Ashleigh Brazill (born 29 December 1989 in

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) is an

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er who plays for the

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in the

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. She previously played

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for the

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, and Australian rules football for the

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, playing both sports concurrently. She also played for the

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and the Australia national team during 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

2014 ANZ Championship season The 2014 ANZ Championship season was the seventh season of the ANZ Championship. The 2014 season began on 1 March and concluded on 22 June. With a team coached by Simone McKinnis, captained by Bianca Chatfield and also featuring Tegan Caldwell, ...

Brazill captained

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, leading the Fevers' reserves team to a bronze medal in the second-tier

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(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

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and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

seasons. She signed with the

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.

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

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

and

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. On 25 October 2015, Brazill made her senior debut for

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in the third test of the

2015 Constellation Cup The 2015 Constellation Cup was the 6th Constellation Cup series played between Australia and New Zealand. The series, also known as the New World Netball Series, featured four netball test matches, played in October 2015. The Australia team wa ...

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

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. Brazill had a breakout season at the club and was named in the

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at the end of the season. In December 2023, following her request to return to

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with her family, Brazill was traded to

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in exchange for Mikayla Hyde, with picks being traded too as part of a massive 11-club trade. Upon joining Fremantle, Brazill was elevated to the club's leadership group.

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.

Statistics

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Netball Statistics

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References

External links

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Magpies Netball profile

Super Netball profile

Netball Draft Central profile
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