Dom Sheed (born 10 April 1995) is an

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er, playing for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life

From

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, in the

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region of

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, Sheed played underage football for Mines Rovers in the

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(GFL), but moved to

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

at the age of 16 to play for in the

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(WAFL). A midfielder, he made his senior debut for Subiaco in round 21 of the 2012 season, aged , having been a regular in the colts team before then.Dom Sheed player profile
– West Australian Football League. Retrieved 1 April 2014. Sheed was part of the 2012–13 intake into the AIS–AFL Academy, part of the

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, and toured Europe with the squad in 2013. As well as playing four further senior matches for Subiaco during the 2013 season, Sheed also captained

at the

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, winning the Larke Medal as the best player at the tournament. He had averaged 28 disposals across his four games at the tournament, and kicked four goals against Victoria Country, despite breaking his collarbone late in the match.

West Coast

Dom Sheed with the premiership cup 2018 AFL Grand Final

Sheed was drafted by West Coast with pick 11 in the 2013 national draft. The club was able to select him despite "downgrading" from pick six to pick eleven as part of a trade with

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to secure Elliot Yeo. After strong form in the pre-season, Sheed was selected to make his senior AFL debut in round one of the 2014 season. He played as the substitute, and recorded three disposals after replacing

Luke Shuey Luke Shuey (born 2 June 1990) is an Australian rules footballer and the captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Shuey was recruited from the Oakleigh Chargers with pick 20 in the 2008 National Draft. After a ...

at three-quarter time. He was dropped from the team the following round to get more game time, instead playing for West Coast's WAFL affiliate, . Sheed played ten games for West Coast in his debut season, including six consecutive games late in the season, from rounds 17 to 22.Dom Sheed
– AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 September 2014. He also played for East Perth in the 2014 WAFL finals series. After playing 18 matches throughout the 2018 season, Sheed rose to fame after taking a mark towards the end of the

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, and kicking the goal that resulted in the Eagles taking the lead with minimal time left to play. The Eagles clung on to win the match by five points, resulting in the club winning their fourth premiership.

Statistics

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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

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2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

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WAFL playing statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheed, Dom 1995 births Australian rules footballers from Western Australia East Perth Football Club players Mines Rovers Football Club players Living people Sportspeople from Kalgoorlie Subiaco Football Club players West Coast Eagles players West Coast Eagles Premiership players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players