Sydney Swans AFLW co-captain Chloe Molloy was last night elected by her peers to join the AFLPA Board, following the 2025 AFLPA Annual General Meeting last night (Tuesday, March 18).
With three AFLW player positions available, Molloy joins Kerry Peterson and Isabel Huntington, with the pair re-elected by the playing group.
Patrick Dangerfield stepped down as President of the AFL Players’ Association. Dangerfield, who will remain on the Board, is the AFLPA’s equal second longest-serving President, having been first elected to the role in 2018, and serving on the Board since 2014.
His tenure covered some of the most significant moments in the game’s history for players including the industry’s COVID response, two AFLW Collective Bargaining Agreements, the return of State of Origin to raise funds for the 2019-2020 bushfire disaster, the introduction of player parity on the Board, and the historic first joint AFL and AFLW CBA in 2023.
Following Dangerfield’s decision, the Board elected Darcy Moore as the players’ new President. Moore has served on the Board since 2021, with the past year spent in the role as Co-Vice President.
Catherine Phillips also stepped down from the AFLPA Board, in-line with her retirement from the game last year, ending her three-year tenure.
“On behalf of the Board and the AFL Players’ Association, I’d like to thank Paddy for his leadership as President, and Catherine for her incredible service to the players.
"I would also like to welcome our newest Board member, Chloe Molloy. We are lucky to have such impressive individuals representing the playing group as well as providing guidance to AFLPA, and I look forward to working with them.”
The AFLPA Board is now made up of:
- Darcy Moore (President)
- Kerryn Peterson (Co-Vice President)
- Sam Frost (Co-Vice President)
- Kristen Hilton (Chair)
- Paul Marsh (CEO)
- Patrick Dangerfield
- Isabel Huntington
- Kirsty Lamb
- Chloe Molloy
- Marc Pittonet
- Chris Heffernan (Independent Director)
