After a deplorable 2010, West Coast showed how what a difference it makes having your best 22 fit and firing for an extended period, racing to a top-4 finish in one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in the modern era. After losing to Collingwood in the qualifying final, the Eagles took advantage of the double chance to knock former skipper Chris Judd and Carlton out of the finals, in the process winning their first final since the 2006 premiership. The Cinderella story ended the following week at the hands of eventual premiers Geelong.
Veterans Darren Glass, Dean Cox and Andrew Embley led the charge, with Matt Priddis and Shannon Hurn also contributing well. Glass took out the Club Champion award for a second time, pipping Priddis on a countback with Cox just one vote behind the pair. West Coast also got great service from some inexperienced players, with Luke Shuey unlucky not to win the league's Rising Star award after finally getting an injury-free run. The benefits of the previous year's poor showing was also on display in the form of draftees Jack Darling and Andrew Gaff, both of whom contributed greatly in their rookie seasons.
Honour board[]
Coach: John Worsfold (coaching panel)
Captain: Darren Glass
Leadership group: Beau Waters (vc), Dean Cox, Adam Selwood, Matt Priddis, Josh Kennedy, Shannon Hurn, Mark LeCras, Andrew Embley, Scott Selwood
Club Champion: Darren Glass
Rookie of the Year: Luke Shuey
Best Clubman: Brett Jones
Leading Goalscorer: Josh Kennedy (59)
All-Australians: Dean Cox, Darren Glass
Rising Star nominees: Luke Shuey (round 2), Jack Darling (round 6), Andrew Gaff (round 19)
Milestones:
200 games: Darren Glass
150 games: Adam Selwood
100 games: Matt Rosa, Mark Nicoski, Matt Priddis, Mark LeCras
Squad[]
Senior list | ||||||||
34 | Jacob Brennan* | 25 | Shannon Hurn | 35 | Patrick McGinnity | 13 | Luke Shuey | |
1 | Mitch Brown | 38 | Brett Jones | 9 | Nic Naitanui | 28 | Ashley Smith | |
26 | Sam Butler | 33 | Jordan Jones | 22 | Ryan Neates | 14 | Koby Stevens | |
20 | Dean Cox | 17 | Josh Kennedy | 6 | Mark Nicoski | 47 | Lewis Stevenson | |
18 | Bradd Dalziell | 4 | Daniel Kerr | 11 | Matt Priddis | 41 | Andrew Strijk | |
27 | Jack Darling* | 2 | Mark LeCras | 24 | Matt Rosa | 15 | Tom Swift | |
5 | Brad Ebert | 29 | Scott Lycett* | 31 | Will Schofield | 8 | Beau Waters | |
32 | Andrew Embley | 21 | Quinten Lynch | 37 | Adam Selwood | 44 | Gerrick Weedon | |
3 | Andrew Gaff* | 16 | Eric MacKenzie | 10 | Scott Selwood | 30 | Blayne Wilson* | |
23 | Darren Glass | 7 | Chris Masten | 12 | Brad Sheppard | 36 | Callum Wilson | |
Rookie list | ||||||||
39 | Lewis Broome | 43 | Ashton Hams | 42 | Jeremy McGovern* | |||
40 | Anton Hamp* | 19 | Tim Houlihan | 45 | Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls |
(* = new addition to playing list)
# | Player | Games | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brown | 6 | 0 |
2 | LeCras | 22 | 47 |
3 | Gaff | 17 | 7 |
4 | Kerr | 16 | 7 |
5 | Ebert | 22 | 14 |
6 | Nicoski | 25 | 41 |
7 | Masten | 13 | 7 |
8 | Waters | 11 | 0 |
9 | Naitanui | 23 | 18 |
10 | S.Selwood | 25 | 9 |
11 | Priddis | 25 | 9 |
12 | Sheppard | 6 | 1 |
13 | Shuey | 25 | 24 |
14 | Stevens | 2 | 0 |
15 | Swift | 5 | 1 |
16 | MacKenzie | 15 | 0 |
17 | Kennedy | 23 | 59 |
18 | Dalziell | 1 | 0 |
20 | Cox | 25 | 20 |
21 | Lynch | 24 | 28 |
23 | Glass | 24 | 0 |
24 | Rosa | 18 | 5 |
25 | Hurn | 25 | 5 |
26 | Butler | 13 | 0 |
27 | Darling | 23 | 24 |
28 | Smith | 18 | 4 |
29 | Lycett | 1 | 2 |
31 | Schofield | 23 | 2 |
32 | Embley | 24 | 17 |
35 | McGinnity | 19 | 1 |
37 | A.Selwood | 25 | 3 |
41 | Strijk | 1 | 0 |
43 | Hams | 4 | 1 |
44 | Weedon | 1 | 0 |
Results[]
Rd | Date | Opponent | Venue | Res | Score | Posn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NAB Cup | ||||||
1 (pool) | Sun 13 Feb | Hawthorn | Subiaco | W | 31-29 | |
Fremantle | W | 37-25 | ||||
QF | Sun 27 Feb | Gold Coast | Subiaco | W | 87-50 | |
SF | Sat 5 March | Collingwood | Subiaco | L | 56-80 | |
Sat 12 March | Fremantle | Fremantle Oval | L | 81-90 | ||
Home & away | ||||||
1 | Sun 27 March | North Melbourne | Subiaco | W | 92-88 | 5th |
2 | Sat 2 April | Port Adelaide | Football Park | W | 116-98 | 3rd |
3 | Sat 9 April | Sydney | Subiaco | L | 88-101 | 9th |
4 | Sat 16 April | Hawthorn | York Park | L | 65-72 | 10th |
5 | Bye | 10th | ||||
6 | Thur 28 April | Melbourne | Subiaco | W | 106-52 | 7th |
7 | Sun 8 May | Essendon | Docklands | L | 90-106 | 10th |
8 | Sun 15 May | Fremantle | Subiaco | W | 96-63 | 7th |
9 | Sun 22 May | Bulldogs | Subiaco | W | 175-52 | 6th |
10 | Sun 29 May | Collingwood | MCG | L | 53-105 | 7th |
11 | Sat 4 June | Gold Coast | Subiaco | W | 85-67 | 6th |
12 | Sat 11 June | Adelaide | Football Park | W | 106-67 | 6th |
13 | Sun 19 June | Port Adelaide | Subiaco | W | 110-88 | 5th |
14 | Sun 26 June | Carlton | Docklands | W | 103-67 | 5th |
15 | Bye | 5th | ||||
16 | Fri 8 July | Geelong | Subiaco | W | 96-88 | 5th |
17 | Sat 16 July | St Kilda | Docklands | L | 61-82 | 5th |
18 | Sun 24 July | Fremantle | Subiaco | W | 65-64 | 5th |
19 | Sat 30 July | Bulldogs | Docklands | W | 103-95 | 5th |
20 | Sun 7 Aug | Richmond | Subiaco | W | 147-90 | 5th |
21 | Sun 14 Aug | Melbourne | Docklands | W | 110-62 | 5th |
22 | Sat 20 Aug | Essendon | Subiaco | W | 134-77 | 4th |
23 | Sat 27 Aug | Brisbane | Gabba | W | 89-81 | 4th |
24 | Sat 3 Sept | Adelaide | Subiaco | W | 145-50 | 4th |
EF | Sat 10 Sept | Collingwood | MCG | L | 62-82 | |
SF | Sat 17 Sept | Carlton | Subiaco | W | 101-98 | |
PF | Sat 24 Sept | Geelong | MCG | L | 69-117 |
Final ladder[]
Pos. | Team | W | D | L | % | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Collingwood | 20 | 0 | 2 | 167.7 | |||||
2 | Geelong | 19 | 0 | 3 | 157.4 | |||||
3 | Hawthorn | 18 | 0 | 4 | 144.1 | |||||
4 | West Coast | 17 | 0 | 5 | 130.3 | |||||
5 | Carlton | 14 | 1 | 7 | 130.9 | |||||
6 | St Kilda | 12 | 1 | 9 | 112.8 | |||||
7 | Sydney | 12 | 1 | 9 | 109.3 | |||||
8 | Essendon | 11 | 1 | 10 | 100.0 | |||||
____ | _ | ______________ | _ | ___ | _ | ___ | _ | ___ | _ | _______ |
9 | North Melbourne | 10 | 0 | 12 | 101.2 | |||||
10 | Western Bulldogs | 9 | 0 | 13 | 95.6 | |||||
11 | Fremantle | 9 | 0 | 13 | 83.1 | |||||
12 | Richmond | 8 | 1 | 13 | 86.4 | |||||
13 | Melbourne | 8 | 1 | 13 | 85.3 | |||||
14 | Adelaide | 7 | 0 | 15 | 79.4 | |||||
15 | Brisbane | 4 | 0 | 18 | 81.0 | |||||
16 | Port Adelaide | 3 | 0 | 19 | 64.5 | |||||
17 | Gold Coast | 3 | 0 | 19 | 56.3 |
Qualifying Finals: Collingwood def West Coast; Geelong def. Hawthorn
Elimination Finals: Carlton def. Essendon; Sydney def. St Kilda
Semi Finals: West Coast def. Carlton; Hawthorn def. Sydney
Prelim Finals: Collingwood def. Hawthorn; Geelong def. West Coast
Grand Final: Geelong 18.11.119 def Collingwood 12.9.81
Jumpers[]
(footyjumpers.com)
Club Champion leaderboard[]
# | Player | Votes | Games | # | Player | Votes | Games | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Glass | 398 | 24 | 11th | Kennedy | 330 | 23 | |||||
2nd | Priddis | 398 | 25 | 12th | Lynch | 329 | 24 | |||||
3rd | Cox | 397 | 25 | 13th | LeCras | 295 | 22 | |||||
4th | Hurn | 374 | 25 | 14th | Darling | 292 | 23 | |||||
5th | Shuey | 359 | 25 | 15th | Rosa | 280 | 18 | |||||
6th | A.Selwood | 342 | 25 | 16th | Schofield | 272 | 23 | |||||
7th | Naitanui | 338 | 24 | 17th | Kerr | 250 | 16 | |||||
8th | Embley | 333 | 24 | 18th | Ebert | 238 | 22 | |||||
9th | Nicoski | 333 | 25 | 19th | McGinnity | 228 | 19 | |||||
10th | S.Selwood | 332 | 25 | 20th | MacKenzie | 224 | 15 |
Stats leaders[]
# | Goals | Disposals | Disp/game | Marks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Kennedy | 59 . | Priddis | 662 . | Priddis | 26.48 . | Lynch | 157 |
2nd | LeCras | 47 | Embley | 518 | Kerr | 24.63 | Kennedy | 144 |
3rd | Nicoski | 41 | Shuey | 502 | Rosa | 22.28 | Cox | 137 |
4th | Lynch | 28 | S.Selwood | 468 | Embley | 21.58 | Hurn | 114 |
5th | Darling / Shuey | 24 | Hurn | 452 | Shuey | 20.08 | Embley | 113 |
# | Kicks | Handballs | Clearances | Tackles | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Hurn | 343 . | Priddis | 386 . | Priddis | 159 . | S.Selwood | 202 |
2nd | Shuey | 323 | S.Selwood | 248 | Shuey | 114 | Priddis | 193 |
3rd | Embley | 312 | Kerr | 220 | Kerr | 96 | Embley | 104 |
4th | Priddis | 276 | Embley | 206 | S.Selwood | 94 | Shuey | 104 |
5th | Cox | 270 | A.Selwood | 185 | Cox | 93 | Darling | 93 |
Tribunal[]
Rd | Player | Charge | Outcome | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NAB QF | C.Wilson | Striking N.Krakouer | Accepted reprimand | |||
NAB SF | Shuey | Rough conduct against T.Hunter | Accepted reprimand | |||
11 | S.Selwood | Striking G.Ablett | Accepted reprimand | |||
12 | Darling | Negligently making contact with umpire | Accepted $900 fine | |||
14 | Lynch | Head-high contact on M.Murphy | Accepted reprimand | |||
14 | Lynch | Rough conduct against M.Murphy | Successfully argued for downgrade to 1 match | |||
14 | Schofield | Tripping M.Murphy | Accepted reprimand | |||
16 | Naitanui | Front-on contact against T.Hunt | Accepted reprimand |
2011 season |
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