Tayla Bresland | |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1996 |
Originalteam: | (WAWFL) |
Draftpick: | No. 52, 2016 AFL Women's draft |
Debutdate: | Round 1, 2017 |
Debutstadium: | VU Whitten Oval |
Height: | 172 cm |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 2017–2020 |
Games Goals1: | 17 (1) |
Years2: | 2021–2022 (S6) |
Games Goals2: | 8 (0) |
Games Goalstotal: | 25 (1) |
Statsend: | 2022 season 6 |
Tayla Bresland (born 4 February 1996) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle and West Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.
Bresland was drafted by Fremantle with their seventh selection and fifty-second overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[1] She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season.[2] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven matches.[3]
In August 2020, Bresland was traded to West Coast for the 46th pick of the 2020 AFL Women's draft.[4] In March 2022, Bresland retired to focus on her career as a carpenter and Air Force Reservist.[5]