{"id":946931,"date":"2026-10-30T23:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946931\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T23:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:32:15","slug":"aflw-round-12-geelong-cats-lock-in-a-top-two-finish-league-stars-call-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946931\/","title":{"rendered":"AFLW Round 12: Geelong Cats lock in a top-two finish; league stars call time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former No.1 draft pick Isabel Huntington has retired from the AFLW at just 27.<\/p>\n<p>The GWS star, All-Australian and former AFLW Rising Star told teammates during the week that the Giants\u2019 game this weekend \u2013 the 61st of her career \u2013 would be her last.<\/p>\n<p>Drafted by the Western Bulldogs with the top selection in 2017, her career has been defined by resilience through her luckless run with injury \u2013 including three ACL tears.<\/p>\n<p>Huntington was elected to the AFLPA board in 2022, where she has been a key figure, including playing a role in the negotiations of the historic 2023-2027 AFLW collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Through her playing and rehabilitation, Huntington has also graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science in Human Structure and Function.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former No.1 draft pick Isabel Huntington has retired from the AFLW at just 27. The GWS star, All-Australian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-946931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946931","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=946931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}