Erica Fowler (born 8 July 1992) is an

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFLW). Originally a

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player, Fowler joined Collingwood's

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team and became a senior player after she was selected with the club's ninth selection and the 70th pick overall in the 2018 AFLW draft. She made her debut in a loss to at GMHBA Stadium in round 1 of the

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Early life

Fowler originally played rugby sevens, representing the

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nationally. She also played 33 games for

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in the Queensland Women's Australian Football League (QWAFL) and its lower division, the Queensland Women's Football Association. Fowler suffered injury and illness in 2016, causing her to miss the

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and leaving her with a choice between her sporting and

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careers. She was part of the Yeronga team victorious over

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in the 2017 QWAFL grand final. Fowler accepted an offer to join Collingwood's VFL Women's side in 2018 and split her time between sport and work, travelling from

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every few weeks to play.

AFLW career

For the 2018 AFLW draft, Collingwood was granted two chances to pre-select recruits to compensate for losing players to injury and rival clubs, using a similar bidding mechanism to the father–daughter rule. The club selected Fowler with pick 70; she was expected to play as a key forward and ruckwoman assisting Eliza Hynes, because of her 180-centimetre stature. She hoped her rugby sevens experience would bring "a different physicality and athleticism to the game". In November 2024, Fowler was delisted by Collingwood.

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Erica 1992 births Living people Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players University of Queensland alumni Sportswomen from Queensland Australian rules footballers from Brisbane