Phoebe Monahan (born 3 July 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Brisbane in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She has previously played for Greater Western Sydney and Richmond.
Phoebe Monahan | |||
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![]() Monahan with Richmond in February 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
Nickname(s) | Pheebs[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 29) | ||
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 | Brisbane | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2018–2019 | Greater Western Sydney | 10 (0) | |
2020–2021 | Richmond | 12 (0) | |
2022– | Brisbane | 12 (0) | |
Total | 34 (0) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. | |||
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
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]
Monahan was drafted by Greater Western Sydney 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]
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]
In June 2021, Monahan was delisted by Richmond along with Alana Woodward.[12]
A fortnight after being delisted by Richmond, Monahan joined Brisbane as a delisted free agent.[13]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2018 | Greater Western Sydney | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 7.8 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
2019 | Greater Western Sydney | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
2020 | Richmond | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 19 | 103 | 16 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 14.0 | 3.2 | 17.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
2021 | Richmond | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13 | 53 | 11 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
Career | 22 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 54 | 231 | 31 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 10.5 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
Outside of football, Monahan works as a carpenter in the Australian Army.[1]
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Inaugural Richmond AFL Women's team | |
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2017 AFL Women's draft | |
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