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KEY FACTS

Official name
Footscray Football Club (Trading as Western Bulldogs Football Club)

Known as
Western Bulldogs WFC

Nickname
Bulldogs

Formed
1883 (Women's 2013)

Colours
Blue, white and red

Associated clubs
Western Bulldogs; Western Bulldogs WFC (VFLW)

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 2013–2016, 2017–2024

Home Ground
Whitten Oval

AFL Premierships
2018 (1 total)

Other Premierships
Minor Premiers: 2018 (1 total)

Most Games
68 - Ellie Blackburn (2017-2023)

Most Goals
29 - Bonnie Toogood (2018-2022A)

League Top Goalkickers
Brooke Lochland (12) 2018 (1 total)

Championships and Trophies
AFLW Best and Fairest: Emma Kearney 2018 (1 total) AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year: Emma Kearney 2018 (1 total)

Headquarters
417 Barkly St, Footscray West, VIC 3012

Postal Address
PO Box 4112, Delivery Centre, Footscray West, VIC 3012

Phone: 1300 463 647 

Email
godogs@westernbulldogs.com.au

Website
westernbulldogs.com.au

CEO
Bains, Ameet

President
Watson-Wheeler, Kylie

Western Bulldogs WFC



Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals
Game records

The Bulldogs were modest performers during the inaugural season of the AFL's women's competition in 2017 but a year later they swept all before them en route to an emphatic premiership triumph.

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2023 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Western Bulldogs WFC's 2023 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Western Bulldogs WFC 0.00.42.52.5 17 LOST Geelong WFC 3.15.36.310.5 65 -48 KAR Sep 2 (Sat, 5:05) Scores
2 H Western Bulldogs WFC 2.22.35.65.9 39 LOST Hawthorn WFC 1.33.64.96.10 46 -7 EUR Sep 10 (Sun, 1:05) Scores
3 A Western Bulldogs WFC 1.23.36.56.5 41 LOST Melbourne WFC 2.35.78.712.11 83 -42 CSF Sep 16 (Sat, 3:05) Scores
4 A Western Bulldogs WFC 2.03.15.27.2 44 LOST Gold Coast WFC 1.05.37.37.6 48 -4 CRR Sep 24 (Sun, 5:05) Scores
5 H Western Bulldogs WFC 1.05.06.06.0 36 LOST St. Kilda WFC 3.16.38.68.6 54 -18 WHI Sep 29 (Fri, 7:15) Scores
6 H Western Bulldogs WFC 1.02.32.54.10 34 LOST Carlton WFC 3.35.47.58.5 53 -19 WHI Oct 6 (Fri, 7:15) Scores
7 A Western Bulldogs WFC 1.21.41.42.5 17 LOST Adelaide WFC 2.04.27.29.5 59 -42 NOR Oct 13 (Fri, 6:45) Scores
8 H Western Bulldogs WFC 1.02.14.26.3 39 LOST Sydney WFC 3.58.712.814.12 96 -57 WHI Oct 21 (Sat, 1:05) Scores
9 A Western Bulldogs WFC 2.14.36.76.8 44 WON West Coast WFC 1.12.24.45.6 36 8 LAT Oct 28 (Sat, 2:05) Scores
10 H Western Bulldogs WFC 0.00.00.11.3 9 LOST North Melbourne WFC 3.34.95.117.13 55 -46 WHI Nov 4 (Sat, 1:05) Scores
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2023 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Bateman, Daisy 6 39 6.5 33 5.5 72 12.0 16 2.7 0 0.0 9 1.5 2 2 1 0.2 0 6
Bennetts, Elle 1 7 7.0 0 0.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Berry, Deanna 5 55 11.0 23 4.6 78 15.6 11 2.2 0 0.0 16 3.2 1 3 3 0.6 3 21
Blackburn, Ellie 10 157 15.7 111 11.1 268 26.8 45 4.5 0 0.0 43 4.3 14 6 0 0.0 4 4
Borg, Jorja 1 2 2.0 1 1.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 29 29.0 1 1.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Brown, Millie 4 15 3.8 8 2.0 23 5.8 6 1.5 0 0.0 4 1.0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Carbone, Dominique 2 16 8.0 9 4.5 25 12.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 7 3.5 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
Carruthers, Dominique 8 37 4.6 33 4.1 70 8.8 13 1.6 0 0.0 24 3.0 5 7 0 0.0 0 0
Coyne, Keely 7 53 7.6 19 2.7 72 10.3 14 2.0 0 0.0 19 2.7 5 1 0 0.0 0 0
Cranston, Richelle 5 13 2.6 8 1.6 21 4.2 5 1.0 2 0.4 4 0.8 0 3 2 0.4 2 14
Edmonds, Alice 9 34 3.8 68 7.6 102 11.3 25 2.8 234 26.0 50 5.6 8 16 3 0.3 0 18
Ferres, Naomi 6 37 6.2 25 4.2 62 10.3 12 2.0 0 0.0 17 2.8 6 3 0 0.0 0 0
Fitzgerald, Jessica 10 103 10.3 51 5.1 154 15.4 24 2.4 0 0.0 40 4.0 4 5 1 0.1 3 9
Georgostathis, Elisabeth 10 116 11.6 56 5.6 172 17.2 40 4.0 0 0.0 38 3.8 6 18 0 0.0 0 0
Gorham, Maggie 7 52 7.4 21 3.0 73 10.4 21 3.0 0 0.0 13 1.9 4 6 0 0.0 2 2
Grant, Isabella 10 79 7.9 26 2.6 105 10.5 43 4.3 0 0.0 18 1.8 5 8 1 0.1 0 6
Gutknecht, Britney 6 16 2.7 28 4.7 44 7.3 7 1.2 0 0.0 24 4.0 4 4 2 0.3 1 13
Hartwig, Sarah 10 46 4.6 39 3.9 85 8.5 26 2.6 0 0.0 30 3.0 1 3 5 0.5 5 35
Hunt, Bailey 6 29 4.8 11 1.8 40 6.7 10 1.7 0 0.0 25 4.2 4 5 1 0.2 1 7
Lagioia, Gemma 6 28 4.7 27 4.5 55 9.2 9 1.5 0 0.0 11 1.8 4 4 0 0.0 1 1
Lamb, Kirsty 10 96 9.6 54 5.4 150 15.0 33 3.3 0 0.0 54 5.4 18 12 7 0.7 4 46
Lynch, Katie 6 59 9.8 31 5.2 90 15.0 23 3.8 0 0.0 9 1.5 0 7 0 0.0 2 2
McFarlane, Brianna 7 28 4.0 7 1.0 35 5.0 10 1.4 14 2.0 20 2.9 6 4 6 0.9 0 36
McLeod, Kirsten 8 28 3.5 8 1.0 36 4.5 5 0.6 0 0.0 14 1.8 3 5 4 0.5 2 26
Moody, Celine 4 19 4.8 5 1.3 24 6.0 9 2.3 28 7.0 7 1.8 1 2 0 0.0 1 1
Newton, Gabby 10 100 10.0 51 5.1 151 15.1 41 4.1 1 0.1 32 3.2 11 4 2 0.2 0 12
Pritchard, Isabelle 9 69 7.7 72 8.0 141 15.7 23 2.6 14 1.6 60 6.7 10 11 3 0.3 1 19
Skinner, Sarah 1 3 3.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Smith, Aurora 8 60 7.5 39 4.9 99 12.4 23 2.9 0 0.0 23 2.9 5 5 0 0.0 0 0
Snell, Elizabeth 4 20 5.0 13 3.3 33 8.3 8 2.0 0 0.0 10 2.5 1 4 0 0.0 0 0
Wilcox, Rylie 9 73 8.1 39 4.3 112 12.4 26 2.9 0 0.0 21 2.3 4 3 2 0.2 4 16
Woodley, Heidi 5 17 3.4 13 2.6 30 6.0 6 1.2 0 0.0 12 2.4 3 4 2 0.4 0 12
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.