(82nd Eagles player)
A hard-running midfielder, Schofield struggled to emerge from the shadow of West Coast's big-name mids, before making a name for himself as a premiership player at Port Adelaide.
West Coast career[]
Schofield arrived at West Coast during the halcyon days of the early 1990s. With names like Matera, Kemp, Mainwaring, Pyke and Lamb running through the middle, Schofield was forced to spend most of his early seasons at Subiaco. He played just seven games between 1993 and 1995 before breaking into the side permanently in 1996. That season he played 22 games and impressed as a goal-kicking midfielder, particularly in one match against the Demons when he kicked 4 goals from 27 touches.
After a belated start to the 1997 season, Schofield hit form at the right time, racking up a career-high 33 touches against Brisbane in the final round. Unfortunately he had a quieter finals series and West Coast was bundled out in straight sets.
Schofield had an up and down 1998, struggling for form and being dropped back to Subiaco a couple of times. At the end of the season he was traded to Port Adelaide in a straight swap for full-forward Scott Cummings.
Port Adelaide and Fremantle career[]
Schofield had great success in the Port Adelaide midfield, playing 130 games for the Power and winning a premiership in 2004. He then moved back to WA, spending two seasons at Fremantle but could manage just 12 games in purple.
Coaching career[]
Schofield retired from AFL football late in the 2006 season but went on to win three consecutive WAFL premierships with Subi from 2006-2008, before taking over from Adam Simpson as caretaker coach of the Eagles in 2024.
He moved into coaching after retiring as a player, coaching the Subiaco colts before spending 2012 as an assistant coach at Claremont. He took over the senior coaching role at Subi in 2013 from former West Coast teammate Chris Waterman, and led the Lions to premierships in 2014, 2015 and 2018 amid five consecutive Grand Final appearances. Schofield rejoined Port Adelaide in 2019 as an assistant coach, spending three years with the Power before returning to West Coast as an assistant under Simpson ahead of the 2022 season. When Simpson departed midway through 2024, Schofield took the reins as the club's first-ever caretaker coach.
Stats[]
| AFL | Gm | G | B | K | M | H | D | T | Cl | WAFL | Gm | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Subi | 14 | 11 | ||
| 1994 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 3 | |||
| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 1996 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 216 | 54 | 141 | 357 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 202 | 53 | 111 | 313 | 28 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 103 | 33 | 52 | 155 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tot | 63 | 34 | 31 | 543 | 149 | 327 | 870 | 68 | 14 | ||||
| Avg | 0.5 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 13.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jarrad_Schofield.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrad_Schofield