Phoebe Monahan

Phoebe Monahan (born 3 July 1993) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Greater Western Sydney, Richmond and Brisbane in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She won a premiership with Brisbane in 2023.

Phoebe Monahan
Monahan with Richmond in February 2020
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Pheebs[1]
Date of birth	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 32)
Original team(s)	UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Stingrays (SWAFL)
Draft	No. 39, 2017 AFL Women's draft
Debut	Round 2, 2018, Greater Western Sydney vs. Carlton, at Drummoyne Oval
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2018–2019	Greater Western Sydney	10 (0)
2020–2021	Richmond	12 (0)
2022 (S6)–2023	Brisbane	38 (0)
Total		60 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
AFLW premiership player: 2023
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life and state-league football

Monahan hails from the regional Victorian city of Geelong, where she played school football with Clonard College.^[2] At age 18, Monahan began playing with the North Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Women's Football League where she remained for three seasons.^[3][4]

After moving to Sydney to become a sapper in the Australian Defence Force, Monahan took up playing matches with the Army team in intra-defence force matches and then later played for the UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Stingrays in the state-league level AFL Sydney Women's Premier League in 2016.^[5][3] She won premierships there in both 2016 and 2017, and in 2017 she placed third in the league best and fairest award while playing as a midfielder.^[3][4]

AFL Women's career

Greater Western Sydney

Monahan was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with the club's fourth selection and the thirty-ninth pick overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft.^[6] She made her debut in the twenty-one point loss to Carlton at Drummoyne Oval in round 2 of the 2018 season and finished the season having played six matches.^[7]

She spent the off-season playing matches for the ADF representative side, as well as with Richmond in the VFL Women's where she finished third in the club's best and fairest count.^[8][9] Following that, Monahan returned to the Giants for the 2019 AFL Women's season and played a further four matches, taking her two-year tally to 10.^[10]

Richmond

In the 2019 expansion period, Monahan signed a free-agency deal to join Richmond's newly formed AFLW team.^[9]

Prior to the start of the season, Monahan was appointed to the club's four person leadership group as co-deputy vice captain.^[11]

In June 2021, Monahan was delisted by Richmond along with Alana Woodward.^[12]

Brisbane

A fortnight after being delisted by Richmond, Monahan joined Brisbane as a delisted free agent.^[13] She played 38 games for the Lions as a regular fixture in their backline for three seasons. She won a premiership with them in 2023, shortly after which she announced her retirement from football.^[14]

Statistics

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
2018	Greater Western Sydney	28	6	0	0	38	9	47	4	17	0.0	0.0	6.3	1.5	7.8	0.7	2.8	0
2019	Greater Western Sydney	28	4	0	0	15	13	28	0	8	0.0	0.0	3.8	3.3	7.0	0.0	2.0	0
2020	Richmond	2	6	0	1	84	19	103	16	17	0.0	0.2	14.0	3.2	17.2	2.7	2.8	0
2021	Richmond	2	6	0	0	40	13	53	11	10	0.0	0.0	6.7	2.2	8.8	1.8	1.7	0
2022 (S6)	Brisbane	11	12	0	0	87	28	115	21	36	0.0	0.0	7.3	2.3	9.6	1.8	3.0	2
2022 (S7)	Brisbane	11	13	0	0	84	31	115	41	16	0.0	0.0	6.5	2.4	8.8	3.2	1.2	0
2023	Brisbane	11	13	0	0	66	35	101	29	27	0.0	0.0	5.1	2.7	7.8	2.2	2.1	0
Career[15]			60	0	1	414	148	562	122	131	0.0	0.0	6.9	2.5	9.4	2.0	2.2	2

Personal life

Outside of football, Monahan works as a carpenter in the Australian Army.^[1]