2022 West Coast Eagles women's season

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West Coast Eagles
2022 (S6) season
Coach Michael Prior (1st season)
Captain(s) Emma Swanson (3rd season)
Home ground
AFLW season 14th
← 2021 2022 (S7) →

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia. 2022 AFL Women's season 6, 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.

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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), Courtney Rowley (pick 21), Beth Schilling (pick 24), Sarah Lakay (pick 40) and Emily Bennett (pick 47). [10] [11]

Removals from playing list
PlayerReasonGames playedRef.
Mhicca Carter Delisted1 [4]
Beatrice Devlyn Delisted8 (6 at West Coast) [4]
McKenzie Dowrick Delisted12 (5 for West Coast) [4]
Brianna Green Delisted7 (4 for West Coast) [4]
Alicia Janz Delisted20 (6 for West Coast) [4]
Demi Liddle Delisted4 [4]
Julie-Anne NorrishDelisted0 [4]
Kate Orme Delisted7 [4]
Chantella Perera Delisted13 [4]
Katelyn Pope Delisted6 [4]
Additions to playing list
PlayerAcquiredFormer clubFormer leagueRef.
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]
Courtney Rowley No. 21, 2021 draft Peel Thunder WAFL Women's [10]
Beth Schilling No. 24, 2021 draft Peel Thunder WAFL Women's [10]
Sarah Lakay No. 40, 2021 draft Swan Districts WAFL Women's [10]
Emily Bennett No. 47, 2021 draft Claremont WAFL Women's [10]

Statistics

Playing list and statistics [12]
PlayerNo.Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles Notes/Milestone(s)
Mikayla Bowen 1102083431262458
Kellie Gibson 28414512571624
Charlie Thomas 310006429931923AFLW debut (round 1) [13]
Courtney Guard 470018123075
Courtney Rowley 55001492396AFLW debut (round 3)
Isabella Lewis 6101065581231442
Aimee Schmidt 71079472269179West Coast debut (round 1) [13]
Maddy Collier 8711411051828
Ashlee Atkins 98103218501026
Melissa Caulfield 1050223831813
Aisling McCarthy 11410212041510
Niamh Kelly 129227320931814
Emma Swanson 13933117832003742
Belinda Smith 14100078341123718
Grace Kelly 158104413571412
Ashton Hill 168004211532111
Dana Hooker 1792199471461830
Imahra Cameron 1952219827913
Tayla Bresland 203001231527
Andrea Gilmore 228022011311115
Sarah Lakay 23800152136619AFLW debut (round 3) [14]
Hayley Bullas 248324925741026
Parris Laurie 2510004046862619
Lauren Gauci 2620016723
Emily Bennett 27300861469
Shanae Davison 284011171855
Beth Schilling 30200871566
Evangeline Gooch 3191185161011414West Coast debut (round 1) [13]
Amber Ward 335002893737
Sophie McDonald 35600327391210

Season summary

2022 AFL Women's season 6 started in January 2022, ended in April 2022, and had 10 rounds.

Results

Regular season results [12]
RoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceLadder
GBTGBT
1 8 JanuaryLost2315 Fremantle 6743 Fremantle Oval A5,53313th
2 16 JanuaryLost5333 Gold Coast 7446 Whitten Oval H58711th
3 22 JanuaryLost139 Adelaide 6642 Punt Road Oval H32312th
4 29 JanuaryCancelled St Kilda Trevor Barker Oval A13th
5 4 FebruaryLost3624 Geelong 4327 GMHBA Stadium A1,938
5 8 FebruaryWon21022 St Kilda 2820 Trevor Barker Oval A66512th
6 12 FebruaryLost3422 Collingwood 7446 Mineral Resources Park A1,29512th
7 19 FebruaryLost7345 Richmond 10868 Mineral Resources Park H87813th
8 26 FebruaryLost4024 Brisbane 15898 Mineral Resources Park H73014th
9 5 MarchLost128 Western Bulldogs 10868 Optus Stadium H3,16414th
10 12 MarchLost3220 North Melbourne 15898 Arden Street Oval A1,03214th
Key
HHome game
AAway game

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Adelaide (P)10910405187216.636 Finals series
2 Melbourne 10910470252186.536
3 Brisbane 10820496252196.832
4 North Melbourne 10730346249139.028
5 Fremantle 10730383284134.928
6 Collingwood 10640340276123.224
7 Western Bulldogs 1045135437295.218
8 Carlton 1046030436284.016
9 Greater Western Sydney 1046030340974.116
10 Gold Coast 1036129443168.214
11 Richmond 1037034442381.312
12 Geelong 1028024230180.48
13 St Kilda 1028021340153.18
14 West Coast 1019022251742.94
Source: Womens.AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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