She was also selected in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team and won the Western Bulldogs best and fairest award in 2019 before moving to Richmond at the end of the season.
[1] She studied at Maribyrnong College in her secondary school years, and looked up to other Australian dual-sport athletes such as Ellyse Perry and fellow footballer/basketballer and AFL Women's player Erin Phillips.
[3] In September 2016, Conti was one of 15 players from around Australia selected in level 2 of the inaugural AFL Women's academy.
[1] Conti played for the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup Girls in 2017[3] alongside current AFL Women's players such as AFL Women's Rising Star winners Chloe Molloy and Madison Prespakis, and was coached by current player Alicia Eva.
[6] Conti made her junior international debut at the 2016 U17 World Championship in Spain with the Australian Sapphires, helping the team win the gold medal.
[9] Prior to the 2019–20 finals, Conti sought a release from her contract over conflicts between her basketball and football commitments.
[10] The release allowed her to play from the opening round of the AFLW season, but saw her give up the final year of her Boomers contract.
[22] She made her debut in the twenty-six point win against Fremantle in round 1, 2018 at VU Whitten Oval.
Conti improved on her debut season in 2019, achieving selection in womens.afl's Team of the Week in round 7 after recording a then-career-high 25 disposals in the Bulldogs' loss to Carlton at VU Whitten Oval[30] and finishing equal-fourth in the 2019 AFL Women's best and fairest count with seven votes.
[34] Conti went on to win the club's VFLW best and fairest award[35][36] and finish second in voting for the Lambert–Pearce Medal, despite only playing seven games.
[66] Conti focused solely on the upcoming AFL Women's season leading into 2022, completing a full pre-season for the first time after her WNBL commitments prevented her from doing so in previous years.
[68] Conti was best afield with a career-high 29 disposals and nine clearances in Richmond's round 1 win against St Kilda, with Geelong AFL midfielder and Brownlow Medallist Patrick Dangerfield tweeting during the match that she could win that season's AFL Women's best and fairest award playing at that level if Richmond won enough games;[69] she also won the maximum ten coaches' votes[70] and was named in womens.afl's Team of the Week.
[76] Despite being heavily tagged, Conti was named among Richmond's best players in its loss to Gold Coast in round 4 with a team-high 21 disposals and game-high ten tackles,[77] and was Richmond's best player in its loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 5,[78] polling five coaches' votes.
[83] Conti was Richmond's best player in its last three matches of the season,[84][85][86] polling the maximum ten coaches' votes in round 9.
[87] Conti was named in Champion Data's 2022 season 6 AFLW All-Star stats team after leading the competition for contested possessions with 15.2 a game.