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Joel Western
Personal information
Full name	Joel Western
Date of birth	(2002-10-12) 12 October 2002 (age 22)
Original team(s)	Claremont (WAFL)
Draft	No. 54, 2020 national draft
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Claremont
Number	34
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2021–2022	Fremantle	4 (0)
2021–2022	Peel Thunder	23 (25)
2023–	Claremont	15 (6)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of round 18, 2023.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joel Western (born 12 October 2002) is an Australian rules football player who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

A member of Fremantle's Next Generation Academy (NGA), as his mother was born in Singapore,^[1] Western was drafted with the 54th selection in the 2020 national draft, when Fremantle matched the Western Bulldogs's bid.^[2] He had played junior football for Claremont and represented Western Australia at Under 18 level. His father John, also played football for Subiaco in the 1980s and his sister Mikayla Western plays for the West Coast Eagles, having previously played one game for Fremantle in the AFL Women's league in 2022 as a COVID-19 top-up player.^[3]

He was selected to make his AFL debut for Fremantle in round 13 of the 2021 AFL season against Gold Coast, alongside fellow 2020 draftee and NGA member, Brandon Walker.^[4]

Following the conclusion of the 2022 season Fremantle Football Club delisted Western, after playing four AFL games for the club.^[5]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2022^[6]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2021	Fremantle	34	4	0	0	14	11	25	5	6	0.0	0.0	3.5	2.8	6.3	1.3	1.5
2022	Fremantle	34	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career			4	0	0	14	11	25	5	6	0.0	0.0	3.5	2.8	6.3	1.3	1.5

Notes

References

^ "Fremantle Dockers NGA players". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "The bidding ladder: 'Bidmond' Tigers at it again, Crows' bid luck continues". afl.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Three late outs, top-up player added and defender to debut". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ Woodcock, Mitchell (10 June 2021). "Walker, Western... WOOHOO! Debut for Dockers duo". PerthNow. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Fremantle list update". fremantlefc. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ "Joel Western". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

External links

Joel Western's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
Joel Western's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Joel Western at AustralianFootball.com
WAFL player profile

v t e 2020 AFL national draft
First round	1. Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (academy selection) 2. Riley Thilthorpe 3. Will Phillips 4. Logan McDonald 5. Braeden Campbell (academy selection) 6. Denver Grainger-Barras 7. Elijah Hollands 8. Nik Cox 9. Archie Perkins 10. Zach Reid 11. Luke Pedlar 12. Tanner Bruhn 13. Tom Powell 14. Heath Chapman 15. Conor Stone 16. Lachie Jones (academy selection) 17. Oliver Henry 18. Ryan Angwin 19. Finlay Macrae 20. Max Holmes 21. Jake Bowey 22. Bailey Laurie 23. Reef McInnes (academy selection) 24. Blake Coleman (academy selection) 25. Brayden Cook 26. Matthew McLeod-Allison
Second round	27. Nathan O'Driscoll 28. Sam Berry 29. Seamus Mitchell 30. Caleb Poulter 31. Liam McMahon 32. Errol Gulden (academy selection) 33. Shannon Neale 34. Fraser Rosman 35. Connor Downie (academy selection) 36. Charlie Lazzaro 37. Corey Durdin 38. James Rowe 39. Joshua Eyre (academy selection) 40. Samson Ryan 41. Jack Carroll 42. Phoenix Spicer
Third round	43. Harry Sharp 44. Beau McCreery 45. Tom Highmore 46. Tyler Brockman 47. Nick Stevens 48. Henry Smith 49. Ollie Lord 50. Brandon Walker (academy selection) 51. Maurice Rioli Jr. (F/S)
Fourth round	52. Luke Edwards 53. Cody Brand (academy selection) 54. Joel Western (academy selection) 55. Dominic Bedendo 56. Eddie Ford 57. Isiah Winder 58. Cameron Fleeton 59. Jacob Wehr

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