AFLW 2017

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2017 Summary

The club played each of the other seven clubs once in the home-and-away series of the inaugural AFL Women's fixture over February and March. The main highlight of the fixture was the Round 1 match against Collingwood, which saw the two traditional men's rivals play the first match in the new competition's history. The match, for which admission was free, drew a lockout crowd of 24,568 at Ikon Park, after having originally been scheduled for Collingwood's 5,000-capacity Olympic Park training oval then being transferred due to the expected crowd. The team's Round 4, 5 and 6 matches against Melbourne, Fremantle and the Western Bulldogs served as curtain-raisers to the senior team's pre-season practice matches against the same clubs. The club finished fourth out of eight on the ladder, with a final record of 3–3–1.

Under the competition's player recruitment regulations, each of the eight clubs was entitled to sign two marquee players. In July 2016, Carlton recruited St Kilda Sharks key position/midfielder and former Australian international soccer goalkeeper Brianna Davey and Darebin Falcons full forward Darcy Vescio as its marquee players. Darebin midfielder Lauren Arnell also signed with the club as a priority signing due to her pre-existing relationship with the club as its Female Football Ambassador. The club drew most of its remaining recruits from the inaugural AFL Women's draft, with Cranbourne forward Bianca Jakobsson taken with Carlton's first round selection at No. 3 overall. Arnell was made the inaugural captain of the team, with Davey and Madeline Keryk serving as vice-captains.

The following individual awards were won by Carlton players:
1) Brianna Davey won the club's inaugural AFLW best and fairest award with 53 votes. Davey finished ahead of Danielle Hardiman (31 votes) and Alison Downie (28 votes).
2) Darcy Vescio was the league's leading goalkicker, kicking 14 goals to finish three goals ahead of Sarah Perkins (Adelaide)
3) Brianna Davey and Darcy Vescio were the only two Carlton players named in the All-Australian Team.
4) Darcy Vescio won the league's Mark of the Year award.

People of 2017

Coach: Damien Keeping
Captain: Lauren Arnell
Vice-Captains: Brianna Davey & Madeline Keryk

Milestones

2017 Virgin Australia AFL Women's All Australian team:
Defender: Brianna Davey
Forwards: Darcy Vescio

2017 AFLW Leading Goalkicker: Darcy Vescio

2017 AFLW Mark of the Year: Darcy Vescio

2017 AFLW State Representatives:
Victoria; Lauren Arnell, Brianna Davey, Alison Downie, Sarah Hosking, Nicola Stevens
The Allies; Tayla Harris, Bianca Jakobsson

Ladder

Pos	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	For	Against	%
1	Brisbane Lions	6	1	0	26	224	148	151.4
2	Adelaide Crows	5	0	2	20	291	185	157.3
3	Melbourne	5	0	2	20	258	183	141
4	Carlton	3	1	3	14	261	232	112.5
5	Collingwood	3	0	4	12	224	262	85.5
6	Western Bulldogs	2	0	5	8	237	232	102.2
7	Fremantle	1	1	5	6	191	298	64.1
8	GWS Giants	1	1	5	6	157	303	51.8

2017 AFLW Grand Final

Saturday 25th March 2017
Adelaide Crows 4.11.35 d Brisbane Lions 4.5.29

Links

Blueseum: AFLW Seasons | Season 2017 Image Gallery | AFLW Players

Gallery

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  2017 Carlton's First AFL Womens SquadImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  November 2016 Carlton's AFLW Squad Arrives For TrainingImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  AFLW Draft Selection 30 Gabriella PoundImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Carlton Welcomes Brianna Davey & Darcy VescioImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Brianna DaveyImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  November 2016 David Parkin Addresses The Blues' AFLW SquadImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Sarah Hosking At TrainingImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Darcy Vescio Models The 2017 Carlton Womens' StripImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Damien Keeping Inaugural Coach Of Carlton's Women's TeamImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  2017 A Young Fan At A Carlton Women's Training SessionImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Lauren Arnell At 2017 Pre Season TrainingImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  History In The Making Carlton's First AFLW Team.Image courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Darcy Vescio Breaks ClearImage courtesy of AFL Media.
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  AFL Women's Football Begins At Princes Park January 2017Image courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Coach Damien Keeping Rallies His TeamImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  Captain Of Carlton's First Women's Team Lauren ArnellImage courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  2017 AFLW Round 3 Bella Ayre Marks In Front.Image courtesy of Carlton Media.
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  2017 AFLW Round 7 Alison Brown Breaks ClearImage courtesy of AFL Media.
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  Kate Darby 2017Image courtesy of AFL Media.
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  AFLW Assistant Coach Jackson Kornberg.
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  2017 AFLW Rd 6 - Jorden Ivey Interview post game.
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  2017 AFLW Rd 6 - Jorden Ivey tackled late.
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  2017 AFLW Rd 6 - Jorden Ivey kicks long.
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  2017 AFLW Rd 2 - Kate Darby.
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  2017 Rd 5 - An injured Nat Exon post game.
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  2017 Rnd 2 AFLW Princes Park crowd2017 Rnd 2 AFLW Princes Park crowd
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  2017 Rnd 2 Banner AFLW Princes Park 2017 Rnd 2 Banner AFLW Princes Park Image: blueycarlton
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  2017 Carlton AFLW Team Photo
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  2017 Rd 1 Carlton Team Line Up.