Phillips,36,was an inaugural member of the Crows,and has become one of the biggest names in the competition,having won two league best-and-fairest awards,two grand final best-on-ground medals and two AFLW Players’ Most Valuable Player awards.
She described the move to Port Adelaide as a homecoming,with her father playing 343 games and winning eight premierships for the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL between 1976 and 1993. Phillips was alsopreviously committed to becoming Port Adelaide’s first female player when the club was considering a bid to join the inaugural AFLW season,which the club ultimately decided against.
Phillips instead joined the Crows for the first AFLW season in 2017,spending six seasons at the club and co-captaining the team from 2017 until before the 2021 season.
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“I obviously have great memories and friendships from my time at Adelaide,which I will cherish forever,” Phillips said in Port Adelaide’s statement.
“But as a kid growing up,all I wanted was to be like Dad and play football for the Port Adelaide Football Club. Port Adelaide feels like home to me. It’s where I spent a lot of my childhood.
“It was always my dream to be able to represent the club and add to its incredible history,and I am beyond thrilled to finally get that chance and play a role in building this team from the ground up.”