Ashleigh Brazill

Ashleigh Brazill (born 29 December 1989 in Campbelltown, New South Wales) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's. She previously played netball for the Collingwood Magpies, and Australian rules football for the Collingwood Football Club, playing both sports concurrently.^[2][3] She also played for the West Coast Fever, New South Wales Swifts and the Australia national team during her netball career.

Ashleigh Brazill
Born	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 34) Campbelltown, New South Wales[1]
Occupation	Athlete
Personal information Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] School Bargo Public School & Picton High School (NSW) Spouse Brooke Brazill Netball career Playing position(s): C, WD, Utility Years Club team(s) Apps 2010–2011 New South Wales Swifts 2012–2016 West Coast Fever 2017–2022 Collingwood Magpies Years National team(s) Caps 2015–2016, 2019–2023 Australia Medal record Representing  Australia Netball World Cup 2023 Cape Town Team Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Netball World Netball Series 2011 Liverpool Fastnet
Australian rules football career Personal information Draft No. 35, 2017 national draft Debut Round 6, 2018, Collingwood vs. Brisbane Position(s) defender Club information Current club Fremantle Number 24 Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 2018–2023 Collingwood 32 (5) 2024– Fremantle 10 (1) Total 42 (6) 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024 season. Source: AustralianFootball.com

Netball career

Domestic

Brazill made her domestic league debut for the New South Wales Swifts in 2010.^[4] She made the move to the West Coast Fever in 2012 and made an immediate impact, winning the club's MVP for the season.^[1] Brazill suffered with injuries over the next two seasons which restricted her time on court. Despite sitting out most of the 2014 ANZ Championship season Brazill captained Western Sting, leading the Fevers' reserves team to a bronze medal in the second-tier Australian Netball League (ANL). She was also named joint Player of the Year in the 2014 Australian Netball League.^[5] She was selected as captain of the Fever for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.^[6]

She signed with the Collingwood Magpies ahead of the 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season.^[2] Brazill has been hugely influential in wing-defence for the Magpies and her good form was rewarded with the club best and fairest award for the 2018 season.^[7]

International

In 2010, Brazill was one of the twelve players selected for the Australian Fast5 team. She took part in the 2011 World Netball Series in Liverpool and was Australia's best player for the series. She represented Australia again in the Fast5 series in 2013 and 2014.^[8] On 25 October 2015, Brazill made her senior debut for Australia in the third test of the 2015 Constellation Cup series against New Zealand.^{[9][10][11][12]} She was also a late replacement for Renae Ingles in the January 2016 tour of England.^[13]

Australian rules football career

On 18 October 2017, she was drafted to play for Collingwood in the 2018 AFL Women's season after being selected at pick 34.^[3]

Collingwood re-signed Brazill and appointed her vice-captain for the 2019 season.^[14][15] Brazill had a breakout season at the club and was named in the All-Australian team at the end of the season.^[16]

In December 2023, following her request to return to Western Australia with her family, Brazill was traded to Fremantle in exchange for Mikayla Hyde, with picks being traded too as part of a massive 11-club trade.^[17] Upon joining Fremantle, Brazill was elevated to the club's leadership group.^[18]

Personal life

Brazill married her long-term partner Brooke Grieves on 30 January 2016 in Western Australia.^[19] At the time same-sex marriage was not legal in Australia. The couple celebrated the birth of their son Louis in January 2020.^[20]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2023 season.^[21]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Indicators for exceptional statistics

	Led the league for the season only
	Led the league after the Grand Final only
	Led the league after season and Grand Final

Ashleigh Brazill AFLW statistics

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2018	Collingwood	10	2	0	0	15	7	22	5	5	0.0	0.0	7.5	3.5	11.0	2.5	2.5	0
2019	Collingwood	10	6	0	0	93	14	107	20	14	0.0	0.0	15.5	2.3	17.8	3.3	2.3	3
2020	Collingwood	10	4	0	0	29	24	53	10	6	0.0	0.0	7.3	6.0	13.3	2.5	1.5	0
2021	Collingwood	10	4	1	4	35	10	45	14	11	0.3	1.0	8.8	2.4	11.3	3.5	2.8	0
2022 (S6)	Collingwood	10	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022 (S7)	Collingwood	10	8	2	9	54	42	96	22	19	0.3	1.1	6.8	5.3	12.0	2.8	2.4	0
2023	Collingwood	10	8	2	4	42	15	57	10	7	0.3	0.5	5.3	1.9	7.1	1.3	0.9
Career			32	5	17	268	112	380	81	62	0.2	0.5	8.4	3.5	11.9	2.5	1.9	3

Netball Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 season.^[22]

Season	Team	G/A	GA	RB	CPR	FD	IC	DF	PN	TO	MP
2017	Magpies	0/0	4	0	74	11	28	43	148	13	15
2018	Magpies	0/0	5	1	138	5	33	46	110	28	14
2019	Magpies	0/0	84	0	61	120	18	68	116	34	15
2021	Magpies	0/0	49	0	91	82	15	45	112	51	12
2022	Magpies	0/0	20	0	129	30	11	32	141	32	13
Career		0/0	162	1	493	248	105	234	627	158	69

References

1. "Ash Brazill profile". Collingwood Magpies Netball.
2. "Collingwood's Diamond-encrusted Magpies netball team the envy of the world". Daily Telegraph. 21 September 2016.
3. "AFL Women's Draft 2017, bolters, sliders, snubs, unlucky". Fox Sports. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
4. 2011 New South Wales Swifts profile
5. "Brazill named West Coast Fever captain". Netball WA. 23 December 2014.
6. "Brazill and Bassett return as Fever Captains". West Coast Fever. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
7. "Watson, Brazill claim club netball honours". Fairfax Media. 31 August 2018.
8. Ashleigh Brazill player profile, Netball England website Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Constellation Cup: Silver Ferns shock depleted Diamonds at Hisense Arena". www.theguardian.com. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
10. "New Zealand beats Australian Diamonds 50-47 to keep Constellation Cup netball series alive". www.abc.net.au. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
11. "Diamonds 10-game Constellation Cup winning streak against Silver Ferns comes to an end in 50-47 defeat". www.heraldsun.com.au. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
12. "Ash Brazill of West Coast Fever set to make Australian Diamonds debut against New Zealand". www.perthnow.com.au. 3 September 2015.
13. "Brazill to replace injured Ingles for England tour". Netball Australia. 18 December 2015.
14. Lechucki, Meagan (4 June 2018). "AFLW: Pies pocket early picks". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
15. "Captain Chiocci to continue in 2019". Collingwood Football Club. 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
16. Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2019). "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
17. "Collingwood Farewells Brazill, Pies Welcome Mikayla Hyde". Collingwood. Telstra. 14 December 2023.
18. Barrett, Jackson (3 July 2024). "Ange Stannett to take over as Fremantle Dockers AFLW captain as Hayley Miller becomes deputy". The West Australian.
19. "Australian Netball Diamond Ash Brazill's wedding video is an absolute tear jerker". Mamamia. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
20. "Parents introduce new bubs to the world during coronavirus, one Zoom call at a time". ABC News. 2 May 2020.
21. "Ashleigh Brazill – Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
22. "Ash Brazill". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

External links

• Ashleigh Brazill's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
• Ashleigh Brazill at AustralianFootball.com
• Magpies Netball profile
• Super Netball profile
• Netball Draft Central profile