OVER the next three weeks, Rookie Me Central will be counting down our 23 Players Under 23 years of age to watch in the upcoming 2023 season. The criteria is the player must be born in 2001 or later, and must have played at least one AFL Women’s match in Season 7. As the list is completely subjective, the opinion is that of the individual author.
DOB: 23/09/2002
Height: 165cm
Position: Midfielder
Games: 10
Abbey Dowrick burst onto the scene as an older draftee for Port Adelaide, with the rising talent turning 20 last September. She has always been touted as a hugely regarded player at junior level, coming through the West Australian pathway where she represented the Under 18s team at just 15 years-old.
After electing not to head to the draft as a top-ager, Dowrick decided to hone her craft in the WAFL Women’s, where she represented Subiaco….