Erin Phillips celebrates on Tuesday night at the AFLW Awards. Erin Phillips has capped off a scintillating 2019 season by winning her second AFLW best and fairest award. And she did it in remarkable fashion, polling in every game to finish with an astonishing 19 of a possible 21 votes on Tuesday night. The Adelaide co-captain was judged best afield in four games and polled two votes in the other to poll 19 votes — five more than her winning tally two years earlier — to beat Fremantle’s Dana Hooker (11) and Melbourne’s Karen Paxman (10). Live stream the 2019 Toyota AFL Premiership Season on KAYO SPORTS. Every match of every round. Live & anytime on your TV or favourite device. Try 14-Days Free Now > Remarkably, Phillips had the award locked up by the end of Round 5. Phillips — who won the inaugural and yet unnamed medal in 2017 — has already taken home a host of accolades this season, which she added to on Tuesday night when she was named skipper of the All-Australian team for the first time. Not only did Phillips lead her team to its second premiership on Sunday, but she also took home the best on ground award, despite missing the final term of the match because of an ACL injury. Erin Phillips and her wife Tracy Gahan arrives ahead of the 2019 AFLW W Awards. Source: Getty Images Phillips was also honoured with the AFLW Coaches’ Award and AFLW Most Valuable Player Award, a peer voted prize that speaks volumes of her standing in the competition. The Adelaide co-captain’s near clean sweep of the awards has shades of her breakout season, except that this time Phillips has also added the Coaches’ Award to her trophy cabinet. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ALL THE W AWARD WINNERS Phillips kicked two goals from 18 touches in Adelaide’s 45-point win over Carlton in Sunday’s Grand Final in front of 53,034 people at Adelaide Oval. Erin Phillips poses with her medals on Grand Final day. Source: Getty Images But a devastating ACL injury suffered in the third term cast a sombre cloud over the day, with one of the true superstars of the women’s competition vacillating between tears and laughter, as she comprehended the magnitude of her achievement and her injury. “It’s obviously been an emotional last few days. When you live one of the best days and the worst days in one it’s a lot,” Phillips said as she accepted her award. “I knew as soon as I’d done my knee. It was pretty emotional. “I tried not to cry, but I failed.” There have been calls for an award to be named in Phillips’ honour — and this second AFLW best and fairest in three seasons has only validated those opinions. LISTEN TO THE LATEST EPISODE OF THE FOX FOOTY PODCAST BELOW, OR TAP HERE TO SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES OR SPOTIFY Meanwhile, Carlton young gun Maddie Prespakis has taken home the 2019 Rising Star Award, the third recipient behind Adelaide’s Ebony Marinoff and Collingwood’s Chloe Molloy. Prespakis won the AFLW MVP Best First Year Player award in a landslide vote on Monday morning, with this second accolade confirming she’s one of the competition’s brightest young stars. Madison Prespakis celebrates a goal in the AFLW Grand Final on Sunday. Source: AAP 2019 W AWARDS Best and fairest: Erin Phillips (Adelaide) 19 Dana Hooker (Fremantle) 11 Karen Paxman (Melbourne) 10 Emma King (North Melbourne) 7 Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) 7 Kiara Bowers (Fremantle) 7 Monique Conti (Western Bulldogs) 7 Rising star: Madison Prespakis (Carlton) 49 Alyce Parker (GWS Giants) 39 Olivia Purchell (Geelong Cats) 20 Sabreena Duffy (Fremantle) 17 Danielle Ponter (Adelaide Crows) 13 Eden Zanker (Melbourne) 7 Jordyn Allen (Collingwood) 3 Jacqui Yorston (Brisbane Lions) 2 All-Australian team: BACKS: Ash Brazill (Collingwood), Meg McDonald (Geelong Cats) HALF BACKS: Jess Duffin (Kangaroos), Chelsea Randall (Adelaide Crows), Kerryn Harrington (Carlton) CENTRES: Emma Kearney (Kangaroos), Kiara Bowers (Fremantle), Karen Paxman (Melbourne) HALF FORWARDS: Erin Phillips (Adelaide Crows), Jasmine Garner (Kangaroos), Monique Conti (Western Bulldogs) FORWARDS: Gemma Houghton (Fremantle), Stevie Lee Thompson (Adelaide Crows) FOLLOWERS: Lauren Pearce (Melbourne), Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide Crows), Madison Prespakis (Carlton) INTERCHANGE: Emma King (Kangaroos), Gabbie Pound (Carlton), Ally Anderson (Brisbane Lions), Anne Hatchard (Adelaide Crows), Dana Hooker (Fremantle) Get the ultimate AFL experience on your phone with the new FOX FOOTY App. Download it NOW for FREE on iOS and Android<doc-sep>Adelaide star Erin Phillips has paid an emotional tribute to her father Greg, after comfortably winning her second best and fairest honour at the AFLW awards night. Key points: Phillips polled 19 out of a possible 21 votes, with five best-afield performances Phillips polled 19 out of a possible 21 votes, with five best-afield performances She was also appointed captain of the All-Australian team for the first time She was also appointed captain of the All-Australian team for the first time She will see how she recovers from knee surgery before deciding whether to play next season Two days after the Crows won the premiership, the Adelaide co-captain was also named skipper of the All-Australian team for the first time. Accepting her award last night, Phillips thanked her mother and father Greg Phillips, who was an eight-time premiership player with Port Adelaide. "My dad obviously played footy and when I was born people felt sorry for him because he didn't have a son to play footy some day and carry the Phillips name. "So dad I know you're watching and mum, I hope I've made you proud and we can stick it up those people who said that to you." Reflecting on the moment at a press conference this morning, she said the way the AFLW had broken down gender barriers in the sport was "pretty special". Phillips claimed her second AFLW best and fairest award. ( AAP: Hamish Blair "How good now that we have this competition where daughters can follow in fathers' footsteps, and then one day daughters or sons can follow in their mums' footsteps," she said. Phillips attended last night's awards function in Melbourne after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during the grand final win over Carlton. She was best afield in Sunday's clash at Adelaide Oval, which attracted a record crowd of more than 53,000. Loading Phillips will undergo surgery for a knee reconstruction next week and said she would wait to see how she recovered before deciding whether to continue her AFLW career. "It's not a decision I really need to make right now — we're still a while away from round one of next year," she said. "I'll be 34 next month and I think the bigger picture is figuring out how to chase three kids soon, but look, I'll rehab, I'll do everything I can. "If I get back up and play, great. If not, I'll be pretty bloody happy to finish on that note." Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 43 seconds 43 s There was glory for Erin Phillips' Adelaide Crows, but the star ruptured her ACL in the AFLW grand final She said it was "quite strange" to hear discussion about the league's best and fairest medal and a grandstand at the Adelaide Oval being named after her. "It makes you feel a bit old," she said. Asked about the idea — endorsed by AFLW head Nicole Livingstone this morning — of her name being bestowed on the riverbank stand at the Adelaide Oval, Phillips said: "If that did happen that would be really special, but not something I kind of lose sleep on or think about." While accepting the award last night, Phillips confirmed she had turned down interviewing for a head coaching job in the United States with the WNBA's Dallas Wings because it would have meant missing out on a third AFLW season. Phillips, a former professional basketball player who was the Wings' assistant coach for the 2018 season, said she wanted to continue to take part in both the WNBA and the AFLW for as long as possible. "There is going to come a point where I'm going to have to decide which country and what to do," she said. Erin Phillips remains comfortably the best player in AFLW. ( AAP: Hamish Blair Phillips was the overwhelming favourite to win the best and fairest award and she had an unbeatable lead with two of the seven rounds of votes still to be counted. She polled 19 out of a possible 21 votes, with five best-afield performances. While Phillips also made the 2017 All-Australian team, this is the first time she has captained the honorary team. On Monday, the 33-year-old Australian Rules and basketball star comfortably won the AFL Players Association award for the second time. But she was not among the three players who have made all three AFLW All-Australian teams. That honour went to Crows co-captain Chelsea Randall, last year's AFLW best and fairest winner Emma Kearney (North Melbourne) and Melbourne's Karen Paxman. Randall was also named vice-captain of the All-Australian line-up. Erin Phillips had the medal sewn up after just five rounds. ( AAP: Hamish Blair The team of 21 featured 16 on-field positions and five interchange. Adelaide had five players in the team and expansion team North Melbourne had four representatives. Carlton's Maddie Prespakis, the number three draft pick last October, won the Rising Star award and also made the All-Australian team.k GWS were the only team not represented in the All-Australian lineup. AFLW 2019 All Australian team B: Ash Brazill (Collingwood), Meg McDonald (Geelong Cats) HB: Jess Duffin (Kangaroos), Chelsea Randall (Adelaide Crows), Kerryn Harrington (Carlton) C: Emma Kearney (Kangaroos), Kiara Bowers (Fremantle), Karen Paxman (Melbourne) HF: Erin Phillips (Adelaide Crows), Jasmine Garner (Kangaroos), Monique Conti (Western Bulldogs) F: Gemma Houghton (Fremantle), Stevie Lee Thompson (Adelaide Crows) Foll: Lauren Pearce (Melbourne), Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide Crows), Madison Prespakis (Carlton) I: Emma King (Kangaroos), Gabbie Pound (Carlton), Ally Anderson (Brisbane Lions), Anne Hatchard (Adelaide Crows), Dana Hooker (Fremantle). ABC/AAP<doc-sep>Erin Phillips added to her growing list of accolades by being named 2019 AFLW All-Australian captain and picking up her second league best and fairest on Tuesday night, but her playing future remains up in the air. Two days on from being named best afield for the second time in an Adelaide premiership side, and a day after she claimed her second most valuable player award gong from the AFL Players’ Association, Phillips was named All-Australian for the second time, and captain for the first time, before dominating the counting of votes in the AFLW best and fairest at the W awards in Melbourne. Erin Phillips, 2019 AFLW All-Australian captain and the league's best and fairest. Credit:AAP Phillips polled two votes in the Crows' round one loss to the Western Bulldogs before being named best afield in rounds two, three and four, breaking away to a four-vote lead after four rounds. Another three-vote performance against North Melbourne in round five meant Phillips had an insurmountable lead with two rounds to go. Phillips finished with 19 votes, five best afield games and two two-vote showings, finishing eight votes clear of Fremantle's Dana Hooker. Notably Geelong youngster Nina Morrison received three votes on her AFLW debut in round one. It would prove to be the only match she played for the season, with Morrison seriously hurting her knee days later at training.<doc-sep>
Adelaide star Erin Phillips has dominated the AFLW awards night, comfortably winning her second best-and-fairest honour. Two days after the Crows won the premiership, the Adelaide co-captain was also named skipper of the All-Australian team for the first time. Phillips attended Tuesday night’s awards function in Melbourne after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during the grand final win over Carlton. She was best afield in Sunday’s clash at Adelaide Oval, which attracted a record crowd of more than 53,000. While Phillips wore a black gown to the awards dinner, the Crows co-captain was also in gym shoes, thanks to the injury and she limped to the stage to receive her awards. Phillips was the overwhelming favourite to win the best and fairest award after the AFLW season and she had an unbeatable lead with two of the seven rounds of votes still to be counted. She polled 19 out of a possible 21 votes, with five best-afield performances. Her ruptured ACL will require a knee reconstruction, meaning several months of rehabilitation. “It’s obviously been an emotional last few days. When you live one of the best days and the worst days in one, it’s a lot,” Phillips said. 2x AFLW Premiership (best on ground in both games) 2x AFLPA Player of the Year Gold Medallist at the 2006 FIBA World Championships Silver Medallist at the 2008 Olympics 2x @WNBA Champion Tonight, Erin Phillips collected her second NAB AFL Women's Best and Fairest award. pic.twitter.com/5KKReYYhmE — AFL Women's (@aflwomens) April 2, 2019 While accepting the major award, Phillips also confirmed she turned down interviewing for a head coaching job in the WNBA because it would have meant missing out on a third AFLW season. While Phillips also made the 2017 All-Australian team, this is the first time she is captain of the honorary team. On Monday, the 33-year-old Australian Rules and basketball star comfortably won the AFL Players Association award for the second time. But she was not among the three players who have made all three AFLW All-Australian teams. That honour went to Crows co-captain Chelsea Randall, last year’s AFLW best and fairest winner Emma Kearney (North Melbourne) and Melbourne’s Karen Paxman. Randall was also named vice-captain of the All-Australian line-up. The team of 21 featured 16 on-field positions and five interchange. Adelaide had five players in the team and expansion team North Melbourne had four representatives. Carlton’s Maddie Prespakis, the No.3 draft pick last October, won the Rising Star award and also made the All-Australian team. Greater Western Sydney was the only team not represented in the All-Australian line-up. Your 2019 Virgin Australia AFL Women's All Australian team! Congratulations all! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/ZtaQYOMjqu — AFL Women's (@aflwomens) April 2, 2019 2019 AFLW ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM B: Ash Brazill (Collingwood), Meg McDonald (Geelong Cats) HB: Jess Duffin (Kangaroos), Chelsea Randall (Adelaide Crows), Kerryn Harrington (Carlton) C: Emma Kearney (Kangaroos), Kiara Bowers (Fremantle), Karen Paxman (Melbourne) HF: Erin Phillips (Adelaide Crows), Jasmine Garner (Kangaroos), Monique Conti (Western Bulldogs) F: Gemma Houghton (Fremantle), Stevie Lee Thompson (Adelaide Crows) FOLLOWERS: Lauren Pearce (Melbourne), Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide Crows), Madison Prespakis (Carlton) I: Emma King (Kangaroos), Gabbie Pound (Carlton), Ally Anderson (Brisbane Lions), Anne Hatchard (Adelaide Crows), Dana Hooker (Fremantle). -AAP