Ryan Davis (Australian footballer)

Ryan Davis (born 7 June 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Playing
He started his senior football career at the North Shore Bombers before catching the eye of West Coast Eagle talent scouts. Signing a scholarship with the club in 2007, Davis had an outstanding year playing first grade for North Shore and the Under 18 NSW state team. After collecting 2nd in the North Shore best and Fairest, best first year player and playing an important part in both a North Shore premiership (in which he won best on ground) and NSW series win Ryan was offered a rookie spot with West Coast for the 2008 season.

Davis made his AFL debut for the West Coast Eagles at Gold Coast Stadium versus North Melbourne in Round 8 of the 2008 AFL season and continued to play 11 games in his debut season. After this he moved to Swan Districts and went on to play in a premiership in 2010 and win a club best and fairest, the Swan Medal in 2014.

After six years out of the AFL, he was recruited by Gold Coast in the 2016 rookie draft.

Davis was delisted by Gold Coast at the conclusion of the 2017 season.

Coaching
Davis was appointed as the inagurual Southport women's coach in 2020, coaching the side to Queensland Football Association Women's premierships in 2020 and 2021. He also coached the side in 2022 (its first year in the QAFL Women's), with Southport losing the grand final to by 7 points.