Ashleigh Brazill

Ashleigh Brazill (born 29 December 1989 in Campbelltown, New South Wales) is an Australian netball and AFL Women's player, playing both sports concurrently for Collingwood Football Club.[2][3] She has played for the West Coast Fever and New South Wales Swifts previously in her netball career.

Ashleigh Brazill
Brazill with Collingwood in February 2019
Personal information
Full name Ashleigh Brazill
Born (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989
(place Australia)[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
School Bargo Public School & Picton High School (NSW)
Occupation Athlete
Spouse Brooke Brazill
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, WD, Utility
Years Club team(s) Apps
2010–2011 New South Wales Swifts
2012–2016 West Coast Fever
2017– Collingwood Magpies
Years National team(s) Caps
2015–2016, 2019–present Australia
Medal record
World Netball Series
2011 LiverpoolFastnet
Last updated: 2020

Netball career

Domestic

Brazill made her domestic league debut for the New South Wales Swifts in 2010.[4] She made the move to the West 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 the 2014 ANZ Championship season Brazill captained Western Sting, leading the Fevers' reserves team to a bronze medal in the second-tier Australian 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 the 2015 and 2016 seasons.[6]

She signed with the Collingwood Magpies ahead of the 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season.[7] 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 the 2018 season.[8]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season.[9]
Season Team G/A GA RB CPR FD IC DF PN TO MP
2017 Magpies 0/040741128431481315
2018 Magpies 0/051138533461102814
2019 Magpies 0/08406112018681163415
Career 0/0 93 1 273 136 79 157 374 75 44

International

In 2010, Brazill was one of the twelve players selected for the Australian Fast5 team. She took part in the 2011 World Netball Series in Liverpool and was Australia's best player for the series. She represented Australia again in the Fast5 series in 2013 and 2014.[10] In 2015 Brazill was selected for the Australia national team squad and despite missing out on any game-time in the 2015 World Cup, she did make her national team debut at the end-of-year Constellation Cup.[11] She was also a late replacement for Renae Ingles in the January 2016 tour of England.[12]

Australian rules football career

On 18 October 2017, she was drafted to play for Collingwood in the 2018 AFL Women's season after being selected at pick 34.[3]

Collingwood re-signed Brazill and appointed her vice-captain for the 2019 season.[13][14] Brazill had a breakout season at the club and was named in the All-Australian team at the end of the season.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season.[15]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Indicators for exceptional statistics
Led the league for the season only
Led the league after the Grand Final only
Led the league after season and Grand Final
AFLW playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2018 Collingwood 1020015722550.00.07.53.511.02.52.50
2019 Collingwood 10600931410720140.00.015.52.317.83.32.33
2020 Collingwood 104002924531060.00.07.36.013.32.51.50
Career 12 0 0 137 45 182 35 25 0.0 0.0 11.4 3.8 15.2 2.9 2.1 3

Personal life

Brazill married her long-term partner Brooke Grieves on 30 January 2016 in Western Australia.[16] At the time same-sex marriage was not legal in Australia. The couple celebrated the birth of their son Louis in January 2020.[17]

References
  1. "Ash Brazill profie". Collingwood Magpies Netball.
  2. "Collingwood's Diamond-encrusted Magpies netball team the envy of the world". Daily Telegraph. 21 September 2016.
  3. "AFL Women's Draft 2017, bolters, sliders, snubs, unlucky". Fox Sports. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  4. 2011 New South Wales Swifts profile
  5. "Brazill named West Coast Fever captain". Netball WA. 23 December 2014.
  6. "Brazill and Bassett return as Fever Captains". West Coast Fever. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. "Collingwood's Diamond-encrusted Magpies netball team the envy of the world". Daily Telegraph. 21 September 2016.
  8. "Watson, Brazill claim club netball honours". Fairfax Media. 31 August 2018.
  9. "Ash Brazill". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. Ashleigh Brazill player profile, Netball England website Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Ash Brazill of West Coast Fever set to make Australian Diamonds debut against New Zealand". Perth Now. 3 September 2015.
  12. "Brazill to replace injured Ingles for England tour". Netball Australia. 18 December 2015.
  13. Lechucki, Meagan (4 June 2018). "AFLW: Pies pocket early picks". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  14. "Captain Chiocci to continue in 2019". Collingwood Football Club. 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  15. "Ashleigh Brazill – Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  16. "Australian Netball Diamond Ash Brazill's wedding video is an absolute tear jerker". Mamamia. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  17. "Parents introduce new bubs to the world during coronavirus, one Zoom call at a time". ABC News. 2 May 2020.
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