Belinda Smith

DOB

1/6/95

Height

165cm

Weight

Junior club

East Fremantle/Lake Grace-Pingrup JFC

Arrived

Signed from Western Bulldogs in 2019

Number

14

Debut

Round 1 2020 vs Collingwood
(19th Eagles player)

Games

55

Goals

2

B&F Top 10

4 (2020, 2022, 2022B, 2023)

Best Finish

3rd (2023)

Other clubs

East Fremantle (WAWFL) 2016
Fremantle (AFLW) 2017-2018
Western Bulldogs (AFLW) 2019

Former Docker and Bulldog defender Belinda Smith was signed ahead of the Eagles' entry into the AFLW competition.

Fremantle and Western Bulldogs career[]

Originally from Pingrup in the Great Southern region, Smith was drafted by Fremantle 100th overall in the inaugural 2016 AFLW draft. She played 13 games in two seasons with Fremantle but was delisted at the end of the 2018 season. Smith signed with the Western Bulldogs as a free agent and played three games for the Dogs in 2019.^[1]

West Coast career[]

Smith was signed by West Coast in April 2019 during the AFLW's exchange period, and was a member of the inaugural Eagles side that faced Collingwood. A fixture in defence in her first season as an Eagle, she finished in the top ten of the Club Champion medal. Smith had more solid seasons in 2021 and 2022 (twice), also playing every game, bringing up her 50th AFLW appearance in the final week of 2022. She turned in a career-best season in 2023, excelling in defence and finishing in the top three of the best and fairest, as well as winning the player-voted Trademark award.

Stats[]

	Gm	G	B	K	M	H	D	Cl	T
2020	6	0	0	43	10	23	66	5	17
2021	9	0	0	62	22	55	117	2	21
2022	10	0	0	78	37	34	112	1	18
2022B (S7)	10	0	1	73	37	32	105	4	22
2023	10	1	0	85	40	70	155	1	26
Tot	45	1	1	341	146	214	555	13	104
Avg		0.0		7.6	3.2	4.8	12.3	0.3	2.3