Player Watch #1 Brooke Lochland

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Brooke Lochland
Recruited from: Western Bulldogs
Height: 159cm
DOB: 03/05/1991
Position: Midfielder/Forward




Drafted in 2016, Brooke Lochland arrives at the Swans with six seasons of AFLW experience to her name. A premiership player at the Western Bulldogs, Lochland was named AFLW All Australian in 2018.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Lochland began playing football at a junior level. However, with no pathway to professional AFL at the time she pursued a career in speed skating, where she reached a career-high ranking of 5th in the world.

AFLW coach Scott Gowans said:

“Brooke is a midfielder who plays forward. She possesses impressive speed and is able to drive the ball forward and kick goals.

“From being on the world stage with her speed skating, to her time at the Bulldogs where she was a premiership player, Brooke is going to be a huge asset to this team.

“In gaining Brooke, we gain her knowledge of the AFLW journey, and we believe she’ll drive those standards and help our younger athletes grow.”

Experienced Lochland and Dargan join Swans AFLW list

The Sydney Swans have bolstered their AFLW list with Brooke Lochland and Sarah Dargan to pull on the red and white.

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Brooke Lochland
Recruited from: Western Bulldogs
Height: 159cm
DOB: 03/05/1991
Position: Midfielder/Forward

Drafted in 2016, Brooke Lochland arrives at the Swans with six seasons of AFLW experience to her name. A premiership player at the Western Bulldogs, Lochland was named AFLW All Australian in 2018.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Lochland began playing football at a junior level. However, with no pathway to professional AFL at the time she pursued a career in speed skating, where she reached a career-high ranking of 5th in the world.

AFLW coach Scott Gowans said:

“Brooke is a midfielder who plays forward. She possesses impressive speed and is able to drive the ball forward and kick goals.

“From being on the world stage with her speed skating, to her time at the Bulldogs where she was a premiership player, Brooke is going to be a huge asset to this team.

“In gaining Brooke, we gain her knowledge of the AFLW journey, and we believe she’ll drive those standards and help our younger athletes grow.”

Experienced Lochland and Dargan join Swans AFLW list

The Sydney Swans have bolstered their AFLW list with Brooke Lochland and Sarah Dargan to pull on the red and white.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Terrific to get a pacesetter to help the less experienced players understand what is needed to perform at the highest level. Great get!

 

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2022 Training Week 1

Week One of AFLW Training wraps up

See all the photos from the training fields as the Sydney Swans inaugural AFLW team wrapped up week one of training.

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Lochland boasts an impressive AFLW resume. Thirty-five career games, a premiership, an All-Australian guernsey and the record for most goals kicked in a single game. So, when presented with the challenge of being a part of something new, a move to a new city and a new job to boot, she leapt in with both feet.

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I'm really excited to build something new here, build a new club culture here as well. And we've got such support from the club, and from Tom and Kate and Scott. They're just such great leaders."

AFLW Latest News - AFL.com.au/aflw

Latest breaking AFLW news from the official website of the Australian Football League.

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From speed skating to AFLW

 

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Happy 50th game

 

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Our 3rd player marking their 50th game milestone this season: first Newy, then Moy, now Brooke. Cool.