Cunningham returns to AFLW after playing 32 games for Melbourne and winning the club’s goal-kicking award twice in her three seasons. In her first year out of the competition in 2022, the ruck/forward suited up for Hawthorn’s VFLW team on five occasions, averaging 16.8 disposals to go with 15.4 hit-outs. Cunningham has also had a distinguished WNBL career spanning across seven seasons, which included winning a championship with the Dandenong Rangers in 2012.