The AFL will recognise the best performers of the inaugural AFL Women’s competition at the first W Awards on Tuesday evening.
Held at Peninsula, Docklands, the black-tie function will see the first ever female footballer awarded the best and fairest player of the women’s league.
After being crowned the Herald Sun’s 2017 AFLW Player of the Year, Carlton’s Brianna Davey is set to be a strong contender for the competition’s greatest honour.
As a consistent performer for the Blues in 2017, Davey demonstrated her elite sporting skills across the six games she played and is expected to poll well at tonight’s inaugural W Awards after she finished the season with an average of 19 disposals.
The ceremony will also award fellow Blues marquee Darcy Vescio as the league’s leading goalkicker after she booted 14 goals across the seven-round competition.
With the winners of the Woolworths Mark of the Year and Coates Hire Goal of the Year also to be revealed, Vescio could take home a second accolade if her Round 5 grab received enough votes from the public to top the marks of Adelaide co-captain Erin Phillips and Lion Tayla Harris.
The first NAB AFL Women’s Rising Star will also be announced during the ceremony as well as the Virgin Australia AFL Women’s All Australian Team of 22 players.
Fans can watch the W Awards live on afl.com.au or via the AFL App from 6:30pm AEDT.
