Emily Bates, Natalie Grider and Orla O’Dwyer have all been nominated for the AFL Players’ Association’s Most Valuable Player Award.

The prestigious annual MVP award is awarded to the player deemed to be the best performed player across the AFLW competition, as voted by their peers.

Bates, Grider and O’Dwyer all took their games to new heights in the 2022 season, regularly named among the Lions’ best throughout the season.

Shannon Campbell has been nominated for the Most Courageous Award for a fourth year straight, while Lulu Pullar has been nominated for Best First-Year Player.

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Emily Bates 50 Games

Emily Bates make AFLW history to be one of the first AFLW players to hit 50 AFLW games.

Voting for the AFLW MVP, Most Courageous, Best First-Year Player and Best Captain awards is a two-stage process, with players nominating their teammates in stage one before selection from a competition-wide field in stage two.

Players cannot vote for a player from their own club during stage two of the voting process.

The AFL Players’ Association will recognise the achievements of the award winners with a special collaboration with Channel 7 program Front Bar on Wednesday April 6.

Brisbane Lions AFLW MVP Awards nominees

MVP: Emily Bates, Natalie Grider, Orla O’Dwyer

Most Courageous: Shannon Campbell

Best First-Year Player: Lulu Pullar

Best Captain: Bre Koenen