Riddell credits Roos teammate after winning AFLW's top individual honour

[ad_1] Ash Riddell says her shut relationship with North Melbourne teammate Jasmine Garner helped her win the AFLW's finest and fairest award.

Riddell and Garner have usually 'stolen' best-and-fairest votes off one another in recent times, leading to each lacking out on the league's highest particular person honour.

Kangaroos star Ash Riddell wins AFLW finest and fairest Runner-up to Adelaide's Ebony Marinoff final 12 months, Riddell polled 23 votes so as to add the league's highest particular person honour to her fifth All-Australian choice.

However Riddell wouldn't be denied this season, having been named the perfect and fairest winner at Monday evening's W Awards in Melbourne.

She was named best-on-ground six occasions in 12 appearances to tally 23 votes, three away from Geelong's second-placed Georgie Prespakis (20).

"We simply make one another higher," Riddell mentioned of her relationship with Kangaroos captain Garner.

"We're type of by-products of one another on the sector and now we have some good occasions off the sector as nicely.

"It makes footy actually pleasant."

Riddell was missed at two drafts earlier than North Melbourne picked her up for its first season as an AFLW enlargement membership in 2019.

Garner was already a longtime participant within the league.

Riddell mentioned she relished becoming a member of Garner on the Kangaroos.

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