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.
Lauren Arnell is a retired Australian rules footballer and senior coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition, having previously played for Carlton and the Brisbane Lions. She served as Carlton's inaugural AFLW team captain in the 2017 season and won the 2021 premiership with the Brisbane Lions, before becoming Port Adelaide's inaugural coach in 2022.
Karen Paxman is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). A defender, 1.70 metres (5.6 ft) tall, Paxman plays primarily on the half-back line with the ability to push into the midfield. She first played football at sixteen years of age and won a premiership and league best and fairest in her first year. She played in the premier division of the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) from the 2009 season and won three VWFL premierships with St Albans and the Darebin Falcons, in addition to a VFL Women's premiership with Darebin. Her accolades in football include three league best and fairest, state representation on four occasions, featuring in the VFL Women's team of the year and is a five-time All-Australian.
Courtney Cramey is a former Australian rules footballer who played 20 matches over four seasons at the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was a two-time premiership player and a one-time All-Australian.
Jessica Anderson is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Deni Varnhagen is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She is currently inactive from the AFLW for refusing a COVID-19 Vaccination. Deni is amongst a group of South Australians undertaking a legal review of vaccine mandates and their validity in the Supreme Court of South Australia.
Sally Riley is an Australian rules footballer who played for Adelaide and Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition.
Angela Foley is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). A defender, 1.73 metres (5.7 ft) tall, Foley plays primarily on the half-back line with the ability to push into the midfield. After spending her early life in country Victoria, in which she won a premiership and best and fairest with Bendigo Thunder, she moved to Darwin in 2013. Her career in the Northern Territory saw her win three consecutive premierships, two consecutive league best and fairests, a grand final best on ground medal, and interstate representation.
Georgia Bevan is an Australian rules footballer who played for Adelaide and the Gold Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. After playing softball as a teenager she changed sports to football. After playing for Morphettville Park Football Club in the South Australian Women's Football League and winning three consecutive premierships with the club, she was drafted by Adelaide in the inaugural AFLW draft and was a member of their premiership winning team in the 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final. In 2021 she was signed as an injury replacement player by the Gold Coast and was delisted at the end of the season.
Sophie Armitstead is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Rachael Killian is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Adelaide with their ninth selection and seventy-first overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the twenty-five point win against the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in round two of the 2017 season. She missed the round five match against Brisbane at Norwood Oval as a late withdrawal, before returning for the round six match against Melbourne at TIO Stadium. She was a part of Adelaide's premiership side after the club defeated Brisbane by six points at Metricon Stadium in the AFL Women's Grand Final. She played managed six matches in her debut season.
Rhiannon Metcalfe is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Anne Hatchard is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Abbey Holmes is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She began playing football for the Waratah Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League in 2012 and won four consecutive premierships with the club, along with being the league's leading goalkicker the same four seasons. In 2014, she became the first woman to kick 100 goals in a season in an established football league, and in 2016 she was drafted in the inaugural AFL Women's draft by Adelaide.
Stevie-Lee Thompson is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Jessica Sedunary is an Australian rules footballer playing for West Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She has previously played for Adelaide and St Kilda. She played her first game of football when, after going to a friend's football game to spectate, she was forced to take to the field after an injury to one of the other players having never kicked a football before. She went on to win a premiership with Morphettville Park Football Club and being drafted by Adelaide for the first season of the AFLW.
Sarah Allan is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Justine Mules is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Adelaide with their seventeenth selection and 133rd overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.
Dayna Cox is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. A small defender, she made her debut in the AFLW in 2017 and played every match for the season. She was part of Adelaide's premiership team, winning the Grand Final.
The 2018 Adelaide Football Club season will be the Adelaide Football Club's 28th season in the AFL. It was also be its second season in the AFL Women's and its 5th season fielding a reserves team in the SANFL. The men's team started the season successfully, winning the inaugural AFLX competition.
