{"id":270762,"date":"2025-11-08T09:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/270762\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:48:10","slug":"super-sun-reigns-supreme-to-pip-rising-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/270762\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Sun reigns supreme to pip rising star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                All the club best and fairest winners from the 2025 NAB AFLW season\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Havana Harris, Charlie Rowbottom and Lucy Single after Gold Coast&#8217;s 2025 Club Champion Awards. Picture: Gold Coast FC<\/p>\n<p>AWARDS season is upon us as the 2025 NAB AFLW season reaches the pointy end.<\/p>\n<p>Check out every club&#8217;s best and fairest winner as it is announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">TBC<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Rowbottom has been crowned Gold Coast&#8217;s best player for a third time &#8211; and second in a row &#8211; this time edging out young gun Havana Harris and co-captain Lucy Single for the top prize.<\/p>\n<p>Rowbottom polled 78 votes to win from first-year star Harris (74) with Single (72) narrowly behind.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old has now polled in the top two across all five Club Champion counts since her debut in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Rowbottom was a standout performer in a disappointing season for the Suns, including in her 50th AFLW match where she gathered 36 disposals (27 contested possessions) and eight tackles to receive a maximum 10 votes in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<p>                    Charlie Rowbottom after winning Gold Coast&#8217;s 2025 Club Champion Award. Picture: Gold Coast FC<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s No.2 draft pick, Harris showed why she was so highly rated after a superb first season in which she played in all 12 of the club&#8217;s matches, averaging 13.2 disposals and 2.7 tackles and earning a Telstra AFLW Rising Star nomination in round three.<\/p>\n<p>Single&#8217;s third place came after a consistent season where she averaged 19.8 disposals and 6.5 tackles per game.<\/p>\n<p>Rowbottom also received the Players&#8217; Player Award and the Excellence Award, while Harris collected the club&#8217;s leading goalkicker trophy after booting 11 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Annabel Kievit, who finished fifth in the best and fairest count, was named the Most Professional, while Sunny Lappin &#8211; who nominated Gold Coast as her preferred club ahead of the upcoming Telstra AFLW Draft, won the Female Academy Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Under a new system in 2025, the Club Champion Award was voted on by the AFLW coaching panel, with the head coach and relevant line coach allocating each player a score between 0 and 5, reflecting their overall contribution and impact. The maximum votes a player can receive from any one match is 10 votes.<\/p>\n<p>1. Charlie Rowbottom &#8211; 78 votes<br \/>2. Havana Harris &#8211; 74<br \/>3. Lucy Single &#8211; 72<br \/>4. Niamh McLaughlin &#8211; 67<br \/>5. Annabel Kievit &#8211; 59<br \/>6. Meara Girvan &#8211; 58<br \/>7. Georgia Clayden &#8211; 53<br \/>=8. Maddy Brancatisano &#8211; 49<br \/>=8. Lily Mithen &#8211; 49<br \/>10. Darcie Davies &#8211; 41<\/p>\n<p>Most Professional: Annabel Kievit<br \/>Players\u2019 Player: Charlie Rowbottom<br \/>Excellence Award: Charlie Rowbottom<br \/>Leading Goalkicker: Havana Harris<br \/>Female Academy Player of the Year: Sunny Lappin<\/p>\n<p>Zarlie Goldsworthy capped off a brilliant 2025 season with her second Gabrielle Trainor medal as Greater Western Sydney&#8217;s best and fairest player.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old polled 40 votes to narrowly edge out captain and last year&#8217;s winner Rebecca Beeson (38), with Tarni Evans and Eilish O&#8217;Dowd tied for third on 37 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Goldsworthy&#8217;s versatility across the midfield and forward line helped her seal the win, after also taking out the top prize in a breakout 2023 that also saw her claim the AFLW Rising Star award.<\/p>\n<p>Evans was rewarded for her career-best season as the club&#8217;s leading goalkicker (13) as well as taking home the club&#8217;s Goal of the Year award for her left-pocket effort against Fremantle in round 12,<\/p>\n<p>Brodee Mowbray won the Mark of the Year for a courageous grab in round two against Collingwood, as well as the Jacinda Barclay Fearless Award, voted on by the players after each match.<\/p>\n<p>Cambridge McCormick, who finished equal fifth in the best and fairest count, and Kaitlyn Srhoj claimed the Community and Members\u2019 Choice Awards, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Pease took out the Coaches Award following a career-best year for the defender.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0Zarlie Goldsworthy \u2013 40 votes<br \/>2.\u00a0Rebecca Beeson \u2013 38<br \/>=3.\u00a0Tarni Evans \u2013 37<br \/>=3.\u00a0Eilish O\u2019Dowd \u2013 37<br \/>=5.\u00a0Cambridge McCormick \u2013 35<br \/>=5.\u00a0Katherine Smith \u2013 35<br \/>7.\u00a0Emily Pease \u2013 34<br \/>=9.\u00a0Madison Brazendale \u2013 31<br \/>=9.\u00a0Georgia Garnett \u2013 31<br \/>=9.\u00a0Kaitlyn Srhoj \u2013 31<\/p>\n<p>Coaches Award: Emily Pease<br \/>Academy Player of the Year:\u00a0Isla Wiencke<br \/>Rising Star Award:\u00a0Grace Martin<br \/>Members\u2019 Choice Award:\u00a0Kaitlyn Srhoj<br \/>Giants Community Award:\u00a0Cambridge McCormick<br \/>Mark of the Year:\u00a0Brodee Mowbray \u2013 Round 2 v Collingwood<br \/>Goal of the Year:\u00a0Tarni Evans \u2013 Round 10 v Fremantle\u00a0<br \/>Leading Goalkicker:\u00a0Tarni Evans \u2013 13 goals<br \/>Jacinda Barclay Fearless Award: Brodee Mowbray<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zarlie Goldsworthy has capped off a phenomenal season by being crowned the 2025 Gabrielle Trainor medallist as the GIANTS\u2019 club champion for the year \ud83e\udde1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mAvZIcQ1Wx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mAvZIcQ1Wx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GWS GIANTS (@GWSGIANTS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GWSGIANTS\/status\/1985469840916955215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 3, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All the club best and fairest winners from the 2025 NAB AFLW season Havana Harris, Charlie Rowbottom and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-270762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}