Phoebe Monahan

Phoebe Monahan (born 3 July 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She previously played 10 matches over two seasons with Greater Western Sydney.

Phoebe Monahan
Monahan with Richmond in February 2020
Personal information
Nickname(s) Pheebs[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993
Original team(s) UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Stingrays (SWAFL)
Draft No. 39, 2017 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 2, 2018, Greater Western Sydney
vs. Carlton, at Drummoyne Oval
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Richmond
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018–2019 Greater Western Sydney 10 (0)
2020– Richmond 06 (0)
Total 16 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life and state-league football

Monahan hails from the regional Victorian city of Geelong, where she played school football with Clonard College.[2] At age 18, Monahan began playing with the North Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Women's Football League where she remained for three seasons.[3][4]

After moving to Sydney to become a sapper in the Australian Defence Force, Monahan took up playing matches with the Army team in intra-defence force matches and then later played for the UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Stingrays in the state-league level AFL Sydney Women’s Premier League in 2016.[5][3] She won premierships there in both 2016 and 2017, and in 2017 she placed third in the league best and fairest award while playing as a midfielder.[3][4]

AFL Women's career

GWS Giants (2018–2019)

Monahan was drafted by the GWS Giants with the club's fourth selection and the thirty-ninth pick overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft.[6] She made her debut in the twenty-one point loss to Carlton at Drummoyne Oval in round 2 of the 2018 season and finished the season having played six matches.[7]

She spent the off-season playing matches for the ADF representative side, as well as with Richmond in the VFL Women's where she finished third in the club's best and fairest count.[8][9] Following that, Monahan returned to the Giants for the 2019 AFL Women's season and played a further four matches, taking her two-year tally to 10.[10]

Richmond (2020–present)

In the 2019 expansion period, Monahan signed a free-agency deal to join Richmond's newly formed AFLW team.[9]

Prior to the start of the season, Monahan was appointed to the club's four person leadership group as co-deputy vice captain.[11]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season.[12]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2018 Greater Western Sydney 28600389474170.00.06.31.57.80.72.8
2019 Greater Western Sydney 28400151328080.00.03.83.37.00.02.0
2020 Richmond 2601841910316170.00.214.03.217.22.72.8
Career 16 0 1 137 41 178 20 42 0.0 0.1 8.6 2.6 11.1 1.3 2.6

Personal life

Outside of football, Monahan works as a carpenter in the Australian Army.[1]

References
  1. "AFLW Pocket Profile: Phoebe Monahan". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. Young, Lachie (18 October 2019). "AFLW draft 2017: Former North Geelong midfielder Phoebe Monahan selected with pick 38 by GWS Giants". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Monahan ready to take her chance". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Inner West Courier. 18 January 2018.
  4. Colangelo, Anthony (20 January 2018). "'We make and we break': GWS Giants' Phoebe Monahan brings army mentality to AFLW". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. Cordy, Neil (19 October 2019). "Pheobe Monahan drafted from Defence Force to AFLW". Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. Arnold, Caitlin (18 January 2018). "Monahan ready to take her chance". AFL NSW/ACT. SportsTG. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. Stuart, Riley (9 February 2018). "AFLW: Blues topple Giants after storm delay". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. Kalac, Grace (13 July 2019). "VFLW: Monahan's double defence". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. "Tigers sign AFLW trio". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  10. Miller, Ryan (12 April 2019). "Swanson and Monahan Depart". GWS Giants. AFL Media. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  11. "Katie Brennan becomes Richmond's inaugural AFLW captain". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  12. "Phoebe Monahan – Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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