Megan Fitzsimon

Australian rules footballer

Megan Fitzsimon
Fitzsimon with Melbourne in February 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-08-10) 10 August 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth	Bairnsdale
Original team(s)	Gippsland Power (NAB League Girls)
Draft	No. 35, 2020 national draft
Debut	Round 1, 2021, Melbourne vs. Gold Coast, at Metricon Stadium
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfield / forward
Club information
Current club	Melbourne
Number	24
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2021–	Melbourne	34 (6)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
AFLW premiership player: Season 7 (2022)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Megan Fitzsimon (born 10 August 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). After a junior career with the Gippsland Power in the NAB League Girls competition, Fitzsimon was selected by Melbourne with the club's fourth selection and the thirty fifth selection overall in the 2020 AFL Women's draft.^[1] She made her debut against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium in the opening round of the 2021 season.^[2]

References

^ Black, Sarah (7 October 2020). "Your club's draft: All you need to know about the 57 new faces". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ Nobes, Caitlin (29 January 2021). "AFLW Round 1 Team: Three new Demons". Melbourne FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Megan Fitzsimon.

Megan Fitzsimon's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
Megan Fitzsimon at AustralianFootball.com

Melbourne Football Club (AFL Women's) – current squad

1 Campbell
2 Purcell
4 Paxman
5 Hanks
6 Bannan
7 Harris
8 Lampard
10 Hore (c)
13 Chaplin
14 Mithen
15 Pearce
17 Gillard
21 A. Mackin*
22 McNamara
23 Goldrick
24 Fitzsimon
26 Watt
27 Gall
28 Taylor
29 Zanker
30 Heath
31 B. Mackin*
32 Colvin
Hill
Hose
Johnson
Madigan
Pisano
Rigoni
Wotherspoon

Coach: Stinear

* denotes rookie listed players; italics denotes inactive players

v t e Melbourne Football Club 2022 AFL Women's season 7 premiers
Melbourne 2.7 (19) defeated Brisbane 2.3 (15) at Springfield Central Stadium
2. Purcell 3. Gay 4. Paxman 5. Hanks 6. D. Pearce (c) 7. Harris 8. Lampard 9. Birch 10. Hore 11. West 13. Chaplin 14. Mithen 15. L. Pearce 16. Bannan 17. Gillard 18. Sherriff 23. Goldrick 24. Fitzsimon 29. Zanker 30. Heath 31. Mackin
Coach: Stinear

v t e 2020 AFL Women's draft
First round	1. Ellie McKenzie 2. Jess Fitzgerald 3. Bella Lewis 4. Teah Charlton 5. Alyssa Bannan 6. Tyanna Smith 7. Annise Bradfield 8. Zimmorlei Farquharson 9. Tarni Evans 10. Darcy Moloney 11. Sarah Hartwig 12. Mimi Hill 13. Isabella Eddey 14. Sarah Verrier 15. Eliza McNamara 16. Isabelle Pritchard
Second round	17. Maggie Caris 18. Shanae Davison 19. Tarni Brown (F/D) 20. Laura Gardiner 21. Olivia Barber 22. Alice O'Loughlin 23. Sarah Perkins 24. Alice Burke (F/D) 25. Amelia Velardo 26. Joanna Lin 27. Stephanie Williams 28. Daisy Walker 29. Emily Pease 30. Mikayla Morrison
Third round	31. Abbi Moloney 32. Julie-Anne Norrish 34. Renee Saulitis 35. Megan Fitzsimon 36. Winnie Laing 37. Indy Tahau 38. Ruby Svarc 39. Carly Remmos 40. Jacqui Vogt 41. Mietta Kendall 42. Libby Graham 43. Tessa Lavey 44. Georgia Hammond 45. Rachelle Martin
Fourth round	46. Tiah Haynes 47. Ashleigh Woodland 48. Isabella Simmons 49. Brooke Brown 50. Maddison Levi
Fifth round	52. Luka Lesosky-Hay 53. Andrea Gilmore 54. Janet Baird 55. Amy Smith (F/D)
Sixth round	57. Lucy Single
Seventh round	58. Elizabeth Keaney
Eighth round	60. Daisy D'Arcy
Ninth round	61. Wallis Randell
← 2020 2021 →

v t e 2022 AFL Women's season 6 Rising Star nominees
Rd 1: King/Prespakis Rd 2: Bannan/Rowbottom Rd 3: Farquharson/Fitzsimon Rd 4: Sherar/Verrier Rd 5: Hill/McKinnon Rd 6: Hampson/Morrison Rd 7: Eddey/Georgostathis Rd 8: Charlton/James Rd 9: East/Morris-Dalton Rd 10: Moloney/Pritchard
← 2021 Italics denote winner 2022 (S7) →