Richelle Cranston
Richelle Cranston is an Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's. She was drafted by Melbourne with their third selection and twenty-fourth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season. She was suspended for one match after her debut match due to front on contact with Brisbane's Jamie Stanton. After returning from suspension, she played every match for the year to finish with six games.
Melbourne signed Cranston for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.
In May 2018 Cranston accepted an offer from expansion club to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season. Cranston also played for Geelong's VFL Women's team for the 2018 season, and she won the club's 2018 best and fairest award.
