Liam Ryan (born 2 October 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a small forward that can take pack marks over much taller players.
Liam Ryan | |||
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![]() Ryan playing for West Coast in July 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
Nickname(s) | Flyin' Ryan[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 26) | ||
Original team(s) | Subiaco (WAFL) | ||
Draft | No. 26, 2017 national draft | ||
Debut |
Round 1, 2018, West Coast vs. Sydney, at Optus Stadium | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | West Coast | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2018– | West Coast | 86 (119) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ryan is from Geraldton, Western Australia. His father Darren "Snotty" Ryan played WAFL football for Claremont. Ryan began his football career with Rovers in the Great Northern Football League (GNFL). In 2016 he moved to Perth to play for the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).[2] Beginning in the reserves, he was moved up to the seniors after only four games, and subsequently kicked 40 goals from 16 senior games. In the 2017 WAFL season, Ryan won the Bernie Naylor Medal as the competition's leading goal-kicker. He kicked 73 goals from 23 games.[3][4]
Ryan was drafted into the AFL by West Coast with their third selection and twenty-sixth overall in the 2017 national draft.[5] He made his debut in the games versus Sydney at Optus Stadium in the opening round of the 2018 season.[6]
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Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2018# | West Coast | 1 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 113 | 37 | 150 | 37 | 25 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 2.8 | 11.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0 |
2019 | West Coast | 1 | 24 | 30 | 19 | 211 | 70 | 281 | 72 | 51 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 11.7 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 0 |
2020[lower-alpha 1] | West Coast | 1 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 140 | 54 | 194 | 66 | 32 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1 |
2021 | West Coast | 1 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 116 | 28 | 144 | 55 | 21 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 10.3 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 2 |
2022 | West Coast | 1 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 10 | 69 | 26 | 13 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 3.7 | 1.9 | TBA |
Career | 76 | 111 | 66 | 639 | 199 | 838 | 256 | 142 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 11.0 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 3 |
Notes
West Coast Eagles – current squad | |
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* denotes rookie listed player |
West Coast Eagles 2018 AFL premiers | |
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Coach: Simpson |
2020 All-Australian team | |
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Full-back |
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Half-back |
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Centre |
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Half-forward |
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Full-forward |
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Coach |
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← 2019 The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999. 2021 → |
Alex Jesaulenko Medal · Mark of the Year | |
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West Australian Football League leading goal-kickers | |
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The leading goalkicker in the West Australian Football League after the home-and-away season is awarded the Bernie Naylor Medal |