Mark LeCras
Encyclopedia
Mark LeCras is an Australian rules football
er, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles
in the Australian Football League
. Mainly playing as a small forward, he led the West Coast's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team
in 2010
.
(WAFL), and his brother, Brent LeCras
, played for in the AFL. His cousins, Toby
, Ashley
and Cory McGrath
, also played senior football in the WAFL and AFL. Originally from Cervantes
, he began with the Cervantes Football Club in the Central Midlands Coastal Football League (CMCFL), but moved to Perth
to attend Aquinas College
, playing with Whitfords JFC and Quinns, before returning to Cervantes after his graduation.
He played for Western Australia
at the 2003 and 2004 Under-18 Championships, and was named in the 2004 Under-18 All-Australian team
. He played colts football for in the WAFL in 2003 and 2004, and was named as a half-forward flank in the Team of the Year in both seasons. LeCras made his senior debut for West Perth against in round 20 of the 2004 season, and played two further games for the season, in rounds 21 and 23.
with the 37th pick overall in the 2004 National Draft. After spending the first half of the season with West Perth, He made his debut for West Coast in round 10 of the 2005 AFL season
, kicking two goals and recording 12 disposals. He played one more game before being dropped back to the WAFL, where he played the rest of the season.
He was recalled in 2006 for the Round 14 clash against Hawthorn, but only managed a total of 16 disposals in two games before being dropped and recalled for the Round 22 demolition of Richmond, where LeCras put in a surprise performance, booting 5 goals. LeCras placed fourth in the Sandover medal for the best player in the WAFL in 2006. The award was won by fellow West Coast Eagle player Matt Priddis. He fought his way back into the team in 2007, and had a stellar season, kicking 36 goals for the season.
, now the stadium's leading goalkicker, in a match between and the in 2005). This was one of a few highlights in a dark season for the Eagles in which they won the wooden spoon
for the first time in its history. The performance also earnt LeCras 226 points in the Herald Sun Supercoach competition, the highest score for the 2010 season. LeCras later finished Third in the Coleman Medal
with 63 goals from 21 games, behind Jack Riewoldt
and Barry Hall
. On 10 September 2010, LeCras was awarded the prestigious award of the West Coast Eagles Club Champion.
On 13 September, LeCras was selected at forward-pocket in the 2010 All-Australian team
, the only player from the West Coast Eagles in the team. He was also nominated as one of the three contenders for goal of the year
for his effort against Essendon
in Round 16, one of twelve goals scored on the night, eventually losing out to Lance Franklin
for the award.
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| 2005
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| 6.0
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| 2006
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| 19
| 4
| 35
| 23
| 12
| 15
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| 5
| 6
| 8.8
| 5.8
| 3.0
| 3.8
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| 1.3
| 1.5
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| 2007
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| 2
| 19
| 179
| 122
| 57
| 58
| 43
| 36
| 19
| 9.4
| 6.4
| 3.0
| 3.1
| 2.3
| 1.9
| 1.0
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| 2008
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| 2
| 11
| 115
| 87
| 28
| 49
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| 23
| 8
| 10.5
| 7.9
| 2.5
| 4.5
| 0.7
| 2.1
| 0.7
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| 2009
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| 2
| 21
| 292
| 194
| 98
| 87
| 48
| 58
| 26
| 14.8
| 8.6
| 6.2
| 2.6
| 1.6
| 2.8
| 0.2
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| 2010
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| 2
| 21
| 286
| 213
| 73
| 97
| 36
| 63
| 24
| 13.6
| 10.1
| 3.5
| 4.6
| 1.7
| 3.0
| 1.1
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| 2011
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| 2
| 22
| 358
| 237
| 121
| 92
| 86
| 47
| 29
| 16.3
| 10.8
| 5.5
| 4.2
| 3.9
| 2.1
| 1.3
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, who played for North Melbourne Football Club. Mark is engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Emily Marshall.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. Mainly playing as a small forward, he led the West Coast's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team
All-Australian Team
The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season....
in 2010
2010 All-Australian team
The 2010 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League players for the 2010 season. It was announced on 13 September 2010, as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players and a coach. An initial squad of 40 players was previously announced on 30 August 2010...
.
Early life
LeCras was born to Peter and Lynne LeCras on 30 August 1986. His father played senior football for in the West Australian Football LeagueWest Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
(WAFL), and his brother, Brent LeCras
Brent LeCras
Brent Phillip LeCras is an Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League for the Kangaroos. He was originally recruited from Cervantes....
, played for in the AFL. His cousins, Toby
Toby McGrath
Toby Jason McGrath is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
, Ashley
Ashley McGrath
Ashley Vernon McGrath is an indigenous Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Selected in the 2000 AFL Draft with the thirteenth pick overall, the Brisbane Lions recruited the talented forward, where he made his AFL debut late in 2001...
and Cory McGrath
Cory McGrath
Cory McGrath is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Carlton and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League , South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League , South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and the Northern...
, also played senior football in the WAFL and AFL. Originally from Cervantes
Cervantes, Western Australia
Cervantes is a town in Western Australia. The town is located just off Indian Ocean Drive about north north west of the state capital, Perth in the Shire of Dandaragan Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Cervantes had a population of 503. The town was named after a ship that was wrecked...
, he began with the Cervantes Football Club in the Central Midlands Coastal Football League (CMCFL), but moved to Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
to attend Aquinas College
Aquinas College, Perth
Aquinas College is a Catholic independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Salter Point, Western Australia. Its sister school is Santa Maria Ladies College located in Attadale...
, playing with Whitfords JFC and Quinns, before returning to Cervantes after his graduation.
He played for Western Australia
Western Australia Australian rules football team
The Sandgropers is the representative side of Western Australia in the sport of Australian rules football. The team is currently the representative team of the West Australian Football League and West Australian under-age footballers.-History:...
at the 2003 and 2004 Under-18 Championships, and was named in the 2004 Under-18 All-Australian team
All-Australian Team
The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season....
. He played colts football for in the WAFL in 2003 and 2004, and was named as a half-forward flank in the Team of the Year in both seasons. LeCras made his senior debut for West Perth against in round 20 of the 2004 season, and played two further games for the season, in rounds 21 and 23.
Career
LeCras was recruited by the West Coast EaglesWest Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
with the 37th pick overall in the 2004 National Draft. After spending the first half of the season with West Perth, He made his debut for West Coast in round 10 of the 2005 AFL season
2005 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
, kicking two goals and recording 12 disposals. He played one more game before being dropped back to the WAFL, where he played the rest of the season.
He was recalled in 2006 for the Round 14 clash against Hawthorn, but only managed a total of 16 disposals in two games before being dropped and recalled for the Round 22 demolition of Richmond, where LeCras put in a surprise performance, booting 5 goals. LeCras placed fourth in the Sandover medal for the best player in the WAFL in 2006. The award was won by fellow West Coast Eagle player Matt Priddis. He fought his way back into the team in 2007, and had a stellar season, kicking 36 goals for the season.
2009 season
In 2009, Mark LeCras kicked 58 goals in the home-and-away season, leaving him in All-Australian contention. Ultimately he missed out on selection, but 2009 remains his best season to date. In round 13, 2009, he scored his 100th AFL career goal in West Coast's 20 point win against Hawthorn at Subiaco Oval. For the overall 2009 season, LeCras became the most potent forward in the team kicking 30 goals in the first 12 rounds, and 58 for the season, topping the Eagles' goalkicking list.2010 season
In round 16 of 2010, LeCras kicked a personal best of 12 goals, doubling his previous record of 6, in an outstanding individual display against Essendon at Etihad Stadium. It broke the record for the most goals kicked by an individual in a game at the stadium, the previous record of 11 (kicked by Stephen MilneStephen Milne
Stephen Milne is a professional footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
, now the stadium's leading goalkicker, in a match between and the in 2005). This was one of a few highlights in a dark season for the Eagles in which they won the wooden spoon
Wooden spoon (award)
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...
for the first time in its history. The performance also earnt LeCras 226 points in the Herald Sun Supercoach competition, the highest score for the 2010 season. LeCras later finished Third in the Coleman Medal
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...
with 63 goals from 21 games, behind Jack Riewoldt
Jack Riewoldt
Jack Riewoldt is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for Richmond in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Riewoldt was born in Hobart, Tasmania to parents Chris and Lesley Riewoldt. He has two younger brothers, Harry and Charlie Riewoldt. He is the cousin of Nick...
and Barry Hall
Barry Hall
Barry Hall is a former Australian rules footballer. Hall is considered to be one of the best forwards of the modern era, being named All-Australian, leading his club's goalkicking on nine occasions and captaining the Sydney Swans to their 2005 AFL Grand Final victory...
. On 10 September 2010, LeCras was awarded the prestigious award of the West Coast Eagles Club Champion.
On 13 September, LeCras was selected at forward-pocket in the 2010 All-Australian team
All-Australian Team
The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season....
, the only player from the West Coast Eagles in the team. He was also nominated as one of the three contenders for goal of the year
Goal of the Year (Australia)
The Goal of the Year is a competition for the best goals kicked in the VFL/AFL during that season. It is run in conjunction with the Mark of the Year competition and is currently sponsored by Panasonic. The award is also known as the Phil Manassa Medal....
for his effort against Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in Round 16, one of twelve goals scored on the night, eventually losing out to Lance Franklin
Lance Franklin
Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing...
for the award.
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to end of the 2011 season.
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| 2005
2005 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
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| 2006
2006 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006.-National Cup: 3.10.5 defeated 1.10.15 in the 2006 NAB Cup Final...
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| 2007
2007 AFL season
The 2007 AFL Season was the 111th season of the Australian Football League, the highest-level professional Australian rules football league in Australia...
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| 19
| 179
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| 2008
2008 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6 :-Round 7:-AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match:-Round 8:...
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| 11
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| 2009
2009 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:...
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| 2010
2010 AFL season
-Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22...
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| 2011
2011 AFL season
The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...
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! colspan=3| Career
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Personal life
LeCras has an older brother, Brent LeCrasBrent LeCras
Brent Phillip LeCras is an Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League for the Kangaroos. He was originally recruited from Cervantes....
, who played for North Melbourne Football Club. Mark is engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Emily Marshall.