Aliesha Newman
Newman playing for Melbourne in March 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 28)
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
Source: AustralianFootball.com

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.

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

References

  1. ^ a b Aliesha Newman Sydney Swans bio
  2. ^ 'The club is really behind it': Magpies trying to do better after racism report by Melissa Woods, AAP 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ Burgan, Matt (31 October 2016). "Melbourne signs free agent Newman". MelbourneFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ^ Australian Associated Press (3 February 2017). "AFLW: All the round one teams". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. ^ "AFL Women's: All the round five teams". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Aliesha Newman". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  7. ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  8. ^ "AFLW: Goal of the year". afl.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  9. ^ Lewis, Tash (4 August 2020). "Newman to don black and white in 2021". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  10. ^ "Newman, Hamilton & Beesley commit to Swans". Sydney Swans. Telstra Media. 30 May 2022.
  11. ^ "'It means a lot': New Swan can't wait to see more Indigenous AFLW players". afl.com.au/aflw. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  12. ^ Pegan, Martin (9 September 2023). "Scheer impact: Forward boots five as Cats power past Swans". afl.com.au/aflw. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  13. ^ Werner, Tilly (17 October 2023). "'It exists everywhere in Australia': Swan's special guernsey design". afl.com.au/aflw. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Giants add exciting small forward". Greater Western Sydney Giants. 14 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Studio Recipient Kicking Goals". Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Aliesha Newman - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

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