{"id":474981,"date":"2026-02-12T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474981\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:33:13","slug":"afl-stars-partners-spend-day-at-rottnest-island-ahead-of-afl-origin-at-optus-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474981\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL stars\u2019 partners spend day at Rottnest Island ahead of AFL Origin at Optus Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wives and girlfriends of some of the best Western Australian<\/a> and Victorian AFL<\/a> players treated themselves to a girls\u2019 day on Rottnest Island full of smiles and sunshine.<\/p>\n

The families of AFL stars are in Perth<\/a> for the sold-out clash against the two States at Optus Stadium on Saturday and have been fitting in some R&R before the big day.<\/p>\n

Some of the influencers<\/a> and models who captured their stunning summer day on the island included: Tom Barrass\u2019 wife Nadia Barrass, Jack Gunston\u2019s partner Dani Shreeve, Josh Battle\u2019s wife Casey Battle, Rory Lobb\u2019s wife Lexi Lobb, Jesse Hogan\u2019s partner Chloe Doven, Chad Warner\u2019s partner Alice Hughes, Liam Baker\u2019s partner Brittany Scharf, Nick Daicos\u2019 partner Arlette Amor, Darcy Cameron\u2019s partner Adriana Guevara Paez and Toby Greene\u2019s wife Georgia Stirton.<\/p>\n

Patrick Cripps\u2019 wife Monique Cripps, Jaeger O\u2019Meara\u2019s wife Tory O\u2019Meara and Blake Hardwick\u2019s partner Steph Tonkin were also in attendance.<\/p>\n

The partners \u2014 some of whom work as pilates instructors, interior designers and models \u2014 took to social media on Thursday to show off their island antics, which included spending the day on a boat and swimming in the crystal clear ocean.<\/p>\n

\"NadiaCamera IconNadia Barrass, Dani Shreeve and Casey Battle. Credit: Instagram\"RottnestCamera IconRottnest Island turned on the weather for the girls’ trip. Credit: Instagram<\/p>\n

Nadia and Dani checked out the recently opened Lodge Wadjemup and grabbed a takeaway beverage from the popular Settlement bakery, while Arlette got up close and personal to some happy quokkas.<\/p>\n

Some of the other girls shared picturesque landscape shots from around Rotto and posed for photos together wearing summery bikinis and stylish island attire.<\/p>\n

At least 23 of the women and their children were captured in a group photo on one of the island\u2019s beautiful beaches.<\/p>\n

\"SomeCamera IconSome of the partners checked into The Lodge Wadjemup. Credit: Instagram<\/p>\n

It comes as the other halves prepare to take the stands of Optus Stadium in support of the footy stars from WA and VIC.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, WA speedster Brad Hill revealed State football great Stephen Michael was brought in to help inspire the Sandgropers to an upset over Victoria.<\/p>\n

Hill is one of six Indigenous players to represent WA this weekend alongside Callum Ah Chee, Shai Bolton, Kysaiah Pickett, Lawson Humphries and Charlie Cameron.<\/p>\n

Western Australia have made no secret that they plan to attack the powerhouse Victorian unit with pace with Patrick Cripps named as the WA captain for the blockbuster clash.<\/p>\n

The players are set to receive their guernseys at a gala on Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wives and girlfriends of some of the best Western Australian and Victorian AFL players treated themselves to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,10466,134,995,44339,588,85,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-474981","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-celebrity-gossip","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-influencers","16":"tag-rottnest","17":"tag-sport","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-wa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474981","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=474981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}