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Pearce landed at Richmond in July as a replacement player for the 2023 season following Stephanie Williams' move to the inactive list. Twenty-year-old Pearce was the dominant ruck in the QAFLW competition before arriving at Tigerland, averaging 35 hit outs per game to help Southport to a top-of-the-ladder placing. The 186cm former national level heptathlete was a train-on player at perennial AFLW powerhouse Brisbane for the past three seasons. The Beaudesert product's sensational form was rewarded with a position in the ruck for Queensland in their state victory over Tasmania in July.