Star midfielders Jasmine Garner and Ebony Marinoff continued their stranglehold on AFLW All-Australian selection as both were named in the side for a seventh time on Monday.
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Only eight players retained their spots from 2023 as last year’s league best and fairest Monique Conti was the biggest name to be overlooked following a quieter season.
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Hawthorn midfielders Eliza West and Emily Bates were also overlooked despite their roles in taking the Hawks to second on the ladder with a 10-1 record.
Kangaroos vice-captain Garner was named skipper of the side for the second time after receiving the same honour in 2022 season seven, while Crows co-captain Marinoff was named her deputy.
The pair joined Roos captain Emma Kearney (eight All-Australian blazers) as the only AFLW players to be named in the side on seven occasions.
Irish trio Aisling McCarthy, Aishling Moloney and Aileen Gilroy were named on the half-forward line after their superb campaigns, as they were among 12 players to receive All-Australian selection for the first time.
One of those was 20-year-old West Coast star Ella Roberts, who was the youngest member of the side after a terrific season averaging 21 disposals, five marks and six tackles.
Adelaide and Brisbane were the leading clubs with four players named, while North Melbourne and Fremantle had three.
Preliminary final side Port Adelaide was snubbed with all three of its nominations overlooked, as the selectors decided not to name Matilda Scholz as a second ruck option behind Fremantle star Mim Strom.
B Chelsea Biddell (Adel), Brenna Tarrant (Syd)
HB Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Haw), Emma O’Driscoll (Frem), Maddison Gay (Ess)
C Sophie Conway (BL), Ash Riddell (NM), Ella Roberts (WCE)
HF Aisling McCarthy (Frem), Aishling Moloney (Geel), Aileen Gilroy (Haw)
F Caitlin Gould (Adel), Taylor Smith (BL)
FOL Mim Strom (Frem), Jasmine Garner – C (NM), Ebony Marinoff – VC (Adel)
INT Chelsea Randall (Adel), Charlie Rowbottom (GC), Ally Anderson (BL), Isabel Dawes (BL), Alice O’Loughlin (NM)
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AFLW All Australian panel: Andrew Dillon (Chair), Gemma Bastiani (AFL Media and ABC), Jason Bennett (Channel Seven), Sarah Black (AFL Media), Laura Kane (AFL Executive General Manager Football), Katie Loynes (Former player GWS and Carlton), Josh Mahoney (AFL General Manager Football Operations), Emma Moore (AFL General Manager AFLW), Erin Phillips (Former Adel/PA player and AFL Performance Lead), Eliza Reilly (CODE media), Narelle Smith (Former Adel. Assistant coach), Kelli Underwood (Fox Footy and ABC) and Megan Waters (Fox Footy).
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