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Phoebe Monahan

Phoebe Monahan

Australian rules footballer

Phoebe Monahan (born 3 July 1993) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Greater Western Sydney, Richmond and Brisbane in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She won a premiership with Brisbane in 2023.

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Early life and state-league football

Monahan hails from the regional Victorian city of Geelong, where she played school football with Clonard College.[2] At age 18, Monahan began playing with the North Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Women's Football League where she remained for three seasons.[3][4]

After moving to Sydney to become a sapper in the Australian Defence Force, Monahan took up playing matches with the Army team in intra-defence force matches and then later played for the UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Stingrays in the state-league level AFL Sydney Women's Premier League in 2016.[5][3] She won premierships there in both 2016 and 2017, and in 2017 she placed third in the league best and fairest award while playing as a midfielder.[3][4]

AFL Women's career

Greater Western Sydney

Monahan was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with the club's fourth selection and the thirty-ninth pick overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft.[6] She made her debut in the twenty-one point loss to Carlton at Drummoyne Oval in round 2 of the 2018 season and finished the season having played six matches.[7]

She spent the off-season playing matches for the ADF representative side, as well as with Richmond in the VFL Women's where she finished third in the club's best and fairest count.[8][9] Following that, Monahan returned to the Giants for the 2019 AFL Women's season and played a further four matches, taking her two-year tally to 10.[10]

Richmond

In the 2019 expansion period, Monahan signed a free-agency deal to join Richmond's newly formed AFLW team.[9]

Prior to the start of the season, Monahan was appointed to the club's four person leadership group as co-deputy vice captain.[11]

In June 2021, Monahan was delisted by Richmond along with Alana Woodward.[12]

Brisbane

A fortnight after being delisted by Richmond, Monahan joined Brisbane as a delisted free agent.[13] She played 38 games for the Lions as a regular fixture in their backline for three seasons. She won a premiership with them in 2023, shortly after which she announced her retirement from football.[14]

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Personal life

Outside of football, Monahan works as a carpenter in the Australian Army.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "AFLW Pocket Profile: Phoebe Monahan". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    Young, Lachie (18 October 2019). "AFLW draft 2017: Former North Geelong midfielder Phoebe Monahan selected with pick 38 by GWS Giants". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Monahan ready to take her chance". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Inner West Courier. 18 January 2018.
  4. [4]
    Colangelo, Anthony (20 January 2018). "'We make and we break': GWS Giants' Phoebe Monahan brings army mentality to AFLW". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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    Cordy, Neil (19 October 2019). "Pheobe Monahan drafted from Defence Force to AFLW". Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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    Arnold, Caitlin (18 January 2018). "Monahan ready to take her chance". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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    Stuart, Riley (9 February 2018). "AFLW: Blues topple Giants after storm delay". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. [8]
    Kalac, Grace (13 July 2019). "VFLW: Monahan's double defence". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Tigers sign AFLW trio". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  10. [10]
    Miller, Ryan (12 April 2019). "Swanson and Monahan Depart". GWS Giants. AFL Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  11. [11]
    "Katie Brennan becomes Richmond's inaugural AFLW captain". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  12. [12]
    "Richmond announces further list changes". Richmond. Telstra. 8 June 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Phoebe Monahan joins the Lions". Brisbane Lions. Telstra. 18 June 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Monahan Bows Out with Fairytale Ending". Brisbane Lions. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  15. [15]
    Phoebe Monahan at AustralianFootball.com
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