2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team

The 2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2021 AFL Women's season. The team was announced on 20 April 2021 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.

2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team
Date	20 April 2021
Venue	2021 W Awards venues Adelaide Oval Crown Melbourne The Gabba Perth Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground
Hosted by	Sarah Jones
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox Footy

Selection panel

The selection panel for the 2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team consisted of chairwoman Nicole Livingstone, Steve Hocking, Josh Vanderloo, Kelli Underwood, Sarah Black, Tim Harrington, Shelley Ware, Sharelle McMahon, Courtney Cramey and Melissa Hickey.

Initial squad

The initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 31 March. Template:AFLW Col had the most players selected in the initial squad with six, and every team had at least one representative. Fifteen players from the 2020 team were among those selected.

Club	Total	Player(s)
Template:AFLW Ade	4	Sarah Allan, Anne Hatchard, Ebony Marinoff, Erin Phillips
Template:AFLW BL	4	Sophie Conway, Dakota Davidson, Kate Lutkins, Cathy Svarc
Template:AFLW Car	4	Kerryn Harrington, Breann Moody, Madison Prespakis, Darcy Vescio
Template:AFLW Col	6	Brittany Bonnici, Brianna Davey, Jaimee Lambert, Stacey Livingstone, Chloe Molloy, Ruby Schleicher
Template:AFLW Fre	3	Kiara Bowers, Janelle Cuthbertson, Gemma Houghton
Template:AFLW Gee	1	Meg McDonald
Template:AFLW GC	1	Lauren Ahrens
Template:AFLW GWS	1	Alyce Parker
Template:AFLW Mel	4	Tyla Hanks, Kate Hore, Karen Paxman, Lauren Pearce
Template:AFLW NM	4	Jasmine Garner, Emma Kearney, Emma King, Ashleigh Riddell
Template:AFLW Ric	4	Katie Brennan, Monique Conti, Harriet Cordner, Ellie McKenzie
Template:AFLW StK	1	Georgia Patrikios
Template:AFLW WC	1	Mikayla Bowen
Template:AFLW WB	2	Ellie Blackburn, Isabel Huntington

Final team

The final team was announced on 20 April. Collingwood had the most selections with four, and every team except Template:AFLW GC and Template:AFLW WC had at least one representative. Six players achieved selection for the first time, while seven players from the 2020 team were selected, two of whom – Template:AFLW Mel vice-captain Karen Paxman and Template:AFLW NM captain Emma Kearney – achieved selection for the fifth consecutive year. Collingwood co-captain Brianna Davey was announced as the All-Australian captain and Template:AFLW Fre midfielder Kiara Bowers was announced as the vice-captain.

2021 AFL Women's All-Australian team

B:	Sarah Allan (Template:AFLW Ade)	Meg McDonald (Template:AFLW Gee)
HB:	Ruby Schleicher (Template:AFLW Col)	Kate Lutkins (Template:AFLW BL)	Janelle Cuthbertson (Template:AFLW Fre)
C:	Monique Conti (Template:AFLW Ric)	Kiara Bowers (Template:AFLW Fre) (vice-captain)	Georgia Patrikios (Template:AFLW StK)
HF:	Jasmine Garner (Template:AFLW NM)	Katie Brennan (Template:AFLW Ric)	Ellie Blackburn (Template:AFLW WB)
F:	Erin Phillips (Template:AFLW Ade)	Chloe Molloy (Template:AFLW Col)
Foll:	Breann Moody (Template:AFLW Car)	Brianna Davey (Template:AFLW Col) (captain)	Alyce Parker (Template:AFLW GWS)
Int:	Ebony Marinoff (Template:AFLW Ade)	Darcy Vescio (Template:AFLW Car)	Brittany Bonnici (Template:AFLW Col)
	Karen Paxman (Template:AFLW Mel)	Emma Kearney (Template:AFLW NM)
Coach:	Craig Starcevich (Template:AFLW BL)

Note: the position of coach in the AFL Women's All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team.

External links

• AFLW Awards