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Melissa Caulfield
Melissa Caulfield training with West Coast in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 36)
Original team(s) East Fremantle ( WAWFL)
Draft No. 77, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Fremantle vs. Western Bulldogs, at VU Whitten Oval
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2019 Fremantle 20 (5)
2020–2022 West Coast 13 (3)
Total 33 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Melissa Caulfield (born 29 May 1988) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle and West Coast in the AFL Women's competition. Caulfield was drafted by Fremantle with their tenth selection and seventy-seventh overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. [1] 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. [2] She played the first two matches of the year before missing the round three match against Greater Western Sydney. She returned for the round four match against Adelaide [3] and played every match for the remainder of the year apart from the last round of the season, and finished with five matches. [4] In March 2022, Caulfield retired to focus on work and travel. [5]

References

  1. ^ "100 per cent WA talent drafted to Freo". FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. ^ "AFLW Teams Round 1: Full sides named for inaugural round of AFL Women's competition". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ^ "AFLW Teams Round 4: Full squads named for fourth week of AFL Women's competition". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Melissa Caulfield". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. ^ Henderson, Emma (24 March 2022). "AFLW: Caulfield announces retirement". West Coast. Telstra Media.

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