East Fremantle turned ALW recruit Julia Teakle continues outstanding year with WAFLW rookie award

Northampton’s Julia Teakle took out the Cath Boyce Rookie of the Year award at the WAFL Women’s Awards on Monday night at the Crown. Teakle has capped off a stunning year with taking out the award after starring in East Fremantle’s unprecedented season where they went undefeated and face Claremont in the grand final decider on Saturday. It was just her first season with the Sharks playing 13 games before she was drafted by Port Adelaide for the AFLW in June. Teakle was not present to accept the award as she is already training with Port but sent a video message accepting the award. She was also East Fremantle’s leading goal kicker despite only playing 13 out of 17 games booting 26 goals, the second most this season. She was 13 goals behind award winner Kate Bartlett from Peel. The awards night was dominated by the Sharks as veteran Sharon Wong was named the Dhara Kerr medallist and coach Matthew Templeton won coach of the year.