Tayla Bresland (born 4 February 1996) is a retired
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played for
Fremantle
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and
West Coast West Coast or west coast may refer to:
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* West Coast, Tasmania
**West Coast Range, mountain range in the region
Canada
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in the
AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.
AFLW career
Fremantle
Bresland was drafted by
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
with their seventh selection and fifty-second overall in the
2016 AFL Women's draft
The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's
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. She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the
Western Bulldogs at
VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the
2017 season. She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven matches.
West Coast
In August 2020, Bresland was traded to
West Coast West Coast or west coast may refer to:
Geography Australia
* Western Australia
*Regions of South Australia#Weather forecasting, West Coast of South Australia
* West Coast, Tasmania
**West Coast Range, mountain range in the region
Canada
* Britis ...
for the 46th pick of the
2020 AFL Women's draft
The 2020 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2021 season.
Signing and trading period
A significantly delayed trade period was anno ...
. In March 2022, Bresland retired to focus on her career as a
carpenter
Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, Shipbuilding, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. ...
and
Air Force Reservist.
References
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1996 births
Living people
Fremantle Football Club (AFLW) players
West Coast Eagles (AFLW) players
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
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