Aliesha Newman

Aliesha Newman (born 16 September 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She previously played for the Melbourne Football Club and for Collingwood.

Aliesha Newman
Newman playing for Melbourne in March 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995
Place of birth Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Original team(s) Wyndhamvale Falcons (WRFL)
Debut Round 1, 2017, Melbourne vs. Brisbane, at Casey Fields
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Sydney
Number 16
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2020 Melbourne 25 (11)
2021–2022 (S6) Collingwood 14 0(5)
2022 (S7)– Sydney 09 0(1)
Total 48 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 (S7) season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Newman was born in Queensland 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]

Collingwood

In August 2020, Newman was traded by Melbourne to Collingwood in a three-club deal which involved Richmond too.[8]

Sydney

In May 2022, Newman joined expansion club Sydney.[9] Newman played 9 games for the swans in the clubs inaugural AFLW season.

Personal life

Newman is originally from Braybrook in Melbourne's western suburbs. She is the older sibling of Australian weightlifter Teagan Newman.[10]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 (S6) season.[11]
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 1642215722640.50.53.81.85.51.51.00
2018 Melbourne 1673336134910150.40.45.11.97.01.42.10
2019 Melbourne 1676543327516120.90.76.14.610.72.31.70
2020 Melbourne 167073023535200.01.04.33.37.60.72.90
2021 Collingwood 16734261238750.40.63.71.75.41.00.73
2022 (S6) Collingwood 16721329411070.30.14.61.35.91.41.00
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. 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. Lewis, Tash (4 August 2020). "Newman to don black and white in 2021". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
  9. "Newman, Hamilton & Beesley commit to Swans". Sydney Swans. Telstra Media. 30 May 2022.
  10. "Studio Recipient Kicking Goals". Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  11. "Aliesha Newman - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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