? And when she's on the field, you can expect to hear 'what a grab!' It was Randall's first game back after sitting out last week's win against West Coast due to a minor hamstring strain. Adelaide go two from two in the pre-season. Find the Fake Flags IV. Adelaide added just four behinds in the second termbefore Phillips's third goal broke Demons spirits early in the third quarter. The supremely talented 24-year-old is likely to be the second of Port Adelaide's designated three PSP recruits, with Fremantle's 2021 All-Australian defender Janelle Cuthbertson expected to also land at Alberton in the coming days. Can you feel that? This is the top 10. It took until the final round of the 2022 AFLW season to decide our finalists, and they look familiar. A talented forward, Bannister spent most of her first three seasons at AFLW level on the sidelines, having to overcome multiple injuries. Our top three. A ball winner who racked up disposals, tackles, and clearances last season, the Pies' tilt at a flag won't fall solely on the shoulders of Davey but a good season from the co-captain puts them in a strong position. It was Phillips's day, kick-starting the Crows' surge with two first-quarter goals to fire up the parochial home crowd. (No captains predicted Ashleigh Woodland, Adelaide Crows, to kick the most goals in Season Six), (No captains predicted Mimi Hill, Carlton, to win the 2022 NAB AFL Womens Rising Star Award). We may aswell name it the Bates & Fairest at this point! 1:14:06 Ashleigh Woodland celebrates a win during round 10, season seven, 2022. Noah Balta launches a huge goal from outside 50 at Casey Fields. ESPN's 2022 AFLW team-by-team season preview.