2020 West Coast Eagles women's season

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West Coast Eagles
2020 season
A group of female Australian rules footballers jogging together
West Coast Eagles warming up before a pre-season match against Richmond
CoachLuke Dwyer
(1st season)
Captain(s)Emma Swanson
(1st season)
Home ground
AFLW season7th (Conference B)
Best and FairestDana Hooker
Leading goalkickerHayley Bullas (2)
Highest home attendance35,185 vs. Fremantle (Round 2)
Lowest home attendance0 vs. Gold Coast (Round 6)
Club membership3,318
2021 →

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia. The 2020 AFL Women's season was their first year in that competition. Luke Dwyer was the team's inaugural coach, and Emma Swanson was the team's inaugural captain. West Coast finished the home-and-away season seventh out of seven on the ladder, with a win–loss record of 1–5.

Dana Hooker was the team's best and fairest player, winning the West Coast Club Champion medal. Hayley Bullas was the team's leading goalkicker, with two goals.

Background[]

Emma Swanson captained West Coast in 2020.

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia. Having competed in the men's Australian Football League since 1987, 2020 was their first year in the AFL Women's competition.

Luke Dwyer was announced as the inaugural West Coast Eagles AFLW coach in December 2018. He was already a development coach for the Eagles' men's team.[1]

In December 2019, it was announced that Emma Swanson would be the team's inaugural captain, having previously served as vice-captain at Greater Western Sydney. The vice-captain was Dana Hooker, and the rest of the leadership group consisted of Maddy Collier, Courtney Guard and Alicia Janz.[2]

West Coast had 3,318 members in 2020, the most of any AFLW club.[3]

Impact of COVID-19[]

Main article: 2020 AFL Women's season

On 11 March 2020, COVID-19 was formally declared a pandemic. This was on the Wednesday prior to round 6. As a result, West Coast's round 6 match did not have any spectators, and their rounds 7 and 8 matches against Carlton and St Kilda were cancelled. Due to their ladder position at the end of round 6, West Coast did not proceed to the finals series.[4]

Playing list[]

Statistics[]

Playing list and statistics[5]
Player No. Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles Notes/Milestone(s)
Mikayla Bowen 1 6 1 1 34 28 62 5 31 AFLW debut (round 1)[6]
Kellie Gibson 2 6 0 2 34 7 41 11 15
Brianna Green 3 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Courtney Guard 4 6 0 0 34 14 48 8 14
McKenzie Dowrick 5 5 1 0 18 9 27 5 13
Emily Bonser 6 3 0 0 7 8 15 3 2 AFLW debut (round 3)[7]
Beatrice Devlyn 7 6 0 0 21 8 29 6 9
Maddy Collier 8 5 1 0 22 9 31 4 18
Ashlee Atkins 9 6 1 1 40 14 54 8 19
Melissa Caulfield 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Danika Pisconeri 11 3 0 1 10 6 16 4 7 AFLW debut (round 1)[8]
Niamh Kelly 12 6 0 3 34 24 58 9 14 Rookie, AFLW debut (round 1)[9]
Emma Swanson 13 6 1 3 79 23 102 13 27
Belinda Smith 14 6 0 0 43 23 66 10 17
Grace Kelly 15 6 1 2 20 12 32 8 5 Rookie, AFLW debut (round 1)[10]
Ashton Hill 16 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 AFLW debut (round 1)[11]
Dana Hooker 17 6 1 0 85 33 118 16 41
Imahra Cameron 19 6 1 4 58 25 83 15 21 AFLW debut (round 1)[12]
Kate Bartlett 20 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mhicca Carter 21 1 0 0 2 4 6 1 0 Rookie, AFW debut (round 6)[13]
Tarnee Tester 23 4 1 0 10 8 18 5 5 AFLW debut (round 1)[14]
Hayley Bullas 24 6 2 0 35 15 50 5 24 AFLW debut (round 1)[15]
Parris Laurie 25 6 0 1 20 34 54 12 16
Talia Radan 26 6 0 0 16 13 29 3 10
Chantella Perera 27 5 0 0 22 13 35 9 15 AFLW debut (round 1)[16]
Emily McGuire 31 3 0 0 5 4 9 3 7
Kate Orme 32 3 0 0 11 3 14 2 2 AFLW debut (round 2)[17]
Cassie Davidson 33 3 0 0 8 9 17 3 9
Sophie McDonald 35 5 0 0 26 6 32 5 11 AFLW debut (round 1)[18]
Alicia Janz 37 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Rosie Deegan 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Season summary[]

West Coast were in Conference B for the 2020 AFLW season.

Results[]

Regular season results[5]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder
G B T G B T
1 9 February Lost 1 5 11 Collingwood 5 8 38 Victoria Park A 6,100 7rd
2 15 February Lost 2 3 15 Fremantle 9 6 60 Optus Stadium H 35,185 7rd
3 23 February Lost 2 2 14 Greater Western Sydney 6 6 42 Blacktown ISP Oval A 1,980 7rd
4 29 February Won 4 6 30 Western Bulldogs 3 8 26 Leederville Oval H 2,455 7rd
5 8 March Lost 1 1 7 Melbourne 10 6 66 Casey Fields A 1,800 7rd
6 15 March Lost 1 2 8 Gold Coast 5 3 33 Mineral Resources Park H 0 7rd
7 21 March Cancelled Carlton Ikon Park A 0 N/A
8 29 March Cancelled St Kilda Mineral Resources Park H 0 N/A
Key
H Home game
A Away game

Ladder[]

Conference B
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Fremantle 6 6 0 0 277 179 154.7 24 Finals series
2 Carlton 6 5 1 0 249 164 151.8 20
3 Melbourne 6 4 2 0 204 124 164.5 16
4 Collingwood 6 4 2 0 229 149 153.7 16
5 St Kilda 6 2 4 0 154 170 90.6 8
6 Western Bulldogs 6 1 5 0 179 246 72.8 4
7 West Coast 6 1 5 0 77 232 33.2 4
Source: womens.afl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Awards[]

Dana Hooker won West Coast's inaugural Club Champion award

West Coast held its inaugural AFLW awards night at Mineral Resources Park on 11 August 2020. Vice-captain Dana Hooker won the Club Champion award with 26 votes. The runners-up were Emma Swanson, with 25 votes, and Ashlee Atkins and Parris Laurie with 23 votes. Imahra Cameron was the Best First Year Player, and Alicia Janz was the Best Club Person.[19]

Dana Hooker was West Coast's only player in the 40-woman initial All-Australian squad. She did not get selected for the All-Australian team.[20][21]

Awards received by West Coast players
Award Awarded by Player Result Ref.
All-Australian team AFL Women's Dana Hooker Shortlisted [20]
Club Champion West Coast Eagles Dana Hooker Won [19]
Best First Year Player Imahra Cameron Won
Best Club Person Alicia Janz Won

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Black, Sarah. "AFLW: Eagles development coach to lead new team". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ Woodcock, Mitchell. "Midfielder Emma Swanson appointed inaugural captain of West Coast Eagles AFLW team". Perth Now. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Expansion clubs lead the way as AFLW smashes membership record". AFLW. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Coronavirus crisis and footy: The state of play". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b "2020 Player Stats – West Coast Eagles WFC". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Mikayla Bowen". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Emily Bonser". AustraliaFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Danika Pisconeri". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Niamh Kelly". AustraliaFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Grace Kelly". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Ashton Hill". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Imahra Cameron". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Mhicca Carter". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Tarnee Tester". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Hayley Bullas". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Chantella Perera". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Kate Orme". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Sophie McDonald". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  19. ^ a b Dickinson, Rhys. "AFLW: Hooker claims inaugural Club Champion Award". West Coast Eagles. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  20. ^ a b "AFLW statement: 2020 AFLW All-Australian Squad". AFLW. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  21. ^ McGowan, Marc. "AFLW All-Australian team revealed, new wave dominates". AFLW. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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