Widely hailed as one of Australia’s best athletes and the AFLW’s most decorated player, Erin Phillips joins Port Adelaide as the club’s inaugural AFLW signing. Prior to her footballing career Phillips played nine seasons in the WNBA – winning two championships and an Olympic silver medal for the Opals in that time. She returned to Australia and made the switch to football, joining the Adelaide Crows where she enjoyed an incredibly successful stint at the club that included three premierships and two league best and fairest titles.
Phillips was named Port Adelaide’s inaugural AFLW captain owing to her strong leadership on and off the field. The highly skilled midfielder/forward is one of the most experienced players in the AFLW, well known for her accuracy and goal sense. Announcing her retirement at the conclusion of the 2023 season, Phillips finishes her career as the most decorated player in the AFLW.
Honours
- Captain (2022, 2023)
- Runner-up Best & Fairest (2022)
- AFLW Premiership player (Adelaide Crows, 2017, 2019, 2022)
- AFLW Best & Fairest (2017 & 2019)
- All-Australian (2017, 2019, 2021)
- AFLW Players’ Association Most Valuable Player (2017 & 2019)
- AFLW Coaches Association Championship Player (2019)
- Club leading goalkicker (Adelaide Crows, 2018 & 2021)
- AFLW Players’ Association Most Valuable Player (2017 & 2019)
- Goal of the Year (2017)
- Co-captain (Adelaide Crows, 2017-2020)
Widely hailed as one of Australia’s best athletes and the AFLW’s most decorated player, Erin Phillips joins Port Adelaide as the club’s inaugural AFLW signing. Prior to her footballing career Phillips played nine seasons in the WNBA – winning two championships and an Olympic silver medal for the Opals in that time. She returned to Australia and made the switch to football, joining the Adelaide Crows where she enjoyed an incredibly successful stint at the club that included three premierships and two league best and fairest titles.
Phillips was named Port Adelaide’s inaugural AFLW captain owing to her strong leadership on and off the field. The highly skilled midfielder/forward is one of the most experienced players in the AFLW, well known for her accuracy and goal sense. Announcing her retirement at the conclusion of the 2023 season, Phillips finishes her career as the most decorated player in the AFLW.
Honours
- Captain (2022, 2023)
- Runner-up Best & Fairest (2022)
- AFLW Premiership player (Adelaide Crows, 2017, 2019, 2022)
- AFLW Best & Fairest (2017 & 2019)
- All-Australian (2017, 2019, 2021)
- AFLW Players’ Association Most Valuable Player (2017 & 2019)
- AFLW Coaches Association Championship Player (2019)
- Club leading goalkicker (Adelaide Crows, 2018 & 2021)
- AFLW Players’ Association Most Valuable Player (2017 & 2019)
- Goal of the Year (2017)
- Co-captain (Adelaide Crows, 2017-2020)
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Erin Phillips speaks to the media at Adelaide Oval ahead of Showdown I.
Erin Phillips speaks to the media ahead of her 50th AFLW match.
See the moment Juliet Haslam and Lauren Arnell ask Erin Phillips if she will be Port Adelaide's inaugural AFLW captain.
See the special moment Erin tells her dad, Greg Phillips, she is our inaugural AFLW captain.
Erin Phillips speaks about what it means to pull the number one on for Port Adelaide.
The Port Adelaide Football Club acknowledges the land on which we train and play, are based on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. We respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional custodians of Australia and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living people today.
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