Emma Swanson


Emma Swanson is an Australian rules footballer and the captain of the West Coast Eagles in the AFL Women's competition.

Amateur career

Swanson is originally from Mandurah, Western Australia. She has played state league football for the Peel Thunderbirds and East Fremantle in the West Australian Women's Football League.
From 2013 to 2015, Swanson represented in AFL sanctioned women's exhibition matches. In the 2016 series, she played for the representative side. She returned to play for in the 2016 women's all-star exhibition match.

AFL Women's career

Swanson was signed as a marquee player by Greater Western Sydney in July 2016, ahead of the league's inaugural 2017 season. She injured her hamstring in the week leading up to round one, and consequently did not make her debut until round three. Nonetheless, Swanson was listed in the 2017 All-Australian squad.
Greater Western Sydney signed Swanson for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.
Expansion club West Coast signed Swanson for their inaugural season in 2020.

Statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017
! colspan=3| Career
! 5
! 0
! 1
! 52
! 28
! 80
! 13
! 14
! 0.0
! 0.2
! 10.4
! 5.6
! 16.0
! 2.6
! 2.8

Other work

Outside of football, Swanson works as a development officer for AFL.