2020 West Coast Eagles women's season

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West Coast Eagles
2020 season
West Coast team 26.01.20.jpg
West Coast Eagles warming up before a pre-season match against Richmond
Coach Luke Dwyer
(1st season)
Captain(s) Emma Swanson
(1st season)
Home ground
AFLW season 7th (Conference B)
Best and Fairest Dana Hooker
Leading goalkicker Hayley Bullas (2)
Highest home attendance35,185 vs. Fremantle (Round 2)
Lowest home attendance0 vs. Gold Coast (Round 6)
Club membership3,318
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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.

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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. Emma Swanson 26.01.20.jpg
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

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]
PlayerNo.Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles Notes/Milestone(s)
Mikayla Bowen 1611342862531AFLW debut (round 1) [6]
Kellie Gibson 2602347411115
Brianna Green 30———————
Courtney Guard 4600341448814
McKenzie Dowrick 551018927513
Emily Bonser 6300781532AFLW debut (round 3) [7]
Beatrice Devlyn 76002182969
Maddy Collier 851022931418
Ashlee Atkins 9611401454819
Melissa Caulfield 1010010100
Danika Pisconeri 113011061647AFLW debut (round 1) [8]
Niamh Kelly 12603342458914 Rookie, AFLW debut (round 1) [9]
Emma Swanson 1361379231021327
Belinda Smith 146004323661017
Grace Kelly 1561220123285 Rookie, AFLW debut (round 1) [10]
Ashton Hill 1610010100AFLW debut (round 1) [11]
Dana Hooker 1761085331181641
Imahra Cameron 196145825831521AFLW debut (round 1) [12]
Kate Bartlett 200———————
Mhicca Carter 2110024610 Rookie, AFW debut (round 6) [13]
Tarnee Tester 234101081855AFLW debut (round 1) [14]
Hayley Bullas 24620351550524AFLW debut (round 1) [15]
Parris Laurie 256012034541216
Talia Radan 26600161329310
Chantella Perera 27500221335915AFLW debut (round 1) [16]
Emily McGuire 3130054937
Kate Orme 323001131422AFLW debut (round 2) [17]
Cassie Davidson 33300891739
Sophie McDonald 3550026632511AFLW debut (round 1) [18]
Alicia Janz 370———————
Rosie Deegan0———————

Season summary

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

Results

Regular season results [5]
RoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceLadder
GBTGBT
1 9 FebruaryLost1511 Collingwood 5838 Victoria Park A6,1007rd
2 15 FebruaryLost2315 Fremantle 9660 Optus Stadium H35,1857rd
3 23 FebruaryLost2214 Greater Western Sydney 6642 Blacktown ISP Oval A1,9807rd
4 29 FebruaryWon4630 Western Bulldogs 3826 Leederville Oval H2,4557rd
5 8 MarchLost117 Melbourne 10666 Casey Fields A1,8007rd
6 15 MarchLost128 Gold Coast 5333 Mineral Resources Park H07rd
721 MarchCancelled Carlton Ikon Park A0N/A
829 MarchCancelled St Kilda Mineral Resources Park H0N/A
Key
HHome game
AAway game

Ladder

Conference B
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Fremantle 6600277179154.724 Finals series
2 Carlton 6510249164151.820
3 Melbourne 6420204124164.516
4 Collingwood 6420229149153.716
5 St Kilda 624015417090.68
6 Western Bulldogs 615017924672.84
7 West Coast 61507723233.24
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 Dana Hooker 26.01.20 (cropped).jpg
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
AwardAwarded byPlayerResultRef.
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

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