PLENTY of AFLW clubs have appointed new captains for the 2024 NAB AFLW season.
Greater Western Sydney and Port Adelaide have confirmed Bec Beeson and Janelle Cuthbertson will lead their respective teams, while Adelaide has named the duo of Ebony Marinoff and Sarah Allan as Chelsea Randall's replacement.
De Berry has been named as the Western Bulldogs' new captain, replacing Ellie Blackburn, while Ange Stannett will take over from Hayley Miller at Fremantle.
Emily Bates will add another chapter to her storied career when she leads Hawthorn in 2024, with outgoing skipper Tilly Lucas-Rodd remaining in the leadership group.
Read on to find out who's in the leadership group for your club in 2024.
This article will be updated as clubs announce their leadership groups.
Ebony Marinoff and Sarah Allan will lead Adelaide in 2024 as co-captains.
It marks a new era for the Crows, following three-time premiership captain Chelsea Randall stepping down at the end of last season.
Sarah's sister Jess Allan joins the leadership group for the first time, along with Eloise Jones, Anne Hatchard and Najwa Allen.
The reigning premier will take an unchanged leadership group into the 2024 season.
Breanna Koenen will captain Brisbane for a fourth season, first taking the reins in season six of 2022, with defender Nat Grider serving as vice-captain for a third time.
Belle Dawes, Cathy Svarc, Ally Anderson and Sophie Conway form the leadership group, the latter three players having held roles since 2022.
Carlton has unveiled a slimmed-down leadership group, which will be under the command of Kerryn Peterson for a sixth season.
Rising midfield stars Mimi Hill and Abbie McKay – who were both in the leadership group last year – will serve as co-vice captains in the three-person team.
Last year, the leadership group also included senior faces Darcy Vescio, Jess Dal Pos and Breann Moody.
Bri Davey will again captain Collingwood in 2024, with Brit Bonnici, Jordy Allen and Ruby Schleicher named as vice-captains.
Lauren Butler, Mikala Cann and Sabrina Frederick round out the leadership group.
Inaugural captains Bonnie Toogood and Steph Cain will again lead the Bombers in 2024.
Recruits Bess Keaney - who was vice-captain at Gold Coast - and Maddi Gay - who won a premiership with Melbourne in season seven - will slot straight into the leadership group along with Sophie Alexander.
Fremantle players and coaches have appointed best-and-fairest Ange Stannett as captain this year, despite the former vice-captain being ruled out for the season with a torn ACL.
Previous skipper Hayley Miller will serve as one of three vice-captains (one on each line), alongside forward Aine Tighe and defender Laura Pugh.
Emma O'Driscoll and recruit Ash Brazill round out the leadership group, with Gabby O'Sullivan removing herself from contention after six seasons.
Two-time All-Australian Meg McDonald will captain Geelong again in 2024, with Becky Webster and Nina Morrison to serve as co-vice-captains.
Gun midfielder Amy McDonald has been elevated to the leadership for the first time, joining Chantel Emonson and Mikayla Bowen.
Key forward Tara Bohanna will lead the Suns again in 2024, supported by vice-captain Jac Dupuy.
Young gun Claudia Whitfort has been joined in the leadership group by Charlie Rowbottom and Georgia Clayden.
Bec Beeson has been named as the Giants' captain for 2024, replacing long-serving captain Alicia Eva.
Katherine Smith has been named as vice-captain, while Tarni Evans and Alyce Parker round out the leadership group.
Emily Bates will captain Hawthorn in 2024, with the 2022 AFLW Best and Fairest winner replacing inaugural captain Tilly Lucas-Rodd.
Premiership player and new recruit Eliza West has been named as vice-captain.
Lucas-Rodd remains part of the leadership group, along with Jenna Richardson and Jas Fleming.
The Demons are unchanged at the top, with Kate Hore and Tyla Hanks continuing in their roles for a second year as captain and vice-captain respectively.
Inaugural player Sarah Lampard is back in the leadership group after holding a role in 2019, while Paxy Paxman returns to an official leadership role, having vice-captained the club between 2020 and season six of 2022.
Of last year's leadership group, Libby Birch has moved to North Melbourne, while 36-year-old Rhiannon Watt has been named alongside Lily Mithen, Lauren Pearce and Tayla Harris as a supporting quartet.
Inaugural captain Emma Kearney will again captain North Melbourne in 2024.
Jas Garner will serve as vice-captain, with Libby Birch and Jasmine Ferguson joining Ash Riddell, Kate Shierlaw and Bella Eddey in the leadership group.
Key defender Janelle Cuthbertson has been handed the reins after the retirement of inaugural skipper Erin Phillips.
The veteran was vice-captain last year, and served in former club Fremantle's leadership group the season prior.
Justine Mules-Robinson has been appointed vice-captain, with support from Ange Foley and new face Ash Saint. The forward takes the spot of usual leadership group member Hannah Dunn, who will miss the season due to pregnancy.
Katie Brennan will captain the Tigers for a sixth season, with Gabby Seymour and Tessa Lavey sharing the vice-captain role.
Reigning competition best and fairest winner Mon Conti rounds out the leadership group along with Sarah Hosking.
Long-term skipper Hannah Priest will captain the Saints for a fourth season outright (and fifth overall), with Bianca Jakobsson serving as her vice-captain for the third time.
But the Saints have overhauled their leadership group, ushering in fresh faces Georgia Patrikios (23 years old), Serene Watson (22) and Tyanna Smith (21).
The club said Nicola Stevens and Steph Chiocci will remain as senior leaders, but not in an official capacity.
Nat Plane, Molly McDonald and Hannah Stuart also make way from last year's leadership group.
TBC
Inaugural West Coast skipper Emma Swanson will continue to captain the club for a sixth season under new coach Daisy Pearce.
Bella Lewis has been appointed vice-captain for a successive season, but will be joined this year in the role by 20-year-old Charlie Thomas, who took out the club's best and fairest in 2023.
Two recruits have clearly had a big impact in a short space of time, with Jess Hosking and Matilda Sergeant – who will miss the season with a torn ACL – rounding out the leadership group.
It's a freshened leadership group, which has lost Dana Hooker (pregnancy), Aisling McCarthy (Fremantle) and Jess Sedunary (retired) over the off-season.
Deanna Berry will take the reins from long-serving skipper Ellie Blackburn as an off-season of change at Whitten Oval continues.
Blackburn remains in the leadership group alongside Elle Bennetts, Isabelle Pritchard, Isabella Grant, and Jess Fitzgerald.