MATT PRIDDIS
2006-2017
Debut: Round 10, 2006 v Geelong
Games: 240
Achievements:
Brownlow medallist 2014
Club Champion 2013
Runner-up Club Champion 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
All-Australian 2015
Player of the Finals 2017
Sandover Medal 2006
Emerging player 2007
After being over-looked in three drafts, Priddis was finally placed on the West Coast Eagles Rookie list in 2006.
He then made his debut in one of the greatest games in club history – round 10, 2006 when the Eagles came from 54 points down in the middle of the third quarter to beat Geelong at Kardinia Park.
Priddis went on to establish a wonderful career, winning the 2014 Brownlow Medal, the 2013 Club Champion Award and earning all-Australian selection in 2015. He was the club’s third Brownlow Medallist behind Chris Judd (2004) and Ben Cousins (2005).
Remarkably he finished in the top 10 in the Club Champion Award for 11 consecutive seasons from 2007-17 and was runner-up four times.
A tough and relentless inside midfielder he leads the club in both career handballs and tackles across its history.