Daisy Pearce

Quick Facts

Full Name	Daisy Pearce
Occupation	Australian Rules Footballer
Date Of Birth	May 27, 1988(1988-05-27)
Age	36
Birthplace	Brighton East
Country	Australia
Birth City	Victoria
Horoscope	Taurus

Daisy Pearce Biography

Daisy Pearce is one of the most popular and richest Australian Rules Footballer who was born on May 27, 1988 in Brighton East, Victoria, Australia. Daisy Pearce (born 27 May 1988) is an Australian rules footballer, who plays in the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women’s (AFLW). The most well-known female model of Australian rules football , and among the initial ambassadors Pearce is the Melbourne captain from the beginning of the league’s first year (except for the season of 2019 that she was unable to attend because of her pregnancy) she also played for the club during the pre-season games played prior to the introduction of the AFLW league. She also played for Darebin during the Victorian Women’s Football League (VWFL) as well as the VFL Women’s (VFLW) from the year 2008 until in the year.

In May of 2013, Pearce was selected by Melbourne with the first choice in the women’s inaugural national draft to take part in the inaugural women’s exhibition game. Other Melbourne draftees were former Melbourne AFLW teammates Melissa Hickey and Bianca Jakobsson. Pearce was one of the fifty women who set the record during June, when Melbourne’s women’s team played their counterparts from the Western Bulldogs’ women’s team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening of what would be several games of exhibition against the rival clubs. which was a curtain-raiser to the match for men between the two clubs. Pearce played as captain in every game from 2013 until 2016 and was also the first recipient of the club’s top female footballer award in the close in the season of 2014 winning five of six votes.

In July 2016, Pearce was announced as one of Melbourne’s two marquee players to play in the inaugural AFL Women’s season, alongside Melissa Hickey. She was announced as the club’s first AFLW captain in January 2017. Pearce made her AFL Women’s debut in the club’s inaugural match in round 1, 2017 against Brisbane at Casey Fields. She was listed among her team’s best players, recording 19 disposals and a game-high ten tackles for the match. Pearce was named in Melbourne’s best in wins against Collingwood, the Western Bulldogs and Carlton over the next three rounds, and was highlighted as “Player of the Week” by the AFL Players Association for her round 4 performance. After four rounds, Pearce was the highest-ranked player according to Champion Data, leading the competition for disposals and handballs, and leading in average contested possessions and goal assists. She played all seven games for the season as Melbourne finished third on the ladder, only missing out on the grand final by percentage. At the end of the season, Pearce was named captain of the 2017 AFL Women’s All-Australian team and won the inaugural Melbourne best and fairest award and AFLW Players’ best captain award. Melbourne signed Pearce for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. She then captained Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women’s State of Origin match on 2 September, where she was adjudged best afield with 37 disposals in the 97-point win.

Pearce was drafted by Melbourne in 2016 as a marquee signing prior to the inaugural AFL Women’s season, and was named the club’s inaugural captain. In her three completed AFLW seasons to date, Pearce has been voted AFLW Players’ best captain three times, and is a dual AFL Women’s All-Australian (as captain in the 2017 team and vice-captain in the 2018 team) and dual Melbourne best and fairest winner. She also captained Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women’s State of Origin match in 2017, where she was adjudged best afield.

Pearce played for her team Victoria under-19 team in the 2007 AFL Women’s National Championships. She was selected in the Victoria All-Australian under-19 team and was praised for her work throughout the carnival that lasted for a week receiving the award for joint player of the competition. Pearce was the captain of the team to an overall win with a win of 47 points over South Australia.

Daisy Pearce Net Worth

Daisy Pearce is one of the richest Australian Rules Footballer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Daisy Pearce 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pearce started playing with Darebin as part of Darebin’s Victorian Women’s Football League (VWFL) in 2005, at the age of 16 years old. She was part of the Australian team that played Ireland during the Ladies International Rules Series which is the only women’s tournament ever played. In June 2007 Pearce was 19 years old, Pearce played as one of the two VWFL representatives, along with St Albans Spurs midfielder Shannon McFerran who participated during an annually held E. J. Whitten Legends Game; Pearce played for Victoria while McFerran was a part of the All Stars, who won by 15 points.

Since beginning her state league career at the age of five in 2005. Pearce was a 10 time premiership athlete (seven in the captain’s role) She is a the six- time Helen Lambert Medallist (and the inaugural recipient of VFL’s Women’s top and fairest prize in the year 2016 which was later changed to the Lambert- Pearce Award in her honor) as well as five times Darebin most fair and best winner at the VFLW/VFLFL level. Pearce has also was a player for Victoria three times at senior and under-19 levels and was chosen by Melbourne as the first pick at the women’s national draft in 2013, prior to the first game of an exhibition.

Pearce has been a rotating panel member on the Seven Network program AFL Game Day since 2016 and is a boundary rider for Seven on television and 1116 SEN on radio, covering AFL and AFLW matches. She was a boundary rider for Seven’s coverage of the AFL Grand Final in 2018 and 2019. In 2018, Pearce began appearing on the SEN morning shows SEN Breakfast (with Garry Lyon and Tim Watson) and Whateley (with Gerard Whateley), and in 2019, she also began hosting This Is Grit, a weekly podcast series on SEN focusing on female sportspeople. She previously provided special comments for Triple M in 2017 and has written columns for The Age.

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Who is Daisy Pearce Dating?

According to our records, Daisy Pearce married to Ben O'Neill. As of December 1, 2023, Daisy Pearce’s is not dating anyone.

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Pearce had another good season in 2018, with best-on-ground performances in round 1 against Greater Western Sydney and in round 5 against Brisbane, and was selected in afl.com.au’ s Team of the Week in rounds 1, 3 and 5. Her best game came in the round 5 match, in which she had 24 disposals and kicked two goals. Pearce once again played all seven games for the season, as Melbourne again finished third on the ladder and missed out on the grand final by percentage. At the end of the season, Pearce was named vice-captain of the 2018 AFL Women’s All-Australian team, and again won the Melbourne best and fairest award and AFLW Players’ best captain award. Having resumed in the VFL Women’s for Darebin in 2017 immediately after the inaugural AFL Women’s season, Pearce sat out the 2018 VFL Women’s season, citing the need to give her body a break from football. Melbourne signed Pearce for the 2019 season during the trade and signing period in May 2018; however, on 31 August, Pearce announced her pregnancy with twins via Instagram, meaning that she would miss the 2019 season. Her place on Melbourne’s list was filled by Casey Sherriff, who played for Melbourne’s VFL Women’s affiliate Casey, and Elise O’Dea (who succeeded Pearce as Darebin captain in 2017) and Shelley Scott were eventually announced as co-captains in her place.

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In January 2020, Pearce was reinstated as Melbourne captain, with Melbourne coach Mick Stinear saying, “With her knowledge of our game plan, and her ability to instruct, support and give feedback on and off the field, she’s just the ideal person to lead this group”. She also ran a personal best two- kilometre time trial time in the lead-up to her return to competitive football. Later that month, Pearce made a successful return to football, playing the first three quarters of Melbourne’s practice match win against Collingwood. Leading into the season, womens.afl journalist Sarah Black named Pearce at no. 5 on her list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. She played her first AFLW match in 694 days in Melbourne’s round 1 win against North Melbourne the following week, and was named among Melbourne’s best players in a new role across half-back. Pearce was selected in womens.afl’ s Team of the Week in round 2 and was among the best afield in Melbourne’s semi-final win against Greater Western Sydney with 22 disposals. She went on to be selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the 2020 AFL Women’s All-Australian team, and was voted as the AFLW Players’ best captain for the third time in three completed seasons.

Is Daisy Pearce retired?

Pearce was expected to retire from playing at the end of the 2021/22 season. The 33-year-old has won several individual accolades since joining Melbourne in 2017, including 3x best-and-fairest. This will be her third season since giving birth to twins, Sylvie and Roy.

Is Daisy Pearce in a relationship?

Pearce gave birth to twins with her partner, firefighter Ben O’Neill , in February 2019 via a caesarean section. Her son was diagnosed with dextrocardia while she was pregnant. In October 2020, Pearce and her family relocated to Porepunkah, near Bright, and she has since divided her time between there and Melbourne.

Which current player thinks Daisy Pearce would transition into coaching

easily?

Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield said Pearce could make the transition to coaching “easily”.

Is Daisy Pearce still a midwife?

La Trobe alumna Daisy Pearce is a player and captain of the Melbourne Football Club, sport media commentator for Channel 7 and SEN, midwife and now, mother to twins. Her life is as busy as it gets.

Who is Abbey Holmes partner?

Holmes got engaged to former AFL player Keegan Brooksby in November 2020.