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Women’s Exhibition Match captains announced
The AFL is pleased to announce Daisy Pearce and Aasta O’Connor will captain the Melbourne and Western Bulldogs Football Clubs’ women’s teams respectfully.
The inaugural AFL Women’s Exhibition game will be played as a curtain-raiser on the MCG during AFL Women’s Round at 5.10pm on Saturday June 29. The game will be the first time AFL clubs have competed in an AFL sanctioned women’s match. It is an initiative of the Melbourne Football Club.
Daisy and Aasta are both currently representing Victoria in the 2013 National Women’s Championships in Cairns. They are also Darebin Falcons team-mates.
Player Profiles
DAISY PEARCE
AFL Draft Selection Number 1
Age: 25
Height: 169cm
Occupation: Midwife
Current VWFL Club: Darebin Falcons
Position: Midfield
State Teams: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
AFL Debut: 1998 Bright Junior FC Under-13s
Under-19 Victorian representative 2005, 2006, 2007
Senior Victorian representative 2009, 2011, 2013
Victorian captain 2013
Five-time All-Australian
Lisa Hardeman Medallist 2005
Player of National Championships 2007
Five-time premiership player with Darebin Falcons
Darebin Falcons captain 2008-current
Darebin Falcons Best & Fairest 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Helen Lambert Medallist 2009, 2010, 2011
Women's High Performance Academy 2010, 2012
Shannon McFerran Medallist at HPA 2012
AASTA O'CONNOR
AFL Draft Selection Number 4
Age: 25
Height: 180cm
Occupation: Accountants Assistant for Commodity Trader, Glencor Grain
Current VWFL Club: Darebin Falcons
Position: Ruck
Senior Queensland representative 2003-2009
Senior Victorian representative 2011, 2013
Career Games: 53 games for Darebin, 11 games for Logan Cobras.
AFL Debut: 1997 Under-10s North Shore Jets
Four-time All-Australian
Four-time Premiership player with Logan Cobras FC (QLD)
Premiership player with Darebin Falcons
Lisa Hardman Medallist
Two-time Cath Wotton Medallist
Victorian representative at the first female AFL-AIS squad in 2011
Daisy and Aasta are available for interview and images of them in their AFL playing uniforms are available upon request. Please contact Michelle Clyne: 0411 964 141.
Last Modified on 20/06/2013 16:01