(retired mid-season)
In the first season under new head coach Adam Simpson, West Coast showed early promise after going undefeated through the pre-season and sat top of the ladder after winning the first three games, albeit all against weak opposition. The Eagles came to earth with a thud in Geelong in round 4, sparking a horror run in which they lost seven of eight games and plunged to the lower reaches of the ladder. Skipper Darren Glass surprisingly announced his immediate retirement mid-season, bowing out after 270 games, and Dean Cox, who broke Glen Jakovich's games record during the season, also retired at the end of the year after being "rested" for the first time in years sparked regular speculation about his future. A late-season surge combined with some favourable results in other matches saw finals re-enter the equation and West Coast traveled to Gold Coast in the final round needing to beat the Suns and hoping other favourites did their part, but an upset win to Richmond over Sydney closed the door on the Eagles chances and saw them finish ninth.
On Brownlow night, midfielder Matt Priddis was a surprise winner, bringing home the club's third medal. The reigning Worsfold Medalist missed out on going back to back after being beaten by last year's runner up Eric MacKenzie, who went from strength to strength at fullback in the absence of Glass. Both MacKenzie and Priddis controversially missed out on All-Australian selection after being picked in the extended squad. Key position player Jeremy McGovern was a revelation at both ends of the ground after finally breaking into the side in his fourth season on the list, while fellow youngsters Luke Shuey, Andrew Gaff and Jack Darling continued to show promise for the future.
Honour board[]
Coach: Adam Simpson (coaching panel)
Captain: Darren Glass
Leadership group: Josh Kennedy (vc), Scott Selwood (vc), Dean Cox, Matt Priddis
Club Champion: Eric MacKenzie
Rookie of the Year: Jeremy McGovern
Best Clubman: Sam Butler
Leading Goalscorer: Josh Kennedy (61)
All-Australians: Nil.
Rising Star nominees: Nil.
Milestones:
150 games: Matt Rosa (round 15), Shannon Hurn (round 21)
100 games: Eric MacKenzie (round 1), Josh Kennedy (round 2), Chris Masten (round 3), Will Schofield (round 12), Nic Naitanui (round 13)
Squad[]
Senior list | ||||||||
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37 | Tom Barrass* | 18 | Xavier Ellis* | 16 | Eric MacKenzie | 10 | Scott Selwood | |
44 | Jamie Bennell | 3 | Andrew Gaff | 40 | Dylan Main* | 4 | Dom Sheed* | |
14 | Jacob Brennan | 23 | Darren Glass | 7 | Chris Masten | 5 | Brad Sheppard | |
1 | Mitch Brown | 33 | Josh Hill | 35 | Patrick McGinnity | 13 | Luke Shuey | |
26 | Sam Butler | 25 | Shannon Hurn | 42 | Jeremy McGovern | 28 | Ashley Smith | |
19 | Adam Carter | 34 | Mark Hutchings | 36 | Fraser McInnes | 32 | Simon Tunbridge | |
21 | Brant Colledge | 39 | Malcolm Karpany* | 9 | Nic Naitanui | 8 | Beau Waters | |
20 | Dean Cox | 17 | Josh Kennedy | 11 | Matt Priddis | 12 | Sharrod Wellingham | |
15 | Jamie Cripps | 2 | Mark LeCras | 24 | Matt Rosa | 30 | Blayne Wilson | |
27 | Jack Darling | 29 | Scott Lycett | 31 | Will Schofield | 6 | Elliot Yeo* | |
Rookie list | ||||||||
41 | Will Maginness* | 38 | Murray Newman | 43 | Rowen Powell* | 22 | Callum Sinclair |
(* indicates new addition to playing list)
# | Player | Games | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brown | 19 | 3 |
2 | LeCras | 15 | 30 |
3 | Gaff | 22 | 10 |
4 | Sheed | 10 | 1 |
5 | Sheppard | 14 | 0 |
6 | Yeo | 13 | 2 |
7 | Masten | 21 | 5 |
9 | Naitanui | 20 | 9 |
10 | Selwood | 12 | 3 |
11 | Priddis | 22 | 10 |
12 | Wellingham | 13 | 5 |
13 | Shuey | 20 | 17 |
14 | Brennan | 2 | 0 |
15 | Cripps | 19 | 27 |
16 | MacKenzie | 22 | 2 |
17 | Kennedy | 20 | 61 |
18 | Ellis | 17 | 7 |
19 | Carter | 2 | 0 |
20 | Cox | 17 | 8 |
21 | Colledge | 2 | 0 |
22 | Sinclair | 4 | 2 |
23 | Glass | 8 | 0 |
24 | Rosa | 14 | 3 |
25 | Hurn | 18 | 4 |
26 | Butler | 12 | 1 |
27 | Darling | 22 | 39 |
28 | Smith | 2 | 2 |
29 | Lycett | 12 | 13 |
30 | Wilson | 2 | 0 |
31 | Schofield | 17 | 0 |
32 | Tunbridge | 4 | 2 |
33 | Hill | 9 | 7 |
34 | Hutchings | 16 | 8 |
35 | McGinnity | 10 | 5 |
42 | McGovern | 13 | 13 |
44 | Bennell | 19 | 1 |
Results[]
Rd | Date | Opponent | Venue | Res | Score | Posn |
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NAB Cup | ||||||
1 | Tues 18 Feb | Fremantle | Arena Joondalup | W | 148-64 | |
2 | Thur 27 Feb | Sydney | Blacktown | W | 72-37 | |
3 | Thur 6 March | Fremantle | Subiaco | W | 86-67 | |
Home & away | ||||||
1 | Sun 23 March | Bulldogs | Subiaco | W | 134-69 | 2nd |
2 | Sun 30 March | Melbourne | MCG | W | 123-30 | 1st |
3 | Sat 5 April | St Kilda | Subiaco | W | 83-58 | 1st |
4 | Sat 12 April | Geelong | Kardinia Park | L | 107-32 | 4th |
5 | Sat 19 April | Port Adelaide | Subiaco | L | 56-70 | 4th |
6 | Sat 26 April | Carlton | Docklands | L | 89-92 | 7th |
7 | Sun 4 May | Fremantle | Subiaco | L | 54-73 | 9th |
8 | Sun 11 May | GWS Giants | Subiaco | W | 188-77 | 7th |
9 | Bye | 9th | ||||
10 | Sat 24 May | Collingwood | MCG | L | 101-109 | 9th |
11 | Sun 1 June | North Melbourne | Subiaco | L | 44-82 | 11th |
12 | Sat 7 June | Hawthorn | York Park | L | 79-123 | 11th |
13 | Sat 14 June | Gold Coast | Subiaco | W | 103-100 | 11th |
14 | Sun 22 June | St Kilda | Docklands | W | 103-70 | 10th |
15 | Sat 28 June | Fremantle | Subiaco | L | 81-88 | 11th |
16 | Sun 6 July | Sydney | Subiaco | L | 51-79 | 11th |
17 | Sat 12 July | Brisbane | Gabba | W | 76-62 | 11th |
18 | Fri 25 July | Richmond | Subiaco | L | 42-59 | 11th |
19 | Sat 2 Aug | Adelaide | Adelaide Oval | W | 136-105 | 11th |
20 | Sun 10 Aug | Collingwood | Subiaco | W | 126-66 | 11th |
21 | Sat 16 Aug | Essendon | Docklands | L | 74-77 | 12th |
22 | Sat 23 Aug | Melbourne | Subiaco | W | 119-53 | 10th |
23 | Sun 31 Aug | Gold Coast | Carrara | W | 151-99 | 9th |
Final ladder[]
Pos. | Team | W | D | L | % | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sydney | 17 | 0 | 5 | 142.9 | |||||
2 | Hawthorn | 17 | 0 | 5 | 140.8 | |||||
3 | Geelong | 17 | 0 | 5 | 113.8 | |||||
4 | Fremantle | 16 | 0 | 6 | 130.4 | |||||
5 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 0 | 8 | 129.9 | |||||
6 | North Melbourne | 14 | 0 | 8 | 117.0 | |||||
7 | Essendon | 12 | 1 | 9 | 106.3 | |||||
8 | Richmond | 12 | 0 | 10 | 105.8 | |||||
____ | _ | ______________ | _ | ___ | _ | ___ | _ | ___ | _ | _______ |
9 | West Coast | 11 | 0 | 11 | 116.9 | |||||
10 | Adelaide | 11 | 0 | 11 | 114.1 | |||||
11 | Collingwood | 11 | 0 | 11 | 94.1 | |||||
12 | Gold Coast | 10 | 0 | 12 | 93.7 | |||||
13 | Carlton | 7 | 1 | 14 | 89.8 | |||||
14 | Western Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 15 | 82.0 | |||||
15 | Brisbane | 7 | 0 | 15 | 69.3 | |||||
16 | GWS Giants | 6 | 0 | 16 | 76.7 | |||||
17 | Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 18 | 68.4 | |||||
18 | St Kilda | 4 | 0 | 18 | 60.8 |
Qualifying Finals: Sydney def. Fremantle, Hawthorn def. Geelong
Elimination Finals: Port Adelaide def. Richmond, North Melbourne def. Essendon
Semi Finals: Port Adelaide def. Fremantle, North Melbourne def. Geelong
Prelim Finals: Sydney def. North Melbourne, Hawthorn def. Port Adelaide
Grand Final: Hawthorn def. Sydney
Jumpers[]
(footyjumpers.com)
Club Champion leaderboard[]
# | Player | Votes | Games | ||
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1st | MacKenzie | 201 | 22 | ||
2nd | Priddis | 190 | 22 | ||
3rd | Shuey | 148 | 20 | ||
4th | Gaff | 138 | 22 | ||
5th | Darling | 126 | 22 | ||
6th | Kennedy | 120 | 20 | ||
7th | Hurn | 115 | 18 | ||
8th | Masten | 115 | 21 | ||
9th | Naitanui | 103 | 20 | ||
10th | Cripps | 99 | 19 |
Stats leaders[]
Goals | Disposals | Disp/game | Marks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Kennedy | 61 . | Priddis | 627 . | Priddis | 28.50 . | MacKenzie | 159 |
2nd | Darling | 39 | Gaff | 534 | Rosa | 24.71 | Gaff | 120 |
3rd | LeCras | 30 | Shuey | 484 | Gaff | 24.27 | Kennedy | 114 |
4th | Cripps | 27 | Masten | 480 | Shuey | 24.20 | Hurn | 106 |
5th | Shuey | 17 | Rosa | 346 | Masten | 22.86 | Darling | 106 |
# | Kicks | Handballs | Clearances | Tackles | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Gaff | 344 . | Priddis | 366 . | Priddis | 161 . | Priddis | 147 |
2nd | Masten | 273 | Shuey | 235 | Hutchings | 88 | Shuey | 109 |
3rd | Priddis | 261 | Masten | 207 | Darling | 86 | Naitanui | 66 |
4th | Hurn | 250 | Gaff | 190 | Shuey | 80 | Gaff | 54 |
5th | Shuey | 249 | Rosa | 168 | Naitanui | 77 | Selwood | 46 |
Tribunal[]
Rd | Player | Charge | Outcome | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NAB Chal rd 1 | McGinnity | Rough conduct against D.Pearce | Accepted 1 game suspension | |||
1 | Wellingham | Tripping J.Johanissen | Accepted reprimand | |||
2 (WAFL) | Schofield | Striking A.Anderson of Swan Dist | Reprimanded by Tribunal | |||
3 | Shuey | Striking T.Curren | Accepted 1-game suspension | |||
5 | Glass | Rough conduct against C.Wingard | Accepted 1-game suspension | |||
8 | LeCras | Rough conduct against W.Hoskin-Elliott | Accepted 1-game suspension | |||
16 | Kennedy | Rough conduct against Z.Jones | Accepted 1-game suspension | |||
18 | LeCras | Misconduct against T.Vickery | Accepted $900 fine | |||
18 | Shuey | Misconduct against T.Vickery | Accepted $900 fine | |||
19 (WAFL) | Tunbridge | Striking S.Moore of Subi | Accepted reprimand | |||
21 (WAFL) | Wilson | Striking | Suspended for 1 week by Tribunal | |||
23 | Kennedy | Striking D.Swallow | Withdrawn by Match Review Panel | |||
23 | Shuey | Engaging in melee | Accepted $1200 fine | |||
23 | Naitanui | Engaging in melee | Accepted $1200 fine | |||
23 (WAFL) | McInnes | Rough conduct against B.Abbott of Cla. | Cleared by Tribunal |
2014 season |
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