MANLY Warringah Wolves have had a bevy of accolades across the 2025 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division Awards night with the minor premiers taking home not only the combined Club Championship, but the Mostyn Medal and Belinda Pride Trophy, while having a league-high seven representatives in the Team of the Year.
League Best and Fairest winner Hannah Woolf scooped up her second consecutive Mostyn Medal and was named on-ball in the Team of the Year, while teammate Isabella Rudolph officially collected her leading goalkicker trophy – the Belinda Pride Trophy – after a massive 52 majors in season 2025. She was named at full-forward with teammate Lauren Bourgeois, while Kenya Fahey and Andrea Roditis were named on the respective wings.
Team of the Year skipper Ash Carter was selected at centre half-back, with Lauren Bull in the back pocket, while coach Peter Robertson also took the reigns of the hypothetical side. Also named in the Team of the Year was Rising Star Heidi de Saxe, with the North Shore Bombers bottom-ager having a breakout season. She was one of three Bombers in the team, with an even spread across the team otherwise.
UNSW-ES Bulldogs won both Representative Player of the Year Awards with Aimee Whelan and Jordan Endemann taking home the titles, while fellow Dog Hugo Birks shared the leading goalkicker award with Pennant Hills Demons’ Nick Hey with the pair each booting 48 goals, Birks’ total coming from just an incredible eight games.
South West Sydney paired up the Phelan Medal and Men’s Rising Star with Finbar Delbridge taking home the Men’s Premier Division’s top gong, while Blues’ Ethan Roberts won the latter.’
AWARDS
Mostyn Medal: Hannah Woolf (Manly Warringah Wolves)
Phelan Medal: Finbar Delbridge (South West Sydney)
Women’s Rising Star: Heidi de Saxe (North Shore Bombers)
Men’s Rising Star: Ethan Roberts (South West Sydney)
Belinda Pride Trophy: Isabella Rudolph (Manly Warringah Wolves) 52 goals
Stan Milton Trophy: Hugo Birks (UNSW-ES Bulldogs) & Nick Hey (Pennant Hills Demons) 48 goals
Women’s Representative Player of the Year: Aimee Whelan (UNSW-ES Bulldogs)
Men’s Representative Player of the Year: Jordan Endemann (UNSW-ES Bulldogs)
Club Championship: Manly Warringah Wolves
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