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Phoebe Monahan

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.

Phoebe Monahan
Monahan with Richmond in February 2020
Personal information
Nickname(s) Pheebs[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Stingrays (SWAFL)
Draft No. 39, 2017 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 2, 2018, Greater Western Sydney vs. Carlton, at Drummoyne Oval
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018–2019 Greater Western Sydney 10 (0)
2020–2021 Richmond 12 (0)
2022 (S6)–2023 Brisbane 38 (0)
Total 60 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life and state-league football

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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

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Greater Western Sydney

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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

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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

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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]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
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  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2018 Greater Western Sydney 28 6 0 0 38 9 47 4 17 0.0 0.0 6.3 1.5 7.8 0.7 2.8 0
2019 Greater Western Sydney 28 4 0 0 15 13 28 0 8 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.3 7.0 0.0 2.0 0
2020 Richmond 2 6 0 1 84 19 103 16 17 0.0 0.2 14.0 3.2 17.2 2.7 2.8 0
2021 Richmond 2 6 0 0 40 13 53 11 10 0.0 0.0 6.7 2.2 8.8 1.8 1.7 0
2022 (S6) Brisbane 11 12 0 0 87 28 115 21 36 0.0 0.0 7.3 2.3 9.6 1.8 3.0 2
2022 (S7) Brisbane 11 13 0 0 84 31 115 41 16 0.0 0.0 6.5 2.4 8.8 3.2 1.2 0
2023 Brisbane 11 13 0 0 66 35 101 29 27 0.0 0.0 5.1 2.7 7.8 2.2 2.1 0
Career[15] 60 0 1 414 148 562 122 131 0.0 0.0 6.9 2.5 9.4 2.0 2.2 2

Personal life

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "AFLW Pocket Profile: Phoebe Monahan". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  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. ^ a b c "Monahan ready to take her chance". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Inner West Courier. 18 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ Cordy, Neil (19 October 2019). "Pheobe Monahan drafted from Defence Force to AFLW". Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. ^ Arnold, Caitlin (18 January 2018). "Monahan ready to take her chance". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. ^ Stuart, Riley (9 February 2018). "AFLW: Blues topple Giants after storm delay". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. ^ Kalac, Grace (13 July 2019). "VFLW: Monahan's double defence". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Tigers sign AFLW trio". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  10. ^ Miller, Ryan (12 April 2019). "Swanson and Monahan Depart". GWS Giants. AFL Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Katie Brennan becomes Richmond's inaugural AFLW captain". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Richmond announces further list changes". Richmond. Telstra. 8 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Phoebe Monahan joins the Lions". Brisbane Lions. Telstra. 18 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Monahan Bows Out with Fairytale Ending". Brisbane Lions. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  15. ^ Phoebe Monahan at AustralianFootball.com
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