Captains, coaches, teams: Your ultimate AFL Women’s guide for Season 8

Here’s your one-stop shop for everything you need to know for the season ahead.

We cast an eye over every team — the leaders, the new players and who to watch in 2023.

TEAM

1. Caitlin Gould

2. Eloise Jones

3. Amber Ward

4. Zoe Prowse

5. Rachelle Martin

6. Hannah Button

7. Keeley Kustermann

8. Najwa Allen

9. Deni Varnhagen

10. Ebony Marinoff

11. Sarah Goodwin

12. Chelsea Biddell

13. Kiera Mueller

14. Stevie-Lee Thompson

15. Danielle Ponter

16. Taylah Levy

17. Madison Newman

18. Brooke Smith

19. Jessica Waterhouse

20. Hannah Munyard

21. Montana McKinnon

22. Lisa Whiteley

23. Niamh Kelly

24. McKenzie Dowrick (inactive)

25. Teah Charlton

26. Chelsea Randall

27. Abbie Ballard

28. Brooke Tonon

31. Yvonne Bonner

32. Jessica Allan

33. Anne Hatchard

39. Sarah Allan

TEAM

2.Tahlia Hickie

3.Bre Koenen

4.Caitlin Wendland

5.Jade Ellenger

6.Lily Postlethwaite

7.Ellie Hampson

8.Jennifer Dunne

9.Orla O’Dwyer

10.Natalie Grider

11.Phoebe Monahan

12.Sophie Conway

13.Kate Lutkins (inactive)

14.Dakota Davidson

15.Poppy Boltz

16.Bella K. Smith

17.Isabel Dawes

18.Ally Anderson

19.Luka Yoshida-Martin (inactive)

20.Shannon Campbell

21.Courtney Hodder

22.Zimmorlei Farquharson (inactive)

23.Dee Heslop

24.Jade Pregelj

25.Cathy Svarc

26.Ella K. Smith

27.Mikayla Pauga

28.Charlotte Mullins

29.Ruby Svarc

30.Courtney Murphy

31.Taylor Smith

32.Kiara Hillier

33.Analea McKee

TEAM

1. Amelia Velardo

2. Jessica Dal Pos

3. Darcy Vescio

4. Keeley Skepper

5. Abbie McKay

6. Gab Pound

7. Tahlia Read

8. Vaomua Laloifi

9. Kerryn Peterson

10. Mimi Hill

11. Annie Lee

12. Jessica Good

13. Lulu Beatty

14. Marianna Anthony

15. Chloe Wrigley

16. Breann Moody

17. Dayna Finn

18. Madeleine Guerin (inactive)

19. Erone Fitzpatrick

20. Lily Goss

21. Harriet Cordner

22. Mia Austin

23. Daisy Walker

24. Brooke Vickers

25. Keeley Sherar

26. Paige Trudgeon

28. Imogen Milford

30. Taylor Ortlepp

37. Phoebe McWilliams

49. Madeline Hendrie

TEAM

1. Sabrina Frederick

2. Eliza James

3. Brianna Davey

4. Imogen Barnett

5. Imogen Evans

6. Jordyn Allen

7. Sarah Rowe

8. Brittany Bonnici

9. Alana Porter

10. Ashleigh Brazill

11. Charlotte Taylor

12. Stacey Livingstone

13. Grace Campbell

14. Aishling Sheridan

15. Erica Fowler

16. Sarah Sansonetti

17. Nell Morris-Dalton

18. Ruby Schleicher

19. Olivia Barber

20. Selena Karlson

21. Eleri Morris

22. Sophie Casey

23. Lauren Butler

24. Lauren Brazzale

25. Mikala Cann

26. Tarni Brown

28. Charlotte Blair

29. Tarni White

33. Emily Smith

35. Joanna Lin

TEAM

2. Georgia Gee

3. Daria Bannister

4. Madison Prespakis

5. Georgia Nanscawen

6. Danielle Marshall

7. Kodi Jacques

8. Bonnie Toogood

9. Brooke Walker

10. Jacqui Vogt

11. Alana Barba

12. Joanne Doonan

13. Lily-Rose Williamson

14. Ellyse Gamble

16. Matilda Dyke

17. Georgia Clarke

18. Leah Cutting

19. Mia Van Dyke

20. Stephanie Cain

21. Jessica Wuetschner

22. Amelia Radford

23. Renee Tierney

24. Sophie Alexander

25. Alexandra Morcom

26. Ashleigh Van Loon

27. Sophie Van De Heuvel

28. Mia Busch

30. Stephanie Wales

32. Paige Scott

33. Amber Clarke

35. Catherine Phillips (inactive)

36. Brooke Brown

TEAM

2. Kiara Bowers

3. Emma O’Driscoll

4. Angelique Stannett

5. Sarah Verrier

6. Madeleine Scanlon

7. Nikki Nield

8. Dana East

9. Gabby O’Sullivan

10. Aine Tighe

11. Mikayla Morrison (inactive)

12. Ebony Antonio

13. Makaela Tuhakaraina

14. Orlagh Lally

15. Tara Stribley

16. Serena Gibbs

17. Roxanne Roux

18. Philipa Seth

19. Hayley Miller

20. Jae Flynn

21. Mim Strom

22. Airlie Runnalls

23. Joanne Cregg

24. Sarah Wielstra

25. Megan Kauffman

26. Tahleah Mulder

28. Mikayla Hyde

29. Ariana Hetherington

30. Jessica Low

32. Laura Pugh

33. Amy Mulholland

50. Emmelie Fiedler

TEAM

1. Jasmyn Smith

2. Lauren Bella

3. Darcie Davies

4. Claudia Whitfort

5. Maddy Brancatisano

7. Lauren Ahrens

8. Charlie Rowbottom

9. Clara Fitzpatrick

10. Ella Maurer

11. Niamh McLaughlin

12. Tara Bohanna

13. Lucy Single

14. Cara McCrossan

15. Wallis Randell

16. Gabrielle Biedenweg-Webster

17. Jamie Stanton

18. Georgia Clayden

19. Ashanti Bush

20. Daisy D’Arcy

21. Jordan Membrey

22. Giselle Davies

23. Kalinda Howarth

24. Alana Gee

25. Meara Girvan

27. Jacqueline Dupuy

30. Elizabeth Keaney

32. Claire Ransom (inactive)

33. Alison Drennan

34. Tahlia Meyer

38. Kaylee Kimber

39. Vivien Saad

TEAM

1. Mikayla Bowen

2. Annabel Johnson

3. Amy McDonald

4. Darcy Moloney

5. Jacqueline Parry

6. Julia Crockett-Grills

7. Kate Surman

8. Kate Darby

9. Nina Morrison

10. Georgie Rankin

11. Meghan McDonald

12. Renee Garing

13. Olivia Fuller

14. Chloe Scheer

15. Shelley Scott

16. Chantel Emonson

18. Anna-Rose Kennedy

19. Brooke Plummer

20. Zali Friswell

21. Rebecca Webster

22. Rachel Kearns

23. Samantha Gooden

25. Mia Skinner

26. Claudia Gunjaca

31. Ingrid Houtsma

32. Gabbi Featherston

39. Abbey McDonald

41. Georgie Prespakis

44. Melissa Bragg

45. Aishling Moloney

46. Erin Hoare

TEAM

1. Annise Bradfield

2. Alicia Eva

3. Alyce Parker

4. Katherine Smith

5. Jessica Doyle

6. Rebecca Beeson

7. Zarlie Goldsworthy

8. Nicola Barr

9. Caitlin Miller

10. Jasmine Grierson

11. Chloe Dalton

12. Isabel Huntington

14. Annalyse Lister

15. Teagan Germech

16. Isadora McLeay

17. Georgia Garnett

18. Tarni Evans

19. Grace Hill

20. Fleur Davies

21. Pepa Randall

22. Meghan Gaffney (inactive)

23. Madison Brazendale

24. Haneen Zreika

25. Cambridge McCormick

29. Jodie Hicks

30. Ally Dallaway

31. Brodee Mowbray

32. Tait Mackrill (inactive)

33. Emily Pease

35. Zara Hamilton

40. Tess Cattle

TEAM

1. Tegan Cunningham

2. Janet Baird

3. Greta Bodey

4. Mattea Breed

5. Jasmine Fleming

6. Zoe Barbakos

7. Aileen Gilroy

8. Tahlia Fellows

9. Charlotte Baskaran

10. Kaitlyn Ashmore

11. Jenna Richardson

12. Louise Stephenson

13. Aine McDonagh

15. Bridget Deed

16. Ainslie Kemp

17. Mackenzie Eardley

18. Tilly Lucas-Rodd

19. Bridie Hipwell

20. Laura Elliott

21. Sophie Locke

22. Tamara Luke

23. Sarah Perkins

24. Tamara Smith

25. Emily Everist

26. Casey Dumont

31. Lucy Wales

34. Akec Makur Chuot

39. Emily Bates

41. Kristy Stratton

42. Catherine Brown

TEAM

1. Georgia Campbell

2. Olivia Purcell

3. Maddison Gay

4. Karen Paxman

5. Tyla Hanks

7. Tayla Harris

8. Sarah Lampard

9. Libby Birch

10. Kate Hore

11. Eliza West

12. Georgina Fowler

13. Maeve Chaplin

14. Lily Mithen

15. Lauren Pearce

16. Alyssa Bannan

17. Tahlia Gillard

18. Casey Sherriff

19. Jordan Ivey

20. Charlotte Wilson

21. Aimee Mackin

22. Eliza McNamara

23. Sinead Goldrick

24. Megan Fitzsimon

25. Samantha Johnson (inactive)

26. Rhiannon Watt

27. Georgia Gall

28. Saraid Taylor

29. Eden Zanker

30. Shelley Heath

31. Blaithin Mackin

32. Gabrielle Colvin

TEAM

1. Liz McGrath

2. Charli Granville

3. Isabella Eddey

4. Zoe Savarirayan (inactive)

5. Tess Craven

6. Alice O’Loughlin

7. Ash Riddell

8. Taylah Gatt

9. Emma Kearney

10. Cassidy Mailer

11. Eliza Shannon

12. Nicole Bresnehan

13. Vikki Wall (inactive)

14. Erika O’Shea

15. Amy Smith

16. Tahlia Randall

17. Sarah Wright

18. Hannah Bowey

19. Ruby Tripodi

20. Jasmine Ferguson

21. Sophia McCarthy

22. Ellie Gavalas

23. Mia King

24. Lulu Pullar

25. Jasmine Garner

26. Kim Rennie

27. Ailish Considine

28. Niamh Martin

29. Lucy Burke

33. Kate Shierlaw

35. Jenna Bruton

60. Emma King

TEAM

1. Erin Phillips

2. Ebony O’Dea

3. Ange Foley

4. Jade Halfpenny

5. Abbey Dowrick

6. Jacqui Yorston

7. Yasmin Duursma

8. Ashleigh Woodland

9. Maria Moloney

10. Indy Tahau

11. Jade De Melo

12. Hannah Ewings

13. Jasmin Stewart

14. Justine Mules

15. Julia Teakle

16. Maggie MacLachlan

17. Ella Boag

18. Olivia Levicki

19. Alex Ballard

20. Sachi Syme

21. Amelie Borg

23. Lily Johnson

24. Hannah Dunn

25. Janelle Cuthbertson

26. Maddy Keryk

27. Gemma Houghton

28. Cheyenne Hammond

29. Matilda Scholz

30. Litonya Cockatoo-Motlap

31. Laquoiya Cockatoo-Motlap

32. Jasmine Simmons

43. Georgie Jaques

44. Katelyn Pope

TEAM

1. Grace Egan

2. Eilish Sheerin

3. Katie Brennan

4. Monique Conti

5. Courtney Jones

7. Sarah Hosking

8. Molly Eastman

9. Caitlin Greiser

11. Jess Hosking

12. Sarah D’Arcy

13. Meagan Kiely

14. Poppy Kelly

15. Rebecca Miller

16. Laura McClelland

17. Katelyn Cox

18. Libby Graham

19. Kate Dempsey

20. Beth Lynch

21. Charley Ryan

22. Ellie McKenzie

23. Shelby Knoll

24. Charli Wicksteed

25. Stella Reid

26. Stephanie Williams (inactive)

27. Emelia Yassir

28. Gabrielle Seymour

29. Jemima Woods

31. Lilly Pearce

35. Maddie Shevlin

36. Amelia Peck

37. Tessa Lavey (inactive)

38. Meg Macdonald

TEAM

1. Molly McDonald

2. Nicola Stevens

3. Alice Burke

4. Deanna Jolliffe

5. Darcy Guttridge

6. Tyanna Smith

7. J’Noemi Anderson

8. Bianca Jakobsson

9. Jaimee Lambert

10. Erin McKinnon

11. Grace Kelly

12. Serene Watson

13. Renee Saulitis

14. Hannah Priest

15. Nat Exon

16. Ella Friend

17. Stephanie Chiocci

18. Hannah Stuart

20. Rebecca Ott

21. Georgia Patrikios

22. Ashleigh Richards

23. Olivia Vesely

24. Beth Pinchin

25. Rosie Dillon

27. Nicola Xenos

28. Caitlin Matthews

29. Maddie Boyd

30. Jesse Wardlaw

32. Natalie Plane

34. Simone Nalder

36. Jayde Van Dyk (inactive)

TEAM

1. Brooke Lochland

2. Bridie Kennedy

3. Sarah Ford

4. Paige Sheppard

5. Chloe Molloy

6. Ruby Sargent-Wilson

7. Ally Morphett

8. Alice Mitchell

9. Lucy McEvoy

10. Cynthia Hamilton

11. Bella R. Smith

12. Ella Heads

13. Alana Woodward

14. Maddy Collier (inactive)

15. Paris McCarthy

16. Aliesha Newman

17. Jennifer Higgins

18. Montana Ham

19. Rebecca Privitelli

20. Brenna Tarrant

21. Lisa Steane

22. Aimee Whelan

23. Eliza Vale

24. Julie O’Sullivan

25. Sofia Hurley

26. Kiara Beesley

28. Lauren Szigeti

29. Tanya Kennedy

30. Alexia Hamilton

31. Laura Gardiner

32. Hayley Bullas (inactive)

34. Kate Reynolds

37. Montana Beruldsen

44. Jaide Anthony

TEAM

1. Lauren Wakfer

2. Kellie Gibson

3. Charlotte Thomas

4. Ella Roberts

5. Courtney Rowley

6. Isabella Lewis

7. Aimee Schmidt

8. Sasha Goranova

9. Isabella Simmons

10. Jessica Sedunary

11. Aisling McCarthy

12. Emma Humphries

13. Emma Swanson

14. Belinda Smith

15. Abbygail Bushby

16. Zoe Wakfer

17. Dana Hooker

18. Jaide Britton

19. Amy Franklin

20. Kate Bartlett

21. Mikayla Western

22. Ella G. Smith

23. Sarah Lakay

25. Eleanor Hartill

28. Shanae Davison

29. Emily Elkington

30. Bethany Schilling

31. Evangeline Gooch

32. Krstel Petrevski

35. Sophie McDonald

TEAM

1. Elizabeth Snell

2. Ellie Blackburn

3. Isabella Grant

4. Isabelle Pritchard

5. Gabrielle Newton

6. Kirsten McLeod

7. Deanna Berry

8. Daisy Bateman

9. Eleanor Brown

10. Katie Lynch

11. Elle Bennetts

12. Gemma Lagioia

13. Celine Moody

14. Dominique Carruthers

15. Sarah Hartwig

16. Naomi Ferres

17. Elisabeth Georgostathis

18. Britney Gutknecht

19. Heidi Woodley

20. Millie Brown

21. Bailey Hunt

22. Keely Coyne

23. Jessica Fitzgerald

24. Aurora Smith

26. Maggie Gorham

27. Kirsty Lamb

30. Richelle Cranston

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