rest of that season. In 1998, while he was attempting to regain form, Mainwaring spent most of the season playing for the Sharks, before making his return to the West Coast side late that year. After another season in which he was in and out of the Eagles' side (and playing for East Fremantle), Mainwaring retired from AFL football. He wore the Eagles' number 3 guernsey, a number which had only been worn by him and Chris Judd during the Eagles' history. The club retired the number for the following three seasons, until it was revived by Eagles' draft pick Andrew Gaff in 2011. After leaving football, Mainwaring took a job with Seven News. By 2007, he was reading the sport at the weekend, as well as reporting during the week. He also read the sport headlines during the news on Perth radio station Mix 94.5 from 5:30 to 9:00 am. In 2005 he was a reporter for the Seven News desk. Since 2001 he had been a member of the selection panel for the All-Australian team and the AFL Rising Star. He was married to Rani and had two children. Statistics |- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1987 |style="text-align:center;"| | 3 || 19 || 6 || 6 || 308 || 73 || 381 || 114 || 32 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 16.2 || 3.8 || 20.1 || 6.0 || 1.7 || 5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 |style="text-align:center;"| | 3 || 20 || 11 || 7 || 331 || 124 || 455 || 97 || 30 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 16.6 || 6.2 || 22.8 || 4.9 || 1.5 || 13 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 |style="text-align:center;"| | 3 || 20 || 3 || 23 || 340 || 140 || 480 || 95 || 29 || 0.2 || 1.2 || 17.0 || 7.0 || 24.0 || 4.8 || 1.5 || 7 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 |style="text-align:center;"| | 3 || 21 || 7 || 15 || 331 || 148 || 479 || 91 || 38 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 15.8 || 7.0 || 22.8 || 4.3 || 1.8 || 8 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 |style="text-align:center;"| | 3 || 21 || 16 || 9 || 369 || 139 || 508 || 114 || 25 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 17.6 || 6.6 || 24.2 || 5.4