Iilish Ross

Iilish Ross (born 21 June 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played 11 matches over two seasons with Collingwood.

Iilish Ross
Ross with Richmond in February 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)
Original team(s)	Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 13, 2017 AFL Women's draft
Debut	Round 1, 2018, Carlton vs. Collingwood, at Ikon Park
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	21
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2018–2019	Collingwood	11 (0)
2020–	Richmond	10 (0)
Total		21 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

AFL Women's career

Ross was drafted by Collingwood with their second selection and thirteenth overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft.^[1] She made her debut in the eight point loss to Carlton at Ikon Park in the opening round of the 2018 season.^[2]

In April 2019 she signed an expansion period contract with Richmond.^[3][4] Ross suffered a foot injury in the 2020 pre-season which ruled her out from contention for the opening rounds of the season.^[5] She made her debut for Richmond against St Kilda at RSEA Park in round 6 of the 2020 season.^[6]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to round 7, 2022'^[7]

Legend

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

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2018	Collingwood	21	5	0	0	21	10	31	7	14	0.0	0.0	4.2	2.0	6.2	1.4	2.8
2019	Collingwood	21	6	0	0	23	7	30	7	15	0.0	0.0	3.8	1.2	5.0	1.2	2.5
2020	Richmond	21	1	0	0	6	2	8	1	3	0.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	3.0
2021	Richmond	21	9	0	0	29	29	58	3	13	0.0	0.0	3.2	3.2	6.4	0.3	1.4
Career			21	0	0	79	48	127	18	45	0.0	0.0	3.8	2.3	6.0	0.9	2.1

References

1. Cherney, Daniel (21 October 2017). "Iilish Ross' rocky road to Collingwood's AFLW team". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
2. Salemme, Kate (1 February 2018). "AFLW Round 1 teams named: Stars set for second season". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
3. Lewis, Tash (9 April 2019). "Seven is Heaven: Pies re-commit for 2020". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
4. "Tigers sign AFLW trio". Richmond. Telstra Media. 12 April 2019.
5. Black, Sarah; Canil, Jourdan (5 February 2020). "Injury wrap: Who's been ruled out, who's in doubt for round one?". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
6. "Sunday Teams: Crows call on superstar, Tigers skipper misses again". AFLW. AFLW. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
7. "Iilish Ross - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

External links

• Iilish Ross's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
• Iilish Ross at AustralianFootball.com