Dayna Cox was the last to arrive in the Adelaide Crows' inaugural AFLW side, now she's among the last to leave.
Two premierships and 32 games later, the defender has decided to hang up her football boots and pursue a career with SA police.
Cox was the final draftee for the Crows' first-ever AFLW game against GWS in 2017, marking the beginning of a women's football era that "no one knew was possible".
"To my partner, my family, my friends, my work colleagues, thank you for your constant and unwavering support to allow me to live out a dream," she said on Thursday.
"I will be forever grateful and proud to be a part of the inaugural Adelaide Crows AFLW team."
Adelaide's head of football Phil Harper said Cox was the "ultimate competitor".
"She always stood up for her teammates and regularly sacrificed her own game to shut down the opposition's most dangerous small forward," Harper said.
Cox starred in Adelaide's 2017 and 2019 grand final wins against Brisbane and Carlton, cementing the SA side as a dominant force in the early years of the competition.
Only five of Adelaide's inaugural 2017 teammates remain playing - Chelsea Randall, Anne Hatchard, Ebony Marinoff, Sarah Allan and Stevie-Lee Thompson.
Crows defender Marijana Rajcic also announced her retirement in January, after winning the 2019 and 2022 premierships and playing 50 games for the club.
