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Richmond selected Subiaco key forward Olivia Wolmarans with the first selection overall of the 2025 Telstra AFLW National Draft.
Wolmarans is an athletic 181cm forward who attacks the ball in the air and shows great agility at ground level.
The 18-year-old has booted 38 goals from 29 matches at senior WAFLW level across the past three seasons and was a star for Western Australia at the 2025 U/18 National Championships to earn her third consecutive All Australian honour.
Wolmarans averaged 12.5 disposals, 4.2 marks, and 1.5 goals per game across the Championships, including a match-winning four-goal haul against the Allies.
A member of the Marsh AFL National Academy, Wolmarans came on the scene as a dominant force as a ruck/forward in the U/16s National Championships, earning U/16 All Australian in 2023.
She then began the 2024 season by showing her ability to already dominate at senior state league level as a 16-year-old, with 17 disposals and six goals against East Perth in Round 1.
Over the past two years, Wolmarans has averaged 14 disposals, 3.4 marks, and three tackles in the WAFLW.
Wolmarans comes from a strong pedigree with her mother Corlie a former international netballer for the South Africa Proteas.
Richmond selected Subiaco key forward Olivia Wolmarans with the first selection overall of the 2025 Telstra AFLW National Draft.
Wolmarans is an athletic 181cm forward who attacks the ball in the air and shows great agility at ground level.
The 18-year-old has booted 38 goals from 29 matches at senior WAFLW level across the past three seasons and was a star for Western Australia at the 2025 U/18 National Championships to earn her third consecutive All Australian honour.
Wolmarans averaged 12.5 disposals, 4.2 marks, and 1.5 goals per game across the Championships, including a match-winning four-goal haul against the Allies.
A member of the Marsh AFL National Academy, Wolmarans came on the scene as a dominant force as a ruck/forward in the U/16s National Championships, earning U/16 All Australian in 2023.
She then began the 2024 season by showing her ability to already dominate at senior state league level as a 16-year-old, with 17 disposals and six goals against East Perth in Round 1.
Over the past two years, Wolmarans has averaged 14 disposals, 3.4 marks, and three tackles in the WAFLW.
Wolmarans comes from a strong pedigree with her mother Corlie a former international netballer for the South Africa Proteas.
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