2013 season

2013

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Position

13th

H&A record

9-13

Finals

N/A

Captain

Darren Glass

Coach

John Worsfold

Best & Fairest

Matt Priddis

Most goals

Josh Kennedy (60)

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Touted in the pre-season as a premiership fancy, West Coast's 2013 season never got going, with the side struggling from round 1 and having a horror final three weeks to finish a lowly 13th. Constant injuries didn't help, with sensational ruckman Nic Naitanui, prized recruit Sharrod Wellingham, veteran Daniel Kerr and important defenders Beau Waters and Shannon Hurn among those who missed large chunks of the season. At the end of the year, long-time coach John Worsfold announced his retirement due to burnout, ending a remarkable 12-year stay in the top job.

On the positive side, Eric MacKenzie continued his development into an elite key back, Josh Kennedy looked set for a Coleman Medal until that disastrous last few weeks, and hard-working midfielder Matt Priddis had a career-best year and took home the Club Champion award, renamed the John Worsfold Medal in honour of the retiring coach and two-time premiership captain. A few youngsters also gave some hope for the future, including ruckman Scott Lycett, inside midfielder Mark Hutchings and former Saint Jamie Cripps.

Honour board

Coach: John Worsfold (coaching panel)

Captain: Darren Glass

Leadership group: Beau Waters (vc), Dean Cox, Andrew Embley, Shannon Hurn, Josh Kennedy, Mark LeCras, Eric MacKenzie, Matt Priddis, Matt Rosa, Adam Selwood, Scott Selwood, Luke Shuey

Club Champion: Matt Priddis

Rookie of the Year: Scott Lycett

Best Clubman: Beau Waters

Leading Goalscorer: Josh Kennedy (60)

All-Australians: Nil

Rising Star nominees: Nil

Milestones:

250 games: Darren Glass, Andrew Embley

150 games: Matt Priddis

100 games: Scott Selwood, Sam Butler

Squad

Offseason player movements

Playing squad

	Senior list
14	Jacob Brennan	32	Andrew Embley	29	Scott Lycett	24	Matt Rosa
1	Mitch Brown	3	Andrew Gaff	16	Eric MacKenzie	31	Will Schofield
26	Sam Butler	23	Darren Glass	7	Chris Masten	37	Adam Selwood
19	Adam Carter*	43	Ashton Hams	35	Patrick McGinnity	10	Scott Selwood
21	Brant Colledge*	33	Josh Hill	36	Fraser McInnes	5	Brad Sheppard
15	Jamie Cripps*	25	Shannon Hurn	40	Cale Morton*	13	Luke Shuey
20	Dean Cox	34	Mark Hutchings*	9	Nic Naitanui	28	Ashley Smith
18	Bradd Dalziell	17	Josh Kennedy	38	Murray Newman	8	Beau Waters
27	Jack Darling	4	Daniel Kerr	6	Mark Nicoski	12	Sharrod Wellingham*
39	Brad Dick	2	Mark LeCras	11	Matt Priddis	30	Blayne Wilson
	Rookie list
44	Jamie Bennell*	42	Jeremy McGovern	22	Callum Sinclair*	46	Simon Tunbridge

(* indicates new addition to playing list)

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Brown	19	0
2	LeCras	15	30
3	Gaff	22	5
4	Kerr	10	4
5	Sheppard	13	3
7	Masten	19	9
8	Waters	7	0
9	Naitanui	11	8
10	S.Selwood	18	4
11	Priddis	21	6
12	Wellingham	10	8
13	Shuey	14	9
14	Brennan	10	0
15	Cripps	15	12
16	MacKenzie	20	3
17	Kennedy	21	60
18	Dalziell	17	15
19	Carter	5	0
20	Cox	22	13
22	Sinclair	5	3
23	Glass	20	0
24	Rosa	11	1
25	Hurn	12	1
26	Butler	15	1
27	Darling	21	42
28	Smith	12	1
29	Lycett	7	2
30	Wilson	7	0
31	Schofield	16	7
32	Embley	11	7
33	Hill	20	28
34	Hutchings	9	1
35	McGinnity	7	1
37	A.Selwood	9	0
40	Morton	3	1
43	Hams	8	8
46	Tunbridge	2	2

Player reviews

Results

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	NAB Cup
1 (pool)	Sat 16 Feb	Geelong	Subiaco	L	47-49
		Fremantle		W	40-16
2	Sun 3 March	Collingwood	Subiaco	L	76-96
3	Sat 9 March	Port Adelaide	Traeger Park	L	86-92
	Home & away
1	Sat 23 March	Fremantle	Subiaco	L	80-108	14th
2	Sun 7 April	Hawthorn	Subiaco	L	98-148	15th
3	Sat 13 April	Melbourne	MCG	W	177-83	10th
4	Sat 20 April	Carlton	Subiaco	L	65-89	12th
5	Sat 27 April	Port Adelaide	Football Park	L	79-84	15th
6	Sun 5 May	Bulldogs	Subiaco	W	137-67	10th
7	Sat 11 May	Brisbane	Gabba	W	108-82	10th
8	Fri 17 May	North Melbourne	Subiaco	W	90-88	11th
9	Sat 25 May	GWS Giants	Sydney Showground	W	155-55	6th
10	Mon 3 June	Richmond	Subiaco	L	62-103	10th
11	Sun 9 June	St Kilda	Docklands	W	84-80	8th
12		Bye				9th
13	Fri 21 June	Hawthorn	Docklands	L	103-123	10th
14	Thur 27 June	Essendon	Subiaco	L	91-98	10th
15	Sat 6 July	Adelaide	Football Park	W	75-69	9th
16	Sun 14 July	Fremantle	Subiaco	L	93-121	10th
17	Sun 21 July	Sydney	Subiaco	L	79-113	10th
18	Sun 28 July	Bulldogs	Docklands	L	89-111	11th
19	Sat 3 Aug	Gold Coast	Subiaco	W	130-113	11th
20	Sun 11 Aug	Essendon	Docklands	W	120-67	10th
21	Sat 17 Aug	Geelong	Subiaco	L	41-107	11th
22	Fri 23 Aug	Collingwood	MCG	L	39-101	13th
23	Sat 31 Aug	Adelaide	Subiaco	L	43-129	13th

Final ladder

Pos.		Team		W		D		L		%
1		Hawthorn		19		0		3		135.7
2		Geelong		18		0		4		135.6
3		Fremantle		16		1		5		134.1
4		Sydney		15		1		6		132.5
5		Richmond		15		0		7		122.8
6		Collingwood		14		0		8		115.0
7		Port Adelaide		12		0		10		102.4
8		Carlton		11		0		11		106.7
____	_	______________	_	___	_	___	_	___	_	_______
9		Essendon*		14		0		8		107.3
10		North Melbourne		10		0		12		119.5
11		Adelaide		10		0		12		108.1
12		Brisbane		10		0		12		89.6
13		West Coast		9		0		13		95.3
14		Gold Coast		8		0		14		91.7
15		Western Bulldogs		8		0		14		85.1
16		St Kilda		5		0		17		82.6
17		Melbourne		2		0		20		54.1
18		GWS Giants		1		0		21		51.0

(*Essendon deemed to finish 9th under penalties handed down by the AFL Commission for breaches of governance principles)

Qualifying Finals: Hawthorn def. Sydney; Fremantle def. Geelong

Elimination Finals: Carlton def. Richmond; Port Adelaide def. Collingwood

Semi Finals: Geelong def. Port Adelaide; Sydney def. Carlton

Prelim Finals: Hawthorn def. Geelong; Fremantle def. Sydney

Grand Final: Hawthorn 11.11.77 def Fremantle 8.14.62

Jumpers

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Home

Away

Clash

Dig Deep charity guerney (round 19)

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Priddis		373		21
2nd	MacKenzie		367		20
3rd	Kennedy		363		20
4th	Cox		348		22
5th	Darling		330		21
6th	Glass		326		20
7th	S.Selwood		319		18
8th	Gaff		284		22
9th	Masten		278		19
10th	Hill		271		20

Stats leaders

#	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Kennedy	60 .	Priddis	565 .	Priddis	26.90 .	Kennedy	143
2nd	Darling	42	Masten	500	Masten	26.32	Cox	118
3rd	LeCras	30	S.Selwood	460	S.Selwood	25.56	Glass	97
4th	Hill	28	Gaff	437	Shuey	21.50	Darling	96
5th	Dalziell	15	Cox	349	Kerr	20.70	MacKenzie	85

#	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Masten	282 .	Priddis	344 .	Priddis	149 .	S.Selwood	136
2nd	Gaff	266	S.Selwood	232	S.Selwood	102	Priddis	129
3rd	S.Selwood	228	Masten	218	Cox	71	Masten	74
4th	Priddis	221	Gaff	171	Masten	64	Kennedy	69
5th	Kennedy	210	Cox	140	Shuey	58	Shuey	67

Tribunal

Rd		Player		Charge		Outcome
5		Glass		Rough conduct against P.Stewart		Dismissed by Tribunal
13		Embley		Rough conduct against B.Stratton		Accepted 1 match suspension
15		McGinnity		Rough conduct against B.Vince		Accepted 3 match suspension
16		Embley		Rough conduct against C.Pearce		Accepted 2 match suspension
16		Glass		Negligent contact with an umpire		Accepted $900 fine
19		Glass		Striking D.Prestia		Accepted reprimand
21		Cox		Striking J.Selwood		Accepted reprimand
21		S.Selwood		Tripping M.Duncan		Accepted reprimand
22		Glass		Wrestling B.Kennedy		Accepted $900 fine
23		Priddis		Negligent contact with an umpire		Accepted $900 fine