1. Moana Hope was born on 14 February 1988 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL Women's competition from 2017 to 2019, including 13 matches over two seasons at Collingwood and a further seven matches over one season at North Melbourne.
Moana Hope's parents migrated from New Zealand and she has Maori heritage from her mother's side and she has German and Australian heritage, with 14 siblings in total.
Moana Hope began playing Australian football competitively at the age of seven, playing with boys teams at Glenroy through under-12s.
Moana Hope played representative football for Victoria at age 16, and captained the state side at under-19 level.
Moana Hope was a member of the Australia women's international rules football team that played against Ireland in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series.
Moana Hope was an accomplished junior cricketer, representing Victoria through to under-19 level.
Moana Hope chose to give up the sport in favour of Australian football.
Moana Hope has played premier division Australian football in the VWFL for the Darebin Falcons and St Kilda Sharks.
Moana Hope ceased playing Australian football in 2011 after an accomplished period in the VWFL; in 2013, she witnessed the first AFL women's exhibition match and recommitted to football as a result, and was drafted with the eleventh selection the following year to the Western Bulldogs.
Moana Hope would go on to play for the club in representative exhibition matches for the next three years.
In July 2016, Moana Hope was signed by Collingwood as one of two marquee players ahead of the AFL Women's inaugural season.
Moana Hope made her debut in round 1 in the club and the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against Carlton.
Moana Hope finished the season having played in all seven of Collingwood's matches and kicking seven goals, leading the Magpies' goalkicking and equal sixth-highest league-wide.
Moana Hope was later re-signed for the 2018 season in the May 2017 trade period.
Moana Hope kicked one goal in her state's 97-point win over The Allies.
Moana Hope returned to Collingwood's side for round 1 2018 in an eight-point loss to Carlton at Ikon Park.
On 18 May 2018, it was announced that Moana Hope had been signed by North Melbourne, who entered the AFL Women's competition in 2019.
In 2018, Moana Hope appeared as a contestant on Australian Survivor: Champions vs Contenders, competing in the fifth season of the competitive reality television series Australian Survivor as part of the Champions tribe.
Moana Hope formed many strong relationships, notably with fellow contestants Mat Rogers and Sharn Coombes and found a Hidden Immunity Idol.
On day 16, Moana Hope asked her tribemates to vote her out at tribal council because of an illness.
Moana Hope returned for Australian Survivor: All Stars and got far into the game, forming an alliance with the extremely popular eventual winner David Genat.
On 17 August 2019, Moana Hope married model Isabella Carlstrom in Melbourne.
Carlstrom gave birth to their first child on 17 November 2020, Moana Hope gave birth to a boy on 26 June 2022.