Emily Bates

Emily Bates (born 18 October 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Bates was selected by the Western Bulldogs with the forty-fourth selection in the inaugural national women's draft in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of the league. She represented the Lions in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was selected by Brisbane with the second pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season.

Emily Bates
Bates playing for Brisbane in 2017
Personal information
Full name Emily Bates
Date of birth (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995
Original team(s) Yeronga South Brisbane (QWAFL)
Draft No. 2, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Brisbane
vs. Melbourne, at Casey Fields
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / defender
Club information
Current club Brisbane
Number 1
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Brisbane 30 (2)
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

In the AFL Women's, Bates is a dual AFL Women's All-Australian, and was the inaugural Brisbane best and fairest winner in 2017.

Early life

Bates was born in 1995. She was a Queensland under-18 representative in cricket, but chose Australian rules football over a cricket career.[1]

AFL Women's career

Bates was taken with the number two pick, Brisbane's first, in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[2] She was announced as one of the "values leaders" to assist captain Emma Zielke alongside Sabrina Frederick-Traub, Leah Kaslar and Sam Virgo in January 2017.[3] She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against Melbourne at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 AFL Women's season.[4]

Bates was nominated by her teammates for the 2017 AFLW Players’ Most Valuable Player Award, was named Brisbane's best and fairest and was also listed in the All-Australian team.[5][6][7]

Brisbane signed Bates for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[8]

Brisbane signed Bates for the 2020 season during the trade and sign period in April 2019.[9]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season.[10]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Significant statistics
§ Led the league for the home-and-away season and after finals
AFLW playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Brisbane 1811844112521380.10.110.55.115.62.64.84
2018 Brisbane 1800736613918370.00.09.18.317.42.34.64
2019 Brisbane 1701625411615290.00.28.97.716.62.14.11
Career 23 1 2 219 161 380 54 104 0.0 0.1 9.5 7.0 16.5 2.3 4.5 9

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References
  1. Newman, Beth (27 June 2013). "Women's Bates on the rise". AFL Queensland. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. Hamilton, Andrew (14 October 2016). "Emily Bates says being drafted by Brisbane is a dream come true". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. "Emma Zielke named as Brisbane Lions' inaugural AFLW Captain". Brisbane Lions. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. "AFLW 2017 round one: Melbourne Demons v Brisbane Lions". Herald Sun. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. "AFLW MVP Nominations Revealed". AFL Players Association. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. "Emily Bates takes out inaugural Brisbane Lions Best & Fairest". Lions.com.au. Bigpond. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. Navaratnam, Dinny (28 March 2017). "Lions, Crows dominate AFLW All Australian team - AFL.com.au". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  8. "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  9. Black, Sarah (10 April 2019). "Eagles pinch star Dockers mid, Dees and Freo re-sign 18 each". womens.afl. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. "Emily Bates". Australian Football. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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