Dom Sheed

Dom Sheed (born 10 April 1995) is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He possesses a darty left kick from Kalgoorlie.

Dom Sheed
Sheed playing for West Coast in April 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995
Place of birth Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Original team(s) Mines Rovers (GFL) / Subiaco (WAFL)
Draft No. 11, 2013 national draft
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 4
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2014– West Coast 119 (55)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

From Kalgoorlie, in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, Sheed played underage football for Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League (GFL), but moved to Perth at the age of 16 to play for Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).[1] A midfielder, he made his senior debut for Subiaco in round 21 of the 2012 season, aged 17 years, 133 days, having been a regular in the colts team before then.[2] Sheed was part of the 2012–13 intake into the AIS–AFL Academy, part of the Australian Institute of Sport, and toured Europe with the squad in 2013.[3][4] As well as playing four further senior matches for Subiaco during the 2013 season, Sheed also captained Western Australia at the AFL Under 18 Championships, winning the Larke Medal as the best player at the tournament. He had averaged 28 disposals across his four games at the tournament, and kicked four goals against Victoria Country, despite breaking his collarbone late in the match.[5]

West Coast

Sheed was drafted by West Coast with pick 11 in the 2013 national draft.[6] The club was able to select him despite "downgrading" from pick six to pick eleven as part of a trade with Brisbane to secure Elliot Yeo.[7][8][9] After strong form in the pre-season,[10][11] Sheed was selected to make his senior AFL debut in round one of the 2014 season.[12] He played as the substitute, and recorded three disposals after replacing Luke Shuey at three-quarter time. He was dropped from the team the following round to get more game time, instead playing for West Coast's WAFL affiliate, East Perth.[13][14] Sheed played ten games for West Coast in his debut season, including six consecutive games late in the season, from rounds 17 to 22.[15] He also played for East Perth in the 2014 WAFL finals series.[2]

After playing 18 matches throughout the 2018 season, Sheed rose to fame after taking a mark towards the end of the Grand Final, and kicking the goal that resulted in the Eagles taking the lead with minimal time left to play. The Eagles would cling on to win the match by five points, resulting in the club winning their fourth premiership.[16]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 6, 2019[17]
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
2014 West Coast 41013515610717270.10.35.15.610.71.72.7
2015 West Coast 423101122922044970520.40.510.09.619.53.02.3
2016 West Coast 461251439417110.20.38.57.215.72.81.8
2017 West Coast 4211113272196468104530.50.613.09.322.35.02.5
2018 West Coast 4188723118241372330.40.412.810.122.94.01.8
2019 West Coast 465084701543470.80.014.011.725.75.71.2
Career 84363691876716853141830.40.410.99.120.13.72.2

References
  1. "Path to the Draft: Dom Sheed" – SEN. Published 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. Dom Sheed player profile – West Australian Football League. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. "Dom Sheed's draft diary" – The West Australian. Published 16 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. "AFL-AIS Academy Player Profiles" – Australian Football League. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. Callum Twomey (2013). "WA jet Sheed wins Larke Medal" – Australian Football League. Published 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. Ben Roberts (2013). "Sheed heads list of new Eagles" – West Coast Eagles. Published 21 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  7. Kim Hagdorn (2013). "How West Coast Eagles are expected to land Dom Sheed at national draft" – Herald Sun. Published 17 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  8. Kim Hagdorn (2013). "West Coast Eagles pick Subiaco's Dom Sheed at AFL Draft" – Herald Sun. Published 21 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  9. Kim Hagdorn (2013). "Dom Sheed rules out any draft conspiracy to land in West Coast Eagles nest" – Herald Sun. Published 22 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  10. Alex Malcolm (2014). "Sheed ready-made for AFL" – West Coast Eagles. Published 6 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  11. Mark Duffield (2014). "Sheed on brink of Eagles debut" – The West Australian. Published 19 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  12. "Big build-up for Dom's debut" – West Coast Eagles. Published 26 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  13. "Rookie Dom Sheed dropped from West Coast Eagles side for Round 2" – Herald Sun. Published 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  14. Callum Twomey and Travis King (2014). "Around the state leagues: Winderlich, Dempsey push for return" – Australian Football League. Published 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  15. Dom Sheed – AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  16. "West Coast win epic grand final". The West Australian. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  17. "AFL Tables - Dom Sheed - Stats - Statistics". afltables.com. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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