Najwa Allen (born 25 June 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was a premiership player with prior to being traded at the end of 2024.
Junior career Born in Canberra, Australia, Allen represented Eastlake Demons in the NEAFL before moving to South Australia to play in the highly regarded SANFL Women's league. After the 2019 season playing for in the SANFLW competition, Allen was awarded the leagues best and fairest. She was then taken by AFLW club Adelaide Crows with Pick 37 in the 2019 draft.
AFL Women's career Making her debut in Round 1, 2020, Allen has become a reliable defender for the Crows, running off half back. One of her strengths is the ability to kick with both feet and change the angles to create space for her side. Playing every game in 2021, Allen was part of the Crows side which made the 2021 Grand Final. She became a premiership player the following season when Adelaide defeated in the 2022 season 6 Grand Final.
In 2024 AFL Women's season, Allen was reduced to only one game as she battled with consistently troubling hamstring issues. Searching for a fresh start, she requested a trade to . The move was completed on 10 December in a trade involving four clubs.
Statistics Updated to the end of 2025.
| 2020 || || 8 | 5 || 0 || 0 || 25 || 22 || 47 || 6 || 4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.0 || 4.4 || 9.4 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 0 |- | 2021 || || 8 | 11 || 0 || 0 || 79 || 45 || 124 || 20 || 23 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.2 || 4.1 || 11.3 || 1.8 || 2.1 || 0 |- | bgcolor="F0E68C"| 2022 (S6)# || || 8 | 10 || 0 || 0 || 63 || 31 || 94 || 13 || 12 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.3 || 3.1 || 9.4 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 0 |- | 2022 (S7) || || 8 | 12 || 0 || 0 || 67 || 33 || 100 || 11 || 21 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.6 || 2.8 || 8.3 || 0.9 || 1.8 || 0 |- | 2023 || || 8 | 6 || 0 || 0 || 48 || 34 || 82 || 12 || 12 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.0 || 5.7 || 13.7 || 2.0 || 2.0 || 0 |- | 2024 || || 8 | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0 |- | 2025 || || 4 | 7 || 0 || 1 || 50 || 21 || 71 || 19 || 2 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 7.1 || 3.0 || 10.1 || 2.7 || 0.3 || 0 |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 52 !! 0 !! 2 !! 333 !! 188 !! 521 !! 81 !! 75 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 6.4 !! 3.6 !! 10.0 !! 1.6 !! 1.4 !! 0
Honours and achievements Team AFL Women's premiership player (): 2022 (S6) 3× Minor premiership (): 2021, 2022 (S6), 2023
Individual SANFLW Best and Fairest: 2019
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