Emily Bates is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2017 to season 7. Bates was selected by the Western Bulldogs in the inaugural national women's draft in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of the league. She represented Brisbane in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was drafted by the club with the second selection in the 2016 AFL Women's draft prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season.
AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 14 teams in 2020 and 18 teams in 2022. The league is run by the Australian Football League (AFL) and is contested by each of the clubs from that competition. The reigning premiers are Melbourne.
Monique Conti is an Australian rules footballer and basketballer. Conti currently plays for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW), having previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2018 to 2019, and plays for the Melbourne Boomers in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), having also played for the Southside Flyers from 2020 to 2023.
Jessica Wuetschner is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for Essendon, and previously played for the Brisbane Lions, in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.
Alexandra Anderson is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Anderson was part of the Brisbane team that won the AFL Women's premiership in 2021 and won the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 best and fairest award. She is also a dual Brisbane best and fairest winner and was named in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team. Anderson is the Brisbane games record holder with 78 games.
The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the AFLW. It is also widely acknowledged as the highest individual honour in women's Australian rules football.
In the AFL Women's (AFLW), the Brisbane best and fairest award is awarded to the best and fairest player at the Brisbane Lions during the home-and-away season. The award has been awarded annually since the competition's inaugural season in 2017, and Emily Bates was the inaugural winner of the award.
The 2019 AFL Women's season was the third season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia.
Nina Morrison is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). A midfielder who won multiple accolades at junior level and played in the VFL Women's (VFLW) as a teenager, Morrison was the first selection in the 2018 AFL Women's draft. She received a nomination for the 2019 AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 1 of the 2019 season, her debut match.
Madison Prespakis is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Carlton Football Club from 2019 to season 6. A midfielder who won multiple accolades at junior level and played in the VFL Women's (VFLW) as a teenager, Prespakis won the 2019 AFL Women's Rising Star award in her debut season and the 2020 AFL Women's best and fairest award in her second season. She is a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian, three-time Carlton best and fairest winner and was the inaugural Essendon best and fairest winner in season 7, and is Essendon's equal games record holder with 21 games.
The 2020 AFL Women's best and fairest was the award presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the 2020 AFL Women's season. Madison Prespakis of the Carlton Football Club won the award with 15 votes.
The 2021 AFL Women's best and fairest award was presented to the players adjudged the best and fairest players during the 2021 AFL Women's season. Kiara Bowers of the Fremantle Football Club and Brianna Davey of the Collingwood Football Club jointly won the award with 15 votes each.
The 2022 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 159th season of competition.
Georgie Prepasakis is an Australian rules footballer playing for Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
The 2022 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 158th season playing Australian rules football, with the club competing in their 123rd season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong also fielded a women's team in both the 2022 AFL Women's season and AFL Women's season seven, and a men's and women's reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW) respectively.
The 2022 AFL Women's season 6 best and fairest award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during 2022 AFL Women's season 6. Emily Bates of the Brisbane Lions won the award with 21 votes.
2022 AFL Women's season 7 was the seventh season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season began on 25 August and ran until 27 November, and was the second AFL Women's season to take place in the 2022 calendar year. The season was the first to feature 18 clubs, an increase from 14 the previous season, and the first to have an August start date.
The 2022 AFL Women's season 7 All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of 2022 AFL Women's season 7. The team was announced on 22 November 2022 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.
The 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final was an Australian football match held at the Brighton Homes Arena on 27 November 2022 to determine the premiers of the seventh season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. The match was contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Melbourne Football Club. It was played in 30 °C (86 °F) heat. Melbourne emerged as winners by four points.
