Alison Downie

Australian rules footballer and basketball player

Alison Downie

Downie with Carlton in March 2018

Born|  (1984-07-17) 17 July 1984 (age 40)

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Height| 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Basketball career
Career information
Playing career| 2000–2016
Position| Guard
Career history
2000–2016| Dandenong Rangers
Career highlights and awards

* 3× WNBL champion (2004, 2005, 2012)

* WNBL Rookie of the Year (2002)

Australian rules footballer

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Australian rules football career

| Personal information

Draft|  No. 129, 2016 AFL Women's draft: Carlton
Debut|  Round 1, 2017, Carlton vs. Collingwood, at Ikon Park
Position(s)|  Ruck
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
2017–2021|  Carlton|  39 0(9)
2022 (S6)–2022 (S7)|  Collingwood|  20 0(1)
Total|  |  59 (10)
Representative team honours
Years|  Team|  Games (Goals)
2017|  Victoria|  1 (0)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022 season 7.

2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.

Career highlights

* Inaugural Carlton AFLW team: 2017
* Victorian State of Origin: 2017

Source: AustralianFootball.com

Alison Downie (born 17 July 1984) is an Australian sportswoman most notable for her career as a basketball player for the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. Downie is a retired Australian rules footballer, who played for Carlton and Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.

## Basketball

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Downie began her professional basketball career in 2000, for the Dandenong Rangers. Since then, Downie has played 326 WNBL games in 16 seasons for the Rangers. She won three WNBL championships and took home the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. She has been a strong, permanent member of the Rangers roster for over a decade.[1] Downie retired from WNBL basketball at the end of 2015/16 due to time commitments, but has not retired from the sport entirely.[2]

## Australian rules football

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Downie began playing Australian rules football for Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in the basketball off-seasons from 2012. After gaining particular attention as one of the league's best rucks in the 2016 season,[2] she was drafted by Carlton for the inaugural AFL Women's competition in 2017.[3] She made her league debut in the club and the league's inaugural match in round 1, 2017. At the end of the season, Downie was listed in the 2017 All-Australian squad.[4]

Carlton signed Downie for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[5]

In June 2021, Downie was delisted by Carlton[6] and was subsequently signed by Collingwood as a delisted free agent.[7]

In March 2023, Downie announced her retirement from Australian football.[8]

## AFLW statistics

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Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 (S7) season[9]
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G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T  | H/O  | G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T  | H/O
2017 | Carlton | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 50 | 15 | 16 | 89 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 12.7 | 0
2018 | Carlton | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 21.6 | 6.4 | 0
2019 | Carlton | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 61 | 94 | 13 | 18 | 179 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 10.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 19.9 | 1
2020 | Carlton | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 2
2021 | Carlton | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 0
2022 (S6) | Collingwood | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 57 | 90 | 13 | 19 | 155 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 14.1 | 0
2022 (S7) | Collingwood | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 7 | 18 | 144 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 0
Career  | 59  | 10  | 0  | 191  | 235  | 426  | 83  | 106  | 723  | 0.2  | 0.0  | 3.2  | 4.0  | 7.2  | 1.4  | 1.8  | 12.3  | 3

## References

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1. ^ "WNBL". wnbl.com.au.
2. ^ a b Eliza Sewell (11 October 2016). "WNBL star Alison Downie set to be drafted for AFL Women's league". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
3. ^ "2017 Women's team". Carlton Football Club. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
4. ^ "AFLW Lions and Crows dominate All Australian squad". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
5. ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
6. ^ "Loynes and Downie to depart the Blues". Carlton. Telstra. 28 March 2021.
7. ^ Lewis, Tash (10 June 2021). "Downie to don black and white". Collingwood. Telstra.
8. ^ "Downie Calls Time". Collingwood. Telstra. 20 March 2023.
9. ^ "Alison Downie Player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alison Downie.

* Profile at WNBL
* Alison Downie's profile on the official website of the Carlton Football Club
* Alison Downie at AustralianFootball.com

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Inaugural Carlton Football Club AFL Women's team

Full-back|

* Lauren Brazzale
* Danielle Hardiman
* Sarah Last

Half-back|

* Sarah Hosking
* Kate Gillespie-Jones
* Darcy Vescio

Centre|

* Natalie Plane

Half-forward|

* Laura Attard
* Bella Ayre
* Lauren Arnell (c)

Full-forward|

* Shae Audley
* Brianna Davey
* Katie Loynes

Ruck|

* Breann Moody
* Madeline Keryk
* Alison Downie

Interchange|

* Nat Exon
* Tilly Lucas-Rodd
* Jess Kennedy
* Alison Brown
* Bianca Jakobsson
* Gabriella Pound

Coach|

Damien Keeping

Carlton defeated Collingwood 7.4 (46) to 1.5 (11), round 1, 2017, at Ikon Park

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2016 AFL Women's draft

First round|

* 1\. Nicola Barr
* 2\. Emily Bates
* 3\. Bianca Jakobsson
* 4\. Hayley Miller
* 5\. Jaimee Lambert
* 6\. Nicola Stevens
* 7\. Ebony Marinoff
* 8\. Elise O'Dea

Second round|

* 9\. Deanna Berry
* 10\. Heather Anderson
* 11\. Steph Chiocci
* 12\. Aasta O'Connor
* 13\. Brianna Green
* 14\. Kate Gillespie-Jones
* 15\. Tahlia Randall
* 16\. Ashleigh Guest

Third round|

* 17\. Aimee Schmidt
* 18\. Nicole Hildebrand
* 19\. Sarah Hosking
* 20\. Ashley Sharp
* 21\. Hannah Scott
* 22\. Sarah D'Arcy
* 23\. Jenna McCormick
* 24\. Richelle Cranston

Fourth round|

* 25\. Lauren Pearce
* 26\. Deni Varnhagen
* 27\. Brittany Bonnici
* 28\. Kirsten McLeod
* 29\. Lara Filocamo
* 30\. Gabriella Pound
* 31\. Leah Kaslar
* 32\. Rebecca Beeson

Fifth round|

* 33\. Kate Stanton
* 34\. Jess Wuetschner
* 35\. Danielle Hardiman
* 36\. Tiah Haynes
* 37\. Kimberley Ebb
* 38\. Bree White
* 39\. Sally Riley
* 40\. Alyssa Mifsud

Sixth round|

* 41\. Shelley Scott
* 42\. Georgia Bevan
* 43\. Caitlyn Edwards
* 44\. Hayley Wildes
* 45\. Kira Phillips
* 46\. Shae Audley
* 47\. Ally Anderson
* 48\. Erin McKinnon

Seventh round|

* 49\. Mai Nguyen
* 50\. Breanna Koenen
* 51\. Bella Ayre
* 52\. Tayla Bresland
* 53\. Brooke Lochland
* 54\. Alicia Eva
* 55\. Sophie Armitstead
* 56\. Katherine Smith

Eighth round|

* 57\. Emma Humphries
* 58\. Talia Radan
* 59\. Amelia Barden
* 60\. Bailey Hunt
* 61\. Amy Lavell
* 62\. Lauren Brazzale
* 63\. Megan Hunt
* 64\. Amanda Farrugia

Ninth round|

* 65\. Jacinda Barclay
* 66\. Sam Virgo
* 67\. Breann Moody
* 68\. Stacey Barr
* 69\. Ellyse Gamble
* 70\. Stacey Livingstone
* 71\. Rachael Killian
* 72\. Stephanie De Bortoli

Tenth round|

* 73\. Lily Mithen
* 74\. Rhiannon Metcalfe
* 75\. Jess Cameron
* 76\. Lauren Spark
* 77\. Melissa Caulfield
* 78\. Jess Hosking
* 79\. Kate Lutkins
* 80\. Britt Tully

Eleventh round|

* 81\. Kristy De Pellegrini
* 82\. Kate McCarthy
* 83\. Natalie Plane
* 84\. Cassie Davidson
* 85\. Nicole Callinan
* 86\. Jasmine Garner
* 87\. Anne Hatchard
* 88\. Ainslie Kemp

Twelfth round|

* 89\. Mia-Rae Clifford
* 90\. Tayla Thorn
* 91\. Emma Grant
* 92\. Lisa Williams
* 93\. Taylah Angel
* 94\. Sarah Last
* 95\. Shaleise Law
* 96\. Renee Tomkins

Thirteenth round|

* 97\. Clare Lawton
* 98\. Selina Goodman
* 99\. Tilly Lucas-Rodd
* 100\. Belinda Smith
* 101\. Lauren Morecroft
* 102\. Penny Cula-Reid
* 103\. Abbey Holmes
* 104\. Brooke Patterson

Fourteenth round|

* 105\. Jessica Anderson
* 106\. Stevie-Lee Thompson
* 107\. Lauren Tesoriero
* 108\. Tiarna Ernst
* 109\. Steph Cain
* 110\. Katie Loynes
* 111\. Sharni Webb
* 112\. Ella Ross

Fifteenth round|

* 113\. Stephanie Walker
* 114\. Nikki Wallace
* 115\. Madeline Keryk
* 116\. Kelly Clinch
* 117\. Kate Tyndall
* 118\. Melissa Kuys
* 119\. Jess Sedunary
* 120\. Maddie Boyd

Sixteenth round|

* 121\. Pepa Randall
* 122\. Sarah Allan
* 123\. Cecilia McIntosh
* 124\. Courtney Clarkson
* 125\. Demi Okely
* 126\. Kate Darby
* 127\. Jamie Stanton

Seventeenth round|

* 128\. Jade Ransfield
* 129\. Alison Downie
* 130\. Dana Hooker
* 131\. Jess Gardner
* 132\. Christina Bernardi
* 133\. Justine Mules
* 134\. Sarah Lampard

Eighteenth round|

* 135\. Jasmine Grierson
* 136\. Monique Hollick
* 137\. Ruby Schleicher
* 138\. Kirsty Lamb
* 139\. Akec Makur Chuot
* 140\. Laura Attard
* 141\. Brittany Gibson

Nineteenth round|

* 142\. Rebecca Privitelli
* 143\. Laura Bailey
* 144\. Tara Morgan
* 145\. Sarah Jolly

2017 →

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Victorian team – 2017 women's State of Origin

* Arnell
* Ashmore
* Blackburn
* Chiocci
* Dal Pos
* D'Arcy
* Davey
* Donnellan
* Downie
* Eva
* Garner
* Hickey
* Hope
* Hosking
* Kearney
* Lambert
* Mithen
* Paxman
* Pearce (c)
* Perkins
* Spark
* Stevens

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