Renee Tomkins is a former Australian soccer player who last played for Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League, and an Australian rules footballer who last played for Greater Western Sydney. In 2015, she juggled soccer and Australian rules football commitments, playing for Penrith Ramettes along with Marconi Stallions. She retired from soccer in 2016, concentrating on Australian rules football. Tomkins was selected in the AFL Sydney team and went on to play in their match against Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval before nominating for the inaugural AFLW national draft.
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 Brisbane.
Jaimee Lambert is an Australian rules footballer playing for St Kilda in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously played for Western Bulldogs and Collingwood
Elise O'Dea is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She served as Melbourne co-captain for the 2019 season.
Ainslie Kemp is an Australian rules footballer who playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. Kemp previously played with the Melbourne Football Club.
Rhiannon Metcalfe is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Tahlia Randall is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Randall previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2017 to 2018, where she received a nomination for the 2018 AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 6 of the 2018 season. She won the AFLW Mark of the Year in 2022 season 6, and is also North Melbourne's equal games record holder with 48 games for the club.
Alicia Eva is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Collingwood Football Club in 2017. Eva was selected in the AFL Women's All-Australian team and won the Gabrielle Trainor Medal in her first season at the Giants in 2018. She has served as Greater Western Sydney captain since the 2020 season.
Bianca Jakobsson is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She previously played for Carlton and Melbourne.
Alison Brown is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Melbourne in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She was recruited by Carlton as a free agent following the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in Round 1, 2017, in the club and the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against Collingwood. Brown finished 2017 having played in all seven possible matches with Carlton. She was subsequently delisted at season's end. On 29 January 2019, Brown was announced as the first AFLW signing for the St Kilda Football Club Women's Team, who officially entered the AFL Women's competition in 2020. In March 2021, St Kilda announced they delisted Brown after playing 11 matches for the club. In the 2021 AFL Women's draft, Melbourne drafted her with the 45th pick after she played 12 games for Casey Demons in the VFL Women's. She was educated at Caulfield Grammar School. In December 2022, Brown was delisted by Melbourne.
Ashleigh Riddell is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Riddell is a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian and won the North Melbourne best and fairest award in season 6.
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.
Olivia Purcell is an Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
The 2019 season was Geelong Football Club's first in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. Geelong joined the league as an expansion club alongside North Melbourne, having initially been denied entry into the competition's first season in 2017. Paul Hood was the club's inaugural senior coach, and Melissa Hickey was appointed club captain.
Madeline Brancatisano is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously played for Melbourne and Richmond.
Sarah Wright is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Wright was drafted by North Melbourne with their second selection and thirty-second overall in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut against Melbourne at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2020 season.
Grace Campbell is an Australian rules footballer with Collingwood in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She has previously played with Richmond in 2020 after playing with that club's VFL Women's team and with North Melbourne from 2021 until season seven. Campbell made her AFLW debut in round 2 of the 2020 season.
Alexia "Lexi" Hamilton is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW), having previously played for the Gold Coast Suns and for North Melbourne. Alexia also previously was a member of the Australian Judo team, competing in the 2017 Cadet World Championships, Santiago, Chile.
Ellie Gavalas is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Gavalas was drafted by North Melbourne with their first selection and tenth overall in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut against Melbourne at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2020 season. It was revealed she signed on with the club for two more seasons on 17 June 2021, tying her to the club until the end of 2023.
Gabrielle "Gabby" Newton is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was the Rising Star nominee in round 4 of 2020. Newton was named in the team's best 4 times in the 6 games she played in the 2020 AFL Women's season, with her collecting career high amounts of disposals in rounds 4 and 6. She received 1 best and fairest vote for her performance in round 4 of the 2020 season. It was revealed that Newton had signed a contract extension with the club on 16 June 2021, after playing every game possible for the club that season.
