(52nd Eagles player)
A clever midfielder, Scott Watters was one of the Magnificent Seven in WA’s winning 1985 Teal Cup, along with Worsfold, McKenna, Lewis, Sumich etc. He joined the other six at West Coast in 1989.
West Coast career[]
Watters made his debut against Fitzroy at the WACA and picked up 28 touches. The following week he kicked 3 goals against Richmond, but he played just one more game for the year.
In 1990 he played just 8 regular season games but was picked for the drawn Qualifying Final against Collingwood. Dropped for the replay, he was recalled for the sudden-death semi against Melbourne but dropped again for the prelim the following week.
Watters had played just one game up to the halfway point of the season, but managed to break into the side in round 12 and went gangbusters from there, the highlight a five-game stretch where he picked up 8 Brownlow votes including a best-on-ground against Geelong. He featured prominently in West Coast’s early finals, but had a quiet game in the grand final as Hawthorn ran rampant.
The following year Watters was again a fixture in the side throughout the regular season, playing 18 games. Unfortunately, a quad injury kept him from taking his place as the finals began and he couldn’t force his way back into the team, watching on as his teammates avenged the grand final loss of the previous year.
Disappointed at missing his shot at a premiership and facing another year of fighting for a spot in the Eagles’ star-studded midfield, Watters sought a trade at the end of the year. Sydney were keen enough to give up the top pick in the draft for Watters and fringe player Tony Begovich, delivering future dual premiership player Drew Banfield to West Coast.
Sydney and Fremantle career[]
Watters played 37 games in two seasons for the lowly Swans but got to sing the team song in only 5 of them. It was therefore little wonder that when Fremantle came on the scene he was ready to return home. Appointed the Dockers’ inaugural vice-captain, Watters played just 26 games in purple before injury brought about a premature end to his AFL career.
Post-AFL career[]
After a successful stint as head coach at Subiaco, who won back to back premierships during his reign, Watters moved to Collingwood as an assistant under former coach Mick Malthouse.
After two years at the Pies, Watters was appointed head coach at St Kilda for the 2012 season. He was sacked after a disastrous 2013 season.
Stats[]
| AFL | Gm | G | B | K | M | H | D | T | WAFL | Gm | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 20 | 55 | 3 | SF | 0 | ||
| 1990 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 25 | 72 | 174 | 11 | 13 | 9 | ||
| 1991 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 183 | 45 | 111 | 294 | 16 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1992 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 188 | 27 | 100 | 288 | 29 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tot | 46 | 13 | 5 | 508 | 104 | 303 | 811 | 59 | ||||
| Avg | 0.3 | 11.0 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 17.6 | 1.3 |
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Scott_Watters.html