Iilish Ross Explained

Iilish Ross
Birth Date:21 June 1999
Originalteam:Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
Debutdate:Round 1, 2018
Height:169 cm
Guernsey:21
Years1:2018–2019
Games Goals1:11 (0)
Years2:2020–
Games Goals2:10 (0)
Games Goalstotal:21 (0)
Statsend:the 2022 season

Iilish Ross (born 21 June 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played 11 matches over two seasons with .

AFL Women's career

Ross was drafted by Collingwood with their second selection and thirteenth overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft.[1] She made her debut in the eight point loss to Carlton at Ikon Park in the opening round of the 2018 season.[2]

In April 2019 she signed an expansion period contract with Richmond.[3] [4] Ross suffered a foot injury in the 2020 pre-season which ruled her out from contention for the opening rounds of the season.[5] She made her debut for Richmond against at RSEA Park in round 6 of the 2020 season.[6]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to round 7, 2022'[7]

|- style="background-color: #eaeaea"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018|style="text-align:center;"|| 21 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 21 || 10 || 31 || 7 || 14 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.2 || 2.0 || 6.2 || 1.4 || 2.8|- | scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019|style="text-align:center;"|| 21 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 23 || 7 || 30 || 7 || 15 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.8 || 1.2 || 5.0 || 1.2 || 2.5|- style="background-color: #eaeaea"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020|style="text-align:center;"|| 21 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 8 || 1 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.0 || 2.0 || 8.0 || 1.0 || 3.0|- | scope="row" text-align:center | 2021| | 21 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 29 || 29 || 58 || 3 || 13 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.2 || 3.2 || 6.4 || 0.3 || 1.4|-|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 21! 0! 0! 79! 48! 127! 18! 45! 0.0! 0.0! 3.8! 2.3! 6.0! 0.9! 2.1|}

Notes and References

  1. News: Iilish Ross' rocky road to Collingwood's AFLW team. Cherney. Daniel. 21 October 2017. The Age. Fairfax Media. 3 February 2018.
  2. News: AFLW Round 1 teams named: Stars set for second season. Salemme. Kate. 1 February 2018. Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 3 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Seven is Heaven: Pies re-commit for 2020. Tash. Lewis. Telstra Media. . 9 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Tigers sign AFLW trio. Telstra Media. . 12 April 2019.
  5. Web site: Injury wrap: Who's been ruled out, who's in doubt for round one? . AFL Media . Telstra Media . Black. Sarah. Canil. Jourdan. 5 February 2020. 5 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Sunday Teams: Crows call on superstar, Tigers skipper misses again. 15 March 2020. AFLW. AFLW. 13 March 2020.
  7. Web site: Iilish Ross - Player Stats By Season. Australian Football. 9 April 2019.