Aliesha Newman

Aliesha Newman (born 16 September 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She has previously played for Melbourne, Collingwood, and Sydney.

Aliesha Newman
Newman playing for Melbourne in March 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Sunshine Coast, Queensland[citation needed]
Original team(s)	Wyndhamvale Falcons (WRFL)
Debut	Round 1, 2017, Melbourne vs. Brisbane, at Casey Fields
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Greater Western Sydney
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2017–2020	Melbourne	25 (11)
2021–2022 (S6)	Collingwood	14 0(5)
2022 (S7)–2023	Sydney	19 (8)
2024–	Greater Western Sydney	00 (0)
Total		58 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
Goal of the Year: 2018
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Newman was born in Queensland^{[citation needed]} and is of Ningy Ningy Indigenous Australian descent.^[1] Her family is from Redcliffe, Queensland and she spent some of her youth on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland but moved to Melbourne in Victoria where Newman was raised and schooled.^[2]

AFLW career

Melbourne

Newman was recruited by Melbourne as a free agent in October 2016.^[3] She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to Brisbane at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season.^[4] She missed the next three matches before returning for the round five match against Greater Western Sydney at Blacktown International Sportspark Oval.^[5] She played the remainder of the season to finish with four matches for the year.^[6] Melbourne signed Newman for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.^[7] Newman was awarded Goal of the Year in 2018 for her goal in round 2 against Adelaide.^[8]

Collingwood

In August 2020, Newman was traded by Melbourne to Collingwood in a three-club deal which involved Richmond.^[9]

Sydney

In May 2022, Newman joined expansion club Sydney.^[10] The speedy small forward played 9 games for the club in the inaugural AFLW season as its most experienced player, becoming the first Indigenous AFLW player at each of her three clubs.^[11]

In round two of the 2023 season, Newman played her 50th AFLW game when she booted an equal career-high 3 goals against Geelong at North Sydney Oval.^[12] She continued to be a regular in the forward line, playing 10 games for the season including kicking a goal in each of the club's first two finals appearances.^[1] Newman also designed the Swans' first ever Indigenous Round guernsey unique to AFLW in 2023.^[13]

Greater Western Sydney

Ahead of the 2024 AFL Women's season, Newman was traded to cross-town club Greater Western Sydney along with an exchange of picks.^[14]

Personal life

Newman is originally from Braybrook in Melbourne's western suburbs.^{[citation needed]} She is the older sibling of Australian weightlifter Teagan Newman.^[15]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 (S6) season.^[16]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2017	Melbourne	16	4	2	2	15	7	22	6	4	0.5	0.5	3.8	1.8	5.5	1.5	1.0	0
2018	Melbourne	16	7	3	3	36	13	49	10	15	0.4	0.4	5.1	1.9	7.0	1.4	2.1	0
2019	Melbourne	16	7	6	5	43	32	75	16	12	0.9	0.7	6.1	4.6	10.7	2.3	1.7	0
2020	Melbourne	16	7	0	7	30	23	53	5	20	0.0	1.0	4.3	3.3	7.6	0.7	2.9	0
2021	Collingwood	16	7	3	4	26	12	38	7	5	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.7	5.4	1.0	0.7	3
2022 (S6)	Collingwood	16	7	2	1	32	9	41	10	7	0.3	0.1	4.6	1.3	5.9	1.4	1.0	0
Career			48	17	22	182	96	278	54	63	0.4	0.6	4.7	2.5	7.1	1.4	1.6	3