Geelong Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria. The club itself was established in 1859, and has participated in the Australian Football League (AFL), the top-level men's competition, since its formation in 1897.[nb 1] Following the inaugural season of the related AFL Women's (AFLW) league in 2017,[3] Geelong was granted a licence to join the AFLW as an expansion club, and played its first match in this league during the opening round of the 2019 season.[4]
In preparation for the club's entry into the league, Geelong were provided with a range of recruitment concessions, including early access to existing clubs' players prior to the league's signing period, and additional selections in the 2018 national draft.[5][6]
The playing list size for each AFLW club in the upcoming 2020 season will be set at 30 players, with up to three of these players listed as rookies.[7] Rookie players must not have played with any Australian rules football club within the prior three years.[7] As every club is required to make a minimum number of changes to its list at the end of each season,[8] not every player necessarily makes a senior appearance for the club before being removed from the playing list.
Since its first competitive appearance, 62 players have represented the club in an AFLW premiership match.[9]
Players
editOrder | Players are listed according to the date of their AFLW debut for the club. |
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Seasons | The yearspan of the player's AFLW appearances for Geelong. |
Debut | Players' first AFLW match for Geelong. |
Games | The number of games played. |
Goals | The number of goals scored. |
^ | Player is currently on Geelong's AFLW playing list.[10] |
Statistics are updated as of end of the 2024 AFL Women's season. |
Name | Jumper No. | Order | Season(s) | Debut | Games | Goals | Ref. |
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Cassie Blakeway | 4 | 1 | 2019–2020 | round 1, 2019 | 8 | 0 | [11] |
Maddie Boyd | 26 | 2 | 2019–2021 | round 1, 2019 | 13 | 4 | [12] |
Mia-Rae Clifford | 7 | 3 | 2019 | round 1, 2019 | 8 | 6 | [13] |
Julia Crockett-Grills^ | 6 | 4 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 65 | 12 | [14] |
Kate Darby^ | 8 | 5 | 2019–2020, 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2019 | 52 | 17 | [15] |
Maighan Fogas | 13 | 6 | 2019 | round 1, 2019 | 1 | 0 | [16] |
Renee Garing | 12 | 7 | 2019–2023 | round 1, 2019 | 33 | 2 | [17] |
Rebecca Goring | 44 | 8 | 2019–2021 | round 1, 2019 | 17 | 0 | [18] |
Jordan Ivey | 5 | 9 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 1, 2019 | 31 | 1 | [19] |
Madeline Keryk | 45 | 10 | 2019–2022 (S7) | round 1, 2019 | 39 | 0 | [20] |
Meg McDonald^ | 11 | 11 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 66 | 1 | [21] |
Maddy McMahon | 24 | 12 | 2019–2022 (S6)[a] | round 1, 2019 | 32 | 0 | [22] |
Nina Morrison^ | 9 | 13 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 50 | 16 | [23] |
Aasta O'Connor | 14 | 14 | 2019–2021 | round 1, 2019 | 20 | 1 | [24] |
Danielle Higgins | 2 | 15 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 1, 2019 | 24 | 6 | [25] |
Olivia Purcell | 16 | 16 | 2019–2021 | round 1, 2019 | 19 | 6 | [26] |
Georgie Rankin^ | 10 | 17 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 54 | 2 | [27] |
Denby Taylor | 28 | 18 | 2019–2021[b] | round 1, 2019 | 18 | 0 | [28] |
Anna Teague | 40 | 19 | 2019–2020 | round 1, 2019 | 9 | 0 | [29] |
Sophie Van De Heuvel | 27 | 20 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 1, 2019 | 31 | 1 | [30] |
Rebecca Webster^ | 21 | 21 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 61 | 9 | [31] |
Georgia Clarke | 17 | 22 | 2019–2022 (S7) | round 2, 2019 | 19 | 8 | [32] |
Erin Hoare | 46 | 23 | 2019, 2023 | round 2, 2019 | 19 | 0 | [33] |
Phoebe McWilliams | 23 | 24 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 2, 2019 | 31 | 21 | [34] |
Richelle Cranston | 30 | 25 | 2019–21 | round 3, 2019 | 21 | 11 | [35] |
Melissa Hickey | 18 | 26 | 2019–20 | round 3, 2019 | 12 | 0 | [36] |
Rene Caris | 1 | 27 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 5, 2019 | 12 | 1 | [37] |
Hannah Burchell | 3 | 28 | 2019 | round 7, 2019 | 1 | 0 | [38] |
Millie Brown | 19 | 29 | 2020–2021[c] | round 1, 2020 | 9 | 0 | [39] |
Madisen Maguire | 7 | 30 | 2020–2022 (S6) | round 1, 2020 | 10 | 2 | [40] |
Amy McDonald^ | 3 | 31 | 2020–present | round 1, 2020 | 56 | 8 | [41] |
Darcy Moloney | 4 | 32 | 2021–2024 | round 1, 2021 | 46 | 11 | [42] |
Olivia Barber | 15 | 33 | 2021–2022 (S6) | round 2, 2021 | 10 | 3 | [43] |
Stephanie Williams | 25 | 34 | 2021–2022 (S6) | round 2, 2021 | 4 | 0 | [44] |
Nicole Garner | 22 | 35 | 2021 | round 3, 2021 | 7 | 0 | [45] |
Laura Gardiner | 18 | 36 | 2021–2022 (S7) | round 4, 2021 | 18 | 2 | [46] |
Carly Remmos | 29 | 37 | 2021–2022 (S6) | round 8, 2021 | 2 | 0 | [47] |
Chantel Emonson^ | 16 | 38 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 45 | 1 | [48] |
Zali Friswell^ | 20 | 39 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 41 | 5 | [49] |
Olivia Fuller[d] | 13 | 40 | 2022 (S6)–2024 | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 20 | 1 | [50] |
Claudia Gunjaca^ | 26 | 41 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 39 | 0 | [51] |
Annabel Johnson | 2[e] | 42 | 2022 (S6)–2023 | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 16 | 0 | [52] |
Rachel Kearns^ | 22 | 43 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 34 | 4 | [53] |
Georgie Prespakis^ | 41 | 44 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 41 | 8 | [54] |
Chloe Scheer^[f] | 14 | 45 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 32 | 41 | [55] |
Gabbi Featherston^ | 32 | 46 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 2, 2022 (S6) | 19 | 0 | [56] |
Mikayla Bowen^ | 1 | 47 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 1, 2022 (S7) | 35 | 7 | [57] |
Jacqueline Parry^ | 5 | 48 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 1, 2022 (S7) | 35 | 31 | [58] |
Shelley Scott^ | 15 | 49 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 1, 2022 (S7) | 28 | 21 | [59] |
Mia Skinner | 25 | 50 | 2022 (S7)–2023[g] | round 1, 2022 (S7) | 5 | 1 | [60] |
Kalani Scoullar | 29 | 51 | 2022 (S7) | round 3, 2022 (S7) | 2 | 0 | [61] |
Brooke Plummer | 19 | 52 | 2022 (S7)–2024 | round 5, 2022 (S7) | 8 | 0 | [62] |
Melissa Bragg^ | 44 | 53 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 6, 2022 (S7) | 15 | 0 | [63] |
Abbey McDonald | 39 | 54 | 2023–2024 | round 1, 2023 | 8 | 0 | [64] |
Aishling Moloney^ | 45 | 55 | 2023–present | round 1, 2023 | 24 | 31 | [65] |
Kate Surman^ | 7 | 56 | 2023–present | round 1, 2023 | 22 | 7 | [66] |
Anna-Rose Kennedy | 18 | 57 | 2023–2024 | preliminary final, 2023 | 12 | 0 | [67] |
Kate Kenny^ | 12 | 58 | 2024–present | week 1, 2024 | 7 | 2 | [68] |
Caitlin Thorne^ | 25 | 59 | 2024–present | week 4, 2024 | 5 | 0 | [69] |
Bryde O'Rourke^ | 23 | 60 | 2024–present | week 6, 2024 | 1 | 0 | [70] |
Bella Smith^ | 2 | 61 | 2024–present | week 6, 2024 | 5 | 0 | [71] |
Chantal Mason^ | 24 | 62 | 2024–present | week 8, 2024 | 1 | 0 | [72] |
Other listed players
editPlayer | Date of birth | Acquired via | Listed | Ref. | |
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Rookie | Senior | ||||
Elise Coventry | 20 June 1984 | No. 57, 2018 national draft | — | 2019 | [73][74] |
Hayley Trevean | 10 August 1988 | Off-season signing | — | 2019 | [75] |
Gemma Wright | 5 June 1994 | No. 34, 2019 national draft | — | 2020 | |
Samantha Gooden | 19 September 1996 | Rookie signing | 2022 (S7)–2023 | — | [76] |
Ingrid Houtsma | 20 November 2003 | Traded from Richmond | — | 2022 (S7)–2023 | |
Lily Pearce | 31 December 2002 | Replacement player signing | — | 2024 | [77] |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Inactive for 2022 (S7) AFL Women's season
- ^ Inactive for 2022 (S6) AFL Women's season
- ^ Inactive for 2022 (S6) AFL Women's season
- ^ Inactive for 2024 AFL Women's season
- ^ Johnson played 4 matches wearing guernsey number #30 during 2022 AFL Women's season 6, changing to guernsey number #2 for 2022 AFL Women's season 7.
- ^ Did not make any appearances during the 2024 AFL Women's season
- ^ Did not make any appearances during the 2023 AFL Women's season
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