Related Research Articles
The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the reigning AFL premiers, having won the 2024 Grand Final by sixty points.
The Queensland Australian Football League Women's (QAFLW) is the highest-ranked Australian rules football women's league in Queensland. It provides elite women footballers the opportunity to play in a semi-professional environment. Many players from this league have represented their State, earned All-Australian honours, and participated in AFLW.
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.
The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition recruited players prior to the competition's inaugural season in 2017.
Tayla Harris is a professional Australian sportsperson best known for her careers in Australian rules football with the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and in professional boxing. She is a highly successful boxer, being an Australian National Boxing Federation female middleweight title holder. As a footballer, she plays as a key forward and previously played with Carlton and Brisbane. Harris is an AFLW premiership player, 4 time women's All-Australian, as well as former Carlton leading goalkicker and Melbourne leading goalkicker.
Emma Zielke is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition. She was the club's inaugural AFLW team captain, leading the club in 2017–2018 and 2020–2021.
Emma King is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Emma Michelle Kearney is an Australian rules footballer and former cricketer. A decorated midfielder in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, Kearney won the league's best and fairest award while playing for the Western Bulldogs in 2018 and has captained North Melbourne since 2019. She previously played cricket for the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) and for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL).
Sabrina Frederick is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was one of Brisbane's two marquee players for the 2017 season, alongside Tayla Harris.
The Brisbane Lions' 2017 season was the club's 21st season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and 1st in AFL Women's (AFLW).
Kaitlyn Ashmore is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously played for Brisbane and North Melbourne. She was drafted by Brisbane as a priority signing in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.
Samantha Virgo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and Gold Coast in the AFL Women's. She was selected in the All-Australian team in 2017, and co-captained Gold Coast from 2020 to 2021.
Leah Kaslar is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and Gold Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW), captaining both teams.
Sharni Webb is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane in the AFL Women's.
Breanna L. Koenen is an Australian rules footballer and captain of the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Isabella Ayre is an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton, Brisbane, and Essendon in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.
Jordan Zanchetta is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and Essendon in the AFL Women's.
Gabrielle "Gabby" Collingwood is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw is an Australian rules footballer who plays for St Kilda in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She played for Brisbane from 2019 to season seven (2022).
Natalie "Nat" Grider is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).
References
- ↑ Laughton, Max (21 September 2016). "Matt Eagles signs with Brisbane Lions after winning The Recruit season 2". Fox Sports . Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ de Haer, Katie (19 October 2016). "Two-year deal for exciting Smith". Brisbane Lions . Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Lerner, Ronny (15 November 2016). "Former Brisbane Lion Josh Green joins Essendon Bombers as delisted free agent". The Age . Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Hamilton, Andrew (27 November 2017). "Cian Hanley to remain on Brisbane's rookie list for fourth year after special AFL ruling". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ Browne, Ashley; Curley, Adam; Gaskin, Lee; Guthrie, Ben; McGowan, Mark; Navaratnam, Dinny; Schmook, Nathan; Whiting, Michael (27 November 2017). "Rookie draft wash-up: Who did your club get?". Australian Football League . Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- 1 2 Davis, Greg (27 July 2016). "Brisbane signs Tayla Harris and Sabrina Frederick-Traub as marquee players for national women's league". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Sewell, Eliza (2 March 2017). "Kaitlyn Ashmore made a brave move signing with Brisbane Lions but it's proved a smart choice". Herald Sun . Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Holden, Peter (22 August 2016). "Lions sign Emma Zielke as AFL explains priority picks". Girls Play Footy. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ "AFL Womens: First rookie signing". Brisbane Lions. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Whiting, Michael (8 December 2016). "Still learning the game, but Kimmince is pumped for AFLW". Australian Football League . Retrieved 21 June 2017.