Dom Sheed

From Kalgoorlie, in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, Sheed played underage football for Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League (GFL), but moved to Perth at the age of 16 to play for {{WAFL|Sub}} in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).[http://www.sen.com.au/display-article-2013/Path-to-the-Draft-Dom-Sheed/62405 "Path to the Draft: Dom Sheed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084802/http://www.sen.com.au/display-article-2013/Path-to-the-Draft-Dom-Sheed/62405 |date=7 April 2014 }} – SEN. Published 7 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014. A midfielder, he made his senior debut for Subiaco in round 21 of the 2012 season, aged {{Age in years and days|1995|04|10|2012|08|21}}, having been a regular in the colts team before then.[http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/4517 Dom Sheed player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080552/http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/4517 |date=7 April 2014 }} – West Australian Football League. Retrieved 1 April 2014. Sheed was part of the 2012–13 intake into the AIS–AFL Academy, part of the Australian Institute of Sport, and toured Europe with the squad in 2013.[http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/afl/a/19875435/dom-sheeds-draft-diary/ "Dom Sheed's draft diary"] – The West Australian. Published 16 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130617154905/http://www.afl.com.au/news/game-development/nab-afl-rising-star-program/u18s/afl-academy-player-profiles "AFL-AIS Academy Player Profiles"] – Australian Football League. Retrieved 1 April 2014. As well as playing four further senior matches for Subiaco during the 2013 season, Sheed also captained Western Australia at the AFL Under 18 Championships, winning the Larke Medal as the best player at the tournament. He had averaged 28 disposals across his four games at the tournament, and kicked four goals against Victoria Country, despite breaking his collarbone late in the match.Callum Twomey (2013). [http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-03/wa-jet-wins-larke-medal "WA jet Sheed wins Larke Medal"] – Australian Football League. Published 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

File:Dom Sheed with the premiership cup 2018 AFL Grand Final.jpg

Sheed was drafted by West Coast with pick 11 in the 2013 national draft.Ben Roberts (2013). [http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2013-11-21/young-eagles-join-the-nest "Sheed heads list of new Eagles"] – West Coast Eagles. Published 21 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014. The club was able to select him despite "downgrading" from pick six to pick eleven as part of a trade with Brisbane to secure Elliot Yeo.Kim Hagdorn (2013). [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/how-west-coast-eagles-are-expected-to-land-dom-sheed-at-national-draft/story-fngeflq8-1226761762462 "How West Coast Eagles are expected to land Dom Sheed at national draft"] – Herald Sun. Published 17 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.Kim Hagdorn (2013). [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/west-coast-eagles-pick-subiacos-dom-sheed-at-afl-draft/story-fni5faul-1226765564859 "West Coast Eagles pick Subiaco's Dom Sheed at AFL Draft"] – Herald Sun. Published 21 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.Kim Hagdorn (2013). [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/dom-sheed-rules-out-any-draft-conspiracy-to-land-in-west-coast-eagles-nest/story-fni5f22o-1226766857470 "Dom Sheed rules out any draft conspiracy to land in West Coast Eagles nest"] – Herald Sun. Published 22 November 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014. After strong form in the pre-season,Alex Malcolm (2014). [http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2014-02-06/sheed-readymade-for-afl "Sheed ready-made for AFL"] – West Coast Eagles. Published 6 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.Mark Duffield (2014). [http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/22050004/sheed-on-brink-of-eagles-debut/ "Sheed on brink of Eagles debut"] – The West Australian. Published 19 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014. Sheed was selected to make his senior AFL debut in round one of the 2014 season.[http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2014-03-26/big-buildup-for-doms-debut "Big build-up for Dom's debut"] – West Coast Eagles. Published 26 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014. He played as the substitute, and recorded three disposals after replacing Luke Shuey at three-quarter time. He was dropped from the team the following round to get more game time, instead playing for West Coast's WAFL affiliate, {{WAFL|EP}}.[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/rookie-dom-sheed-dropped-from-west-coast-eagles-side-for-round-2/story-fni5faul-1226866724283 "Rookie Dom Sheed dropped from West Coast Eagles side for Round 2"] – Herald Sun. Published 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.Callum Twomey and Travis King (2014). [http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-03-30/winderlich-in-line-for-recall "Around the state leagues: Winderlich, Dempsey push for return"] – Australian Football League. Published 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014. Sheed played ten games for West Coast in his debut season, including six consecutive games late in the season, from rounds 17 to 22.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dom_Sheed.html Dom Sheed] – AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 September 2014. He also played for East Perth in the 2014 WAFL finals series.

After playing 18 matches throughout the 2018 season, Sheed rose to fame after taking a mark towards the end of the Grand Final, and kicking the goal that resulted in the Eagles taking the lead with minimal time left to play. The Eagles clung on to win the match by five points, resulting in the club winning their fourth premiership.{{cite news |title=West Coast win epic grand final |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/afl-grand-final-2018-dom-sheed-kicks-late-goal-as-west-coast-win-epic-decider-by-five-points-ng-b88976099z |access-date=29 September 2018 |work=The West Australian |date=29 September 2018}}

:Statistics are correct to the end of round 8, 2022{{Cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dom_Sheed.html|title=AFL Tables - Dom Sheed - Stats - Statistics|website=afltables.com|access-date=2019-05-07}}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014

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| 4 || 10 || 1 || 3 || 51 || 56 || 107 || 17 || 27 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 5.1 || 5.6 || 10.7 || 1.7 || 2.7

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015

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| 4 || 23 || 10 || 11 || 229 || 220 || 449 || 70 || 52 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 10.0 || 9.6 || 19.5 || 3.0 || 2.3

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016

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| 4 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 51 || 43 || 94 || 17 || 11 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 8.5 || 7.2 || 15.7 || 2.8 || 1.8

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017

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| 4 || 21 || 11 || 13 || 272 || 196 || 468 || 104 || 53 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 13.0 || 9.3 || 22.3 || 5.0 || 2.5

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| scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 2018^# || {{AFL WC}}

| 4 || 18 || 8 || 7 || 231 || 182 || 413 || 72 || 33 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 12.8 || 10.1 || 22.9 || 4.0 || 1.8

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019

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| 4 || 24 || 16 || 15 || 344 || 291 || 635 || 128 || 39 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 14.3 || 12.1 || 26.5 || 5.3 || 1.6

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|style="text-align:center"|2020{{efn|The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.}}

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| 4 || 17 || 8 || 3 || 172 || 164 || 336 || 55 || 40 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 10.1 || 9.6 || 19.8 || 3.2 || 2.4

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! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021

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| 4 || 22 || 9 || 6 || 320 || 259 || 579 || 108 || 51 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 14.5 || 11.8 || 26.3 || 4.9 || 2.3

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|style="text-align:center"|2022

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| 4 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –

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! colspan=3| Career

! 141 !! 64 !! 60 !! 1670 !! 1411 !! 3081 !! 571 !! 306 !! 0.5 !! 0.4 !! 11.8 !! 10.0 !! 21.9 !! 4.0 !! 2.2

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