Emily Bates
| Emily Bates | |||
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 Bates playing for Brisbane in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Emily Bates | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Bacchus Marsh,Victoria[1] | ||
| Original team(s) | Yeronga South Brisbane(QAFLW) | ||
| Draft | No. 2,2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017,Brisbanevs.Melbourne,atCasey Fields | ||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2022 (S7) | Brisbane | 66(9) | |
| 2023– | Hawthorn | 17(5) | |
| Total | 83 (14) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017 | The Allies | 1 (0) | |
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1Playing statistics correct to the end of week 7, 2024. 2State and international statistics correct as of 2017. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Source:AustralianFootball.com | |||
Emily Bates(born 18 October 1995) is anAustralian rules footballerplaying for theHawthorn Football Clubin theAFL Women's(AFLW). She previously played for theBrisbane Lionsfrom 2017 to season 7. Bates was selected by theWestern Bulldogsin theinaugural national women's draftin 2013, and represented them in the first three years of theexhibition gamesstaged prior to the creation of the league. She represented Brisbane in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was drafted by the club with the second selection in the2016 AFL Women's draftprior to the inaugural AFL Women's season.
Bates won anAFL Women's premiershipwith Brisbane in 2021 and was awarded the league's highest individual accolade, theAFL Women's best and fairest,in season 6. She is also a three-timeAFL Women's All-Australian,four-timeBrisbane best and fairestwinner and won theHawthorn best and fairestaward in 2023. Bates has served asHawthorn captainsince 2024.
Early life
[edit]Bates was born inBacchus Marsh, Victoria[1][2]as one of three sisters. At the age of three, her family relocated toBrisbane.[3]Her father Lloyd went on to be a key figure in Queensland football, and encouraged Bates to play football atYeronga Football Club,where he coached.[4]Through him she grew up with a football in her hand and when a girls' team started up in 2011, she joined as a junior with her father as team coach with the two winning the under 15 junior premiership. Lloyd passed of cardiac arrest when she was 15 and the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in Yeronga’s QAFLW team is named in his honour.[5][6]She was educated atBrigidine College, Indooroopilly.[citation needed]
In 2011 and 2012 she represented Queensland at under-18 level in both cricket and Australian rules football (as captain), but she ultimately chose Australian rules football over a cricket career.[7][8]
Bates was selected by theWestern Bulldogswith the forty-fourth selection in theinaugural national women's draftin 2013, and represented them in the first three years of theexhibition gamesstaged prior to the creation of the league.[citation needed]
She won the Best & Fairest in the QWAFL in 2016.[citation needed]
AFL Women's career
[edit]Bates was taken with the number two pick,Brisbane's first, in the2016 AFL Women's draft.[2]She was announced as one of the "values leaders" to assist captainEmma ZielkealongsideSabrina Frederick-Traub,Leah KaslarandSam Virgoin January 2017.[9]She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game againstMelbourneatCasey Fieldsin the opening round of the2017 AFL Women's season.[10]
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.[11][12][13]
Brisbane signed Bates for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[14]
Brisbane signed Bates for the 2020 season during the trade and sign period in April 2019.[15]
Bates signed on withBrisbanefor 2 more years on 15 June 2021.[16]
In2022 season 6,Bates elevated her game to new heights and averaged nearly 22 disposals and six tackles a game, becoming the Lions' best player. She polled 21 votes in thebest and fairestcount and became the club's first league best and fairest recipient, the highest individual accolade in the sport.[17]She also earned the Coaches AssociationChampion Player of the Yearaward and thePlayers AssociationMost Valuable Player(MVP) award, which made her the second player in the competition's history to win all three individual end-of-season awards.[18][19]
Leading into the 2023 season, Sarah Black named Bates at no. 10 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW.[20]
Leading into the 2024 season, Bates was announced as Hawthorn's newcaptain,replacingTilly Lucas-Rodd.[21]Bates was named among Hawthorn's best players in its win over Carlton in week 1[22]but was a late withdrawal from Hawthorn's win over Collingwood in week 2, missing an AFLW match for the first time in her career.[23]She returned against Adelaide in week 3 and was named among Hawthorn's best players.[24]
Statistics
[edit]Updated to the end of week 7, 2024.[25]
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Played in that season's premiership team |
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Won that season's AFLW B&F |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2017 | Brisbane | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 41 | 125 | 21 | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 5.1 | 15.6 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 2018 | Brisbane | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 66† | 139 | 18 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 8.3† | 17.4 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 2019 | Brisbane | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 54 | 116 | 15 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 16.6 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Brisbane | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 59 | 139 | 23 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 19.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 2021# | Brisbane | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 79 | 175 | 26 | 43 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 6 |
| 2022 (S6) | Brisbane | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 142 | 114 | 256 | 25 | 85 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11.8 | 9.5 | 21.3 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 21± |
| 2022 (S7) | Brisbane | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 131 | 105 | 236 | 29 | 85 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 8.1 | 18.2 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 2023 | Hawthorn | 39 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 104 | 208 | 18 | 97 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 20.8 | 1.8 | 9.7 | 5 |
| 2023 | Hawthorn | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 68 | 140 | 18 | 46 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 20.0 | 2.6 | 6.6 | |
| Career | 83 | 14 | 13 | 844 | 690 | 1534 | 193 | 484 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 18.5 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 53 | ||
Honours and achievements
[edit]Team
Individual
- Hawthorn captain:2024–present
- AFL Women's best and fairest:S6
- AFLPA AFLW most valuable player: S6
- AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year: S6
- 3×AFL Women's All-Australian team:2017,2018,S6
- 4×Brisbane best and fairest:2017, 2020, S6, S7
- Hawthorn best and fairest:2023
- Allies representative honoursinAFL Women's State of Origin:2017
References
[edit]- ^abIntroducing the Newest Brisbane Lions Playersfrom Brisbane Lions 12 October, 2016
- ^abHamilton, Andrew (14 October 2016)."Emily Bates says being drafted by Brisbane is a dream come true".The Courier-Mail.Retrieved3 March2016.
- ^[Brisbane’s Emily Bates playing for her dad in AFLW Grand Final after major influence on her careerhttps://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/brisbanes-emily-bates-playing-for-her-dad-in-aflw-grand-final-after-major-influence-on-her-career/news-story/f288cc17861c55dbf067e929503580e1] by Andrew Hamilton for the Courier Mail 25 March 2017
- ^"Emily Bates' Letter to Fans".
- ^Emily Bates: Yeronga through and through from AFLW 23 November 2019
- ^[Women’s Bates on the risehttps://www.aflq.com.au/womens-bates-on-the-rise/] from AFL Queensland 27 June 2013
- ^Newman, Beth (27 June 2013)."Women's Bates on the rise".AFL Queensland.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^"Dual Honours for Yeronga Duo | AFL Queensland".
- ^"Emma Zielke named as Brisbane Lions' inaugural AFLW Captain".Brisbane Lions.5 January 2017.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^"AFLW 2017 round one: Melbourne Demons v Brisbane Lions".Herald Sun.5 February 2017.Retrieved3 March2017.
- ^"AFLW MVP Nominations Revealed".AFL Players Association.21 March 2017.Retrieved21 March2017.
- ^"Emily Bates takes out inaugural Brisbane Lions Best & Fairest".Lions.com.au.Bigpond. 31 March 2017.Retrieved30 January2018.
- ^Navaratnam, Dinny (28 March 2017)."Lions, Crows dominate AFLW All Australian team - AFL.com.au".AFL.com.au.BigPond.Retrieved28 March2017.
- ^"AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au".afl.com.au.Telstra Media. 26 May 2017.Retrieved26 May2017.
- ^Black, Sarah (10 April 2019)."Eagles pinch star Dockers mid, Dees and Freo re-sign 18 each".womens.afl.Retrieved12 April2019.
- ^"Stars Sign and the Future Looks Bright".Lions Media.15 June 2021.Retrieved15 June2021.
- ^Lachlan Abbott (5 April 2022)."Lion Bates soars late to the W Award, Kearney named in All-Australian side".The Age.
- ^Gemma Bastiani (17 March 2022)."Lion Queen: Gun midfielder claims coaches' award, tie for second".womens.afl.
- ^Kate O'Halloran (6 April 2022)."Emily Bates voted AFLW player of the year at AFLPA awards, as Daisy Pearce, Kirsty Lamb, Charlie Rowbottom also recognised".ABC News.
- ^Black, Sarah (21 August 2023)."Sarah Black's top 30: Ten best players revealed".afl.com.au.Retrieved30 August2023.
- ^"Bates to captain Hawks in 2024".Hawthorn Football Club.25 July 2024.Archivedfrom the original on 25 July 2024.Retrieved1 September2024.
- ^Bastiani, Gemma (1 September 2024)."Irish pair, recruits lead charge as hot Hawks blow Blues away".afl.com.au.Retrieved1 September2024.
- ^Black, Sarah (7 September 2024)."Hawks smash Pies, but left counting injury toll".afl.com.au.Retrieved7 September2024.
- ^Oates, Tayla (15 September 2024)."Ponter's record haul helps Crows bring Hawks back down to earth".afl.com.au.Retrieved18 September2024.
- ^"Emily Bates – player stats by season".Australian Football.Retrieved1 September2024.
External links
[edit]
- Emily Bates's profileon the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
- Emily Batesat AustralianFootball.com
- Emily BatesonInstagram