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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Emily Bates
| image = Emily Bates 19.03.17.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Bates playing for Brisbane in 2017
| fullname = Emily Bates
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|10|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bacchus Marsh]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]<ref name="introducing newest Brisbane Lions players" />
| originalteam = [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga South Brisbane]] ([[QAFL Women's|QAFLW]])
| draftpick = No. 2, [[2016 AFL Women's draft#Draft|2016 national draft]]
| debutdate = Round 1, 2017
| debutteam = {{AFLW|Bri}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW|Mel}}
| debutstadium = [[Casey Fields]]
| height = 169cm
| position = [[Australian rules football positions#Midfield|Midfielder]]
| currentclub = {{AFLW|Haw}}
| guernsey = 1
| years1 = 2017–2022 (S7)
| club1 = {{AFLW|Bri}}
| games_goals1 = 66 {{0}}(9)
| years2 = 2023–
| club2 = {{AFLW|Haw}}
| games_goals2 = 22 {{0}}(6)
| games_goalstotal = 88 (15)
| sooyears1 = 2017
| sooteam1 = [[The Allies (Australian rules football)|The Allies]]
| soogames_goals1 = 1 (0)
| statsend = the 2024 season
| repstatsend = 2017
| careerhighlights =
* [[List of AFL Women's premiers|AFL Women's premiership player]]: [[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|2021]]
* [[List of Hawthorn Football Club captains#AFL Women's|Hawthorn captain]]: 2024–
* [[AFL Women's best and fairest]]: [[2022 AFL Women's season 6 best and fairest|S6]]
* AFLPA AFLW most valuable player: S6
* AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year: S6
* 3× [[AFL Women's All-Australian team]]: [[2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team|2017]], [[2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team|2018]], [[2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team|S6]]
* 4× [[Brisbane best and fairest (AFL Women's)|Brisbane best and fairest]]: 2017, 2020, S6, S7
* [[Hawthorn best and fairest (AFL Women's)|Hawthorn best and fairest]]: 2023
}}

'''Emily Bates''' (born 18 October 1995) is an [[Australian rules football]]er playing for the [[Hawthorn Football Club (AFL Women's)|Hawthorn Football Club]] in the [[AFL Women's]] (AFLW). She previously played for the [[Brisbane Lions#AFL Women's team|Brisbane Lions]] from 2017 to season 7. Bates was selected by the [[Western Bulldogs]] in the [[2013 AFL women's draft|inaugural national women's draft]] in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the [[AFL Women's#Women's exhibition games (2013–2016)|exhibition games]] staged prior to the creation of the league. She represented Brisbane in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was drafted by the club with the second selection in the [[2016 AFL Women's draft]] prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season.

Bates won an [[List of AFL Women's premiers|AFL Women's premiership]] with Brisbane in 2021 and was awarded the league's highest individual accolade, the [[AFL Women's best and fairest]], in season 6. She is also a three-time [[AFL Women's All-Australian team|AFL Women's All-Australian]], four-time [[Brisbane best and fairest (AFL Women's)|Brisbane best and fairest]] winner and won the [[Hawthorn best and fairest (AFL Women's)|Hawthorn best and fairest]] award in 2023. Bates has served as [[List of Hawthorn Football Club captains#AFL Women's|Hawthorn captain]] since 2024.

==Early life==
Bates was born in [[Bacchus Marsh, Victoria]]<ref name="introducing newest Brisbane Lions players">[https://www.lions.com.au/news/310527/introducing-the-newest-brisbane-lions-players Introducing the Newest Brisbane Lions Players] from Brisbane Lions 12 October, 2016</ref><ref name="dream come true">{{cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/emily-bates-says-being-drafted-by-brisbane-is-a-dream-come-true/news-story/66da18c16fc99c1583a0fe8af4fc7e36|title=Emily Bates says being drafted by Brisbane is a dream come true|newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]]|last=Hamilton|first=Andrew|date=14 October 2016|access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> as one of three sisters. At the age of three, her family relocated to [[Brisbane]].<ref>[Brisbane’s Emily Bates playing for her dad in AFLW Grand Final after major influence on her career https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/brisbanes-emily-bates-playing-for-her-dad-in-aflw-grand-final-after-major-influence-on-her-career/news-story/f288cc17861c55dbf067e929503580e1] by Andrew Hamilton for the Courier Mail 25 March 2017</ref> Her father Lloyd went on to be a key figure in Queensland football, and encouraged Bates to play football at [[Yeronga Football Club]], where he coached.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/911858/emily-bates-letter-to-fans | title=Emily Bates' Letter to Fans }}</ref> Through him she grew up with a football in her hand and when a girls' team started up in 2011, she joined as a junior with her father as team coach with the two winning the under 15 junior premiership. Lloyd passed of cardiac arrest when she was 15 and the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in Yeronga’s QAFLW team is named in his honour.<ref>Emily Bates: Yeronga through and through from AFLW 23 November 2019</ref><ref>[Women’s Bates on the rise https://www.aflq.com.au/womens-bates-on-the-rise/] from AFL Queensland 27 June 2013</ref> She was educated at [[Brigidine College, Indooroopilly]].{{fact|date=March 2023}}

In 2011 and 2012 she represented Queensland at under-18 level in both cricket and Australian rules football (as captain), but she ultimately chose Australian rules football over a cricket career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aflq.com.au/womens-bates-on-the-rise/|title=Women's Bates on the rise|publisher=[[AFL Queensland]]|last=Newman|first=Beth|date=27 June 2013|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aflq.com.au/dual-honours-for-yeronga-duo/ | title=Dual Honours for Yeronga Duo &#124; AFL Queensland }}</ref>

Bates was selected by the {{AFLW|WB}} with the forty-fourth selection in the [[2013 AFL women's draft|inaugural national women's draft]] in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the [[AFL Women's#Women's exhibition games (2013–2016)|exhibition games]] staged prior to the creation of the league. {{fact|date=March 2023}}

She won the Best & Fairest in the QWAFL in 2016.{{fact|date=March 2023}}

==AFL Women's career==
Bates was taken with the number two pick, {{AFLW|Bri}}'s first, in the [[2016 AFL Women's draft]].<ref name="dream come true" /> She was announced as one of the "values leaders" to assist captain [[Emma Zielke]] alongside [[Sabrina Frederick-Traub]], [[Leah Kaslar]] and [[Sam Virgo]] in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2017-01-05/aflw-captain-named|title=Emma Zielke named as Brisbane Lions' inaugural AFLW Captain|publisher=[[Brisbane Lions]]|date=5 January 2017|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against {{AFLW|Mel}} at [[Casey Fields]] in the opening round of the [[2017 AFL Women's season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/aflw-2017-round-one-melbourne-demons-v-brisbane-lions/news-story/44467d8bc1d64c6880b41c91e222f13d|title=AFLW 2017 round one: Melbourne Demons v Brisbane Lions|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|date=5 February 2017|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>

Bates was nominated by her teammates for the 2017 AFLW Players’ Most Valuable Player Award, was named Brisbane's best and fairest and was also listed in the All-Australian team.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFLW MVP Nominations Revealed|url=http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/aflw-mvp-nominations-revealed/|website=AFL Players Association|access-date=21 March 2017|date=21 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/2017-03-31/aflw-best-fairest|title=Emily Bates takes out inaugural Brisbane Lions Best & Fairest|date=31 March 2017|work=Lions.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Navaratnam|first1=Dinny|title=Lions, Crows dominate AFLW All Australian team - AFL.com.au|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-03-28/lions-crows-dominate-aflw-all-australian-team|website=AFL.com.au|publisher=BigPond|access-date=28 March 2017|date=28 March 2017}}</ref>

Brisbane signed Bates for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. <ref>{{cite web|title=AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-05-26/aflw-all-the-clubs-full-lists-after-trade-period|website=afl.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=26 May 2017|date=26 May 2017}}</ref>

<!-- To be filled in -->Brisbane signed Bates for the 2020 season during the trade and sign period in April 2019.<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Sarah|title=Eagles pinch star Dockers mid, Dees and Freo re-sign 18 each|url=https://womens.afl/news/17786/eagles-pinch-star-dockers-mid-dees-and-freo-re-sign-18-each|work=womens.afl|date=10 April 2019|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref>

Bates signed on with {{AFLW|Bri}} for 2 more years on 15 June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stars Sign and the Future Looks Bright|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/959288/stars-sign-and-the-future-looks-bright|date=15 June 2021|access-date=15 June 2021|work=Lions Media}}</ref>

In [[2022 AFL Women's season 6|2022 season 6]], Bates elevated her game to new heights and averaged nearly 22 disposals and six tackles a game, becoming the Lions' best player. She polled 21 votes in the [[2022 AFL Women's season 6 best and fairest|best and fairest]] count and became the club's first league best and fairest recipient, the highest individual accolade in the sport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/kearney-named-in-sixth-consecutive-aflw-all-australian-side-20220405-p5aave.html|title=Lion Bates soars late to the W Award, Kearney named in All-Australian side|work=The Age|date=5 April 2022|author=Lachlan Abbott}}</ref> She also earned the Coaches Association [[AFL Coaches Association Awards|Champion Player of the Year]] award and the [[AFL Players Association|Players Association]] [[AFL Players Association awards|Most Valuable Player]] (MVP) award, which made her the second player in the competition's history to win all three individual end-of-season awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womens.afl/news/90894/lion-queen-gun-midfielder-claims-coaches-award-tie-for-second|title=Lion Queen: Gun midfielder claims coaches' award, tie for second|date=17 March 2022|work=womens.afl|author=Gemma Bastiani}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-06/emily-bates-wins-aflpa-mvp-to-complete-aflw-awards-sweep/100970820|title=Emily Bates voted AFLW player of the year at AFLPA awards, as Daisy Pearce, Kirsty Lamb, Charlie Rowbottom also recognised|work=ABC News|date=6 April 2022|author=Kate O'Halloran}}</ref>

Leading into the 2023 season, Sarah Black named Bates at no. 10 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW.<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Sarah|title=Sarah Black's top 30: Ten best players revealed|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1010277/sarah-blacks-top-10-aflw-players-revealed-is-she-right|work=afl.com.au|date=21 August 2023|access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>

Leading into the 2024 season, Bates was announced as Hawthorn's new [[List of Hawthorn Football Club captains|captain]], replacing [[Tilly Lucas-Rodd]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bates to captain Hawks in 2024|url=https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/1609757/aflw-leadership|publisher=[[Hawthorn Football Club]]|date=25 July 2024|access-date=1 September 2024|archive-date=25 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725103257/https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/1609757/aflw-leadership|url-status=live}}</ref> Bates was named among Hawthorn's best players in its win over Carlton in week 1<ref>{{cite news|last=Bastiani|first=Gemma|title=Irish pair, recruits lead charge as hot Hawks blow Blues away|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1210492/hot-hawks-blow-blues-away|website=afl.com.au|date=1 September 2024|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref> but was a late withdrawal from Hawthorn's win over Collingwood in week 2, missing an AFLW match for the first time in her career.<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Sarah|title=Hawks smash Pies, but left counting injury toll|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1213382/match-report-collingwood-magpies-v-hawthorn-hawks|website=afl.com.au|date=7 September 2024|access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> She returned against Adelaide in week 3 and was named among Hawthorn's best players.<ref>{{cite news|last=Oates|first=Tayla|title=Ponter's record haul helps Crows bring Hawks back down to earth|url=https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1221125/danielle-ponters-record-haul-helps-adelaide-crows-bring-hawthorn-hawks-back-down-to-earth|website=afl.com.au|date=15 September 2024|access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref>

==Statistics==
''Updated to the end of the 2024 season''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Emily Bates – player stats by season|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/playerseason/Emily+Bates/19978|publisher=Australian Football|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref>

{{Australian rules football statistics legend|p=y|s=y|w=y}}
{{AFLW player statistics start}}
|-
| [[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]] || {{AFLW|Bri}} || 1
| 8 || 1 || 1 || 84 || 41 || 125 || 21 || 38 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 10.5 || 5.1 || 15.6 || 2.6 || 4.8 || 4
|-
| [[2018 AFL Women's season|2018]] || {{AFLW|Bri}} || 1
| 8 || 0 || 0 || 73 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''66'''<sup>†</sup> || 139 || 18 || 37 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 9.1 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''8.3'''<sup>†</sup> || 17.4 || 2.3 || 4.6 || 4
|-
| [[2019 AFL Women's season|2019]] || {{AFLW|Bri}} || 1
| 7 || 0 || 1 || 62 || 54 || 116 || 15 || 29 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 8.9 || 7.7 || 16.6 || 2.1 || 4.1 || 1
|-
| [[2020 AFL Women's season|2020]] || {{AFLW|Bri}} || 1
| 7 || 1 || 1 || 80 || 59 || 139 || 23 || 24 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 11.4 || 8.4 || 19.9 || 3.3 || 3.4 || 4
|-
| bgcolor=F0E68C | '''[[2021 AFL Women's season|2021]]'''<sup>#</sup> || {{AFLW|Bri}} || 1
| 11 || 1 || 1 || 96 || 79 || 175 || 26 || 43 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 8.7 || 7.2 || 15.9 || 2.4 || 3.9 || 6
|-
| [[2022 AFL Women's season 6|2022 (S6)]] || {{AFLW|Bri}} || 1
| 12 || 3 || 2 || 142 || 114 || 256 || 25 || 85 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 11.8 || 9.5 || 21.3 || 2.1 || 7.1 || bgcolor=98FB98 | '''21'''<sup>±</sup>
|-
| [[2022 AFL Women's season 7|2022 (S7)]] || {{AFLW|Bri}} || 1
| 13 || 3 || 2 || 131 || 105 || 236 || 29 || 85 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 10.1 || 8.1 || 18.2 || 2.2 || 6.5 || 8
|-
| [[2023 AFL Women's season|2023]] || {{AFLW|Haw}} || 39
| 10 || 1 || 3 || 104 || 104 || 208 || 18 || 97 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 10.4 || 10.4 || 20.8 || 1.8 || 9.7 || 5
|-
| [[2024 AFL Women's season|2024]] || {{AFLW|Haw}} || 1
| 12 || 5 || 4 || 126 || 126 || 252 || 30 || 85 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 10.5 || 10.5 || 21.0 || 2.5 || 7.1 || 17
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan=3 | Career
! 88 !! 15 !! 15 !! 888 !! 748 !! 1646 !! 205 !! 523 !! 0.2 !! 0.2 !! 10.2 !! 8.5 !! 18.7 !! 2.3 !! 5.9 !! 70
|}

==Honours and achievements==
'''Team'''
* [[List of AFL Women's premiers|AFL Women's premiership player]] ({{AFLW|Bri}}): [[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|2021]]
* 2× [[List of AFL Women's minor premiers|AFL Women's minor premiership]] ({{AFLW|Bri}}): [[2017 AFL Women's season|2017]], [[2022 AFL Women's season 7|S7]]
* [[McClelland Trophy]] ({{AFLW|Haw}}): 2024

'''Individual'''
* [[List of Hawthorn Football Club captains#AFL Women's|Hawthorn captain]]: 2024–present
* [[AFL Women's best and fairest]]: [[2022 AFL Women's season 6 best and fairest|S6]]
* AFLPA AFLW most valuable player: S6
* AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year: S6
* 3× [[AFL Women's All-Australian team]]: [[2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team|2017]], [[2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team|2018]], [[2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team|S6]]
* 4× [[Brisbane best and fairest (AFL Women's)|Brisbane best and fairest]]: 2017, 2020, S6, S7
* [[Hawthorn best and fairest (AFL Women's)|Hawthorn best and fairest]]: 2023
* [[The Allies (Australian rules football)|Allies representative honours]] in [[Interstate matches in Australian rules football#AFL Women's State of Origin (2017)|AFL Women's State of Origin]]: 2017

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Hawplayer}}
* {{AustralianFootball|Emily+Bates/19978}}
* {{Instagram|id=embatesy}}

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{{Hawthorn Football Club captains}}
{{Current AFL Women's captains}}
{{AFL Women's best and fairest winners}}
{{AFLPA AFLW most valuable player}}
{{AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year}}
{{2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team}}
{{2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team}}
{{2022 AFL Women's season 6 All-Australian team}}
{{Brisbane best and fairest (AFL Women's)}}
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{{Inaugural Brisbane Lions AFL Women's team}}
{{2017 The Allies women's State of Origin players}}
{{2013 AFL women's draft}}
{{2014 AFL women's draft}}
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{{2016 AFL Women's draft}}

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