Dakota Davidson (born 31 December 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

Early life

Davidson was born in Ipswich, Queensland to a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Gunditjmara).[2] Dakota attended Ipswich Girls' Grammar School throughout her upbringing.[3] She began playing Australian rules at the age of 18 encouraged by her father who was familiar with the sport having moved from western Victoria at a young age. The club Dakota first played for was University of Queensland in the AFL Queensland Women's League. After 3 season in the league Dakota was identified as a talented forward/ruck by the Brisbane Lions having kicked 11 goals in 11 games and was selected to play in 2 games in the AFL Queensland QW Winter Series in the run up to the national draft.[4]

Dakota was drafted[1] by Brisbane with the 60th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft.

AFLW career

Davidson made her debut in the Lions' round 1 game against Adelaide at Hickey Park on 8 February 2020.[5] She had her best game for the 2021 AFL Women's season in the Lions' round two 63 point victory over Gold Coast, where she kicked 4 goals.[6] She starred in the Lions' 2021 preliminary final win over Collingwood with a three-goal performance to help her team qualify for the 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final.[7] Davidson signed on with Brisbane for two more years on 15 June 2021.[8]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season.[9]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
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 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020 Brisbane 14 6 2 3 27 7 34 11 13 0.3 0.5 4.5 1.2 5.7 1.8 2.2 0
2021# Brisbane 14 11 16‡ 5 69 14 83 32 27 1.5 0.5 6.3 1.3 7.5 2.9 2.5
Career 17 18 8 96 21 117 43 40 1.1 0.5 5.6 1.2 6.9 2.5 2.4 0

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dakota Davidson". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Star Lion's 'astonishing' discovery of Indigenous roots". womens.afl. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Springfield stadium 'amazing' for Lions players, fans". Queensland Times. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ Welcome to the Den, Dakota Davidson by Josie Fielding 22 October 2019
  5. ^ Davis, Greg (7 February 2020). "Fearless Lion Cathy Svarc will make her AFLW debut in Round 1". PerthNow. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. ^ Whiting, Michael (7 February 2021). "QClash rout: Lions sink their claws in as Suns fall to record low". AFL Women's Media. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ^ Bastiani, Gemma (13 April 2021). "The Round Up: AFLW Preliminary Finals 2021". sirensport.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Stars Sign and the Future Looks Bright". Lions Media. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Dakota Davidson". Australian Football. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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