Trent West

Trent West
Trent West
	West playing for Brisbane Lions reserves in June 2016
Personal information
Full name	Trent West
Date of birth	17 October 1987 (age 36)
Original team(s)	Wonthaggi (Gippsland FL); Gippsland Power (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 31, 2005 national draft
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club
2008–2013	Geelong
2014–2016	Brisbane Lions
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
	AFL premiership player (Geelong): 2011; McClelland Trophy (Geelong): 2008; VFL premiership (Geelong): 2007; TAC Cup premiership (Gippsland): 2005;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Trent West (born 17 October 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career

West was recruited by the Geelong Football Club with their second selection and thirty-first overall in the 2005 national draft. He spent his first two season playing for Geelong's reserves in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He made his AFL debut in the nine-point win against the Port Adelaide Football Club in round one, 2008 at AAMI Stadium.

In October 2011, West was part of the Geelong premiership side which defeated the Collingwood Football Club by 38-points.^[1]

In August 2016, he announced he would retire from the AFL at the end of the season.^[3]

^[4]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
2006	Geelong	12	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Geelong	12	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	Geelong	12	6	1	0	6	29	35	13	10	37	0.2	0.0	1.0	4.8	5.8	2.2	1.7	6.2
2009	Geelong	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.0
2010	Geelong	12	4	2	3	9	23	32	11	8	49	0.5	0.8	2.3	5.8	8.0	2.8	2.0	12.3
2011	Geelong	12	9	7	2	51	32	83	25	36	183	0.8	0.2	5.7	3.6	9.2	2.8	4.0	20.3
2012	Geelong	12	21	8	7	103	112	215	59	52	518	0.4	0.3	4.9	5.3	10.2	2.8	2.5	24.7
2013	Geelong	12	13	5	3	76	51	127	23	12	278	0.4	0.2	5.8	3.9	9.8	1.8	0.9	21.4
2014	Brisbane Lions	13	10	4	0	56	49	105	30	22	240	0.4	0.0	5.6	4.9	10.5	3.0	2.2	24.0
2015	Brisbane Lions	13	2	1	0	6	0	6	4	2	12	0.5	0.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	6.0
2016	Brisbane Lions	13	4	0	1	14	22	36	9	8	82	0.0	0.3	3.5	5.5	9.0	2.3	2.0	20.5
Career			70	28	16	321	318	639	174	150	1415	0.4	0.2	4.6	4.5	9.1	2.5	2.1	20.2

Team
- AFL premiership (Geelong): 2011
- AFL McClelland Trophy (Geelong): 2008
- VFL premiership (Geelong): 2007
- TAC Cup premiership (Gippsland): 2005
Individual
- Vic Country team representative honours in AFL Under 18 Championships: 2005

^ Paton, Al (1 October 2011). "Geelong wins 2011 AFL Grand Final". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ Gleeson, Michael; Niall, Jake; Quayle, Emma (25 October 2013). "West to head north as Lions restore some pride". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ "Trent West announces his retirement". Lions.com.au. Bigpond. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ "Trent West". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 August 2014.