WITH a new AFL Women’s season on the horizon, Melbourne has officially finalised its guernsey numbers for 2023.

The Demons welcomed three new recruits to the club over the off-season and have since assigned Georgina Fowler, Aimee Mackin and Saraid Taylor their fresh digits.

Fowler, a former GIANT who became a Demon during the Delisted Free Agency period, will adopt the No.12 jumper. She will be the third AFLW Melbourne player, after Shelley Scott and Sabreena Duffy, to do so.

Mackin, the Irish-born talent and sister of Blaithin, will pull on the No.21 guernsey when she soon arrives in Australia. The number was left vacant following Maggie Caris’ decision to step away from football earlier this year.

Taylor, the most recent addition to the red and blue, will call the No.28 her own in 2023. The key defender was signed to Melbourne under the AFL’s pregnancy policy just last month, as Sammie Johnson works through her return to playing availability.

The famous No.6 will remain vacant this upcoming campaign, with the club honouring the legacy of retired premiership captain and AFLW pioneer Daisy Pearce.

Melbourne’s jumper numbers – 2023 NAB AFL Women’s Season

1 – Georgia Campbell
2 – Olivia Purcell
3 – Maddison Gay  
4 – Karen Paxman
5 – Tyla Hanks
7 – Tayla Harris  
8 – Sarah Lampard
9 – Libby Birch
10 – Kate Hore
11 – Eliza West
12 – Georgina Fowler
13 – Maeve Chaplin
14 – Lily Mithen
15 – Lauren Pearce
16 – Alyssa Bannan  
17 – Tahlia Gillard
18 – Casey Sherriff
19 – Jordan Ivey
20 – Charlotte Wilson
21 – Aimee Mackin
22 – Eliza McNamara
23 – Sinead Goldrick
24 – Megan Fitzsimon
25 – Samantha Johnson
26 – Rhi Watt
27 – Georgia Gall
28 – Saraid Taylor
29 – Eden Zanker
30 – Shelley Heath
31 – Blaithin Mackin
32 – Gabrielle Colvin