Read about every player who will feature in the 2024 rebel VFLW Grand Final.
North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs will both be hunting their maiden rebel VFLW flag when they meet in the premiership decider at Port Melbourne’s ETU Stadium on Sunday.
2024 rebel VFLW Grand Final
North Melbourne vs Westen Bulldogs
Sunday, July 21
ETU Stadium
12:10pm AEST
Entry: Entry is FREE. Patrons are advised dogs are not permitted into ETU Stadium.
Broadcast: The 2024 rebel VFLW Grand Final will be broadcast live and free on the Seven Network via Channel 7 in Victoria. The match will also be streamed live and free on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App.
Radio: Radio coverage is available via Casey Radio 97.7FM or caseyradio.com.au and WARF Radio.
NORTH MELBOURNE
(compiled by Brent Sternberg)
2. TAHLIA MEIER
Age: 20; Height: 155cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 42/10; Season matches/goals 16/8
A speedy midfielder/forward who has enjoyed a fruitful first season at North Melbourne, playing every game after an impressive 29-game stint at the Bulldogs that peaked with a sixth placing in the 2023 Lambert-Pearce Medal. Registered 16 disposals and kicked two goals in the Round 1 win over the Dogs but can impact a game with fewer numbers than that.
4. AUDREY RHODES
Age: 27; Height: 162cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 38/17; Season matches/goals 16/6; North Melbourne best and fairest 2023; VFLW Team of the Year 2023
The nuggety midfielder has been a star since joining from VAFA powerhouse Old Xaverians in 2022. The reigning club best and fairest has missed just one game in two seasons, averaging 16 disposals in 2024 while leading the league for tackles with 160, including a remarkable 15 in each final so far. Will be involved in everything within the engine room for the Kangaroos.
5. ELISHA KING
Age: 24; Height: 164cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 16/4; Season matches/goals 5/1
AFLW matches/goals: North Melbourne 10/3
Former AFLW Kangaroo who returned late in the season from an ACL injury to provide Brett Gourley’s team with a valuable marking option at both ends of the ground. Has not had a huge impact since returning but is the type of player that can explode if she is not diligently watched.
7. BROOKE SLANEY
Age: 27; Height: 163cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 39/5; Season matches/goals 10/0
Medium defender/midfielder who missed the first chunk of the season with a wrist injury. Not a high accumulator, averaging seven disposals per game and registering just one in the second semi-final against Williamstown. The only player in the team who has been with North Melbourne since they entered the VFLW competition in 2021.
8. JENNIFER GUY
Age: 27; Height: 168cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 26/4; Season matches/goals 7/2
A midfielder from Launceston in the Tasmanian State League. Returned late in the season from a serious hip injury after an ACL tear caused her to miss all bar three games in 2023. Looks to be fit and firing now and will be a smoky for the Lisa Hardeman Medal if she puts her best foot forward on the day.
9. GEORGIA NICHOLAS
Age: 24; Height: 164cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 32/7; Season matches/goals 8/2
Another of the Kangaroos’ Apple Isle cohort out of the Old Scotch Collegians in the Northern Tasmania league, Nicholas is a dangerous forward/midfielder who doesn’t need much of the footy to hurt the opposition. Has goaled in both finals for the Roos and has a mercurial streak to fear.
10. MATILDA ZANDER
Age: 26; Height: 160cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 61/26; Season matches/goals 15/4; Collingwood best and fairest 2022; VFLW Team of the Year 2021, 2022
Dual VFLW Team of the Year member and a stalwart of the VFLW after crossing from SANFLW club Norwood post COVID. Has missed only one game in her first season at North after crossing from Collingwood where she won the best and fairest and finished third in the Lambert-Pearce Medal in 2022 before playing in the losing Grand Final last year. One of six North players with VFLW Grand Final experience, which will be crucial.
12. MADDIE DI COSMO
Age: 22; Height: 169cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 45/8; Season matches/goals 16/3; Carlton best and fairest 2023; VFLW Team of the Year 2023
A stud ball-winner who crossed to North Melbourne this season as Carlton’s reigning best and fairest. Has averaged 18 disposals and eight tackles while playing every game this season, with a best of 29 in the thumping win over Essendon in the elimination final. One of the Kangaroos’ leading forces in the midfield who might well force her way onto an AFLW list with a big showing in the big game.
16. ZARA FLANIGAN
Age: 21; Height: 174cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 27/8; Season matches/goals 16/3
A utility plucked by the Roos out of the Northern Knights in the Coates Talent League, Flanigan has quietly gone about her business in the blue and white this season. Has played every game and almost every position, averaging 8.5 disposals, 3.6 tackles and six hitouts.
17. JESS JONES (c)
Age: 32; Height: 177cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 41/1; Season matches/goals 15/0
The co-captain had to shoulder the load in the ruck in the past couple of seasons but has settled into the backline this year with the arrivals of Kate Reynolds and fellow co-captain Sarah King. That’s where Jones will get the job of stopping either of the Bulldogs’ main attacking threats Mia-Rae Clifford or Mary Sandral. Was on Carlton’s AFLW list in season seven but didn’t play a game. Has indicated this could be her final VFLW game before retirement.
19. ELISABETH JACKSON
Age: 22; Height: 168cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 51/5; Season matches/goals 16/0
One of many who flew the coop from Collingwood in the off-season and landed at Arden Street. Easy to spot on the wing with her shock of red hair, Jackson has averaged 13 disposals while playing every game for the Roos this season. One of the Magpies’ best in the decider last year but returns to the big game for the Shinboners with unfinished business. Was runner-up to Zander in Collingwood’s 2022 best and fairest.
21. EMILY PATERNO
Age: 29; Height: 164cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 65/39; Season matches/goals 16/12
The high-flying forward returned to North in 2023 after spending 2022 with Hillside in the Essendon District league. Has kicked five goals in the two meetings with the Bulldogs, including three in the Round 14 loss, but is yet to fire a shot in the finals. No doubt one of the players that has kept Bulldogs coach Rhys Cahir up at night this week.
22. MARA McSWEENEY
Age: 33; Height: 172cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 33/0; Season matches/goals 15/0
Unheralded defender who has been handed some tough jobs down back for the Roos this season. Played seven games for the Western Bulldogs in 2022 before heading to Arden Street, having originally been recruited from the mighty West Brunswick in the VAFA.
24. AMANDA LING
Age: 22; Height: 162cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 37/2; Season matches/goals 14/1
AFLW matches/goals: Western Bulldogs 2/0
Former Western Bulldogs AFLW player who joined the Roos in 2024 after playing every game for the Dogs at VFLW level in 2023. Has been playing in the backline this season and will likely go to one of the Bulldogs’ small forwards, likely Tallia Pulcino. Was best on ground in the Oakleigh Chargers’ premiership in 2022, so does bring big game pedigree.
26. ALANA BARBA
Age: 22; Height: 162cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 51/20; Season matches/goals 16/8; Essendon Premiership 2022, Lisa Hardeman medallist; VFLW Team of the Year 2021
AFLW matches/goals: Gold Coast 2/0; Essendon 10/0
A freak of a midfielder who has proven again this season that she is AFLW standard, averaging 18 disposals and seven tackles in all 16 games for the Roos. Was best on ground in Essendon’s breakthrough VFLW premiership in 2022 and it’s not hyperbole to say if she repeats that then North Melbourne will win. Kicked one of the all-time great VFLW goals in the semi-final against Williamstown to stamp North’s spot in the decider.
27. PAIGE RYAN
Age: 19; Height: 164cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 12/1; Season matches/goals 7/0
North Melbourne’s only teenager is set to line-up in the Grand Final having played an important role this season as a winger/high half-forward. The decider will be her eighth game of season after earning a debut in 2023 for the Western Bulldogs. A premiership player in the Coates Talent League with the Western Jets.
30. NIC HALES
Age: 28; Height: 168cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 93/3; Season matches/goals 15/0; Collingwood Premiership 2019
Super experienced half-back flanker who has missed just one game in her first season at Arden St after joining from Collingwood. Set to line up in her third VFLW Grand Final after tasting both extremes of the emotional spectrum with Collingwood in 2019 (win) and 2023 (loss). One of the best ball users in the team.
34. RENEE TIERNEY
Age: 22; Height: 164cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 37/29; Season matches/goals 16/8; Essendon Premiership 2022; VFLW Team of the Year 2022
AFLW matches/goals: Essendon 4/1
A former Essendon AFLW player who has changed her role under Brett Gourley from a marking forward to ball-winning mid, averaging 16.5 disposals. A premiership teammate of Alana Barba at Essendon in 2022 and also played in two Grand Finals in the Coates Talent League with the Geelong Falcons, one as a 15-year-old. Multi-faceted game-breaker who will have her say at some stage.
38. MARY DAW
Age: 21; Height: 165cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 5/0; Season matches/goals 5/0
The sister of former North Melbourne and Melbourne player Majak Daw, Mary forced her way into the team in Round 12 and has kept her spot, impressing with her composure and class in the backline. Has a premiership medal for Point Cook in the Western league in 2022 and there will no doubt be many friends and relatives in attendance on Sunday hoping she can do the same in the state league.
40. NYAKOAT DOJIOK
Age: 21; Height: 175cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 40/53; Season matches/goals 15/28; VFLW Team of the Year 2023
The electric one they call “Nike” finished third in the Rohenna Young Medal for the league’s leading goalkicker, booting 22 goals in 13 games. Failed to have an impact in the Grand Final last year for Collingwood, something she likely mulled over during the off-season and again this week. Kicked three goals from 20 disposals in North’s round 14 loss to the Dogs and if Caitlin Pickett or Tamsin Crook can’t shut her down, the Bulldogs will be in a world of hurt.
44. KATE REYNOLDS
Age: 26; Height: 191cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 11/0; Season matches/goals 11/0
AFLW matches/goals: Sydney 2/0
Reynolds has had a great start to life as a VFLW footballer since being delisted by AFLW team Sydney, averaging 38 hitouts in 11 games. Served a four-match suspension following the Round 1 clash between these teams and didn’t play in Round 14, so she will be desperate to stamp her authority on the Grand Final. Her clash against Bulldog young gun Keeley Hardingham shapes as the vital match-up of the game. Coming off a season-high 53 hitouts against Williamstown in the second semi-final.
EMERGENCIES
1. FELICITY THEODORE
Age: 23; Height: 160cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals: 27/9; Season matches/goals 4/1
Lost her spot this season after Round 5 and a stint in concussion protocols at Hillside just before the finals hampered her efforts to break back into the team. Could bob up for a goal at an important time if she gets the chance.
13. SARAH HOSKING
Age: 21; Height: 168cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 29/3; Season matches/goals 9/2
A midfielder who played all bar one game for the Magpies last year but was quiet in the Grand Final, amassing just five disposals. Averaged 6.3 disposals and four tackles in nine games this season but hasn’t featured since the Round 11 win over Darebin.
18. TRICIA COWAN
Age: 22; Height: 168cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 37/3; Season matches/goals 8/0
Yet another former Magpie who crossed to North this season after playing in Collingwood’s losing Grand Final. Midfielder from the Oakleigh Chargers via Blackburn who hasn’t pulled on the guernsey since the round 13 win over Box Hill Hawks. Missed time dealing with concussion issues this season.
20. KIARA DELIA
Age: 21; Height: 166cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 17/1; Season matches/goals 3/0
The Calder Cannons and Greenvale product impressed with her determination and marking ability. Hasn’t played since the Round 10 win against Collingwood, struggling to get past Dojiok and Paterno in the pecking order.
23. ANNABEL SCOTT
Age: 27; Height: 159cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 71/12; Season matches/goals 5/0
Another former Bulldog who has played some great footy for North in her three seasons at Arden Street, finishing top three in the best and fairest in 2022 and 2023. Was unluckily dropped after the Round 14 loss to the Bulldogs and the fact she’s in the emergencies speaks to the depth at North Melbourne this season.
28. MARGUERITE PURCELL
Age: 22; Height: 168cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 18/1; Season matches/goals 2/0
And another former Western Bulldog VFLW player, Purcell has played just two games this season and hasn’t appeared since the loss to Williamstown in Round 8.
46. SARAH KING (C)
Age: 26; Height: 185cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 71/8; Season matches/goals 7/0
The inspirational ruck jumped from Victoria Park to Arden St this season and was immediately awarded with the co-captaincy, speaking volumes of her leadership and character. Was omitted after the Round 14 loss to the Dogs and hasn’t been able to force her way back in, which is a shame for one of the great VFLW rucks of the post-COVID era.
WESTERN BULLDOGS
(compiled by Brendan Rhodes)
28. STEPHANIE ASCIAK
Age: 20; Height: 164cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 34/2; Season matches/goals 17/0
A lively winger out of the local Western Jets program, Asciak has become a crucial link-up through the midfield with her pace and ball use. Has had double figures in disposals every week from Round 14 after only doing that three times for the rest of the season. Also regularly gets back to help the defensive unit.
29. COURTNEY UGLE
Age: 27; Height: 160cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 88/7; Season matches/goals 16/0; Essendon Premiership 2022
A star at VFLW level for a long time, the 2022 premiership vice-captain (and previous Bombers skipper) brought 72 games of experience to Mission Whitten Oval this season and has been almost impassable off half-back. Almost impossible to get a kick on her, she also creates a lot of drive with her bursts off the line in the bright green boots. Turns 28 on Monday so would love an extra present to celebrate.
30. TAMSIN CROOK
Age: 21; Height: 178cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 58/2; Season matches/goals 15/0; Essendon Premiership 2022
A Bombers premiership key defender and another local from just down the road at Moonee Valley, Crook is the rock that holds the Bulldogs’ backline together. Was close to best on ground in the preliminary final with 18 disposals and seven marks (her previous season bests were 11 and five). Will provide a strong chop out for Caitlin Pickett on Kangaroos’ star Nyakoat Dojiok while tasked with quelling Emily Paterno.
31. MALI McLEOD
Age: 21; Height: 172cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 33/15; Season matches/goals 14/8
A strong target at centre half-forward, the Grand Final will be McLeod’s first as a 21-year-old after receiving the keys to the city on Tuesday. Takes a lot of pressure off the likes of Mia-Rae Clifford and often bobs up with a crucial goal just when the Bulldogs need it.
34. TRINITY SKENDERIS
Age: 21; Height: 164cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 31/4; Season matches/goals 11/2
Like Asciak, Skenderis is a small, speedy winger who is in some of the best form of her season providing the conduit from defence to attack. Buzzes around the outside of the packs to pounce on the loose ball but also isn’t afraid to lay a tackle to stop an escaping midfielder, sticking six of them in the semi-final.
35. ELLIE BISHOP
Age: 21; Height: 177cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 23/5; Season matches/goals 16/4
The third member of the just-turned-21 club (with McLeod and Skenderis) who are hoping to turn the biggest milestone of their young lives into the biggest party. Roams between half-forward and half-back as a marking target and has also developed her ability to drift deep and kick a goal.
36. TALLIA PULCINO
Age: 21; Height: 154cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 17/8; Season matches/goals 9/5
A small forward who doesn’t win a lot of the ball but makes good decisions and is pinpoint in her delivery to give her key targets the best chance to take a mark in goalscoring range. Missed eight weeks through the middle of the season but has provided an extra spark since her return.
39. MARY SANDRAL
Age: 25; Height: 173cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 58/30; Season matches/goals 5/7
Described by coach Rhys Cahir as the heart-and-soul of the team, the power forward from a famous football family in the NSW Southern Riverina is the only remaining member of the 2019 Grand Final loss to Collingwood. Last year’s captain, she was made to fight to earn her spot back in the team, which she did for Round 13. Kicked three goals that day and has hit the scoreboard in every game since. Lost her great uncle Jim Sandral, a 1956 Melbourne premiership player and country football legend, this week, but he will be up there cheering her on.
44. JORJA LIVINGSTONE
Age: 21; Height: 172cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 21/0; Season matches/goals 9/0
Crossed from Port Melbourne this year after missing out of the 2023 premiership team and has her chance to get her hands on a coveted medal. Could history repeat and she join ex-teammate Lauren Caruso in being best-on-ground in a Grand Final the year after watching her club achieve the ultimate?
45. TANNAH HURST
Age: 20; Height: 165cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 24/0; Season matches/goals 7/0
Building a reputation as a big-game player in this finals series having been one of Collingwood’s best in last year’s decider. Had a career day in the qualifying final against Williamstown and went even better as they knocked the Borough out in week 2. Then stuck eight tackles to hassle the Seagulls out of the competition last week. One to watch.
46. EMILY RAMSAY
Age: 26; Height: 167cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 68/5; Season matches/goals 14/1
Moved up the highway this year to provide much-needed experience after 54 games for Geelong and has done exactly that since overcoming injury, having not missed a game since Round 3. Only averages 7.7 disposals per game, but it’s her leadership that is so valuable to this team.
47. MIA-RAE CLIFFORD
Age: 37; Height: 169cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 123/84; Season matches/goals 11/11; Essendon Premiership captain 2022; VFLW games record holder; VFLW Team of the Year 2018, 2022 (captain)
AFLW matches/goals: Melbourne 7/0, Geelong 8/6, Fremantle 3/2
A list of accolades as long as your arm for the elder stateswoman in this game. Clifford has done it all in a remarkable career that has seen her amazingly play more VFLW matches than even the Darebin Falcons, who have also been in the competition since Day 1. In fact, after Sunday, she will be 27 games ahead of the second-most experienced player. Is also a premiership and VFLW Team of the Year captain who finished sixth in the 2022 Lambert-Pearce Medal and even found time to play 18 AFLW matches as well. And she is still at the top of her game as the key forward focal point who hardly ever misses, booting 11.3 for the season including 5.1 during the finals.
51. DOM CARBONE (C)
Age: 22; Height: 161cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 53/23; Season matches/goals 17/2; Western Bulldogs best and fairest 2023; VFLW Team of the Year 2023
AFLW matches/goals: Hawthorn 6/0, Western Bulldogs 2/0
The warrior of this team, there could not be a better choice for captain despite being her still being only 22. Has already played more than 50 VFLW and eight AFLW games as the inside midfielder every successful team needs. Averaging 18 disposals and five tackles without missing a game this year and is primed to explode on the big stage to remind AFLW clubs of her quality.
53. MILLIE KLINGBEIL
Age: 25; Height: 168cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 71/16; Season matches/goals 16/3; Carlton best and fairest 2022
A star addition from Carlton, where she won the best and fairest two years ago and finished third last year, she is Carbone’s right-hand woman in the centre bounces. Hasn’t been required to win as much of the ball as she did at the Blues but that hasn’t stopped her working overtime at the bottom of the packs, and she has twice topped 20 disposals this season.
56. RENEE SAULITIS
Age: 21; Height: 163cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 26/21; Season matches/goals 17/15
AFLW matches/goals: St Kilda 10/0
A genuine matchwinner deep in the forward line, Saulitis is known to drag her defender up the ground and then burn her off on the way back with sheer pace. Has an uncanny knack of fashioning a scoring opportunity and must be watched closely, given the damage she can do with low numbers – as shown by the fact she has been quiet throughout the finals but still found a way to kick two goals.
57. ASH SNOW
Age: 21; Height: 162cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 22/0; Season matches/goals 14/0
An under-the-radar defender who hasn’t received the kudos outside the club that she deserves. Has been in outstanding touch in the last line during the finals, with two of her best five games of the season coming in the past two weeks. Reads the ball well, taking plenty of intercept marks and usually finds a target on the way out.
59. CAITLIN PICKETT
Age: 25; Height: 175cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 26/0; Season matches/goals 12/0
The key defender with the biggest job in this game – Operation Nike – stop Nyakoat Dojiok, the star Kangaroos forward who has kicked a league-high 28 goals for the season including six in the finals. But this is about Pickett, and coach Rhys Cahir had no hesitation in saying she was the woman for the job. Dojiok kicked 3.2 from 20 touches when they last met, so Pickett will be hungry to answer the call on this occasion.
62. SARAH SKINNER
Age: 24; Height: 166cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 57/24; Season matches/goals 17/3
AFLW matches/goals: Sydney 8/1, Western Bulldogs 1/0
Returned to the Bulldogs last year after surprisingly being delisted following an eight-game debut AFLW season with Sydney. Responded with a third-placing in the best-and-fairest plus a top-up game at the highest level. Starred with 18 disposals and six marks in the preliminary final to bounce back from a key error in the qualifying loss to Williamstown and will be primed for another big performance on the big stage.
63. JAIMI TABB
Age: 22; Height: 169cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 29/23; Season matches/goals 16/15
AFLW matches/goals: Adelaide 4/0
A versatile type, Tabb is capable of playing just about anywhere. Takes mark and kicks goal as a deep forward, can provide drive from the middle with her gut-running and second efforts that has also brought scoring chances for herself and could even go down back if required. Coming off her quietest game of the year last week and will be hungry to respond.
64. IMOGEN MILFORD
Age: 24; Height: 182cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 43/32; Season matches/goals 12/5; VFLW Team of the Year 2021
AFLW matches/goals: Carlton 8/2
Provides a strong target in the forward line and also a vital chop out in the ruck for star tall Keeley Hardingham which will definitely be needed against Kangaroos’ giant Kate Reynolds. An AFLW experienced tall with a VFLW Team of the Year guernsey under her belt, she kicked three goals against the Roos in Round 14 but hasn’t kicked one in the finals as yet. The Bulldogs need her at her best.
66. KEELEY HARDINGHAM
Age: 20; Height: 182cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 22/12; Season matches/goals 17/8
With respect to Pickett v Dojiok and Clifford v Jones/McSweeney, the clash between Hardingham and Reynolds is the most important match-up in this game. The two standout rucks in the competition enter the biggest game in redhot form, with the Kangaroo having had 53 hitouts in the second semi-final and the Bulldog averaging 18 touches and 24 hitouts in the finals as well as kicking two goals last week. A genuine Lambert-Pearce Medal contender, Hardingham’s mobility will be crucial to the outcome of this match-up and the overall result. It’s mouthwatering stuff.
EMERGENCIES
38. CHLOE LEONARD
Age: 22; Height: 169cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals: 37/1; Season matches/goal 5/0
A key signing from Geelong in the off-season, Leonard has struggled with injury, managing just five matches in two stints. Hasn’t played since Round 12 but has forced her way back into the emergency list and will provide vital experience if called upon.
40. JADE HUTCHINSON
Age: 21; Height: 164cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 8/0; Season matches/goals 1/0
The defender has played just one game this year, the loss to Darebin in Round 12, but loves hunting the hard ball and will be cracking in if she gets the call.
42. LONDON ASHCROFT
Age: 19; Height: 174cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 8/1; Season matches/goals 4/1
A talented prospect from the Swans Academy, she loves to tackle, averaging more than four of them a game in her eight matches across the past two seasons, while she once had 10 in a game against the Giants Academy.
48. FREYA TAYLOR
Age: 19; Height: 166cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 20/0; Season matches/goals 3/0
Played every game in 2023 but has only broken through for three this season despite being an emergency most weeks. Another Swans Academy graduate, she is still only just starting out at this level and has plenty of time.
55. ELEANOR CORNISH
Age: 24; Height: 177cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 24/2; Season matches/goals 4/0
Played 20 games in five years at the Bombers and was an emergency in the 2022 Grand Final, a role she has been left to fulfil again at her new club. Added four games to her tally this year, but none since Round 10.
67. MIA COWAN
Age: 21; Height: 174cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 24/15; Season matches/goals 3/0
Missed out on Collingwood’s run to the decider last year through injury before crossing to the Bulldogs, but hasn’t been able to break into the team regularly, playing just three games, her last in Round 12.
68. JAIME HENRY
Age: 18; Height: 176cm
VFLW: Career matches/goals 13/1; Season matches/goals 13/1
The first emergency, Henry is shaping as the hard luck story after losing her spot in the team to Jorja Livingstone after the qualifying final. The West Australian played some great footy early in the year and will no doubt be jumping out of her skin if the chance arose.
