Easton Wood

Easton Phillip Wood (born 4 September 1989) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He captained the Bulldogs to victory against the Sydney Swans in the 2016 AFL Grand Final, the club's first premiership win since 1954 and was the official captain from 2018 to 2019.

Easton Wood
Wood in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Easton Phillip Wood
Date of birth (1989-09-04) 4 September 1989
Place of birth Camperdown, Victoria
Original team(s) Camperdown/Geelong Grammar
Draft No. 43, 2007 National Draft
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Club information
Current club Western Bulldogs
Number 10
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008– Western Bulldogs 160 (18)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2011 Australia 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family and early life

Wood was born at "Gnotuk", a property near Camperdown in the Western District of Victoria. His parents, Phil Wood and Fiona (née McLeod) were both athletes.[1]

Easton's older brother McLeod is an officer in the Australian Army.[2]

AFL career

Attending Geelong Grammar School on a cricket scholarship, Wood came to the attention of Bulldogs recruitment manager Scott Clayton after his performances in school football as a medium-sized running midfielder with a strong leap.[3]

Wood nominated for the 2007 AFL National Draft. He was selected by the Bulldogs with their fourth selection (#43 overall).[4]

Wood made his debut for the Western Bulldogs against the West Coast Eagles at the Etihad Stadium. He had 14 disposals. He went on to play the next week against Brisbane but was not selected for finals matches.

Wood consolidated his position in the team in 2010, being selected for 11 games. He played in the Bulldogs' losing preliminary final against St Kilda and their semi-final win over Sydney.

In 2011 Wood was hampered by a serious ankle injury.[5] He made his return to the team in Round 9 and then missed only two more games for the season.[6]

In 2015, Wood won the Charles Sutton Medal as the club's best and fairest.[7]

In 2016, he replaced the injured Robert Murphy as the captain of the Bulldogs, and in this capacity led the club to premiership success in the 2016 AFL Grand Final over the Sydney Swans.

In 2018, Wood was named full-time captain of the club, following Murphy's retirement at the end of the 2017 AFL season.[8]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2019 season [9]
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
2009 Western Bulldogs 2920211920320.01.05.54.510.01.51.0
2010 Western Bulldogs 291121537412736200.20.14.86.711.53.31.8
2011 Western Bulldogs 2915221097218159320.10.17.34.812.13.92.1
2012 Western Bulldogs 1014111218520675170.10.18.66.114.75.41.2
2013 Western Bulldogs 105122727541350.20.45.45.410.82.61.0
2014 Western Bulldogs 10181213114227362420.10.17.37.915.23.42.3
2015 Western Bulldogs 102250224167391155310.20.010.27.617.87.01.4
2016 Western Bulldogs 102030180146326127290.20.09.07.316.36.41.5
2017 Western Bulldogs 10183415010425496290.20.28.35.814.15.31.6
2018 Western Bulldogs 1012001016416563170.00.08.45.313.85.31.4
2019 Western Bulldogs 10230217592267100310.00.17.64.011.64.31.3
Career 160 18 16 1282 982 22264 789 255 0.1 0.1 8.0 6.1 14.2 4.9 1.6

Honours and achievements


References
  1. Mallinder, Terry. "Easton becomes Wood-be hero of Western Bulldogs". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "Call of Duty beckons on a true Battlefield". The Age. Melbourne.
  3. westernbulldogs.com.au (24 November 2007). "Easton Wood".
  4. Jennifer Witham (24 November 2007). "Bulldogs' 'mixed bag' of talent". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  5. "Easton Eases Into Training". Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  6. http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pg-western-bulldogs--easton-wood?year=2011
  7. Davidson, Ryan (7 October 2015). "Easton Wood's rapid rise ends with Bulldogs' best and fairest". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  8. "Wood named Bulldogs captain". Western Bulldogs. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  9. "Easton Wood Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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