Easton Wood
Easton Wood | |||
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![]() Wood in August 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Easton Phillip Wood | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Camperdown, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) |
Camperdown (HFNL) Geelong Grammar School | ||
Draft | No. 43, 2007 National Draft | ||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Western Bulldogs | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2008– | Western Bulldogs | 160 (18) | |
International team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2011 | Australia | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Easton Phillip Wood (born 4 September 1989) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He captained the Bulldogs to victory against the Sydney Swans in the 2016 AFL Grand Final, the club's first premiership win since 1954 and was the official captain from 2018 to 2019.
Family and early life
Wood was born at "Gnotuk", a property near Camperdown in the Western District of Victoria. His parents, Phil Wood and Fiona (née McLeod) were both athletes.[1]
Easton's older brother McLeod is an officer in the Australian Army.[2]
AFL career
Attending Geelong Grammar School on a cricket scholarship, Wood came to the attention of Bulldogs recruitment manager Scott Clayton after his performances in school football as a medium-sized running midfielder with a strong leap.[3]
Wood nominated for the 2007 AFL National Draft. He was selected by the Bulldogs with their fourth selection (#43 overall).[4]
Wood made his debut for the Western Bulldogs against the West Coast Eagles at the Etihad Stadium. He had 14 disposals. He went on to play the next week against Brisbane but was not selected for finals matches.
Wood consolidated his position in the team in 2010, being selected for 11 games. He played in the Bulldogs' losing preliminary final against St Kilda and their semi-final win over Sydney.
In 2011 Wood was hampered by a serious ankle injury.[5] He made his return to the team in Round 9 and then missed only two more games for the season.[6]
In 2015, Wood won the Charles Sutton Medal as the club's best and fairest.[7]
In 2016, he replaced the injured Robert Murphy as the captain of the Bulldogs, and in this capacity led the club to premiership success in the 2016 AFL Grand Final over the Sydney Swans.
In 2018, Wood was named full-time captain of the club, following Murphy's retirement at the end of the 2017 AFL season.[8]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season [9]
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Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2009 | Western Bulldogs | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
2010 | Western Bulldogs | 29 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 74 | 127 | 36 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 11.5 | 3.3 | 1.8 |
2011 | Western Bulldogs | 29 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 109 | 72 | 181 | 59 | 32 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 12.1 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
2012 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 85 | 206 | 75 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 14.7 | 5.4 | 1.2 |
2013 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
2014 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 142 | 273 | 62 | 42 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
2015 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 224 | 167 | 391 | 155 | 31 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 17.8 | 7.0 | 1.4 |
2016 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 146 | 326 | 127 | 29 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 16.3 | 6.4 | 1.5 |
2017 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 150 | 104 | 254 | 96 | 29 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 5.8 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 1.6 |
2018 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 64 | 165 | 63 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 13.8 | 5.3 | 1.4 |
2019 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 175 | 92 | 267 | 100 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 11.6 | 4.3 | 1.3 |
Career | 160 | 18 | 16 | 1282 | 982 | 22264 | 789 | 255 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 14.2 | 4.9 | 1.6 |
Honours and achievements
- Team
- Individual
- Western Bulldogs captain: 2018
References
- ^ Mallinder, Terry. "Easton becomes Wood-be hero of Western Bulldogs". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Call of Duty beckons on a true Battlefield". The Age. Melbourne.
- ^ westernbulldogs.com.au (24 November 2007). "Easton Wood".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jennifer Witham (24 November 2007). "Bulldogs' 'mixed bag' of talent". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Easton Eases Into Training". Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pg-western-bulldogs--easton-wood?year=2011
- ^ Davidson, Ryan (7 October 2015). "Easton Wood's rapid rise ends with Bulldogs' best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Wood named Bulldogs captain". Western Bulldogs. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Easton Wood Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Easton Wood's profile on the official website of the Western Bulldogs
- Easton Wood's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Western Bulldogs players
- Camperdown Football Club players
- All-Australians (AFL)
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- People educated at Geelong Grammar School
- Charles Sutton Medal winners
- Australia international rules football team players