Over 500 women have been nominated for this year's ALFW intake
The latest crop of AFLW hopefuls will gather tomorrow night for the 2023 draft after a busy trade period which saw 41 players move clubs. Over 500 women have been nominated for this year's intake with all eyes on the western bulldogs who hold the coveted number one pick.
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00:00 The sky's the limit for Christy Lee Weston-Turner.
00:06 The 18-year-old's just finished year 11 but has high hopes for a storied AFLW career.
00:12 I do want to be the captain of a footy club one day, yeah.
00:16 Weston-Turner grew up playing with the boys at Sunshine Heights.
00:19 She could join her childhood hero Marcus Bontempele at the Witton Oval if the Weston Bulldogs
00:25 take her at number one.
00:27 To potentially play at a club where he is and learn that from him and gain those leadership
00:31 skills, it's just unreal.
00:34 The key forward impressed at October's Combine with pace and a vertical leap to match and
00:40 has no shortage of suitors ahead of Monday night.
00:43 I'm excited but I'm nervous but it's just a waiting game from now on.
00:49 Footy mad Gemma Rigoni gets her chance too.
00:52 It's all surreal and I just want to savour every moment.
00:55 She could join a small but growing cohort of father-daughter draftees.
01:00 Dad Guy Rigoni played for Melbourne and is impressed by his daughter's determination
01:04 to bounce back from a recent ACL injury.
01:08 I thought she might have called the quits on footy but just the way she worked in her
01:12 rehab and recovery and that will help her in life and footy.
01:16 The bidding on father-daughter picks will be live for the first time.
01:20 The Demons needing to match a bid with a pick no more than one round later will risk missing
01:26 out.
01:27 I hope to carry on the footy legacy like my dad but I also want to end up at a club that
01:32 wants me for what I can bring to the team.
01:35 I can't have a late night before a game.
01:37 It will be a bit tough and maybe we'll stick to the day games.
01:41 The draft kicks off tomorrow night in Melbourne.
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