The 2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the

2018 AFL Women's season The 2018 AFL Women's season was the second season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 2 February to 24 March, c ...

. It was announced on 27 March 2018 as a complete

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team of 21 players, the first time that this happened after teams in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football competition for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the l ...

were reduced from 22 players following the competition's inaugural season. The team is honorary and does not play any games.

Initial squad

The initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 21 March. and had the most players selected in the initial squad with seven each, while grand finalists and the had six each. Twelve players from the 2017 team were among those selected.

Final team

The final team was announced on 27 March. Melbourne and grand finalists Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs had the most representatives with four each, and every team again had at least one representative. Nine players from the 2017 team were among those selected. co-captain

Chelsea Randall Chelsea Randall (born 14 June 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club#AFL Women's team, Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She is one of the club's inaugural AFLW team co-captains, and ...

was announced as the All-Australian captain and Melbourne captain

Daisy Pearce Daisy Pearce (born 27 May 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club#AFL Women's team, Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and is the current AFLW senior coach of the West Coast Eagle ...

, the previous year's All-Australian captain, was announced as the vice-captain. Note: the position of coach in the AFL Women's All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team.

References

External links

AFLW Awards
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