Emma Swanson

Emma Swanson (born 27 February 1995) is an Australian rules footballer and the captain of the West Coast Eagles in the AFL Women's competition.

Emma Swanson
Swanson with West Coast in January 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-27) 27 February 1995
Original team(s) East Fremantle (WAWFL)
Draft Marquee player 2016: Greater Western Sydney
Debut Round 3, 2017, Greater Western Sydney
vs. Fremantle, at Blacktown ISP Oval
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 13
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2019 Greater Western Sydney 13 (0)
2020– West Coast 06 (1)
Total 19 (1)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 The Allies 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Amateur career

Swanson is originally from Mandurah, Western Australia. She has played state league football for the Peel Thunderbirds and East Fremantle in the West Australian Women's Football League (WAWFL).[1]

From 2013 to 2015, Swanson represented Melbourne in AFL sanctioned women's exhibition matches.[1] In the 2016 series, she played for the West Coast representative side.[2] She returned to play for Melbourne in the 2016 women's all-star exhibition match.[3]

AFL Women's career

Swanson was signed as a marquee player by Greater Western Sydney in July 2016, ahead of the league's inaugural 2017 season.[4] She injured her hamstring in the week leading up to round one, and consequently did not make her debut until round three.[5] Nonetheless, Swanson was listed in the 2017 All-Australian squad.[6]

Greater Western Sydney signed Swanson for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[7]

Expansion club West Coast signed Swanson for their inaugural season in 2020.[8]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season[9]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Greater Western Sydney 1750152288013140.20.010.45.616.02.62.8
Career 5 0 1 52 28 80 13 14 0.0 0.2 10.4 5.6 16.0 2.6 2.8

Other work

Outside of football, Swanson works as a development officer for AFL.[10]

References
  1. "Melbourne women's player profiles". Melbourne FC. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. "WEST COAST EAGLES WOMEN'S PLAYER PROFILES". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. "PLAYER PROFILES WOMEN'S ALL-STARS MATCH: MELBOURNE". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. Matthews, Bruce. "Sixteen of the best: women's marquees named". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. "GWS Giants marquee Emma Swanson returns for AFLW clash with Fremantle", The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  6. "AFLW Lions and Crows dominate All Australian squad". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  7. "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  8. Dickinson, Rhys (12 April 2019). "AFLW: Eagles swoop on Swanson". West Coast. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  9. "Emma Swanson–player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  10. Decent, Tom (27 July 2016). "GWS Giants name Renee Forth and Emma Swanson as women's marquee players". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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