Áine McDonagh

Áine Siobhan McDonagh is an Australian rules footballer who plays for in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and previously a leading Gaelic footballer and basketballer in Ireland. and raised in Moycullen, County Galway, McDonagh comes from a prominent Irish sporting family; her uncle Mick Holden won an All-Ireland Gaelic football championship with Dublin in 1983, and her second cousins Brian Hogan and Joey Holden are leading hurlers.

McDonagh won the Irish Women's Super League basketball championships with NUIG Mystics before being signed by AFLW club Hawthorn as a rookie in 2022 prior to Season 7. McDonagh made her debut AFLW debut in Round 4 2022 S7, against at Box Hill City Oval, losing by 30 points.

McDonagh topped Hawthorn's leading Goalkicking in 2023 with 10 goals and in 2024 with 16 goals, leading to her inclusion in the 2024 AFLW All-Australian squad.

In Round 11 2025, McDonagh kicked her 50th career AFLW goal in her 41st match, equalling Cora Staunton and Katie Brennan for the record of 50 goals in the fewest number of games.

Statistics Updated to the end of 2025

44 !! 52 !! 45 !! 296 !! 159 !! 455 !! 108 !! 94 !! 1.2 !! 1.0 !! 6.7 !! 3.6 !! 10.3 !! 2.5 !! 2.1 !! 9

Honours and achievements Team McClelland Trophy : 2024

Individual AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2025 Hawthorn best and fairest: 2025 3× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 2023, 2024, 2025