Vice-Captain Emily Eaves was selected on the bench of the 2025 rebel VFLW Team of the Year, while defender Jemima Wrigley earned a starting position as a half-back.
On the men’s side, VFL Leading Goalkicker Brodie McLaughlin was named in the forward line of the 2025 Smithy’s VFL Team of the Year, with Luke Parks receiving back-to-back honours in the backline.
Earlier in the night, McLaughlin collected his second Jim ‘Frosty’ Miller Medal after finishing the home-and-away season with 67 goals. He also placed joint tenth in the Smithy’s VFL Coaches MVP (56 votes) and sixth in the J.J. Liston Trophy count with 17 votes.
J.J. Liston Trophy (Smithy’s VFL Best and Fairest)
- Jacob Dawson (Southport Sharks) – 28 votes
- Riley Bonner (Casey Demons) – 23 votes
- Dom Brew (Werribee) – 21 votes
- Deven Robertson (Brisbane Lions) – 20 votes
- Henry Hustwaite (Box Hill Hawks) – 18 votes
- Brodie McLaughlin (Williamstown) – 17 votes
- Jack Bytel (Coburg) – 15 votes
- Ted Clohesy (Geelong Cats) – 15 votes
- Harvey Hooper (Port Melbourne) – 14 votes
- George Stevens (Geelong Cats) – 14 votes
In the VFLW, Eaves capped off a stellar season by sharing the rebel VFLW Coaches MVP with Lambert-Pearce Medalist Ange Gogos (Darebin), the first tie in the award’s history, with both polling 77 votes. Eaves also polled strongly in the Lambert-Pearce Medal count, finishing fourth with 17 votes after being in contention throughout the evening.
Lambert-Pearce Medal (rebel VFLW Best and Fairest)
- Ange Gogos (Darebin Falcons) – 25 votes
- El Chaston (Essendon) – 21 votes
- Maddie Di Cosmo (North Melbourne-Werribee) – 19 votes
- Emily Eaves (Williamstown) – 17 votes
- Dominique Carbone (Collingwood) – 16 votes
- Nyakoat Dojiok (North Melbourne-Werribee) – 15 votes
- Tahlia Sanger (Collingwood) – 13 votes
- Alyssa Mifsud (Darebin Falcons) – 10 votes
- Abby Favell (Geelong Cats) – 10 votes
