2022 West Coast Eagles women's season

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West Coast Eagles
2022 season
CoachMichael Prior (1st season)
Captain(s)Emma Swanson (3rd season)
Home ground

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia. The 2022 AFL Women's season, which started in January 2021, is their third season in the competition. At the end of the 2021 season, West Coast delisted 10 players, gained a player via trade, a player via restricted free agency and five players at the 2021 AFL Women's draft. 2021 coach Daniel Pratt was replaced with Michael Prior, after Pratt resigned from the role.

Background[]

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia, that competes in the AFL Women's (AFLW). In the 2021 AFL Women's season, they finished the season with two wins and seven losses, placing them 12th on the ladder out of 14 teams, and thus missing out on playing in the 2021 finals series.[1]

In September 2021, it was announced that Michael Prior would take over as head coach from Daniel Pratt, as Pratt's partner was scheduled to give birth early 2022, and they didn't want him to do any quarantine that could occur in the AFLW.[2]

Emma Swanson was captain for a third season, and Dana Hooker was vice-captain for a third season. Parris Laurie was part of the leadership group for a second season, joined by Aisling McCarthy, who joined the leadership group for the first time. These positions were decided by a vote between the players.[3]

Playing list[]

Changes[]

During the off-season, Mhicca Carter, Beatrice Devlyn, McKenzie Dowrick, Brianna Green, Alicia Janz, Demi Liddle, Julie-Anne Norrish, Kate Orme, Chantella Perera and Katelyn Pope were delisted.[4]

In May 2021, the AFL commission approved giving five AFLW clubs, including West Coast, various assistance measures to help strengthen their playing list. West Coast received priority draft picks in the second and third rounds of the 2021 draft, directly after the fifth selection in those rounds. The priority picks were given under the condition that West Coast's first five draft picks were not traded to another club.[5] During the 2021 trade period, West Coast made one trade, with Fremantle. The Eagles received Fremantle player Evangeline Gooch in exchange for draft pick 38.[6] West Coast also signed Aimee Schmidt as a restricted free agent, having grown up in Western Australia before playing for Greater Western Sydney for five years.[7][8]

In the 2021 AFL Women's draft, teams were only allowed to pick from a pool of players in their state. West Coast held the first three out of four draft picks in Western Australia, with Fremantle holding the second in the state.[9] West Coast ended up drafting Charlie Thomas (pick 3), (pick 21), (pick 24), (pick 40) and (pick 47).[10][11]

Removals from playing list
Player Reason Games played Ref.
Mhicca Carter Delisted 1 [4]
Beatrice Devlyn Delisted 8 (6 at West Coast) [4]
McKenzie Dowrick Delisted 12 (5 for West Coast) [4]
Brianna Green Delisted 7 (4 for West Coast) [4]
Alicia Janz Delisted 20 (6 for West Coast) [4]
Demi Liddle Delisted 4 [4]
Julie-Anne Norrish Delisted 0 [4]
Kate Orme Delisted 7 [4]
Chantella Perera Delisted 13 [4]
Katelyn Pope Delisted 6 [4]
Additions to playing list
Player Acquired Former club Former league Ref.
Evangeline Gooch Trade Fremantle AFL Women's [6]
Aimee Schmidt Restricted free agent Greater Western Sydney AFL Women's [6]
Charlie Thomas No. 3, 2021 draft Subiaco WAFL Women's [10]
No. 21, 2021 draft Peel Thunder WAFL Women's [10]
No. 24, 2021 draft Peel Thunder WAFL Women's [10]
No. 40, 2021 draft Swan Districts WAFL Women's [10]
No. 47, 2021 draft Claremont WAFL Women's [10]

Statistics[]

Playing list and statistics[12]
Player No. Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles Notes/Milestone(s)
Mikayla Bowen 1 3 1 0 28 15 43 9 17
Kellie Gibson 2 3 1 1 17 2 19 5 9
Charlie Thomas 3 3 0 0 10 6 16 3 9 AFLW debut (round 1)[13]
Courtney Guard 4 3 0 0 8 6 14 4 2
5 1 0 0 5 1 6 3 1 AFLW debut (round 3)
Isabella Lewis 6 3 0 0 17 7 24 2 9
Aimee Schmidt 7 3 2 1 7 9 16 0 2 West Coast debut (round 1)[13]
Maddy Collier 8 3 1 0 19 8 27 4 14
Ashlee Atkins 9 2 1 0 12 6 18 1 4
Melissa Caulfield 10 3 0 2 13 4 17 5 4
Aisling McCarthy 11 3 1 0 21 20 41 5 9
Niamh Kelly 12 2 0 0 7 9 16 2 3
Emma Swanson 13 2 1 0 28 15 43 4 13
Belinda Smith 14 3 0 0 27 9 36 13 5
Grace Kelly 15 3 0 0 16 4 20 6 5
Ashton Hill 16 1 0 0 2 2 4 2 1
Dana Hooker 17 3 0 0 31 14 45 3 9
Imahra Cameron 19 1 0 1 3 2 5 1 4
Tayla Bresland 20 2 0 0 7 1 8 1 6
Andrea Gilmore 22 3 0 1 11 4 15 4 7
23 1 0 0 4 3 7 2 1 AFLW debut (round 3)[14]
Hayley Bullas 24 1 0 1 9 3 12 4 1
Parris Laurie 25 3 0 0 15 12 27 11 6
Lauren Gauci 26 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 2
27 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Shanae Davison 28 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
30 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Evangeline Gooch 31 3 0 0 23 7 30 7 1 West Coast debut (round 1)[13]
Amber Ward 33 3 0 0 19 7 26 3 2
Sophie McDonald 35 1 0 0 5 2 7 2 3

Season summary[]

The 2022 AFL Women's season started in January 2021, will end in March 2022, and have 10 rounds.

Results[]

Regular season results[12]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder
G B T G B T
1 8 January Lost 2 3 15 Fremantle 6 7 43 Fremantle Oval A 5,533 13th
2 16 January Lost 5 3 33 Gold Coast 7 4 46 Whitten Oval H 587 11th
3 22 January Lost 1 3 9 Adelaide 6 6 42 Punt Road Oval H 12th
4 29 January St Kilda Trevor Barker Oval A
5 4 February Geelong GMHBA Stadium A
6 12 February Collingwood Victoria Park A
7 19 February Richmond Mineral Resources Park H
8 26 February Brisbane Mineral Resources Park H
9 5 March Western Bulldogs Mineral Resources Park H
10 12 March North Melbourne Arden Street Oval A
Key
H Home game
A Away game

Ladder[]

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide 4 4 0 0 153 63 242.9 16 Finals series
2 Fremantle 4 4 0 0 210 89 236.0 16
3 Melbourne 4 3 1 0 185 118 156.8 12
4 North Melbourne 4 3 1 0 155 103 150.5 12
5 Collingwood 4 3 1 0 127 101 125.7 12
6 Brisbane 3 2 1 0 99 92 107.6 8
7 Gold Coast 3 2 1 0 106 103 102.9 8
8 Greater Western Sydney 4 2 2 0 126 149 84.6 8
9 Richmond 4 1 3 0 180 193 93.3 4
10 Carlton 4 1 3 0 105 175 60.0 4
11 Geelong 4 0 4 0 84 119 70.6 0
12 Western Bulldogs 2 0 2 0 44 89 49.4 0
13 West Coast 3 0 3 0 57 131 43.5 0
14 St Kilda 3 0 3 0 60 166 36.1 0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2022. Source: Womens.AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

References[]

  1. ^ "2021 Ladder". womens.afl. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ Healey, Catherine. "Michael Prior replaces Daniel Pratt as West Coast Eagles AFLW coach". The West Australian. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. ^ Henderson, Emma (21 September 2021). "AFLW: Swanson retains captaincy". West Coast Eagles.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Black, Sarah. "Every club's list ahead of the 2021 AFLW Draft". womens.afl. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Commission signs off on priority picks for five clubs". womens.afl. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Henderson, Emma. "AFLW: Eagles excited by Evie". West Coast Eagles. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Schmidt to Return West". Greater Western Sydney Giants. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ^ Henderson, Emma. "AFLW: Schmidt signs on". West Coast Eagles. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ Reilly, Eliza. "AFLW draft 2021: West Coast spend Monday pondering draft options despite having months to decide on first pick". The West Australian. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "NAB AFL Women's Draft". womens.afl. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  11. ^ Reilly, Eliza. "AFLW draft 2021: Subiaco's Charlotte Thomas selected by West Coast with pick three, Fremantle draft Amy Franklin". The West Australian. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  12. ^ a b "2022 Player Stats – West Coast Eagles WFC". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b c Woodcock, Mitchell; Reilly, Eliza. "AFLW 2022: Fremantle Dockers name six debutants for western derby clash against West Coast Eagles". PerthNow. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. ^ Reilly, Eliza (22 January 2022). "Willing West Coast suffer third straight loss to Adelaide Crows". The West Australian. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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