Standout Swan Districts WAFLW Performers

The WAFLW season for Swan Districts might have ended on Sunday in the first semi-final but it was a tremendous effort from the black-and-whites to get that far with a host of standout performers throughout 2024.

There was significant change with the Swan Districts team heading into the 2024 WAFLW season and right throughout the campaign there was a lot of players in and out, but it was a standout job in the end to take part in another finals campaign.

Under the guidance of first-year coach Ben Bowness, Swan Districts finished the home and away season in fourth position on the WAFLW ladder with an 8-6 record and having won the last two matches to book in a spot in the finals.

Swan Districts might have lost that first semi-final match up against West Perth at Joondalup's Pentanet Stadium, but there was plenty to celebrate about the performances from the team throughout the 2024 season.

Lily Paterson has only just turned 18 years of age, but she became one of the breakout stars of not only Swan Districts in 2024, but the entire WAFLW competition.

Paterson ended up as the leading possession winner in the WAFLW in 2024 with 363 disposals across the 15 games which ended up at an average of 24.2.

That included twice having games of 37 possessions along the way and on top of that, Paterson was second in the competition for kicks with 206, second for handpasses with 157 and third for marks with 63.

She wasn’t the only standout player from Swan Districts for the 2024 season either and in attack, Courtney Zappara and Emily McGuire were standout goalkickers combining for 39 of them throughout the season.

That saw Zappara finish as the WAFLW's leading goalkicker for 2024 with 22 goals in 13 games which included a best of seven against East Perth in Round 13 and a bag of five against Peel Thunder back in Round 2.

McGuire marked her return to Swan Districts in 2024 as well after a year away in 2023 and along with reaching her 100-game milestone along the way, she kicked 17 goals from 13 matches including a best of four against East Perth in Round 13.

Taylah Edwards was also dangerous in attack for Swans kicking 16 goals from her 14 games including a best of six in Round 16 against Peel Thunder.

It was also a memorable season for Lauren Quaife who was in her second campaign with Swan Districts after being a premiership player previously with Peel Thunder.

She was also part of history in 2024 by playing for the WAFLW State team against South Australia and throughout the season in the ruck for Swans she ended up as the competition's leading ruck.

Quaife ended up with 339 hit outs across the 15 games to be leading the league at an average of 22.5 per match.

Carys D'Addario and Hope Ugle-Hayward both finished in the top 10 for tackles throughout the season for Swan Districts in 2024 with D'Addario finishing with 73 of them from 13 games and Ugle-Hayward 71 in 14.

D'Addario also emerged as one of the best ball winners in the competition with 19.2 possessions a game while Ugle-Hayward averaged 13.4 touches.