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Emily Bates (born 18 October 1995) 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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from 2017 to season 7. Bates was selected by the
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in the inaugural national women's draft in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the
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staged prior to the creation of the league. She represented Brisbane in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was drafted by the club with the second selection in the
2016 AFL Women's draft The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition recruited players prior to the competition's 2017 AFL Women's season, inaugural season in 2017. Draftees and signings over the peri ...
prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season. Bates won an AFL Women's premiership with Brisbane in 2021 and was awarded the league's highest individual accolade, the
AFL Women's best and fairest The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award ...
, in season 6. She is also a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian, four-time Brisbane best and fairest winner and won the Hawthorn best and fairest award in 2023. Bates has served as Hawthorn captain since 2024.


Early life

Bates was born in
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria Bacchus Marsh (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Pullerbopulloke'') is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located approximately north-west of the state capital Melbourne, at a near equidistance to the major cities of Melb ...
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as one of three sisters. At the age of three, her family relocated to
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. Her father Lloyd went on to be a key figure in Queensland football, and encouraged Bates to play football at
Yeronga Football Club The Yeronga South Brisbane Football Club, often known simply as Yeronga and nicknamed the Devils, is an Australian rules football club that plays in Division 2 of the Queensland Football Association (QFA) men's leagues and in the AFL Queensl ...
, where he coached. Through him she grew up with a football in her hand and when a girls' team started up in 2011, she joined as a junior with her father as team coach with the two winning the under 15 junior premiership. Lloyd passed of cardiac arrest when she was 15 and the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in Yeronga’s QAFLW team is named in his honour. She was educated at Brigidine College, Indooroopilly. In 2011 and 2012 she represented Queensland at under-18 level in both cricket and Australian rules football (as captain), but she ultimately chose Australian rules football over a cricket career. Bates was selected by the with the forty-fourth selection in the inaugural national women's draft in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the
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staged prior to the creation of the league. She won the Best & Fairest in the QWAFL in 2016.


AFL Women's career

Bates was taken with the number two pick, 's first, in the
2016 AFL Women's draft The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition recruited players prior to the competition's 2017 AFL Women's season, inaugural season in 2017. Draftees and signings over the peri ...
. She was announced as one of the "values leaders" to assist captain Emma Zielke alongside
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,
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and
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in January 2017. She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against at
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in the opening round of the
2017 AFL Women's season The 2017 AFL Women's season was the inaugural season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season ran from 3 February to 25 March, comprising a seven-roun ...
. Bates was nominated by her teammates for the 2017 AFLW Players’ Most Valuable Player Award, was named Brisbane's best and fairest and was also listed in the All-Australian team. Brisbane signed Bates for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. Brisbane signed Bates for the 2020 season during the trade and sign period in April 2019. Bates signed on with for 2 more years on 15 June 2021. In 2022 season 6, Bates elevated her game to new heights and averaged nearly 22 disposals and six tackles a game, becoming the Lions' best player. She polled 21 votes in the
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count and became the club's first league best and fairest recipient, the highest individual accolade in the sport. She also earned the Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year award and the
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(MVP) award, which made her the second player in the competition's history to win all three individual end-of-season awards. Leading into the 2023 season, Sarah Black named Bates at no. 10 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. Leading into the 2024 season, Bates was announced as Hawthorn's new
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, replacing Tilly Lucas-Rodd. Bates was named among Hawthorn's best players in its win over Carlton in week 1 but was a late withdrawal from Hawthorn's win over Collingwood in week 2, missing an AFLW match for the first time in her career. She returned against Adelaide in week 3 and was named among Hawthorn's best players.


Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL Women's premiership player ():
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* 2× AFL Women's minor premiership ():
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, S7 *
McClelland Trophy The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football club championship trophy, awarded each year to the club with the best aggregate performance across the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) seasons. The trophy was inaugur ...
(): 2024 Individual * Hawthorn captain: 2024–present *
AFL Women's best and fairest The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious award ...
: S6 * AFLPA AFLW most valuable player: S6 * AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year: S6 * 3×
AFL Women's All-Australian team The AFL Women's All-Australian team is an all-star team of women's Australian rules footballers playing in the AFL Women's (AFLW), selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a ...
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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
, S6 * 4× Brisbane best and fairest: 2017, 2020, S6, S7 * Hawthorn best and fairest: 2023 * Allies representative honours in AFL Women's State of Origin: 2017


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bates, Emily 1995 births Living people Sportswomen from Queensland Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players Hawthorn Football Club (AFLW) players All-Australians (AFL Women's) Australian rules footballers from Brisbane