Phoebe Monahan
| Phoebe Monahan | |||
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 Monahan with Richmond in February 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname(s) | Pheebs[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1993 | ||
| 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) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
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.
Early life and state-league football
[edit]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
[edit]Greater Western Sydney
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| 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
[edit]Outside of football, Monahan works as a carpenter in the Australian Army.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "AFLW Pocket Profile: Phoebe Monahan". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Monahan ready to take her chance". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Inner West Courier. 18 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cordy, Neil (19 October 2019). "Pheobe Monahan drafted from Defence Force to AFLW". Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Arnold, Caitlin (18 January 2018). "Monahan ready to take her chance". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Stuart, Riley (9 February 2018). "AFLW: Blues topple Giants after storm delay". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Kalac, Grace (13 July 2019). "VFLW: Monahan's double defence". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Tigers sign AFLW trio". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Miller, Ryan (12 April 2019). "Swanson and Monahan Depart". GWS Giants. AFL Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Katie Brennan becomes Richmond's inaugural AFLW captain". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Richmond announces further list changes". Richmond. Telstra. 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Phoebe Monahan joins the Lions". Brisbane Lions. Telstra. 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Monahan Bows Out with Fairytale Ending". Brisbane Lions. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Phoebe Monahan at AustralianFootball.com
External links
[edit]
- Phoebe Monahan's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
- Phoebe Monahan at AustralianFootball.com
