2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team | |
Date: | 5 April 2022 |
Venue: | Crown Melbourne |
Host: | Sarah Jones |
Network: | Fox Footy |
Previous: | 2021 |
Main: | AFL Women's All-Australian team |
Next: | 2022 (S7) |
The 2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of 2022 AFL Women's season 6. The team was announced on 5 April 2022 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.
The selection panel for the 2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team consisted of chairwoman Nicole Livingstone, Andrew Dillon, Laura Kane, Brad Scott, Sam Virgo, Narelle Smith, Kelli Underwood, Sarah Black, Megan Waters and Tim Harrington.
The initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 30 March. had the most players selected in the initial squad with seven, with players from grand finalists and Melbourne making up one-third of the squad, and every team had at least one representative. Eleven players from the 2021 team were among those selected.[1] [2]
Club | Total | class=unsortable | Player(s) | |
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align=center | 6 | Sarah Allan, Anne Hatchard, Eloise Jones, Ebony Marinoff, Erin Phillips, Ashleigh Woodland | ||
align=center | 4 | Emily Bates, Greta Bodey, Nat Grider, Orla O'Dwyer | ||
align=center | 3 | Kerryn Harrington, Mimi Hill, Breann Moody | ||
align=center | 2 | Jaimee Lambert, Ruby Schleicher | ||
align=center | 3 | Ebony Antonio, Kiara Bowers, Hayley Miller | ||
align=center | 2 | Amy McDonald, Maddy McMahon | ||
align=center | 1 | Tara Bohanna | ||
align=center | 1 | Cora Staunton | ||
align=center | 7 | Libby Birch, Tyla Hanks, Tayla Harris, Shelley Heath, Kate Hore, Daisy Pearce, Lauren Pearce | ||
align=center | 3 | Jasmine Garner, Emma Kearney, Ash Riddell | ||
align=center | 3 | Katie Brennan, Monique Conti, Rebecca Miller | ||
align=center | 1 | Tilly Lucas-Rodd | ||
align=center | 1 | Emma Swanson | ||
align=center | 3 | Ellie Blackburn, Kirsty Lamb, Bonnie Toogood |
The final team was announced on 5 April. Grand finalists Adelaide and Melbourne had the most selections with four, with nine teams represented overall. Five players achieved selection for the first time, while seven players from the 2021 team were selected, with captain Emma Kearney achieving selection for the sixth consecutive year. Kearney was announced as the All-Australian captain and captain Hayley Miller was announced as the vice-captain.[3] [4] [5]
Note: the position of coach in the AFL Women's All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team.