Heil and Corrigan on board as training begins
- Tuesday, November 22 2016 @ 04:18 pm ACDT
- Contributed by: Troy Thompson
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It was very disappointing for international footy followers at the end of the AFL Women's draft when no international players (by IC rules at least) were selected. Kate Shierlaw and Lauren Spark were on the lists which was some vindication of the footy played in London, but they were still Aussie women.
So it would come down to the free agency period, and fortunately there would be an international foot in the door. Firstly Collingwood added Canadian Kendra Heil to their list. Perhaps missing out on the draft as she missed most of the 2016 season due to a serious ACL injury, Heil was also close to being drafted in 2015 (when there were just the two women's teams for the exhibition match).