In her own words, Gab Mooney "didn't have a great year" in 2020 but she sure made up for it during the 2021 season.
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The Inverell Saint has become the first player to be named the AFL North West women's best and fairest player twice.
On the win, Mooney said it was "quite humbling" to claim the award.
"I think coming off last year, I didn't have a great year so it was good for things to click for me," she said.
"I think it really helps when you have a good support network around you - it makes it a lot easier to find the footy."
Mooney last won the award in 2019 and in winning the award in 2021, she helped wrestle back Inverell's stronghold on the prize.
Of the five years of the women's competition, an Inverell Saint has won, or jointly won, the award on four occasions.
Eleanore Ford won the inaugural award before fellow Saint Katherine Penberthy shared the award with New England's Lisa Raymond in 2018.
Mooney then won her first B&F award the following year before Tamworth Swan Billie Mitchell took out the 2020 prize.
This season, the midfielder ended up winning by a big margin thanks to a huge finish to the year.
After 10 rounds, Mooney sat just one point ahead of Gunnedah's Alice Mitchell before polling 11 points in the final five rounds.
Of those 11 points, nine of them came from best on ground performances from Mooney.
The Saint ended up on 32 points, ahead of Mitchell and Tamworth Swan Daisy George who both polled 21 points.
Now, like the rest of the league, Mooney is waiting to see what will happen for the rest of the 2021 season.
Games have been on hold since the end of the regular season after lockdowns were announced in NSW.
The AFL North West competition management committee are set to meet on Wednesday where the finish to the season will be discussed.
If the season was to continue, the team to beat in the women's competition are the unbeaten Gunnedah Bulldogs but Mooney had confidence in the second-placed Inverell Saints.
"We probably played our best footy in that final round against Armidale so we had a fair bit of momentum heading into that major semi," Mooney said.
"It was a shame it was called off but I think from that Armidale game, things just seemed to fall into place.
"We were working more as a unit right across the paddock so hopefully we can turn that around in the finals if we get there."
AFL NORTH WEST WOMEN'S BEST AND FAIREST WINNERS
2017
Eleanore Ford (Inverell Saints)
2018
Katherine Penberthy (Inverell Saints) and Lisa Raymond (New England Nomads)
2019
Gabrielle Mooney (Inverell Saints)
2020
Billie Mitchell (Tamworth Swans)
2021
Gabrielle Mooney (Inverell Saints)