Beau Waters
| Beau Waters | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Beau Waters | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1986 | ||
| Original team(s) | West Adelaide(SANFL) | ||
| Draft | 11th overall,2003 National Draft(West Coast) | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2004–2015 | West Coast | 120 (25) | |
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1Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball | |||
Beau Waters(born 30 March 1986) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballerand vice-captain of theWest Coast Eaglesin theAustralian Football League(AFL). Originally from theHappy Valley Football Club,South Australia,he played for theWest Adelaide Football Clubin theSouth Australian National Football League(SANFL) before being recruited to West Coast with the 11th pick overall in the2003 National Draft.Waters made his senior debut in 2004, and has played a total of 120 games for the club, mainly as a defender, including the2006 premiership.He was also in theAll-Australian teamin 2012, on a half-back flank. Waters' career was plagued by injury but he is viewed as a cult hero among West Coast Eagles supporters due to his hard work ethic and “tough as nails” play style.
Early life
[edit]Waters grew up inHappy Valley, South Australia,playing for theHappy Valley Football Clubin theSouthern Football League.He was a member of the 2002AIS/AFLprogram intake.[1]He made his senior debut in theSANFLforWest Adelaideat the age of 17 in 2003, and was also named in the 2003 Under-18 All-Australian team.
AFL career
[edit]Waters was recruited as the Eagles' first-round draft pick in the2003 National Draftwith pick 11. Eagles recruiting manager Trevor Woodhouse described him as ready to immediately step into the Eagles' team: "Beau Waters, we rate him pretty high, he's a skilled left-footer. We're looking for him to step into the fore reasonably quickly, but there's no pressure on him to play next year."[2]
He made his debut for the Eagles againstEssendonat theTelstra DomeinRound 3 of the 2004 AFL season,gathering ten possessions and four marks in a game the Eagles lost by six points.[3]He played nine more games in his debut season, gathering 25 possessions and eight marks as the youngest player in an Eagles win against theWestern BulldogsinRound 18.[4]
Waters did not play a game in the2005 seasonafter being ruled out withosteitis pubis.A week after he had recovered from the injury, he was hit by a taxi he was trying to flag down after a night out inSubiaco.Rushed toSir Charles Gairdner Hospital,it was initially thought no damage had been done, but it was later revealed he had injured hislateral ligament,ruling him out for six weeks during the pre-season.[5]
Waters returned to the side in2006as a key part of the squad, playing 23 matches throughout the season. He scored his first AFL goal inRound 3againstRichmond.[6]He gained his firstBrownlow votesinRound 18againstSt Kildafor a 34-possession game.[7]Waters played in every one of the Eagles'finals matches.He gathered 26 possessions and took ten marks as the youngest member of the Eagles' premiership side in theGrand Finalwin overSydney,in the process gaining a vote in the2006 Norm Smith Medal.[8][9]
Waters played 20 games in2007and eight games in2008before suffering a season-ending elbow injury. He resumed full-training in May of2009but then re-injured the same elbow, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2009 season.[10][11]Waters was awarded the Chris Mainwaring Award for Best Clubman in 2009 for his work for the club while off injured.
Waters made a long-awaited return in the2010 season,after one-and-a-half years out due to injury. He was one of the Eagles best players in a year where the club finished last, averaging 21 possessions and seven marks in a 20-game season. Waters also captained the club for a number of games after regular captainDarren Glasswas ruled out for the season with a knee injury. Waters gathered two Brownlow votes for a 33-possession game in a loss againstGeelonginRound 11,and finished third overall in theWest Coast Eagles Best & Fairest.
Waters was named the Eagles sole vice-captain for the2011 AFL season.[12]
He retired in February 2015 due to ongoing injury.[13]
On 19 October 2020 he was awarded life membership of the West Coast Eagles
Community work
[edit]In 2014, Waters won theJim Stynes Community Leadership Awardfor his work for theCancer Council Western Australia.[14]
Statistics
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| 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 | ||||
| 2004 | West Coast | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 57 | 138 | 46 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 13.8 | 4.6 | 1.7 |
| 2005 | West Coast | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | West Coast | 8 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 213 | 177 | 390 | 120 | 58 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 17.0 | 5.2 | 2.5 |
| 2007 | West Coast | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 206 | 413 | 131 | 50 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 20.7 | 6.6 | 2.5 |
| 2008 | West Coast | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 44 | 130 | 36 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10.8 | 5.5 | 16.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| 2009 | West Coast | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | West Coast | 8 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 259 | 182 | 441 | 146 | 69 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 8.7 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 3.3 |
| 2011 | West Coast | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 69 | 198 | 53 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 6.3 | 18.0 | 4.8 | 3.1 |
| 2012 | West Coast | 8 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 279 | 143 | 422 | 146 | 48 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 14.0 | 7.2 | 21.1 | 7.3 | 2.4 |
| 2013 | West Coast | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 39 | 143 | 50 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.9 | 5.6 | 20.4 | 7.1 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | West Coast | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | West Coast | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | 120 | 25 | 21 | 1358 | 917 | 2275 | 728 | 319 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.3 | 7.6 | 19.0 | 6.1 | 2.7 | ||
References
[edit]- ^"Who your team picked".23 November 2003.
- ^"Who your team picked".23 November 2003.
- ^"AFL Tables - Essendon v West Coast - Sat, 10-Apr-2004 7:10 PM - Match Stats".
- ^"AFL Tables - West Coast v Western Bulldogs - Sun, 1-Aug-2004 2:10 PM (4:10 PM) - Match Stats".
- ^"How to take a trick with Beau Waters".Archived fromthe originalon 17 July 2011.
- ^"AFL Tables - West Coast v Richmond - Sat, 15-Apr-2006 5:40 PM (7:40 PM) - Match Stats".
- ^"AFL Tables - St Kilda v West Coast - Fri, 4-Aug-2006 7:40 PM - Match Stats".
- ^"Reference at westcoasteagles.au".Archived fromthe originalon 16 May 2011.Retrieved23 February2011.2006 Premiership Team - WestCoastEagles.au
- ^"Reference at blogs.news.au".Archived fromthe originalon 6 July 2011.Retrieved23 February2011.Did Andrew Embley deserve the North Smith Medal? - Herald Sun Sport Blog
- ^"Season preview: West Coast - AFL.au".Archived fromthe originalon 6 July 2011.Retrieved23 February2011.
- ^"Reference at heraldsun.au".
- ^"Motorsport Video |Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips".
- ^Quartermaine, Braden; Robinson, Chris (19 February 2015)."West Coast Eagles defender Beau Waters set to retire after persistent shoulder problems".Herald Sun.News Corp Australia.Retrieved28 October2015.
- ^"Waters earns Jim Stynes Award".
- ^"Beau Waters' player profile at AFL Tables".
External links
[edit]- Beau Waters's profileon the official website of the West Coast Eagles
- Beau Waters's playing statisticsfrom AFL Tables