List of Geelong Football Club women's players

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]

Melissa Hickey is Geelong's inaugural AFL Women's captain.[1]

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, 28 players have represented the club in an AFLW premiership match.[9]

Players
Table headers and key
Order Players are listed according to the date of their AFLW debut for the club.
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 2019 season.
Table of Geelong Football Club players, with appearance details
Name Order Season(s) Debut Games Goals Ref.
Cassie Blakeway^ 12019–presentround 1, 201970[11]
Madeleine Boyd^ 22019–presentround 1, 201972[12]
Mia-Rae Clifford 32019round 1, 201986[13]
Julia Crockett-Grills^ 42019–presentround 1, 201980[14]
Kate Darby^ 52019–presentround 1, 201975[15]
Maighan Fogas 62019round 1, 201910[16]
Renee Garing^ 72019–presentround 1, 201980[17]
Rebecca Goring^ 82019–presentround 1, 201980[18]
Jordan Ivey^ 92019–presentround 1, 201980[19]
Madeline Keryk^ 102019–presentround 1, 201980[20]
Meg McDonald^ 112019–presentround 1, 201980[21]
Maddy McMahon^ 122019–presentround 1, 201970[22]
Nina Morrison^ 132019–presentround 1, 201910[23]
Aasta O'Connor^ 142019–presentround 1, 201950[24]
Danielle Orr^ 152019–presentround 1, 201981[25]
Olivia Purcell^ 162019–presentround 1, 201982[26]
Georgie Rankin^ 172019–presentround 1, 201920[27]
Denby Taylor^ 182019–presentround 1, 201980[28]
Anna Teague^ 192019–presentround 1, 201960[29]
Sophie Van De Heuvel^ 202019–presentround 1, 201971[30]
Rebecca Webster^ 212019–presentround 1, 201941[31]
Georgia Clarke^ 222019–presentround 2, 201920[32]
Erin Hoare 232019round 2, 201970[33]
Phoebe McWilliams^ 242019–presentround 2, 201961[34]
Richelle Cranston^ 252019–presentround 3, 201961[35]
Melissa Hickey^ 262019–presentround 3, 201960[36]
Rene Caris^ 272019–presentround 5, 201920[37]
Hannah Burchell 282019round 7, 201910[38]

Other listed players
Table of listed players with no senior appearances for Geelong
Player Date of birth Acquired via Listed Ref.
Rookie Senior
Elise Coventry 20 June 1984 No. 57, 2018 national draft — 2019 [39][40]
Hayley Trevean 10 August 1988 Off-season signing — 2019 [41]

See also

Notes
  1. The Australian Football League was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) prior to 1990.[2]

References
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  23. "Nina Morrison". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  24. "Aasta O'Connor". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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  30. "Sophie Van De Heuvel". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  31. "Rebecca Webster". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  32. "Georgia Clarke". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  33. "Erin Hoare". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  34. "Phoebe McWilliams". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  35. "Richelle Cranston". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  36. "Mel Hickey". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  37. "Rene Caris". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  38. "Hannah Burchell". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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