Geelong Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria. The club itself was established in 1859, and has participated in the Australian Football League (AFL), the top-level men's competition, since its formation in 1897.[nb 1] Following the inaugural season of the related AFL Women's (AFLW) league in 2017,[3] Geelong was granted a licence to join the AFLW as an expansion club, and played its first match in this league during the opening round of the 2019 season.[4]
In preparation for the club's entry into the league, Geelong were provided with a range of recruitment concessions, including early access to existing clubs' players prior to the league's signing period, and additional selections in the 2018 national draft.[5][6]
The playing list size for each AFLW club in the upcoming 2020 season will be set at 30 players, with up to three of these players listed as rookies.[7] Rookie players must not have played with any Australian rules football club within the prior three years.[7] As every club is required to make a minimum number of changes to its list at the end of each season,[8] not every player necessarily makes a senior appearance for the club before being removed from the playing list.
Since its first competitive appearance, 57 players have represented the club in an AFLW premiership match.[9]
Players
| Order | Players are listed according to the date of their AFLW debut for the club. |
|---|---|
| Seasons | The yearspan of the player's AFLW appearances for Geelong. |
| Debut | Players' first AFLW match for Geelong. |
| Games | The number of games played. |
| Goals | The number of goals scored. |
| ^ | Player is currently on Geelong's AFLW playing list.[10] |
| Statistics are updated as of end of the 2023 AFL Women's season. | |
| Name | Jumper No. | Order | Season(s) | Debut | Games | Goals | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassie Blakeway | 4 | 1 | 2019–2020 | round 1, 2019 | 8 | 0 | [11] |
| Maddie Boyd | 26 | 2 | 2019–2021 | round 1, 2019 | 13 | 4 | [12] |
| Mia-Rae Clifford | 7 | 3 | 2019 | round 1, 2019 | 8 | 6 | [13] |
| Julia Crockett-Grills^ | 6 | 4 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 55 | 10 | [14] |
| Kate Darby^ | 8 | 5 | 2019–2020, 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2019 | 41 | 16 | [15] |
| Maighan Fogas | 13 | 6 | 2019 | round 1, 2019 | 1 | 0 | [16] |
| Renee Garing | 12 | 7 | 2019–2023 | round 1, 2019 | 33 | 2 | [17] |
| Rebecca Goring | 44 | 8 | 2019–2021 | round 1, 2019 | 17 | 0 | [18] |
| Jordan Ivey | 5 | 9 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 1, 2019 | 31 | 1 | [19] |
| Madeline Keryk | 45 | 10 | 2019–2022 (S7) | round 1, 2019 | 39 | 0 | [20] |
| Meg McDonald^ | 11 | 11 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 55 | 1 | [21] |
| Maddy McMahon | 24 | 12 | 2019–2022 (S6)[a] | round 1, 2019 | 32 | 0 | [22] |
| Nina Morrison^ | 9 | 13 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 39 | 11 | [23] |
| Aasta O'Connor | 14 | 14 | 2019–2021 | round 1, 2019 | 20 | 1 | [24] |
| Danielle Higgins | 2 | 15 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 1, 2019 | 24 | 6 | [25] |
| Olivia Purcell | 16 | 16 | 2019–2021 | round 1, 2019 | 19 | 6 | [26] |
| Georgie Rankin^ | 10 | 17 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 46 | 1 | [27] |
| Denby Taylor | 28 | 18 | 2019–2021[b] | round 1, 2019 | 18 | 0 | [28] |
| Anna Teague | 40 | 19 | 2019–2020 | round 1, 2019 | 9 | 0 | [29] |
| Sophie Van De Heuvel | 27 | 20 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 1, 2019 | 31 | 1 | [30] |
| Rebecca Webster^ | 21 | 21 | 2019–present | round 1, 2019 | 50 | 9 | [31] |
| Georgia Clarke | 17 | 22 | 2019–2022 (S7) | round 2, 2019 | 19 | 8 | [32] |
| Erin Hoare | 46 | 23 | 2019, 2023 | round 2, 2019 | 19 | 0 | [33] |
| Phoebe McWilliams | 23 | 24 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 2, 2019 | 31 | 21 | [34] |
| Richelle Cranston | 30 | 25 | 2019–21 | round 3, 2019 | 21 | 11 | [35] |
| Melissa Hickey | 18 | 26 | 2019–20 | round 3, 2019 | 12 | 0 | [36] |
| Rene Caris | 1 | 27 | 2019–2022 (S6) | round 5, 2019 | 12 | 1 | [37] |
| Hannah Burchell | 3 | 28 | 2019 | round 7, 2019 | 1 | 0 | [38] |
| Millie Brown | 19 | 29 | 2020–2021[c] | round 1, 2020 | 9 | 0 | [39] |
| Madisen Maguire | 7 | 30 | 2020–2022 (S6) | round 1, 2020 | 10 | 2 | [40] |
| Amy McDonald^ | 3 | 31 | 2020–present | round 1, 2020 | 49 | 8 | [41] |
| Darcy Moloney^ | 4 | 32 | 2021–present | round 1, 2021 | 38 | 9 | [42] |
| Olivia Barber | 15 | 33 | 2021–2022 (S6) | round 2, 2021 | 10 | 3 | [43] |
| Stephanie Williams | 25 | 34 | 2021–2022 (S6) | round 2, 2021 | 4 | 0 | [44] |
| Nicole Garner | 22 | 35 | 2021 | round 3, 2021 | 7 | 0 | [45] |
| Laura Gardiner | 18 | 36 | 2021–2022 (S7) | round 4, 2021 | 18 | 2 | [46] |
| Carly Remmos | 29 | 37 | 2021–2022 (S6) | round 8, 2021 | 2 | 0 | [47] |
| Chantel Emonson^ | 16 | 38 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 34 | 1 | [48] |
| Zali Friswell^ | 20 | 39 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 30 | 3 | [49] |
| Olivia Fuller^ | 13 | 40 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 20 | 1 | [50] |
| Claudia Gunjaca^ | 26 | 41 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 28 | 0 | [51] |
| Annabel Johnson | 2[d] | 42 | 2022 (S6)–2023 | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 16 | 0 | [52] |
| Rachel Kearns^ | 22 | 43 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 25 | 3 | [53] |
| Georgie Prespakis^ | 41 | 44 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 32 | 6 | [54] |
| Chloe Scheer^ | 14 | 45 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 1, 2022 (S6) | 32 | 41 | [55] |
| Gabbi Featherston^ | 32 | 46 | 2022 (S6)–present | round 2, 2022 (S6) | 11 | 0 | [56] |
| Mikayla Bowen^ | 1 | 47 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 1, 2022 (S7) | 24 | 2 | [57] |
| Jacqueline Parry^ | 5 | 48 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 1, 2022 (S7) | 24 | 19 | [58] |
| Shelley Scott^ | 15 | 49 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 1, 2022 (S7) | 18 | 12 | [59] |
| Mia Skinner | 25 | 50 | 2022 (S7)–2023[e] | round 1, 2022 (S7) | 5 | 1 | [60] |
| Kalani Scoullar | 29 | 51 | 2022 (S7) | round 3, 2022 (S7) | 2 | 0 | [61] |
| Brooke Plummer^ | 19 | 52 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 5, 2022 (S7) | 5 | 0 | [62] |
| Melissa Bragg^ | 44 | 53 | 2022 (S7)–present | round 6, 2022 (S7) | 9 | 0 | [63] |
| Abbey McDonald^ | 39 | 54 | 2023–present | round 1, 2023 | 4 | 0 | [64] |
| Aishling Moloney^ | 45 | 55 | 2023–present | round 1, 2023 | 13 | 10 | [65] |
| Kate Surman^ | 7 | 56 | 2023–present | round 1, 2023 | 13 | 4 | [66] |
| Anna-Rose Kennedy^ | 18 | 57 | 2023–present | preliminary final, 2023 | 1 | 0 |
Other listed players
| Player | Date of birth | Acquired via | Listed | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rookie | Senior | ||||
| Elise Coventry | 20 June 1984 | No. 57, 2018 national draft | — | 2019 | [67][68] |
| Hayley Trevean | 10 August 1988 | Off-season signing | — | 2019 | [69] |
| Gemma Wright | 5 June 1994 | No. 34, 2019 national draft | — | 2020 | |
| Samantha Gooden | 19 September 1996 | Rookie signing | 2022 (S7)–2023 | — | [70] |
| Ingrid Houtsma | 20 November 2003 | Traded from Richmond | — | 2022 (S7)–2023 | |