Season 7 AFLW All Australian Squad Revealed
THE SEASON 7 AFLW All Australian Squad has been named, with a full squad of 42 revealed earlier today.
Minor Premiers Brisbane have the most number of players in the squad with six, while Adelaide, Melbourne, Geelong and Richmond have the next highest with four players apiece.
Emma Kearney is in line for her seventh consecutive All Australian jacket, while Karen Paxman returns to the squad after missing last season’s squad and is in line for her sixth appearance.
However, reigning W Medallist Emily Bates and Bulldogs star Kirsty Lamb are among the list of notable absentees from the squad.
Essendon are the only of the four Season 7 expansion clubs to get any players in the squad, with no one making the 42 from fellow expansion sides Sydney, Hawthorn and Port Adelaide.
Check out the full All Australian squad below:
Squad of 42:
Adelaide: Anne Hatchard, Chelsea Biddell, Chelsea Randall and Ebony Marinoff
Brisbane: Ally Anderson, Bre Koenen, Greta Bodey, Jesse Wardlaw, Natalie Grider and Tahlia Hickie
Carlton: Bre Moody and Vaomua Laloifi
Collingwood: Chloe Molloy, Jordyn Allen and Lauren Butler
Essendon: Bonnie Toogood and Madi Prespakis
Fremantle: Kiara Bowers
Geelong: Amy McDonald, Chloe Scheer, Georgie Prespakis and Meghan McDonald
Gold Coast: Charlie Rowbottom and Vivien Saad
GWS: Alyce Parker
Hawthorn: Nil
Melbourne: Karen Paxman, Kate Hore, Olivia Purcell and Tayla Harris
North Melbourne: Emma Kearney, Jasmine Garner and Jenna Bruton
Port Adelaide: Nil
Richmond: Courtney Wakefield, Eilish Sheerin, Ellie McKenzie and Monique Conti
St Kilda: Bianca Jakobsson and Kate Shierlaw
Sydney: Nil
West Coast: Emma Swanson
Western Bulldogs: Alice Edmonds, Ellie Blackburn and Katie Lynch
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