2001 season

2001

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Position

14th

H&A record

5-17

Finals

N/A

Captain

Dean Kemp & Ben Cousins

Coach

Ken Judge

Best & Fairest

Ben Cousins

Most goals

Troy Wilson (40)

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Following on from the club's first finals absence in a decade, West Coast gutted the playing list, bringing in a collection of recycled players as a host of premiership stars departed either through retirement or trades. With skipper Guy McKenna among the retirees, the Eagles elected to appoint co-captains for the first time, with the duties to be shared between popular veteran Dean Kemp and talented young tyro Ben Cousins.

The Eagles started the season reasonably, winning back to back games against St Kilda and Fremantle to sit just outside the eight after the first month. It went downhill badly from there though, with the club losing 12 of the next 13 to sit just above Fremantle at the foot of the ladder. A couple of late wins lifted the side to 14th, but did little to mask a horror season which ultimately cost coach Ken Judge his job. A series of ugly losses included two 100-point plus shellackings and 10 games with losing margins of more than 60 points. Injuries played their part, with a host of players suffering serious injuries during the season, including Kemp who retired after managing just eight games.

The other co-captain, Cousins, played almost a lone hand throughout the season, winning the Club Champion award in a landslide as well as earning All-Australian selection. Rookie midfielder Daniel Kerr was another rare shining light, unlucky to miss out on the league's Rising Star award. Judge's former Hawthorn charges Michael Collica and Richard Taylor were probably the best of the recruited players.

Honour board

Coach: Ken Judge

Co-captains: Dean Kemp & Ben Cousins

Vice-captains: Glen Jakovich, David Wirrpanda, Peter Matera

Club Champion: Ben Cousins

Rookie of the Year: Daniel Kerr

Best Clubman: Rowan Jones

Leading Goalscorer: Troy Wilson (40)

All-Australians: Ben Cousins

Rising Star nominees: Daniel Kerr (round 3)

Milestones:

200 games: Ashley McIntosh (round 3)

Squad

Offseason player movements

	Senior list
4	David Antonowicz	32	Andrew Embley	27	Glen Jakovich	31	Kane Munro
6	Drew Banfield	7	Chad Fletcher	18	Rowan Jones	16	Michael Prior*
10	Michael Braun	1	Michael Gardiner	2	Dean Kemp	36	Phil Read
46	Trent Carroll*	26	Travis Gaspar	34	Daniel Kerr*	25	David Sierakowski*
15	Callum Chambers	23	Darren Glass	30	Peter Matera	8	Richard Taylor*
22	Michael Collica*	35	Kasey Green	33	Phil Matera	50	Ryan Turnbull
9	Ben Cousins	12	Greg Harding*	19	Andrew McDougall*	37	Andrew Williams
20	Dean Cox	38	David Haynes	11	Ashley McIntosh	40	Troy Wilson*
14	Scott Cummings	41	Jeremy Humm*	21	Mark Merenda*	44	David Wirrpanda
29	Andrew Donnelly	39	Adam Hunter	5	Chad Morrison	13	Josh Wooden
	Rookie list
43	Zach Beeck*	45	Dean Buszan*	42	Andrew McCarrey*	47	Kris Miller*

(* indicates new addition to playing list)

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Gardiner	20	13
2	Kemp	8	2
5	Morrison	11	3
6	Banfield	9	4
7	Fletcher	20	8
8	Taylor	21	10
9	Cousins	22	15
10	Braun	9	3
11	McIntosh	12	6
12	Harding	9	0
13	Wooden	11	5
14	Cummings	9	16
15	Chambers	14	2
16	Prior	7	1
18	Jones	18	11
20	Cox	17	2
21	Merenda	19	21
22	Collica	22	1
23	Glass	12	0
25	Sierakowski	1	0
26	Gaspar	6	4
27	Jakovich	22	4
30	Pe.Matera	19	2
31	Munro	7	1
32	Embley	15	15
33	Ph.Matera	16	31
34	Kerr	19	7
35	Green	6	2
37	Williams	22	6
38	Haynes	7	6
39	Hunter	9	0
40	Wilson	18	40
41	Humm	4	0
44	Wirrpanda	21	5
46	Carroll	19	1
50	Turnbull	3	1

Results

Rd	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
	North Melbourne	Subiaco	L	47-96
	Collingwood	Subiaco	L	78-80
	St Kilda	Docklands	L	97-123
	Adelaide	Football Park	L	46-96
	Western Bulldogs	Subiaco	W	113-60
	Home & away
1	Geelong	Kardinia Park	L	49-115	15th
2	Sydney	Subiaco	L	89-104	15th
3	St Kilda	Docklands	W	125-107	13th
4	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	112-88	10th
5	Richmond	Subiaco	L	70-109	12th
6	Essendon	Docklands	L	70-158	14th
7	Port Adelaide	Subiaco	L	50-121	14th
8	Hawthorn	MCG	L	58-138	15th
9	Western Bulldogs	Subiaco	L	77-125	15th
10	Carlton	Princes Park	L	30-149	15th
11	Brisbane	Subiaco	L	62-84	15th
12	Collingwood	Docklands	L	92-173	15th
13	Melbourne	Subiaco	W	95-88	15th
14	Adelaide	Football Park	L	51-64	15th
15	North Melbourne	Subiaco	L	110-154	15th
16	Geelong	Subiaco	L	80-150	15th
17	Sydney	SCG	L	48-83	15th
18	St Kilda	Subiaco	W	171-79	14th
19	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	98-64	14th
20	Richmond	Docklands	L	73-138	14th
21	Essendon	Subiaco	L	47-136	14th
22	Port Adelaide	Football Park	L	51-163	14th

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Cousins		30		22
2nd	Collica		17		22
3rd	Jones		16		18
4th	Fletcher		16		20
5th	Pe.Matera		14		19
6th	Kerr		10		19
7th	Wilson		9		18
8th	Gardiner		9		20
9th	McIntosh		8		12
10th	Banfield		7		9

Stats leaders

	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Wilson	40 .	Cousins	600 .	Cousins	27.27 .	Gardiner	122
2nd	Ph.Matera	31	Taylor	380	Fletcher	18.95	Collica	91
3rd	Merenda	21	Fletcher	379	Taylor	18.10	Jakovich	87
4th	Cummings	16	Jakovich	323	Morrison	17.36	Wilson	86
5th	Embley	15	Pe.Matera	312	Pe.Matera	16.42	Williams	82
6th	Cousins	15	Wirrpanda	302	Banfield	16.11	Fletcher	81
7th	Gardiner	13	Kerr	296	Wooden	15.91	Taylor	73
8th	Jones	11	Williams	284	Kerr	15.58	Pe.Matera	69
9th	Taylor	10	Collica	264	Prior	15.00	Wirrpanda	66
10th	Fletcher	8	Gardiner	258	Jakovich	14.68	Merenda	63
							Cousins	63
	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Cousins	335 .	Cousins	265 .	Cousins	131 .	Collica	72
2nd	Taylor	274	Kerr	149	Taylor	64	Kerr	67
3rd	Fletcher	253	Jones	133	Kerr	59	Taylor	56
4th	Pe.Matera	245	Fletcher	126	Jones	55	Jones	54
5th	Wirrpanda	245	Collica	111	Fletcher	54	Merenda	48
6th	Jakovich	216	Jakovich	107	Gardiner	38	Fletcher	45
7th	Williams	199	Taylor	106	Pe.Matera	31	Cousins	34
8th	Gardiner	188	Williams	85	Collica	28	Wooden	33
9th	Merenda	170	Embley	78	Jakovich	27	Jakovich	31
10th	Collica	153	Morrison	71	Banfield	24	Wirrpanda	30
					Cox	24
					Wirrpanda	24