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| Born | (1989-12-29)29 December 1989 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Athlete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Brooke Brazill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Bargo Public School & Picton High School (NSW) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australian rules footballer
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Ashleigh Brazill (born 29 December 1989 inCampbelltown, New South Wales) is anAustralian rules footballer who plays for theFremantle Football Club in theAFL Women's. She previously playednetball for theCollingwood Magpies, and Australian rules football for theCollingwood Football Club, playing both sports concurrently.[2][3] She also played for theWest Coast Fever,New South Wales Swifts and theAustralia national team during her netball career.
Brazill made her domestic league debut for theNew South Wales Swifts in 2010.[4] She made the move to theWest Coast Fever in 2012 and made an immediate impact, winning the club's MVP for the season.[1] Brazill suffered with injuries over the next two seasons which restricted her time on court. Despite sitting out most of the2014 ANZ Championship season Brazill captainedWestern Sting, leading the Fevers' reserves team to a bronze medal in the second-tierAustralian Netball League (ANL). She was also named joint Player of the Year in the 2014 Australian Netball League.[5] She was selected as captain of the Fever for the2015 and2016 seasons.[6]
She signed with theCollingwood Magpies ahead of the 2017Suncorp Super Netball season.[2] Brazill has been hugely influential in wing-defence for the Magpies and her good form was rewarded with the club best and fairest award for the2018 season.[7]
In 2010, Brazill was one of the twelve players selected for the AustralianFast5 team. She took part in the2011 World Netball Series in Liverpool and was Australia's best player for the series. She represented Australia again in the Fast5 series in2013 and2014.[8] On 25 October 2015, Brazill made her senior debut forAustralia in the third test of the2015 Constellation Cup series againstNew Zealand.[9][10][11][12] She was also a late replacement forRenae Ingles in the January 2016 tour of England.[13]
On 18 October 2017, she was drafted to play forCollingwood in the2018 AFL Women's season after being selected at pick 34.[3]
Collingwood re-signed Brazill and appointed her vice-captain for the2019 season.[14][15] Brazill had a breakout season at the club and was named in theAll-Australian team at the end of the season.[16]
In December 2023, following her request to return toWestern Australia with her family, Brazill was traded toFremantle in exchange forMikayla Hyde, with picks being traded too as part of a massive 11-club trade.[17] Upon joining Fremantle, Brazill was elevated to the club's leadership group.[18]
Brazill married her long-term partner Brooke Grieves on 30 January 2016 in Western Australia.[19] At the timesame-sex marriage was not legal in Australia. The couple celebrated the birth of theirson Louis in January 2020.[20]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Led the league for the season only | |
| Led the league after the Grand Final only | |
| Led the league after season and Grand Final |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2018 | Collingwood | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 11.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Collingwood | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 14 | 107 | 20 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 2.3 | 17.8 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 2020 | Collingwood | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Collingwood | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 11.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2022 (S6) | Collingwood | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 (S7) | Collingwood | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 42 | 96 | 22 | 19 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2023 | Collingwood | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 57 | 10 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | |
| Career | 32 | 5 | 17 | 268 | 112 | 380 | 81 | 62 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 3.5 | 11.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3 | ||
| Season | Team | G/A | GA | RB | CPR | FD | IC | DF | PN | TO | MP |
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| 2017 | Magpies | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 148 | 13 | 15 |
| 2018 | Magpies | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 138 | 5 | 33 | 46 | 110 | 28 | 14 |
| 2019 | Magpies | 0/0 | 84 | 0 | 61 | 120 | 18 | 68 | 116 | 34 | 15 |
| 2021 | Magpies | 0/0 | 49 | 0 | 91 | 82 | 15 | 45 | 112 | 51 | 12 |
| 2022 | Magpies | 0/0 | 20 | 0 | 129 | 30 | 11 | 32 | 141 | 32 | 13 |
| Career | 0/0 | 162 | 1 | 493 | 248 | 105 | 234 | 627 | 158 | 69 | |
