West Coast's premiership defence began terribly when former captain Ben Cousins suspended indefinitely during the pre-season for missing training sessions, and subsequently admitting to substance abuse problems. With Cousins in California for rehab, the Eagles nevertheless won their first six games to be sitting clear at the top of the ladder, before a poor run in the middle of the season. Despite Cousins' return in July, West Coast's run into the finals was hampered by a run of injuries, with Daniel Kerr, Andrew Embley and Chad Fletcher all missing games and captain Chris Judd severely hindered by a groin injury.
West Coast finished third to earn the double chance, but suffered the rare ignominy of being knocked out in straight sets. They did not go down without a fight however; a tight loss against Port Adelaide, with Cousins limping off with a torn hammy in what turned out to be his last game as an Eagle, was followed by an extra-time defeat at Subiaco at the hands of Collingwood with star trio Cousins, Judd and Kerr all missing.
All-Australian full-back Darren Glass won his first Club Champion award, with defensive partner Adam Hunter also having a strong season and proving extremely valuable in regular swings into the forward line. On the youth front, Matt Priddis showed the first signs of the clearance machine he would become, while Matt Rosa, Mark LeCras and Shannon Hurn all gave glimpses of the future.
Honour board[]
Coach: John Worsfold (coaching panel)
Captain: Chris Judd
Leadership group: Andrew Embley (vc), Ben Cousins, Dean Cox, Tyson Stenglein
Club Champion: Darren Glass
Rookie of the Year: Matt Priddis
Chris Mainwaring Best Clubman: Ashley Hansen
Leading Goalscorer: Quinten Lynch (52)
All-Australians: Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Daniel Kerr
Rising Star nominees: Shannon Hurn (round 11), Mark LeCras (round 20)
Milestones:
200 games: Michael Braun
150 games: Chad Fletcher, Rowan Jones
100 games: Quinten Lynch, Daniel Chick
Squad[]
| Senior list | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Steve Armstrong | 22 | Jaymie Graham | 21 | Quinten Lynch | 37 | Adam Selwood | |
| 10 | Michael Braun | 29 | Ashley Hansen | 16 | Eric MacKenzie* | 30 | Matt Spangher | |
| 1 | Mitch Brown* | 19 | Tim Houlihan* | 27 | Ben McKinley | 41 | Brent Staker | |
| 26 | Sam Butler | 39 | Adam Hunter | 12 | Mitch Morton | 5 | Tyson Stenglein | |
| 17 | Daniel Chick | 25 | Shannon Hurn | 6 | Mark Nicoski | 33 | James Thomson* | |
| 9 | Ben Cousins | 38 | Brett Jones | 11 | Matt Priddis | 8 | Beau Waters | |
| 20 | Dean Cox | 18 | Rowan Jones | 24 | Matt Rosa | 44 | David Wirrpanda | |
| 32 | Andrew Embley | 3 | Chris Judd | 28 | Ashley Sampi | 13 | Josh Wooden | |
| 7 | Chad Fletcher | 4 | Daniel Kerr | 31 | Will Schofield* | |||
| 23 | Darren Glass | 2 | Mark LeCras | 14 | Mark Seaby | |||
| Rookie list | ||||||||
| 15 | Chad Jones* | 34 | Ben Sharp | 36 | Ashley Thornton | |||
| 45 | Jamie McNamara* | 40 | Llane Spaanderman* | 42 | Beau Wilkes |
(* indicates new addition to playing list)
| # | Player | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | LeCras | 19 | 36 |
| 3 | Judd | 19 | 20 |
| 4 | Kerr | 17 | 8 |
| 5 | Stenglein | 21 | 3 |
| 6 | Nicoski | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Fletcher | 10 | 3 |
| 8 | Waters | 20 | 1 |
| 9 | Cousins | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | Braun | 24 | 6 |
| 11 | Priddis | 24 | 11 |
| 12 | Morton | 8 | 9 |
| 14 | Seaby | 24 | 20 |
| 15 | C.Jones | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | MacKenzie | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Chick | 19 | 5 |
| 18 | R.Jones | 23 | 12 |
| 20 | Cox | 21 | 13 |
| 21 | Lynch | 24 | 52 |
| 22 | Graham | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | Glass | 24 | 1 |
| 24 | Rosa | 22 | 10 |
| 25 | Hurn | 24 | 11 |
| 27 | McKinley | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Hansen | 14 | 22 |
| 31 | Schofield | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Embley | 13 | 10 |
| 35 | Armstrong | 12 | 8 |
| 37 | A.Selwood | 22 | 7 |
| 38 | B.Jones | 23 | 1 |
| 39 | Hunter | 24 | 14 |
| 41 | Staker | 21 | 20 |
| 44 | Wirrpanda | 21 | 25 |
| 45 | McNamara | 2 | 0 |
Results[]
| Rd | Opponent | Venue | Res | Score | Posn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-season | |||||
| Rd 1 | Fremantle | Subiaco | L | 75-112 | |
| NAB Chall 1 | Essendon | Subiaco | L | 42-100 | |
| NAB Chall 2 | Adelaide | Traeger Park | W | 84-77 | |
| NAB Chall 3 | Western Bulldogs | Subiaco | L | 76-96 | |
| Home & away | |||||
| 1 | Sydney | Stadium Australia | W | 74-73 | 8th |
| 2 | Collingwood | Subiaco | W | 87-75 | 4th |
| 3 | Fremantle | Subiaco | W | 101-70 | 1st |
| 4 | Carlton | Subiaco | W | 100-39 | 1st |
| 5 | Richmond | MCG | W | 99-76 | 1st |
| 6 | Western Bulldogs | Subiaco | W | 77-62 | 1st |
| 7 | Geelong | Kardinia Park | L | 70-109 | 2nd |
| 8 | Melbourne | Subiaco | W | 137-60 | 1st |
| 9 | Hawthorn | York Park | L | 64-99 | 1st |
| 10 | North Melbourne | Subiaco | W | 121-55 | 1st |
| 11 | Essendon | Docklands | L | 94-95 | 2nd |
| 12 | St Kilda | Subiaco | L | 76-99 | 3rd |
| 13 | Adelaide | Football Park | W | 95-74 | 3rd |
| 14 | Brisbane | Subiaco | L | 64-91 | 2nd |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | Football Park | L | 62-153 | 4th |
| 16 | Sydney | Subiaco | W | 112-100 | 5th |
| 17 | Western Bulldogs | Docklands | W | 158-71 | 4th |
| 18 | Fremantle | Subiaco | L | 97-124 | 5th |
| 19 | North Melbourne | Docklands | W | 119-102 | 4th |
| 20 | Richmond | Subiaco | W | 117-86 | 3rd |
| 21 | St Kilda | Docklands | W | 106-98 | 3rd |
| 22 | Essendon | Subiaco | W | 132-124 | 3rd |
| QF | Port Adelaide | Football Park | L | 65-68 | |
| SF | Collingwood | Subiaco | L(OT) | 74-93 |
Final ladder[]
| Pos. | Team | W | D | L | % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geelong | 18 | 0 | 4 | 152.8 | |||||
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 0 | 7 | 113.5 | |||||
| 3 | West Coast | 15 | 0 | 7 | 111.7 | |||||
| 4 | North Melbourne | 14 | 0 | 8 | 109.3 | |||||
| 5 | Hawthorn | 13 | 0 | 9 | 113.0 | |||||
| 6 | Collingwood | 13 | 0 | 9 | 101.0 | |||||
| 7 | Sydney | 12 | 1 | 9 | 119.6 | |||||
| 8 | Adelaide | 12 | 0 | 10 | 109.9 | |||||
| ____ | _ | ______________ | _ | ___ | _ | ___ | _ | ___ | _ | _______ |
| 9 | St Kilda | 11 | 1 | 10 | 96.5 | |||||
| 10 | Brisbane | 9 | 2 | 11 | 105.4 | |||||
| 11 | Fremantle | 10 | 0 | 12 | 102.5 | |||||
| 12 | Essendon | 10 | 0 | 12 | 91.2 | |||||
| 13 | Western Bulldogs | 9 | 1 | 12 | 85.5 | |||||
| 14 | Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 17 | 78.2 | |||||
| 15 | Carlton | 4 | 0 | 18 | 74.4 | |||||
| 16 | Richmond | 3 | 1 | 18 | 77.2 |
Qualifying Finals: Geelong def. North Melbourne; Port Adelaide def. West Coast
Elimination Finals: Hawthorn def. Adelaide; Collingwood def. Sydney
Semi Finals: Collingwood def. West Coast (ET); North Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Prelim Finals: Geelong def. Collingwood; Port Adelaide def. North Melbourne
Grand Final: Geelong 24.19.163 def. Port Adelaide 6.8.44
Jumpers[]
(footyjumpers.com)
Club Champion leaderboard[]
| # | Player | Votes | Games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Glass | 405 | 24 | ||
| 2nd | Hunter | 369 | 24 | ||
| 3rd | Selwood | 367 | 23 | ||
| 4th | Priddis | 355 | 24 | ||
| 5th | Kerr | 340 | 17 | ||
| 6th | Judd | 339 | 19 | ||
| 7th | B.Jones | 339 | 24 | ||
| 8th | Cox | 338 | 21 | ||
| 9th | Lynch | 336 | 24 | ||
| 10th | Stenglein | 316 | 21 |
Stats leaders[]
| # | Goals | Disposals | Disp/game | Marks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lynch | 52 . | Priddis | 565 . | Kerr | 27.12 . | Lynch | 167 |
| 2nd | LeCras | 36 | Braun | 514 | Cousins | 25.00 | Rosa | 163 |
| 3rd | Wirrpanda | 25 | Rosa | 476 | Priddis | 23.54 | Cox | 155 |
| 4th | Hansen | 22 | Selwood | 467 | Fletcher | 23.50 | Hunter | 145 |
| 5th | Judd | 20 | Stenglein | 463 | Judd | 23.00 | Selwood | 142 |
| 6th | Staker | 20 | Kerr | 461 | Stenglein | 22.05 | Waters | 131 |
| 7th | Seaby | 20 | Hunter | 456 | Rosa | 21.64 | B.Jones | 115 |
| 8th | Hunter | 14 | B.Jones | 455 | Braun | 21.42 | Wirrpanda | 109 |
| 9th | Cox | 13 | Judd | 437 | Waters | 20.65 | R.Jones | 101 |
| 10th | R.Jones | 12 | R.Jones | 436 | Embley | 20.46 | Staker | 100 |
| # | Kicks | Handballs | Clearances | Tackles | ||||
| 1st | Priddis | 305 . | Braun | 287 . | Priddis | 105 . | Priddis | 128 |
| 2nd | Lynch | 290 | Hunter | 268 | Judd | 95 | Stenglein | 104 |
| 3rd | Wirrpanda | 268 | Priddis | 260 | Kerr | 89 | Braun | 68 |
| 4th | Rosa | 267 | Selwood | 259 | Stenglein | 66 | Kerr | 61 |
| 5th | Judd | 240 | R.Jones | 245 | Cox | 49 | Chick | 61 |
| 6th | Cox | 234 | Kerr | 238 | Seaby | 44 | Judd | 60 |
| 7th | Stenglein | 233 | Stenglein | 230 | Braun | 38 | Selwood | 60 |
| 8th | B.Jones | 233 | B.Jones | 222 | Cousins | 36 | Rosa | 54 |
| 9th | Braun | 227 | Rosa | 209 | Fletcher | 35 | Hunter | 53 |
| 10th | Kerr | 223 | Waters | 206 | R.Jones | 30 | Hurn | 53 |
Tribunal[]
| Rd | Player | Charge | Outcome | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Selwood | Using insulting language towards D.Headland | Found not guilty by Tribunal | |||
| 5 | Stenglein | High contact on R.Tambling | Withdrawn by MRP | |||
| 8 | Kerr | Forceful front-on contact against C.Bruce | Accepted 2-match suspension | |||
| 9 | Judd | Eye-gouging C.Brown | Found not guilty by Tribunal | |||
| 14 | Kerr | Striking W.Hamill | Accepted 1-match suspension | |||
| 18 | Waters | Engaging in melee | Accepted $1,500 fine | |||
| 18 | Cousins | Engaging in melee | Accepted $1,500 fine | |||
| 18 | Priddis | Engaging in melee | Accepted $1,500 fine | |||
| 19 | Lynch | Charging J.Smith | Withdrawn by MRP | |||
| 20 | Staker | Striking A.Pattison | Withdrawn by MRP | |||
| 21 | Judd | Making negligent contact with umpire | Accepted $2,400 fine |
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