Ashleigh Brazill (born 29 December 1989 in

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) is an Australian

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and

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player, playing both sports concurrently for Collingwood Football Club. She has played for the

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and

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previously in her netball career.

Netball career

Domestic

Brazill made her domestic league debut for the

in 2010. She made the move to the

in 2012 and made an immediate impact, winning the club's MVP for the season. Brazill suffered with injuries over the next two seasons which restricted her time on court. Despite sitting out most of the

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Brazill captained

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, leading the Fevers' reserves team to a bronze medal in the second-tier Australian Netball League (ANL). She was also named joint Player of the Year in the 2014 Australian Netball League. She was selected as captain of the Fever for the 2015 and

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seasons. She signed with the

Collingwood Magpies The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

ahead of the 2017

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season. Brazill has been hugely influential in wing-defence for the Magpies and her good form was rewarded with the club best and fairest award for the 2018 season.

Statistics

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International

In 2010, Brazill was one of the twelve players selected for the Australian

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team. She took part in the

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in Liverpool and was Australia's best player for the series. She represented Australia again in the Fast5 series in

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and

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. On 25 October 2015, Brazill made her senior debut for Australia in the third test of the 2015 Constellation Cup series against

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. She was also a late replacement for Renae Ingles in the January 2016 tour of England.

Australian rules football career

On 18 October 2017, she was drafted to play for Collingwood in the

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after being selected at pick 34. Collingwood re-signed Brazill and appointed her vice-captain for the 2019 season. Brazill had a breakout season at the club and was named in the

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at the end of the season.

Statistics

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Personal life

Brazill married her long-term partner Brooke Grieves on 30 January 2016 in Western Australia. At the time

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was not legal in Australia. The couple celebrated the birth of their

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Louis in January 2020.

References

External links

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Magpies Netball profile

Super Netball profile

Netball Draft Central profile
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