AFL Women's, usually shortened to AFLW, is Australia's national professional Australian rules football competition for female players. It is run by the Australian Football League and is contested by clubs that also field teams in the men's competition. Its first season was played in February and March 2017 with eight teams, the league grew to ten teams in 2019, fourteen in 2020 and eighteen in 2022. The competition grew out of exhibition matches between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs from 2013, after the AFL Commission began working in earnest toward a national women's league following a 2010 report on women's football. Its league name and logo were announced in September 2016. The 2019 grand final drew a crowd of 53,034, then the largest for a women's sporting event in Australia, and the league has drawn particular interest in Ireland through the recruitment of Gaelic football players.
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A national women's Australian football competition, organized by the AFL, began in 2017.
Bláithín Mackin (Wikipedia)
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who plays for Melbourne in the AFL Women's
Ailish Considine (Wikipedia)
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Ailish Considine (born 9 July 1992) is an Irish former Australian rules footballer who played for Adelaide and North Melbourne in the AFL Women's.
Aoife Healy (Wikipedia)
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playing for Fremantle in the AFL Women's (AFLW)
Aoibhin Cleary (Wikipedia)
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Cleary was the 40th Irish woman to play in AFL Women's.
Rachel Kearns (Wikipedia)
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is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Geelong in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Jennifer Dunne (footballer) (Wikipedia)
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Dunne played in the Brisbane Lions team that won the 2023 AFL Women's Grand Final
Orlagh Lally (Wikipedia)
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playing for Fremantle in the AFL Women's (AFLW)
Neasa Dooley (Wikipedia)
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plays for Brisbane in the AFL Women's (AFLW)
Vikki Wall (Wikipedia)
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She played in the AFL Women's league with North Melbourne during 2022 season 7.
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