page_title: Jess Duffin
section_title: North Melbourne
hierarchical_section_title: Jess Duffin / Australian rules football / AFL Women's / North Melbourne
caption_attribution_description: English: Jess Duffin playing for North Melbourne in an AFL Women's match against Melbourne at Casey Fields in Cranbourne East, VIC.
context_page_description: Jessica Evelyn Duffin is an Australian sportswoman. In cricket, she has made 117 international appearances and won four world championships as a member of the Australian women's team. A right-handed batter with a reputation as a big game performer, Duffin was named Player of the Final in both the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup tournaments. She also won the 2013 Belinda Clark Award for being adjudged Australia's best international women's cricketer over the previous year. Her domestic career has included playing for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and captaining the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League.
  In addition to cricket, Duffin has played Australian rules football for Collingwood and North Melbourne in the AFL Women's competition. She led the league for marks across the first three seasons and earned selection in the 2019 All-Australian team as a half-back flanker. She has also received recognition for her outstanding performance at state league level, winning the 2018 Lambert–Pearce Medal while playing as a midfielder for Williamstown in the VFL Women's competition.
context_section_description: In May 2018, Duffin signed with expansion club North Melbourne as a free agent. She played across half-back throughout the 2019 AFLW season, managing three games of 20-plus disposals and leading the league in marks for the second time. Despite having the third-best record in the league, North Melbourne controversially failed to qualify for the four-team finals series due to the competition's conference structure. Duffin was nevertheless recognised for her dominant season, earning selection in the 2019 All-Australian team.
  During the 2019 sign-and-trade period, Duffin was comparatively slow to negotiate a new contract. On 19 April, North Melbourne announced they had re-signed her for two more years. However, on 31 December, Duffin announced she was due to give birth within the next six months and would therefore miss the 2020 AFLW season.
caption: Duffin playing for North Melbourne in 2019
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