Ella Roberts is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er playing for the
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and first competed in 1987 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known ...
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 ...
(AFLW). Roberts was recruited by the Eagles with the 14th pick in the
2022 AFL Women's draft
The 2022 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 18 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's seventh season.
Expansion club signing period
The expansion clubs Essendon, Hawthorn, ...
.
Early career
Roberts played in a premiership with
WAFL Women's
WAFL Women's (WAFLW) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFLW is the premier women's football competition in Western Australia and is contested by eight teams, all of whom are owned and operated by clu ...
(WAFLW) club
Peel Thunder
The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The ...
, kicking two goals in the grand final, and was named the most valuable player at the
2021 AFL Women's Under-19 Championships.
AFL Women's career
Despite being drafted for her key forward prowess, Roberts was played primarily as a midfielder in her debut season,
[ debuting for the Eagles in the opening round of season seven. Roberts earned a rising star nomination in round 6 after she collected 15 disposals, a goal and 4 marks in a narrow loss to .][
]
Statistics
''Updated to the end of S7 (2022)''.
Honours and achievements
* AFL Women's All Australian: 2024
* AFL Women's Rising Star
The AFL Women's Rising Star award is presented annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season. The first award was awarded in 2017 AFL Women's Rising Star, 2017. The award has been sponsored by Telstr ...
nominee: S7
* West Coast Eagles Women's Club Champion: 2024
* Derby Medal: 2023
References
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2004 births
Living people
West Coast Eagles (AFLW) players
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia