TOP TWO sides Subiaco and Claremont have combined for nine players in our 2025 Rookie Me Central WAFL Women\u2019s Team of the Year. The two jungle cat sides had five and four representatives respectively, with fellow finalists Swan Districts (four) and East Fremantle (three) also well represented. The five non finalists rounded out the 24-strong squad with the remaining eight players.<\/p>\n
>> FULL SQUAD: 2025 Rookie Me Central WAFLW Team of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n Our annual Team of the Year is based off the amount of WAFLW Team of the Week nominations, with a minimum of seven earning automatic spots in our end of season side. To make the 48-player squad, nominees must have played at least seven matches.<\/p>\n Boasting the clear most Team of the Week nominations was Swan Districts midfielder Jaime Henry<\/a> who racked up 13 across the course of the season, averaging 25 disposals and more than eight tackles per match. Henry was named as the hypothetical captain and in the centre, while Perth\u2019s Isabella Shannon<\/a> (11 nominations from 14 games) secure the vice-captaincy and was named at half-forward.<\/p>\n The midfield was the toughest group to pick, with the bulk of the stars being onballers who have been named on wings and some flanks due to their deserving nature of making the side. On the other wing is South Fremantle\u2019s sole representative Tahleah Mulder<\/a>, while at half-back is midfielder\/defender Juliet Kelly<\/a> who has had a consistent year for the Tigers. Subiaco onballer Paige Sheppard<\/a> slotted onto the opposite wing after a consistent first WAFLW season.<\/p>\n Fellow Lion and AFLW Draft prospect key forward Olivia Wolmarans<\/a> was named at half-forward after booting 15 goals in nine games to be equal second overall. Teammate Lisa Steane<\/a> was named at half-forward as the one to drop out of the midfield rotation, while Swan Districts\u2019 Kayley King<\/a> earned a spot in the forward pocket.<\/p>\n Competition leading goalkicker Taylah Edwards<\/a> \u2013 who booted 29 goals across her 16 regular season games \u2013 was an automatic selection for the feat alone and was named in the opposite pocket to her Swans\u2019 teammate. At full-forward is East Fremantle\u2019s Sarah Wielstra<\/a> who was one of three Sharks in the side.<\/p>\n Holding down the fort up the other end are defensive duo, Maya Louvel-Finn<\/a> and Madison Evans<\/a>. The teenagers have had breakout years and not missed a beat, earning their places on the full-back line with Peel Thunder skipper Ebony Dowson<\/a>. The Thunder captain is in the team alongside midfielder Chloe Wrigley<\/a> who was named in the ruck-rover position after 10 Team of the Week nominations and winning more disposals than any other player in the league.<\/p>\n Subiaco ruck Tess Lyons<\/a> earned the nod as the player to start in the role despite a few less games, with the player she finds by hand more than most, Krstel Petrevski<\/a> completing the midfield group. Meanwhile at half-back, former Eagles West Perth\u2019s Emily Bennett<\/a> and Claremont\u2019s Mackenzie Webb<\/a> round out the starting 18.<\/p>\n The Tigers have two more players on the bench in midfielders Matilda Sergeant<\/a> and Sarah Viney<\/a>, while Perth co-captain Holly Britton<\/a> also grabbed a deserving place on the interchange. The remaining three are Swan Districts\u2019 Carys D\u2019Addario<\/a>, West Perth\u2019s Madison Dodd<\/a> and East Perth\u2019s sole representative, Elly Sara<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unlucky to just miss out, two-time Dhara Kerr Medallist Jayme Harken<\/a> was next one in line, but was only marginally pipped by her Claremont teammates. South Fremantle defender Hunter Cronin<\/a> and Perth winger Jasmine Single<\/a> are the other emergencies. Those who missed out have been sorted into the WAFL Women\u2019s Second Team of the Year with Harken named captain of that side.<\/p>\n 2025 ROOKIE ME CENTRAL WAFL WOMEN\u2019S TEAM OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n B: Ebony Dowson (Peel Thunder) \u2013 Maya Louvel-Finn (East Fremantle) \u2013 Madison Evans (East Fremantle) EMG: Hunter Cronin (South Fremantle) \u2013 Jayme Harken (Claremont) \u2013 Jasmine Single (Perth)<\/p>\n 2025 ROOKIE ME CENTRAL WAFL WOMEN\u2019S SECOND TEAM OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n B: Hunter Cronin (South Fremantle) \u2013 Liliana Grassenis (West Perth) \u2013 Mia Carlshausen (Perth)
HB: Emily Bennett (West Perth) \u2013 Mackenzie Webb (Claremont) \u2013 Juliet Kelly (Claremont)
C: Tahleah Mulder (South Fremantle) \u2013 Jaime Henry (Swan Districts) (c) \u2013 Paige Sheppard (Subiaco)
HF: Lisa Steane (Subiaco) \u2013 Olivia Wolmarans (Subiaco) \u2013 Isabella Shannon (Perth) (vc)
F: Kayley King (Swan Districts) \u2013 Sarah Wielstra (East Fremantle) \u2013 Taylah Edwards (Swan Districts)
R: Tess Lyons (Subiaco) \u2013 Chloe Wrigley (Peel Thunder) \u2013 Krstel Petrevski (Subiaco)
INT: Holly Britton (Perth) \u2013 Carys D\u2019Addario (Swan Districts) \u2013 Madison Dodd (West Perth) \u2013 Elly Sara (East Perth) \u2013 Matilda Sergeant (Claremont) \u2013 Sarah Viney (Claremont)<\/p>\n
HB: Layla Firns (East Perth) \u2013 Leanne Gubbins (East Fremantle) \u2013 Lexi Strachan (West Perth)
C: Jasmine Single (Perth) (vc) \u2013 Ash Gomes (East Fremantle) \u2013 Taylor Ferguson (West Perth)
HF: Noa McNaughton (East Fremantle) \u2013 Zoe Huggett (South Fremantle) \u2013 MIa Russo (West Perth)
F: Megan Green (Claremont) \u2013 Aimee Schmidt (Subiaco) \u2013 Sara Riou (West Perth)
R: Brooke Repacholi (East Fremantle) \u2013 Jayme Harken (Claremont) (c) \u2013 Ebony Bilcich (Peel Thunder)
INT: Summer Ajduk (Swan Districts) \u2013 Matilda Husband (Claremont) \u2013 Emily McGuire (Swan Districts) \u2013 Megan Norbury (West Perth) \u2013 Rachel Ortlepp (Claremont) \u2013 Layla Quinn-Schofield (Subiaco)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOP TWO sides Subiaco and Claremont have combined for nine players in our 2025 Rookie Me Central WAFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,26963,26966,26968,52094,52095,52096,26971,26972,42804,52097,52098,26973,26974,52099,26976,52100,52101,52102,52103,46612,26981,42807,26983,52104,85,26985,52105,46618],"class_list":{"0":"post-65419","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-carys-daddario","14":"tag-chloe-wrigley","15":"tag-ebony-dowson","16":"tag-elly-sara","17":"tag-emily-bennett","18":"tag-holly-britton","19":"tag-hunter-cronin","20":"tag-isabella-shannon","21":"tag-jaime-henry","22":"tag-jasmine-single","23":"tag-jayme-harken","24":"tag-juliet-kelly","25":"tag-kayley-king","26":"tag-krstel-petrevski","27":"tag-lisa-steane","28":"tag-mackenzie-webb","29":"tag-madison-dodd","30":"tag-madison-evans","31":"tag-matilda-sergeant","32":"tag-maya-louvel-finn","33":"tag-olivia-wolmarans","34":"tag-paige-sheppard","35":"tag-sarah-viney","36":"tag-sarah-wielstra","37":"tag-sports","38":"tag-tahleah-mulder","39":"tag-taylah-edwards","40":"tag-tess-lyons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65419","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=65419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}