| Brooke Lochland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lochland playing for the Western Bulldogs' VFLW team in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brooke Lochland | ||
| Born | (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (age 34) | ||
| Original team | Melbourne University (VFLW) | ||
| Draft | No. 53,2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017,Western Bulldogs vs.Fremantle, atVU Whitten Oval | ||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder /forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2022 (S6) | Western Bulldogs | 35 (18) | |
| 2022 (S7)−2024 | Sydney | 20(9) | |
| Total | 55 (27) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Source:AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brooke Lochland (born 3 May 1991) is a formerAustralian rules footballer and formerspeed skater. Lochland played for theWestern Bulldogs and theSydney Swans in theAFL Women's (AFLW). In 2018, she played in the Bulldogs'AFL Women's premiership team, was theAFL Women's leading goalkicker for that season and was named in the2018 AFL Women's All-Australian team.
Lochland took upinline skating at age four and competed in world championships as a teenager. At age 16, she moved to theNetherlands to pursue a career as along track speed skater.[1] Despite finishing sixth in the2011–12 World Cup mass start event,[2] she missed out on qualifying for theSochi Winter Olympics and retired from the sport in 2014. Upon returning to Australia later that year, Lochland switched back to football, having previously played as a junior. After two impressive seasons withMontmorency, highlighted by winning the best and fairest award for Division Two of theVictorian Women's Football League in 2015,[3] she joinedMelbourne University in theVFL Women's competition for the 2016 season.[4]
Lochland was drafted by the Western Bulldogs with their seventh selection and 53rd overall in the2016 AFL Women's draft.[5] She made her debut in the 32-point win againstFremantle atVU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the2017 season.[6] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games.[7]
In2018, Lochland kicked seven goals during the Bulldogs' 73-point round four defeat ofCarlton, the most by an AFLW player in a single match.[8] She finished the home-and-away season with twelve goals from seven matches, clinching theAFLW leading goalkicker award for the year.[9] She would share in team success when the Western Bulldogs went on to win the premiership by defeatingBrisbane in theGrand Final atIkon Park, as well as gaining more individual recognition via selection in theAll-Australian team.
Lochland sustained a leg injury in a 2019 practice match againstCollingwood and subsequently underwent surgery to repair her fractured right fibula.[10][11] After several weeks on the sideline, she recovered faster than expected in time to play the last three games of the2019 season,[12] returning for her club's one-point loss toMelbourne in round five atDocklands Stadium.[13][14]
Ahead of the2020 season, Lochland was appointed vice-captain of the Western Bulldogs.[15] She regained consistent form throughout the2021 season, playing every game possible and managing a career-high sixth-place finish in the club's best and fairest count (eclipsing her seventh-place finish in 2018).[16][17] Lochland experienced an interrupted2022 season 6, which included suffering a concussion before half-time of the round six encounter withAdelaide atNorwood Oval, forcing her to miss the remainder of the match and the following two games.[18][19] She finished the season strongly, however, most notably in a 60-point round nine win againstWest Coast atOptus Stadium by gathering 15 disposals, laying five tackles and kicking three goals—her biggest haul since the record-breaking performance in 2018.[20]
In May 2022, in a signing reported onwomens.afl as a "long-awaited coup for one of the competition's new teams",[21] Lochland joined expansion clubSydney.[22] In August, she was named one of three co-captains for the Swans' inaugural season alongsideMaddy Collier andLauren Szigeti.[23] She went on to play all 10 games in season 7 and become Sydney's first AFLW leading goalkicker, including booting three goals in the first quarter againstHawthorn in round 5.[24] She finished fourth in the Swans' Club Champion award.[25]
Lochland continued to be a regular in the Swans' forward line in 2023 despite missing two games due to a knee injury, playing 10 games as the side reached its maiden finals series. She played her 50th AFLW game in round 5 againstCarlton.[26]
Lochland also works as a coach in theSydney Swans Academy female program.[27]
Updated to the end 2022 season 7.[28]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
# | Played in that season's premiership team | † | Led the league for the season |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2017 | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 64 | 7 | 32 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2018# | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 8 | 12† | 6 | 74 | 22 | 96 | 34† | 25 | 1.5† | 0.8 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 12.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 2019 | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 40 | 127 | 28 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 14.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 2022 (S6) | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 55 | 16 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2022 (S7) | Sydney | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 62 | 32 | 94 | 19 | 29 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3 |
| Career | 45 | 25 | 16 | 338 | 140 | 478 | 113 | 138 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 10 | ||
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