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Erin Phillips

Games Played 46

Career 2017 - 2022

Debut 2017

Guernsey Number 13

Date of Birth 19/05/1985

Biography

AFC Debut Game: Round 1 v GWS Giants, 2017

Erin Phillips moved back to South Australia in 2016 to add champion AFLW footballer to her long list of sporting achievements.

The two-time WNBA champion and Olympic basketballer returned from the United States to join Adelaide for the AFLW’s inaugural season in 2017. Phillips, who had played football against boys until she was 13, made a successful transition to football. Setting the standards as Adelaide’s co-captain, she claimed the AFLW Best and Fairest medal, AFL Players’ Association MVP, Crows’ Club Champion award and was named best-on-ground in Adelaide’s premiership triumph.

Despite battling injury in 2018, Phillips was Adelaide’s joint leading goalkicker. A fit Phillips dominated againin 2019 as well, sweeping the awards again. She kicked two goals in the grand final win before suffering a torn ACL in the third quarter but still won the best afield medal. Phillips played only two games in 2020 as she recovered but then continued to perform at a high level in her last two seasons with the Crows.

She was named in the All Australian team for a third time in 2021 and then won a third premiership with the Crows in April 2022, in her last game with the Crows before moving to Port Adelaide.

Phillips received Life Membership of the Adelaide Football Club in 2023 and the AFLW trailblazer was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2025, joining her father Greg who played for Port Adelaide, South Australia and Collingwood.

 

Stats

Season No. Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles
2017 13 8 10 8 124 36 160 23 30
2018 13 5 7 3 46 14 60 8 11
2019 13 9 11 11 129 64 193 31 29
2020 13 2 - 1 21 5 26 4 5
2021 13 11 14 9 128 54 182 50 24
2022 13 11 8 9 124 65 189 41 29
Totals - 46 50 41 572 238 810 157 128

Awards

Premiership Player

Premiership Player

2017

All Australian

All Australian

2017

Crows Club Champion

2017

AFLW Best and Fairest

2017

GF Medal

2017

Premiership Player

Premiership Player

2019

Crows Club Champion

2019

AFLW Best and Fairest

2019

GF Medal

2019

All Australian

All Australian

2019

All Australian

All Australian

2021

Premiership Player

Premiership Player

2022

AFC Life Member

AFC Life Member

2023

Australian Football Hall of Fame

Australian Football Hall of Fame

2025