All the winners
Best and Fairest: Orla O'Dwyer
Runner up: Belle Dawes
Third place: Jenn Dunne
Rising Star Award: Asher Fearn-Wannan
All for One: Bre Koenen
Youi Fan Award: Orla O'Dwyer
Most Relentless: Nat Grider
The Lionhearted Award: Tahlia Hickie
Trademark Player: Belle Dawes
Life Memberships – Nat Grider and Jade Ellenger
Brisbane Lions AFLW duo Nat Grider and Jade Ellenger have both received Club Life Memberships for their contribution on and off the field.
Grider, recruited from Jindalee and University of Queensland in the QAFLW ahead of the 2019 season, has experienced an impressive career in her 97 games to date.
The experienced defender is a two-time premiership player and dual All-Australian who has proven to be an outstanding leader, holding the Vice Captaincy since 2022.
Ellenger has also achieved plenty in her 88 games since joining the club for the 2019 season from Coorparoo in the QAFLW.
The dashing defender is also a two-time premiership with the Lions and has established herself as one of the competition’s most exciting players.
Ellenger has continued her impressive, including finishing third in the 2025 Best and Fairest, to be a member of the Lions leadership group the past two seasons.
The club criteria for AFLW players to be eligible to receive Life Memberships is 75 games.
