Ashleigh Brazill

Ashleigh Brazill
Brazill with Collingwood in February 2019
Personal information
Full name Ashleigh Brazill
Born (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 34)
Campbelltown, New South Wales[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
School Bargo Public School & Picton High School (NSW)
Occupation Athlete
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
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cape Town Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Netball
World Netball Series
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Liverpool Fastnet
Last updated: 2020

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 Australian netball for the Collingwood Magpies, and Australian rules football for the Collingwood Football Club, playing both sports concurrently.[2][3] She has played for the West Coast Fever and New South Wales Swifts previously in her netball career.

Netball career

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Domestic

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "Ash Brazill profile". Collingwood Magpies Netball.
  2. ^ a b "Collingwood's Diamond-encrusted Magpies netball team the envy of the world". Daily Telegraph. 21 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "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.
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