{"id":387045,"date":"2026-01-02T14:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/387045\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:59:14","slug":"josh-dunkley-brisbane-lions-premiership-star-announces-engagement-to-netballer-tippah-dwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/387045\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Dunkley: Brisbane Lions premiership star announces engagement to netballer Tippah Dwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Brisbane Lions premiership player Josh Dunkley and Queensland Firebirds netballer Tippah Dwan have announced their engagement on New Years Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/sport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sport<\/a> power couple posted a shared carousel of photos to their Instagrams on January 1, with the sweet photos featuring Dunkley and Dwan who donned cowboy hats with their arms around each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Dwan, who returned to the Firebirds after a short stint with the Adelaide Thunderbirds last year, is shown sporting a sizeable ring on her engagement finger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cLittle update \ud83e\udd0d,\u201d the post is captioned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The pair first met in 2020 when Dunkley, who was then playing for the Western Bulldogs, was in the Queensland football hub which was established during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2b4c3cd53cb02978dcd23a1be91738806de606e6.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Dunkley and Tippah Dwan announced their engagement via a sweet Instagram post. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconJosh Dunkley and Tippah Dwan announced their engagement via a sweet Instagram post.  Credit: Instagram, @tippahdwan<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Dunkley has played for the Brisbane Lions since 2023 and played in both of their premierships in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He also played in the Bulldogs\u2019 2016 grand final win, making him a three-time premiership player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Dunkley\u2019s Brisbane teammates were quick to congratulate the star midfielder, along with other celebrities leaving comments on the happy post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHow good!!! Congrats guys!!,\u201d Brisbane co-captain Harris Andrews said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cSO GOOD !!,\u201d football presenter Abbey Holmes said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/393454c3ff50255da3004b1832b6d0a45bff76d6.jpg\" alt=\"Dunkley, left, is rumoured to be a favourite to take over the Brisbane Lions co-captaincy following Lachie Neale\u2019s (right) public marriage breakdown. Pictured here with Will Ashcroft.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconDunkley, left, is rumoured to be a favourite to take over the Brisbane Lions co-captaincy following Lachie Neale\u2019s (right) public marriage breakdown. Pictured here with Will Ashcroft. Credit: Instagram, @joshdunkley_<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Dunkley is tipped to be a favourite for the Lions\u2019 co-captaincy which is now vacant after Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale stepped down from the role on Friday, following a very public split from his wife Jules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Neale shared the role with defender Harris Andrews, while Dunkley shared vice-captaincy with Hugh McCluggage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Brisbane Lions are expected to hold a vote to elect the new co-captain when they return from their Christmas break next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane Lions premiership player Josh Dunkley and Queensland Firebirds netballer Tippah Dwan have announced their engagement on New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[638,64,63,10466,134,588,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-387045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-celebrity-gossip","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387045","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=387045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}