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Connor Budarick landed at the Kennel from the Gold Coast SUNS during the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft, bolstering the defensive stocks of the red, white and blue. A Queensland local who emerged from the Academy system, Budarick was pre-listed to the SUNS in 2019 and played 55 games across six seasons – including 19 this season as the club played finals for the first time.
Connor Budarick landed at the Kennel from the Gold Coast SUNS during the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft, bolstering the defensive stocks of the red, white and blue. A Queensland local who emerged from the Academy system, Budarick was pre-listed to the SUNS in 2019 and played 55 games across six seasons – including 19 this season as the club played finals for the first time.
Team and player honours
Watch Kylie's speech from our 2025 AFLW Best & Fairest.
Watch back some of Ellie Blackburn's standout moments, as she takes out another first place finish.
Check out some of Rylie's best moments that earnt her 2nd place in the Best & Fairest count
Check out some of Isabelle Pritchard's best moments from this season, which earned her third place in the best and fairest.
Take a look back at the first 10 seasons of the Western Bulldogs AFLW.
Lexi Lobb hits the red carpet to hand out the unofficial awards.
An inner-sanctum look at Adam Treloar's first premiership victory, as Footscray take out the 2025 Smithy's VFL Grand Final.
Western Bulldogs acknowledge that we work, train and play on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. We offer our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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