GIANTS AFLW captain and inaugural player Rebecca Beeson has been recognised for her contributions to the club with life membership.
Playing 83 games, across eleven seasons and captaining the side since 2024, Beeson’s impact on the GIANTS has extended far beyond her work on field, with the Sydneysider the last standing player from the first season of AFLW in 2017.
A player of incredible resilience and tenacity, Beeson was selected from the AFL Sydney Premier Division at pick 32 of the first-ever AFLW draft.
What has followed is an incredible career of immense highs, including two Gabrielle Trainor Medals in 2019 and 2024, as well as significant setbacks, where she missed the entirety of the 2022 (S7) season due to concussion concerns.
Touted across the entire league for her on-field toughness, she was passed the captaincy by teammate Alicia Eva ahead of the 2024 season, which became a career-high year for the midfielder, and followed this with another incredible performance in 2025, finishing second in the best and fairest count.
This season, Beeson played her 75th game for the club and today follows Eva and Cora Staunton as just the third AFLW player to achieve life membership with the club.
GIANTS President Tim Reed congratulated Beeson on the achievement and for her ongoing commitment and impact for the club.
“Rebecca has been an outstanding representative for this club for almost a decade now,” Reed said.
“As a fierce competitor and leader on field and an ambassador of our community and values off the field, she has been an incredible contributor to the AFLW program and the GIANTS as a whole.
“We are incredibly lucky to have her leading our team out each week and we’re honoured to be able to present her with this life membership as a show of gratitude for her courage and commitment for the last ten seasons.”
