Ashleigh Woodland (born 9 September 1998) is an

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFLW). She previously played for the

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in 2019 and the

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from 2021 to season 7. Woodland won an AFL Women's premiership with Adelaide in season 6, and was selected in the 2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team and won the

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award in the same season. She is a dual Adelaide leading goalkicker.

AFL Women's career

Woodland was signed by as an undrafted free agent following the

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. She made her debut in loss to at

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in round 1 of the

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. Woodland enjoyed a breakout season with in 2022 (S6), starting the season with four goals in round one against and another four in round two against North Melbourne. In the final minor round game against , Woodland kicked two goals to win the AFLW leading goalkicker award with 19 goals, which at the time was the most ever in one season. Woodland and her team went on to win the premiership over Melbourne in the season 6 Grand Final. In March 2023, during the new Priority signing period, Woodland joined

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. She finished the year as runner-up in the club's leading goalkicking, two goals behind

Gemma Houghton Gemma Maree Houghton (born 31 December 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. Houghton was recruited by Fremantle as a free agent in October 2016. She had never played ...

Honours and achievements

Team * AFL Women's premiership player (): S6 * 2× AFL Women's minor premiership (): 2021, S6 Individual *

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: S6 *

: S6 * 2× Adelaide leading goalkicker: S6, S7

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodland, Ashleigh 1998 births Living people Melbourne Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) players Port Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) players