Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Lily Postlethwaite ( POSS -əl-wayt ;[ 1] born 29 October 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).
Postlethwaite was raised on a farm in the northern Brisbane suburb of Caboolture, Queensland .[ 2]
Postlethwaite started her sporting career playing Oztag , the Australian variation of tag rugby , and started playing Australian rules football only at the age of 12.[ 3] In 2014 she won the most valuable player award for Oztag's 13 Girls Division.[ 4] Postlethwaite played for Moreton Bay Lions and won the under-15 division best and fairest in 2016.[ 5] Postlethwaite played for Maroochydore in the AFL Queensland Women's League (QWAFL).[ 6] In the 2019 season she won the QWAFL Rising Star Award.[ 7] During 2019, Postlethwaite also played for the Brisbane Lions Academy team.[ 8] Postlethwaite represented Queensland in the AFL Women's Under 18 Championships . In the 2018 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships , she was selected for the All-Australian team.[ 9] [ 10] In the 2019 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships she led the team as captain[ 11] and was selected once again for the All-Australian team.[ 12]
AFLW career
Postlethwaite was drafted by Brisbane with the third pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft .[ 13] She made her debut in Brisbane's opening round game against Adelaide at Hickey Park on 8 February 2020.[ 14]
Personal life
Postlethwaite is from Caboolture in Queensland and grew up supporting Brisbane Lions .[ 15] She grew up on a farm and used the horse track for some unorthodox training and conditioning while at home.[ 16]
References
^ " 'It's simple when you break it down': How to say the AFLW's trickiest names" . AFL Women's . 3 February 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2023 .
^ Young AFLW star scores Sports Award from City of Moreton Bay] 21 January 2021
^ Black, Sarah (17 October 2019). "The pint-sized Queenslander who is set to join AFLW ranks" . AFL Women's . Telstra Media .
^ "2014 Junior State Cup" . North Lakes Oztag . 7 February 2014.
^ Simmonds, Luke (6 September 2016). "Moreton Bay Lions midfielder a cut above the rest" . Noosa News .
^ "Lily Postlethwaite" . Brisbane Lions . Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020 .
^ "Bates and Neate claim AFL Queensland top honours" . AFL Queensland . 9 September 2019.
^ Balmer, Matt; Montesano, Julia (19 October 2019). "The unorthodox pathway to Australian rules for two AFLW hopefuls" . Fox Sports .
^ Balmer, Matt (1 September 2018). "AFLW Draft: Potential top picks star in U18 All-Stars exhibition match" . Fox Sports . Retrieved 26 September 2018 .
^ Black, Sarah (3 September 2018). "AFLW: Under-18 All Australian side revealed" . Australian Football League . Telstra Media . Retrieved 20 September 2018 .
^ Wingard, Ant (6 June 2019). "Postlethwaite named Queensland captain" . AFL Queensland .
^ Roche, Joss (25 July 2019). "Revealed: 2019 AFLW Under-18 All Australian team" . AFL Women's . Telstra Media . Retrieved 27 July 2019 .
^ Fielding, Josie (22 October 2019). "Welcome to the Den, Lily Postlethwaite" . Brisbane Lions . Telstra Media .
^ Davis, Greg (7 February 2020). "Fearless Lion Cathy Svarc will make her AFLW debut in Round 1" . The Sunday Times . Retrieved 12 February 2020 .
^ Walsh, Courtney (18 October 2019). "Young hopefuls taking a punt on the AFLW draft" . The Australian .
^ "How farm and family helped Lily Postlethwaite prepare for AFLW" . AFL Queensland . 19 October 2019.
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