Hugh Davies (born 28 September 2004) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for . He also plays for Peel Thunder in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL). Davies went to school at Christ Church Grammar School in Perth.
WAFL career Davies was drafted by with the 33rd selection in the 2022 AFL draft from the Claremont Football Club, Fremantle's first selection in that draft. At junior level he represented Western Australia at the 2022 AFL National Championships.
In 2023 he made his senior debut for Peel Thunder, Fremantle's WAFL aligned team, against East Fremantle Football Club, at Lane Group Stadium, in Round 1 of the season. He collected 8 disposals in their 4-point win. Davies finished his first season playing for Peel Thunder with 19 league matches under his belt including a Grand Final loss to East Fremantle.
Davies was a part of Peel Thunder's premiership team in the 2024 WAFL season, finishing with 8 disposals.
2026 was a breakout year for Davies, averaging 19.5 disposals and 8 marks per game. He played 20 games for the season. Among these was a 20 mark, 27 disposal game against South Fremantle in round 7. Davies won another premiership with Peel, where he collected 24 disposals.
AFL career After a season and a half playing for Peel as a key defender, Davies made his AFL debut in round 15 of the 2024 AFL season against Gold Coast. Davies was ultimately subbed out in round 16 with minimal impact at the top level, and was subsequently dropped back to the WAFL. After a promising season, Davies was rewarded a new contract until the end of the 2026 AFL season.
In 2026, Davies had been listed as an emergency 11 times (as of Preliminary final 2026), through his strong WAFL performances, but he couldn't break into the team despite injuries to teammates Brennan Cox and Alex Pearce. After attracting strong interest from rival clubs, he signed a 3 year contract extension with Fremantle, lasting until the end of 2029.
WAFL Statistics Statistics are correct to round 7 2026.
| 2023 || Peel Thunder || 6/64 | 19 || 0 || 1 || 94 || 87 || 181 || 62 || 21 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 4.9 || 4.6 || 9.5 || 3.3 || 1.1 |- | 2024 || Peel Thunder || 6 | 20 || 0 || 0 || 112 || 108 || 220 || 90 || 19 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.6 || 5.4 || 11.0 || 4.5 || 1.0
| 2025 || Peel Thunder || 10 | 18 || 2 || 0 || 123 || 121 || 244 || 94 || 31 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 6.8 || 6.7 || 13.6 || 5.2 || 1.7 |- | 2026 || Peel Thunder || 10 | 7 || 0 || 0 || 88 || 52 || 140 || 67 || 11 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 12.6 || 7.4 || 20.0 || 9.6 || 1.6 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3|Career ! 64 !! 2 !! 1 !! 417 !! 368 !! 785 !! 313 !! 82 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 6.5 !! 5.8 !! 12.3 !! 4.9 !! 1.3
Statistics Updated to the end of the 2025 season.
| 2023 || || 12 | 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0 |- | 2024 || || 12 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 3 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 2.0 || 4.0 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 0 |- | 2025 || || 12 | 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0 |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4 !! 4 !! 8 !! 3 !! 3 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 2.0 !! 2.0 !! 4.0 !! 1.5 !! 1.5 !! 0
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