\n GIANTS defender Cambridge McCormick has capped off a breakout year with selection in the 2025 All-Australian side.\n <\/p>\n
GIANTS defender Cambridge McCormick has capped off a breakout year with selection in the 2025 All-Australian side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her career-best season saw her named alongside midfielder Zarlie Goldsworthy in the 42-player extended squad, before being recognised for her efforts in the final team at the W Awards in Melbourne on Monday.<\/p>\n
It marks McCormick\u2019s first selection into the All-Australian team following a league-leading season in defence from the 26-year-old.\u00a0<\/p>\n
McCormick averaged 16.6 disposals, 2.9 marks, 1.0 intercept marks, 2.8 spoils and 2.4 rebound 50s per game and led all key defenders across the entire competition for inside 50s, tackles and disposals, while also finishing second in her position for meters gained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Originally from Queensland\u2019s Sunshine Coast, McCormick played football on the NSW North Coast for Port Macquarie, where the league\u2019s best and fairest medal was named in her honour earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She moved to Eastlake FC in the ACT to chase her AFLW dream in 2021 and was drafted out of the AFL Canberra league ahead of the GIANTS\u2019 2022 (S7) season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emerging this year as one of the league\u2019s best key defenders, owing to her athleticism and versatility, McCormick has been lauded for her ability to both lockdown forwards, as with her round nine performance on Saints\u2019 star Jesse Wardlaw, as well as bring a critical weapon in transition as a rebounding defender.<\/p>\n
GIANTS Executive General Manager of AFLW, Alison Zell, said McCormick\u2019s selection is a just reward for her dominant year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re immensely proud of the contribution and development that Cambridge has shown this season,\u201d Zell said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s an incredibly well-loved player and ambassador for the GIANTS and it\u2019s fantastic to see her recognised in this way.<\/p>\n
\u201cCambridge\u2019s game both on-off-field has found another level in 2025, having stepped into a leadership role this year, she\u2019s cemented herself as one of the best defenders in the game as well as an invaluable part of our GIANTS side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI extend a significant congratulations to Cambridge for all of her efforts across the season and look forward to her continuing to grow into a star of the AFLW.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GIANTS defender Cambridge McCormick has capped off a breakout year with selection in the 2025 All-Australian side. GIANTS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305552,"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-305551","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\/305551","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=305551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}