Emily Bates
Emily Bates is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's. Bates was selected by the with the forty-fourth selection in the inaugural national women's draft in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of the league. She represented the Lions in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was selected by Brisbane with the second pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season.
In the AFL Women's, Bates is a dual AFL Women's All-Australian, and was the inaugural Brisbane best and fairest winner in 2017.Bates was born in 1995. She was a Queensland under-18 representative in cricket, but chose Australian rules football over a cricket career.AFL Women's career
Bates was taken with the number two pick, 's first, in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She was announced as one of the "values leaders" to assist captain Emma Zielke alongside Sabrina Frederick-Traub, Leah Kaslar and Sam Virgo in January 2017. She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 AFL Women's season.
Bates was nominated by her teammates for the 2017 AFLW Players’ Most Valuable Player Award, was named Brisbane's best and fairest and was also listed in the All-Australian team.
Brisbane signed Bates for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.
Brisbane signed Bates for the 2020 season during the trade and sign period in April 2019.Statistics
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