Dom Sheed Explained

Dom Sheed
Fullname:Dominic Sheed
Birth Date:10 April 1995
Birth Place:Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Originalteam:Mines Rovers (GFL) / Subiaco (WAFL)
Draftpick:No. 11, 2013 national draft
Height:185 cm
Weight:87 kg
Position:Midfielder
Guernsey:4
Years1:2014–
Games Goals1:165 (69)
Statsend:Round 21, 2024
Careerhighlights:

2018

2013

Dominic Sheed (born 10 April 1995) is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

From Kalgoorlie, in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, Sheed played underage football for Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League (GFL), but moved to Perth at the age of 16 to play for in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).[1] A midfielder, he made his senior debut for Subiaco in round 21 of the 2012 season, aged, having been a regular in the colts team before then.[2] Sheed was part of the 2012–13 intake into the AIS–AFL Academy, part of the Australian Institute of Sport, and toured Europe with the squad in 2013.[3] [4] As well as playing four further senior matches for Subiaco during the 2013 season, Sheed also captained Western Australia at the AFL Under 18 Championships, winning the Larke Medal as the best player at the tournament. He had averaged 28 disposals across his four games at the tournament, and kicked four goals against Victoria Country, despite breaking his collarbone late in the match.[5]

West Coast

Sheed was drafted by West Coast with pick 11 in the 2013 national draft.[6] The club was able to select him despite "downgrading" from pick six to pick eleven as part of a trade with Brisbane to secure Elliot Yeo.[7] [8] [9] After strong form in the pre-season,[10] [11] Sheed was selected to make his senior AFL debut in round one of the 2014 season.[12] He played as the substitute, and recorded three disposals after replacing Luke Shuey at three-quarter time. He was dropped from the team the following round to get more game time, instead playing for West Coast's WAFL affiliate, .[13] [14] Sheed played ten games for West Coast in his debut season, including six consecutive games late in the season, from rounds 17 to 22.[15] He also played for East Perth in the 2014 WAFL finals series.[2]

After playing 18 matches throughout the 2018 season, Sheed rose to fame after taking a mark towards the end of the Grand Final, and kicking the goal that resulted in the Eagles taking the lead with minimal time left to play. The Eagles clung on to win the match by five points, resulting in the club winning their fourth premiership.[16]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 8, 2022[17]

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014|style="text-align:center;"|| 4 || 10 || 1 || 3 || 51 || 56 || 107 || 17 || 27 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 5.1 || 5.6 || 10.7 || 1.7 || 2.7|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015|style="text-align:center;"|| 4 || 23 || 10 || 11 || 229 || 220 || 449 || 70 || 52 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 10.0 || 9.6 || 19.5 || 3.0 || 2.3|- style="background:#eaeaea;"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016|style="text-align:center;"|| 4 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 51 || 43 || 94 || 17 || 11 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 8.5 || 7.2 || 15.7 || 2.8 || 1.8|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017|style="text-align:center;"|| 4 || 21 || 11 || 13 || 272 || 196 || 468 || 104 || 53 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 13.0 || 9.3 || 22.3 || 5.0 || 2.5|- style="background:#eaeaea;"| scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 2018# || | 4 || 18 || 8 || 7 || 231 || 182 || 413 || 72 || 33 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 12.8 || 10.1 || 22.9 || 4.0 || 1.8|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019|style="text-align:center;"|| 4 || 24 || 16 || 15 || 344 || 291 || 635 || 128 || 39 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 14.3 || 12.1 || 26.5 || 5.3 || 1.6|- style="background:#eaeaea;"|style="text-align:center"|2020|style="text-align:center;"|| 4 || 17 || 8 || 3 || 172 || 164 || 336 || 55 || 40 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 10.1 || 9.6 || 19.8 || 3.2 || 2.4|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021|style="text-align:center;"|| 4 || 22 || 9 || 6 || 320 || 259 || 579 || 108 || 51 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 14.5 || 11.8 || 26.3 || 4.9 || 2.3|- style="background:#eaeaea;"|style="text-align:center"|2022|style="text-align:center;"|| 4 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 141 !! 64 !! 60 !! 1670 !! 1411 !! 3081 !! 571 !! 306 !! 0.5 !! 0.4 !! 11.8 !! 10.0 !! 21.9 !! 4.0 !! 2.2|}

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.sen.com.au/display-article-2013/Path-to-the-Draft-Dom-Sheed/62405 "Path to the Draft: Dom Sheed"
  2. http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/4517 Dom Sheed player profile
  3. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/afl/a/19875435/dom-sheeds-draft-diary/ "Dom Sheed's draft diary"
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130617154905/http://www.afl.com.au/news/game-development/nab-afl-rising-star-program/u18s/afl-academy-player-profiles "AFL-AIS Academy Player Profiles"
  5. Callum Twomey (2013). "WA jet Sheed wins Larke Medal" – Australian Football League. Published 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. Ben Roberts (2013). "Sheed heads list of new Eagles" – West Coast Eagles. Published 21 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  7. [Kim Hagdorn]
  8. Kim Hagdorn (2013). "West Coast Eagles pick Subiaco's Dom Sheed at AFL Draft"Herald Sun. Published 21 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  9. Kim Hagdorn (2013). "Dom Sheed rules out any draft conspiracy to land in West Coast Eagles nest"Herald Sun. Published 22 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  10. Alex Malcolm (2014). "Sheed ready-made for AFL" – West Coast Eagles. Published 6 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  11. Mark Duffield (2014). "Sheed on brink of Eagles debut"The West Australian. Published 19 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  12. http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2014-03-26/big-buildup-for-doms-debut "Big build-up for Dom's debut"
  13. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/rookie-dom-sheed-dropped-from-west-coast-eagles-side-for-round-2/story-fni5faul-1226866724283 "Rookie Dom Sheed dropped from West Coast Eagles side for Round 2"
  14. Callum Twomey and Travis King (2014). "Around the state leagues: Winderlich, Dempsey push for return" – Australian Football League. Published 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  15. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dom_Sheed.html Dom Sheed
  16. News: West Coast win epic grand final . 29 September 2018 . The West Australian . 29 September 2018.
  17. Web site: AFL Tables - Dom Sheed - Stats - Statistics. afltables.com. 2019-05-07.