The 42-woman AFLW squad has been revealed, with Hawthorn dominating with a league-most six players after its huge rise.
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Aileen Gilroy, Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Aine McDonagh, Jenna Richardson, Lucy Wale and Eliza West all earned nominations for the Hawks, which is the equal most in the 18-team era.
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It comes after Hawthorn claimed the 2024 McClelland Trophy as the best-performed club across both the AFL and AFLW seasons.
Adelaide, Brisbane and North Melbourne had the next most nominees with five each.
It includes Crow Ebony Marinoff and Kangaroo Jasmine Garner, who are both searching for their seventh All-Australian blazer, which would have them one behind all-time leader Emma Kearney with eight.
Kearney, who’s been an All-Australian in each of the eight AFLW seasons since 2017, missed out for the first time after her campaign was disrupted by injury.
Port Adelaide’s improvement into the top eight for the first time was also reflected with three representatives — the third-most of any side along with Fremantle.
Only Collingwood, GWS Giants and Western Bulldogs didn’t have any representatives.
The final 21-woman squad will be announced at the W Awards on Monday, November 25.
Check out all the nominees below.
42-PLAYER AFLW ALL-AUSTRALIAN SQUAD (Club-by-club)
Adelaide Crows (5): Chelsea Biddell, Caitlin Gould, Ebony Marinoff, Danielle Ponter, Chelsea Randall
Brisbane Lions (5): Ally Anderson, Sophie Conway, Isabel Dawes, Breanna Koenen, Taylor Smith
Carlton (1): Harriet Cordner
Collingwood (0): None
Essendon (2): Maddison Gay, Georgia Nanscawen
Fremantle (3): Aisling McCarthy, Emma O’Driscoll, Mim Strom
Geelong Cats (2): Aishling Moloney, Nina Morrison
Gold Coast Suns (1): Charlie Rowbottom
GWS Giants (0): None
Hawthorn (6): Aileen Gilroy, Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Aine McDonagh, Jenna Richardson, Lucy Wales, Eliza West
Melbourne (1): Maeve Chaplin
North Melbourne (5): Jasmine Garner, Alice O’Loughlin, Ashleigh Riddell, Kate Shierlaw, Sarah Wright
Port Adelaide (3): Amelie Borg, Shineah Goody, Matilda Scholz
Richmond (2): Monique Conti, Eilish Sheerin
St Kilda (2): Jesse Wardlaw, Serene Watson
Sydney Swans (2): Sofia Hurley, Brenna Tarrant
West Coast Eagles (2): Ella Roberts, Charlotte Thomas
Western Bulldogs (0): None
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