AFL star Marcus Bontempelli gets engaged to partner Neila Brenning while on vacation in Italy

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AFL star Marcus Bontempelli is engaged! The Western Bulldogs player popped the question to his partner Neila Brenning in Italy.

Brenning confirmed the exciting news with some photos of her sparkling engagement ring on Instagram.

"(Fi) Yonceeeé all on his mouth like liqua 🎶 🤍," she captioned the pictures taken from their romantic getaway in Florence.

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Marcus Bontempelli and Neila Brenning engagedAFL star Marcus Bontempelli and Neila Brenning are engaged. (Instagram/ neila.___)

In one photo, Bontempelli hugged his fiancée as she showed off the ring.

Brenning also shared some photos the pair took at a photobooth, including one where she held up her ring while giving her partner a kiss.

In the final snap, the AFL player gave his partner a kiss on the cheek as they celebrated their engagement.

The post was inundated with messages of congratulations for the couple.

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Marcus Bontempelli and Neila Brenning engaged"(Fi) Yonceeeé all on his mouth like liqua 🎶 🤍" (Instagram/ neila.___)

"Congrats guys ❤️," Bontempelli's Western Bulldogs teammate Laitham Vandermeer sweetly wrote.

Another one of the AFL star's teammates Riley Garcia commented two red heart emojis.

"A massive congrats to the Skip and Neila on their engagement ❤️💍" the Western Bulldogs official Instagram account wrote in a separate post.

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"Sending love to Italy!"

The couple confirmed they were dating back in 2022. In the two years since, they have shared snippets of their relationship and life together to social media.

Marcus Bontempelli and Neila Brenning engagedThe couple went public with their relationship in 2022. (Instagram/ neila.___)

The heartwarming news comes just weeks after the pair walked the Brownlow Medal red carpet together in September for the third time.

Brenning stunned on the 2024 Brownlow red carpet wearing a gorgeous custom Effie Kats gown with a stylish neck scarf slung behind.

Meanwhile Bontempelli suited up for the occasion while posing with his partner.

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Marcus Bontempelli and Neila BrenningThey walked the Brownlow Medal red carpet just weeks earlier. (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

The star player is the latest AFL legend to get engaged.

In September, Collingwood player Josh Daicos also popped the question to his partner Annalise Dalins while they were on a romantic holiday in Greece.

"The happiest day of our lives," Daicos captioned the post-proposal snaps from vacation. ""My girl for a lifetime ❤️"

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