Courtney Guard Explained

Courtney Guard
Nickname:Stubbsy
Birth Date:26 September 1991
Originalteam: (WAWFL)
Draftpick:No. 39, 2018 AFL Women's draft
Debutdate:Round 4, 2019
Debutstadium:Marrara Oval
Height:168 cm
Years1:2019
Games Goals1:1 (0)
Years2:2020–2022 (S6)
Games Goals2:21 (0)
Games Goalstotal:22 (0)
Statsend:2022 season 6

Courtney Guard (née Stubbs, born 26 September 1991) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle and West Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Guard was drafted by Fremantle with their fourth selection and thirty-ninth overall in the 2018 AFL Women's draft.[1] She only played one game for Fremantle, in a loss to in Darwin in the fourth round of the 2019 season.

At the end of the 2019 season, Guard was recruited by West Coast for their inaugural season in 2020.[2]

In May 2022, Guard retired to focus on her career and new role as Head of Sport at Perth College.[3]

A school teacher, Guard was previously a 100m hurdler and basketball player.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Nico . Jessica . Fremantle Dockers recruit locally in 2018 AFLW draft . 15 April 2019 . Fremantle Gazette . Community News Group . 23 October 2018 . en.
  2. Web site: Dickinson . Rhys . AFLW: Exciting quartet elects to fly with Eagles . westcoasteagles.com.au . 15 April 2019 . 12 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412081452/https://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2019-04-11/aflw-exciting-quartet-elects-to-fly-with-eagles . 12 April 2019 . dead .
  3. Web site: AFLW: Guard announces retirement. Emma. Henderson. Telstra Media. West Coast. 2 March 2022.
  4. News: Lacy . Bridget . Dockers new recruits crunch the numbers . 15 April 2019 . The West Australian . 30 October 2018 . en.