A HANDFUL of players have joined AFLW lists, with Collingwood signing Irish rookie Aishling Sheridan and Gold Coast adding defender Lauren Ahrens and midfielder Molly Ritson.
Fremantle and Brisbane have signed their final rookies, adding netballer Lindal Rohde and soccer player Greta Bodey to their lists respectively, while Richmond has signed ruck Alice Edmonds.
Sheridan is a Gaelic footballer who plays forward from County Cavan in the north of Ireland.
The 22-year-old has actually played two games for VFLW side NT Thunder this year after being identified in last year's Crosscoders program, but has chosen to sign with Collingwood.
"Aish has been on the radar of at least three clubs and we're rapt that she decided to find a home at the Holden Centre," Collingwood head of women's sport Jane Woodlands-Thompson said.
"There's a really high transfer of skill from the Gaelic game to Australian Rules football and we've seen that success in (Magpie) Sarah Rowe and across the league."
It takes the number of Irishwomen in the AFLW to 12, while womens.afl understands the Western Bulldogs are on the verge of signing Katy Herron, another Irish Gaelic footballer from County Donegal.
Meanwhile, the Suns have added key back Ahrens to their list as an open-age signing.
The 26-year-old, originally from Coolangatta, has shot through the playing ranks over the past few years, playing for former VFLW side St Kilda Sharks' reserves side before joining Melbourne Uni last year.
She is currently playing for Essendon's VFLW side while completing her masters of teaching degree in Melbourne, and is also representing the Suns in the Winter Series.
Ritson, who was on Brisbane's list in 2018 as a rookie but was sidelined with a stress fracture in her foot, is captain of QAFLW side Bond University.
A Gold Coast local, the 19-year-old is an inside midfielder who has represented the Suns in the Winter Series.
Fremantle's Rohde started playing football at WAFLW club Subiaco this year alongside Dockers midfielder Hayley Miller, who alerted the club to her talent.
The 28-year-old is expected to play on the wing, and in her netball career was a train-on player with national league side West Coast Fever.
Bodey has followed a similar path in Queensland, playing for University of Queensland in the QAFLW in her first season and consequently being invited down to training.
A forward/midfielder, the 23-year-old used to play soccer.
For the Tigers, Edmonds has been promoted from the club's VFLW list after winning 2018 VFLW team of the year honours and a strong start to this season, averaging 32 hitouts and 10 disposals a match.
At 189cm, the 21-year-old former basketballer is the equal-tallest player on an AFLW list (along with Greater Western Sydney's Erin McKinnon).
Rookies can continue to be signed up until August 30, while the four expansion sides – Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast – can also sign open-age players until the same date.
2020 AFLW lists as of June 22
ADELAIDE
Sarah Allan, Dayna Cox, Courtney Cramey, Angela Foley, Jessica Foley, Renee Forth, Nikki Gore, Anne Hatchard, Eloise Jones, Sophie Li, Ebony Marinoff, Hannah Martin, Rhiannon Metcalfe, Justine Mules, Erin Phillips, Danielle Ponter, Marijana Rajcic, Chelsea Randall, Chloe Scheer, Stevie-Lee Thompson, Deni Varnhagen, Ruth Wallace.
Rookies: Ailish Considine, Maisie Nankivell and one spot remaining
BRISBANE
Ally Anderson, Lauren Arnell, Emily Bates, Shannon Campbell, Arianna Clarke, Sophie Conway, Gabby Collingwood, Jade Ellenger, Natalie Grider, Jessy Keeffe, Breanna Koenen, Rheanne Lugg (Adelaide), Kate Lutkins, Jesse Wardlaw, Sharni Webb, Jess Wuestchner, Jordan Zanchetta, Emma Zielke.
Rookies: Greta Bodey, Brianna McFarlane, Orla O'Dwyer
CARLTON
Lauren Brazzale, Chloe Dalton, Alison Downie, Jess Edwards, Georgia Gee, Kerryn Harrington, Tayla Harris, Jess Hosking, Sarah Hosking, Katie Loynes, Abbie McKay, Breann Moody, Natalie Plane, Gabriella Pound, Madison Prespakis, Nicola Stevens, Jayde Van Dyk, Darcy Vescio, Brooke Walker, Charlotte Wilson, Emerson Woods.
Rookies: Three spots remaining
COLLINGWOOD
Sophie Alexander, Jordy Allen, Britt Bonnici, Ashleigh Brazill, Lauren Butler, Mikala Cann, Sophie Casey, Steph Chiocci, Sarah D'Arcy, Brianna Davey (Carlton), Sarah Dargan, Erica Fowler, Emma Grant, Georgia Gourlay, Eliza Hynes, Jaimee Lambert, Stacey Livingstone, Katie Lynch, Chloe Molloy, Ruby Schleicher, Maddie Shevlin, Kristy Stratton.
Rookies: Sharni Layton, Sarah Rowe, Aishling Sheridan
FREMANTLE
Ebony Antonio, Kiara Bowers, Tayla Bresland, Steph Cain, Mia-Rae Clifford (Geelong), Kara Donnellan, Sabreena Duffy, Evie Gooch, Katie-Jayne Grieve, Gemma Houghton, Leah Mascall, Hayley Miller, Gabby O'Sullivan, Laura Pugh, Matilda Sergeant, Philipa Seth, Ashley Sharp, Angelique Stannett, Jasmin Stewart, Alex Williams.
Rookies: Kate Flood, Lindal Rohde and Aine Tighe
GEELONG
Cassie Blakeway, Madeleine Boyd, Rene Caris, Georgia Clarke, Richelle Cranston, Julia Crockett-Grills, Kate Darby, Olivia Deane-Purcell, Renee Garing, Rebecca Goring, Melissa Hickey, Jordan Ivey, Madeline Keryk, Meghan McDonald, Phoebe McWilliams, Nina Morrison, Aasta O'Connor, Danielle Orr, Denby Taylor, Anna Teague, Sophie Van De Heuvel, Rebecca Webster.
Rookies: Maddy McMahon, Georgie Rankin and one spot remaining
GOLD COAST
Lauren Ahrens (open-age), Lauren Bella (Brisbane), Tiarna Ernst (Western Bulldogs), Tori Groves-Little (Brisbane), Charlotte Hammans, Ellie Hampson (both u/18), Jasmyn Hewett (Adelaide), Jordann Hickey (Melbourne), Leah Kaslar, Paige Parker, Emma Pittman (all Brisbane), Sally Riley (Adelaide), Molly Ritson (open-age), Maddy Roberts (open-age), Jamie Stanton (North Melbourne), Sam Virgo (Brisbane), Kitara Whap-Farrar (u/18), Jacqui Yorston (Brisbane).
Rookies: Three spots remaining
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Jessica Allan (Adelaide), Jacinda Barclay, Nicola Barr, Rebecca Beeson, Elle Bennetts, Yvonne Bonner, Ellie Brush, Jess Dal Pos, Alicia Eva, Amanda Farrugia, Tanya Hetherington, Jodie Hicks, Erin McKinnon, Ingrid Nielsen, Alyce Parker, Pepa Randall, Aimee Schmidt, Cora Staunton, Louise Stephenson, Britt Tully, Haneen Zreika.
Rookies: Taylah Davies and two spots remaining
MELBOURNE
Libby Birch (Western Bulldogs), Harriet Cordner, Tegan Cunningham, Meg Downie, Maddison Gay, Madeleine Guerin, Tyla Hanks, Shelley Heath, Kate Hore, Bianca Jakobsson, Ainslie Kemp, Sarah Lampard, Lily Mithen, Aliesha Newman, Elise O'Dea, Karen Paxman, Daisy Pearce, Lauren Pearce, Shelley Scott, Casey Sherriff, Shae Sloane, Katherine Smith, Eden Zanker.
Rookies: Chantel Emonson and two spots remaining
NORTH MELBOURNE
Sophie Abbatangelo, Kaitlyn Ashmore, Daria Bannister, Daisy Bateman, Nicole Bresnehan, Jenna Bruton, Jess Duffin, Jasmine Garner, Britt Gibson, Kate Gillespie-Jones, Jasmine Grierson, Chloe Haines, Libby Haines, Danielle Hardiman, Emma Humphries, Emma Kearney, Elisha King, Emma King, Taylor Mesiti, Tahlia Randall, Ash Riddell, Jess Trend.
Rookies: Beth Lynch, Mairead Seoighe and one spot remaining
RICHMOND
Christina Bernardi (Greater Western Sydney), Maddy Brancatisano (Melbourne), Katie Brennan (Western Bulldogs), Hannah Burchell (Geelong), Monique Conti (Western Bulldogs), Alice Edmonds (open-age), Sabrina Frederick (Brisbane), Phoebe Monahan (Greater Western Sydney), Iilish Ross (Collingwood), Tayla Stahl (open-age), Courtney Wakefield (open-age)
Rookies: Three spots remaining
ST KILDA
Alison Brown (academy), Alison Drennan (North Melbourne), Nat Exon (Brisbane), Darcy Guttridge (Collingwood), Selena Karlson (Western Bulldogs), Melissa Kuys (Collingwood), Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Carlton), Emma Mackie (Western Bulldogs), Kate McCarthy (Brisbane), Molly McDonald (u/18), Courteney Munn (North Melbourne), Cat Phillips (Melbourne), Isabella Shannon (u/18), Jess Sedunary (Adelaide), Rhiannon Watt (Carlton), Claudia Whitfort (Melbourne).
Rookies: Three spots remaining
WEST COAST
Ashlee Atkins (Fremantle), Kate Bartlett (Western Bulldogs), Mikayla Bowen (u/18), Melissa Caulfield (Fremantle), Maddy Collier (Greater Western Sydney), Cassie Davidson (Fremantle), Rosie Deegan (u/18), McKenzie Dowrick (Brisbane), Kellie Gibson (Fremantle), Brianna Green (Fremantle), Courtney Guard (nee Stubbs; Fremantle), Dana Hooker (Fremantle), Alicia Janz (Fremantle), Parris Laurie (Fremantle), Belinda Smith (Western Bulldogs), Emma Swanson (Greater Western Sydney).
Rookies: Grace Kelly, Niamh Kelly and one spot remaining
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Deanna Berry, Ellie Blackburn, Eleanor Brown, Nicole Callinan, Naomi Ferres, Ellyse Gamble, Angelica Gogos, Ashleigh Guest (Melbourne), Bailey Hunt, Isabel Huntington, Kirsty Lamb, Brooke Lochland, Aisling McCarthy, Kirsten McLeod, Celine Moody, Kim Rennie, Hannah Scott, Lauren Spark, Bonnie Toogood, Aisling Utri, Hayley Wildes.
Rookies: Three spots remaining
