Reigning AFLW Best and Fairest winner Ash Riddell and North Melbourne captain Jasmine Garner will represent Australia against Ireland in August.<\/p>\n
They will face off against their Kangaroos teammate Erika O’Shea, who has been named in the Ireland team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The three dual premiership Roos are among the first group of players revealed for the 2026 NAB AFLW Australia v Ireland match, at North Sydney Oval on Saturday, August 1.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the historic clash go on sale this Wednesday, June 24.<\/p>\n
Riddell and Garner will be joined by some of the competition\u2019s most decorated Australian stars, including Melbourne\u2019s Kate Hore, Richmond\u2019s Monique Conti, the Brisbane Lions\u2019 Courtney Hodder, alongside young guns Georgie Prespakis (Geelong Cats), Matilda Scholz (Port Adelaide) and Zippy Fish (Sydney Swans).<\/p>\n
O’Shea will be joined by fellow Irish All-Australians Orla O’Dwyer (Brisbane Lions), Aine McDonagh (Hawthorn), Aisling McCarthy (Fremantle), Aishling Moloney (Geelong Cats) and Niamh Kelly (Adelaide Crows), as well as the hard-running Sarah Rowe (Collingwood) and Dayna Finn (Carlton).<\/p>\n
Australian senior coach Darren Crocker said: <\/p>\n
“We’re excited to announce the first group of players selected to represent Australia, featuring some of the competition’s biggest stars and emerging talent.<\/p>\n
“Together, this group includes 26 All-Australian selections, eight AFLW premierships, two league best and fairest awards and two Rising Star awards \u2013 a reflection of the calibre of players chosen so far.<\/p>\n
“We can’t wait to bring the rest of the squad together and preparing for what promises to be a fantastic occasion.”<\/p>\n
Irish senior coach Colin O\u2019Riordan said: <\/p>\n
\u201cThis first group of players selected includes some of the most accomplished Irish players to have played AFLW.<\/p>\n
“There is a real sense of excitement among the playing group and the wider Irish community for this match. It\u2019s a chance to celebrate the contribution Irish players have made \u2013 and continue to make \u2013 to AFLW and showcase the unique skills and flair they bring to the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s no doubt these players will represent Ireland with great pride and help deliver an entertaining contest.”<\/p>\n
The remaining players set to represent Australia and Ireland will be announced in the coming days, with tickets for the match on sale from Wednesday, June 24 via Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n
Club and AFL members will have access from 10am AEST, before the general public at 12pm AEST.<\/p>\n
Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for youth (aged 15 \u2013 17), $5 for children (14 and under), while a family of four can attend for $50.<\/p>\n
The match will start at 4.15pm AEST and will be broadcast live nationally on Fox Footy, Kayo Sports, Kayo Freebies and Binge.<\/p>\n
Australia<\/p>\n
Monique Conti
AFLW Club: Richmond
State: Victoria<\/p>\n
Zippy Fish
AFLW Club: Sydney Swans
State: Western Australia<\/p>\n
Jasmine Garner
AFLW Club: North Melbourne
State: Victoria<\/p>\n
Courtney Hodder
AFLW Club: Brisbane Lions
State: Western Australia<\/p>\n
Kate Hore
AFLW Club: Melbourne State: Victoria<\/p>\n
Georgie Prespakis
AFLW Club: Geelong Cats
State: Victoria<\/p>\n
Ash Riddell
AFLW Club: North Melbourne
State: Victoria<\/p>\n
Matilda Scholz
AFLW Club: Port Adelaide
State: South Australia<\/p>\n
Ireland<\/p>\n
Dayna Finn
AFLW Club: Carlton
County: Mayo<\/p>\n
Niamh Kelly
AFLW Club: Adelaide Crows
County: Mayo<\/p>\n
Aisling McCarthy
AFLW Club: Fremantle
County: Tipperary<\/p>\n
Aine McDonagh
AFLW Club: Hawthorn
County: Galway<\/p>\n
Aishling Moloney
AFLW Club: Geelong Cats
County: Tipperary<\/p>\n
Orla O’Dwyer
AFLW Club: Brisbane Lions
County: Tipperary<\/p>\n
Erika O’Shea
AFLW Club: North Melbourne
County: Cork<\/p>\n
Sarah Rowe
AFLW Club: Collingwood
County: Mayo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reigning AFLW Best and Fairest winner Ash Riddell and North Melbourne captain Jasmine Garner will represent Australia against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,83],"class_list":["post-749790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749790","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=749790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}