Bailey Banfield

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Bailey Banfield
Personal information
Full name Bailey Banfield
Nickname(s) Banners
Date of birth (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Broome, Western Australia
Original team(s) Claremont (WAFL)
Draft No. 5, 2018 rookie draft
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder, half-forward
Club information
Current club Fremantle
Number 41
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2018– Fremantle 78 (46)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bailey Banfield (born 26 February 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Early life

Banfield grew up in Broome, Western Australia. He lived there until he finished Year 7 before moving to Perth to attend senior schooling at Scotch College.

AFL career

Overlooked in the 2016 AFL draft, Banfield played for Claremont in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), being a part of the Colts (WAFL) premiership side in 2015 and winning their 2017 best and fairest award. [1] He finished with 22 WAFL games for Claremont. He was then selected by Fremantle with their first selection, fifth overall, in the 2018 AFL rookie draft. [2] Banfield made his AFL debut for Fremantle in the opening round of the 2018 AFL season after a series of impressive pre-season games. [3] He signed a two-year contract extension during the season, tying him to Fremantle until 2020.

Banfield was elevated to Fremantle's senior list in 2019. [4] Banfield had a standout performance during round 12 of the 2022 AFL season kicking a career-high four goals during Fremantle's 14 point win over the Brisbane Lions. [5]

Banfield was named on the interchange bench for Fremantle's opening game of the 2024 AFL season against the Brisbane Lions. He kicked Fremantle's first goal of the game as well as collecting 14 disposals during the 23 point come from behind win. [6] Banfield was impactful the next week against North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium collecting 18 disposals and kicking two goals.

Personal life

In October 2023, Banfield announced his engagement to Julia Edwards. [7]

Statistics

AFL statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2023 [8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2018 Fremantle 41205516212929165810.30.38.16.514.63.34.1
2019 Fremantle 4172139549318300.30.15.67.713.32.64.3
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Fremantle 415202621478180.40.05.24.29.41.63.6
2021 Fremantle 4164229275612140.70.34.84.59.32.02.3
2022 [lower-alpha 2] Fremantle 412318141024114346260.70.64.41.76.22.01.1
2023 [lower-alpha 3] Fremantle 4114119897116041160.80.66.45.111.42.91.1
Career7542314473437901901840.60.46.04.610.52.52.5

WAFL statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2023
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2016 Claremont 51210201838670.50.010.09.019.03.03.5
2017 Claremont 342045322162484801120.20.216.18.124.24.05.6
2019 Peel Thunder 2/1311941919929046790.80.317.39.026.34.17.1
2021 Peel Thunder 2467849277622241.11.38.14.512.63.64.0
2022 Peel Thunder 24335161026991.01.65.33.38.63.03.0
2023 Peel Thunder 55/243643694517162.01.312.03.015.05.75.3
Career4530266343259591802470.70.614.17.221.34.05.5

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ↑ 2022 statistics include five games when Banfield was used as the substitute (round 3, 6, 11, 16 & 22) and five games when Banfield wasn’t used as the substitute (rounds 4, 7, 20, Finals Week 1 & Semi Final).
  3. ↑ 2023 statistics include a game when Banfield was substituted out (round 13).

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References

  1. ↑ "Banfield wins 2017 E.B Cook Medal". Claremont Football Club. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Banfield pressing for shock round-one selection". The West Australian. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "First-year pair to get Freo debut". PerthNow. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. ↑ King, Travis (15 August 2018). "New deal, promotion for Dockers rookie". afl.com.au. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Banfield's day out a triumph for self-belief" . Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. ↑ reilly, eliza (21 March 2023). "'No chance for round one:' How Freo's unsung hero keeps surviving". codesports.com.
  7. ↑ Jones, Sam (19 October 2023). "Banfield pops the question in New York" . Broome Advertiser. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Bailey Banfield". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 May 2022.}
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