2013 AFL National Women’s Championships

The 2013 AFL National Women’s Championships are underway in Cairns, Queensland.

The championships, which kicked off on Monday, June 17 involve eight teams in two divisions. Division One includes Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.

Division Two includes South Australia, ACT, Tasmania, and for the first time Arafura which includes players from the Northern Territory, Far North Queensland and Papua New Guinea.

WA Coach Neil Mildenhall said he was confident WA would perform well with a team that includes 12 of the players selected in this year’s first AFL Women’s Draft, the current Debbie Lee medallist and several All Australians.

“We have worked really hard on our fitness and despite some major injuries to several of our seasoned players we have a great mix of youth and experience,” he said.

Picture: WA vice captain Kara Donnellan, captain Chelsea Randall and vice captain Shelley Matcham.

2013 WA STATE OPEN WOMEN’S TEAM

JUMPER No.

SURNAME

GIVEN NAME

1

RENSHAW

ASHLEA

2

AVERY

TARA

3

CHOUT

AKEC MAKUR

4

SHEPHERD

SAMANTHA

6

HAYNES

TIAH

7

WHYTE

BROOKE

8

MATCHAM

SHELLEY (VC)

10

HOOKER

DANA

11

SCHMIDT

AIMEE

12

SETH

PHILIPA

13

PLAYER

KELLY

14

CLINCH

KELLY

15

DONNELLAN

KARA (VC)

16

PHILLIPS

KIRA

17

SWANSON

EMMA

18

COLEGATE

CHLOE

19

CORWALL

SIMONE

21

BOUCHER

FIONA

22

O’DONNELL

CAITLIN

23

BENTLEY

KIRBY

26

RANDALL

CHELSEA (CAPT)

27

FORTH

RENEE

28

LAMBKIN

ELLAIN

32

WALDING

STEPHANIE

34

MASCALL

LEAH

42

SMITH

BELINDA

45

LUGG

RHEANNE