AFLW Player Meg Lappin (2025-)

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It was a historic night for the Lions with Meg Lappin selected at pick 54, becoming the first father-daughter selection in Club history.

Lappin’s father, Nigel, was a 279-game and three-time premiership player for the Club, between 1994 and 2008 playing for both the Bears and the Lions.

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Father-daughter, Lappin, came at pick 59 with the 180cm tall defender drafted from the Geelong Falcons.

"It's really exciting to welcome our first father-daughter to the club tonight,” Swann said.

“When Meg is around the ball, she displays great instincts for fighting through traffic and making good decisions, we think that she is going to develop really quickly as part of our system here at the Lions."

New faces and a famous name join the Lions at 2025 AFLW Draft

The Brisbane Lions AFLW side have added four new members to their list at the 2025 Telstra AFLW Draft this evening.

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SNAPSHOT: “A super athletic tall who can played across all three lines and is competitive in the air.”



Meg Lappin is the daughter of three-time Brisbane premiership player, and alongside twin sister Ally, is eligible to the Lions as a father-daughter prospect. While a raw talent in terms of her output to-date, Lappin certainly has the traits that can be developed for the future and is viewed as more of a long-term prospect.



Lappin is a prospect out of the Newtown & Chilwell Football Club in AFL Barwon, a popular starting point for many players within the Geelong region. The athletic tall played 60 games across her first five seasons, with her 2020 year of course cut short by the global pandemic. However by the time 2022 rolled around, Lappin was becoming a household future talent, named among the best nine times from 13 games for Newtown & Chilwell Under 15s.



Her form was so impressive she stepped up to the Under 18s on a couple of occasions as well, and participated in the V/Line Cup for the Barwon Cats. There, she stood out amongst the best in what was a fairly strong future Falcons lineup, and Lappin funnelled into the Geelong program the following season.



Making her debut in the Futures squad, Lappin played two games there, then both matches for Vic Country at the AFL National Development Championships, before spending much of 2023 back at Newtown & Chilwell. A late season debut in the Coates Talent League Girls Under 18s program saw Lappin add a further two games of experience to her name ahead of the 2024 season.



Her bottom-age campaign included two appearances for her school, Sacred Heart College, and though she made her senior debut at Newtown & Chilwell, predominantly played through the Talent League. Lappin averaged 6.6 disposals, 1.5 marks, 4.5 hitouts, 2.3 tackles and booted 10 goals as that forward/ruck for the Falcons.



In 2025, Lappin added another 14 Falcons games to her CV, averaging 11.0 disposals, 2.6 marks, 3.9 hitouts and 2.5 tackles, spending time largely in defence or through the ruck more so than inside 50 like the year before. She earned a sport with Vic Country where she played three games for an averaged of 4.7 disposals, 1.3 marks and 2.0 rebound 50s out of the back half.



By the end of the year, Lappin would earn a State Draft Combine invitation and show off her athletic traits and keep herself in draft contention. While cousin Sunny has earned plenty of attention with her year, Meg looms as a potential late value pickup for the Lions.

Meg Lappin Draft Profile

Meg Lappin is an ultra-athletic tall utility out of the Geelong Falcons who is raw, but with plenty of upside for the future.

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[Jemima2]

I'm excited about Meg Lappin! Nigel was my favourite player during the late 1990s - early 2000s