2016 season

2016

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Position

7th

H&A record

16-6 (6th)

Finals

Lost EF

Captain

Shannon Hurn

Coach

Adam Simpson

Best & Fairest

Luke Shuey

Most goals

Josh Kennedy (82)

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Coming off a surprise Grand Final appearance, West Coast started the season as one of the premiership fancies but struggled throughout the year to live up to that billing, particularly early on in the season when the side found winning away from Subiaco difficult. After drifting around the lower reaches of the top eight for most of the season, the Eagles appeared to have clicked into form in the final three rounds when they defeated fellow finalists GWS Giants, Hawthorn and Adelaide in succession to earn a home elimination final. Unfortunately they lost important ruckman Nic Naitanui to a serious knee injury midway through that run, and failed to fire a shot in their finals appearance, falling heavily to eventual premiers Western Bulldogs to wrap up what was an underwhelming year.

While only a handful of players managed to reach their 2015 form, Luke Shuey turned in the best season of his career to date, the midfielder winning his first John Worsfold Medal and only just missing out on a maiden All-Australian berth. Josh Kennedy won his second consecutive Coleman Medal after booting a career-high 82 goals for the year, and was joined in the All-Australian team by defender Jeremy McGovern who solidified his reputation as one of the best intercept marks in the league. Key defender Tom Barrass stamped himself as a player of the future, forming an imposing partnership with McGovern late in the year. Unfortunately key midfield recruits Lewis Jetta and Jack Redden both struggled for form and spent extended periods in the reserves, along with former club champion Eric MacKenzie who fell behind Barrass in the pecking order on his return from a knee injury. The playing list was relatively healthy throughout the year with Naitanui, who missed a stretch midyear after Achilles surgery before rupturing his ACL in the penultimate round, and midfielder Dom Sheed the only experienced players to miss lengthy periods.

Diary

Honour board

Coach: Adam Simpson (coaching panel)

Captain: Shannon Hurn

Leadership group: Josh Kennedy (vc), Eric MacKenzie, Matt Priddis, Luke Shuey

Club Champion: Luke Shuey

Rookie of the Year: Tom Barrass

Best Clubman: Luke Shuey

Leading Goalscorer: Josh Kennedy (82)

All-Australians: Josh Kennedy, Jeremy McGovern

Rising Star nominees: Tom Barrass (round 23)

Milestones: 200 games: Matt Priddis (round 3), Shannon Hurn (Elimination Final)
150 games: Josh Kennedy (round 7), Chris Masten (round 12), Sam Butler (round 16), Will Schofield (round 20)
100 games: Brad Sheppard (round 17)

Squad

Offseason player movements

Playing squad

	Senior list								Head coach
43	Matthew Allen*	18	Xavier Ellis	2	Mark LeCras	24	Luke Partington*		Adam Simpson
37	Tom Barrass	3	Andrew Gaff	29	Scott Lycett	11	Matt Priddis		Assistants
44	Jamie Bennell	22	Jonathan Giles*	16	Eric MacKenzie	8	Jack Redden*		Brady Rawlings (mid)
1	Mitch Brown	33	Josh Hill	7	Chris Masten	31	Will Schofield		Justin Longmuir (fwd)
26	Sam Butler	25	Shannon Hurn	35	Patrick McGinnity	4	Dom Sheed		Adrian Hickmott (def)
19	Damien Cavka	34	Mark Hutchings	20	Jeremy McGovern	5	Brad Sheppard		Dean Cox (ruck)
28	Tom Cole*	23	Lewis Jetta*	36	Fraser McInnes	13	Luke Shuey		Development
15	Jamie Cripps	39	Malcolm Karpany	38	Kurt Mutimer*	12	Sharrod Wellingham		Gavin Bell (head)
27	Jack Darling	17	Josh Kennedy	9	Nic Naitanui	6	Elliot Yeo		Adam Selwood (mid)
14	Liam Duggan	10	Tom Lamb	30	Jackson Nelson				Daniel Pratt (def)
	Rookie list								Mark Nicoski (def)
45	Corey Adamson	21	Brant Colledge	41	Jordan Snadden*	42	Alec Waterman		Luke Webster (fwd)
46	Paddy Brophy	47	Kane Lucas	32	Simon Tunbridge				Jaymie Graham (EP)

( * indicates new addition to playing list)

Player Reviews 2016

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Brown	4	1
2	LeCras	23	38
3	Gaff	22	7
4	Sheed	6	1
5	Sheppard	23	1
6	Yeo	20	16
7	Masten	21	4
8	Redden	15	5
9	Naitanui	15	8
11	Priddis	22	4
12	Wellingham	19	1
13	Shuey	23	12
14	Duggan	14	2
15	Cripps	23	28
16	MacKenzie	13	1
17	Kennedy	23	82
18	Ellis	2	1
20	McGovern	22	3
22	Giles	4	2
23	Jetta	12	6
25	Hurn	23	3
26	Butler	20	0
27	Darling	23	44
28	Cole	2	0
29	Lycett	21	14
30	Nelson	8	0
31	Schofield	22	1
32	Tunbridge	3	1
33	Hill	22	24
34	Hutchings	18	13
35	McGinnity	3	5
36	McInnes	2	0
37	Barrass	10	0
39	Karpany	1	0
44	Bennell	2	2

Results

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
1	Sun 21 Feb	Adelaide	Unley Oval	L	48-148
2	Thur 3 March	Gold Coast	Arena Joondalup	W	55-52
3	Sun 13 March	Essendon	Subiaco	W	158-53
	Home & away
1	Sun 27 March	Brisbane	Subiaco	W	166-102	4th
2	Sun 3 April	Hawthorn	MCG	L	53-99	8th
3	Sat 9 April	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	92-59	7th
4	Fri 15 April	Richmond	Subiaco	W	125-57	6th
5	Sat 23 April	Sydney	SCG	L	49-88	8th
6	Sun 1 May	Collingwood	Subiaco	W	124-62	6th
7	Sat 7 May	Geelong	Kardinia Park	L	79-123	7th
8	Sun 15 May	St Kilda	Subiaco	W	132-29	7th
9	Sat 21 May	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	W	94-86	6th
10	Sun 29 May	Gold Coast	Subiaco	W	132-55	5th
11	Sun 5 June	Western Bulldogs	Docklands	L	75-83	7th
12	Sat 11 June	Adelaide	Subiaco	L	76-105	8th
13	Sat 18 June	Brisbane	Gabba	W	131-82	7th
14		Bye				8th
15	Thur 30 June	Essendon	Subiaco	W	130-52	8th
16	Sun 10 July	North Melbourne	Subiaco	W	104-72	5th
17	Sun 17 July	Carlton	MCG	W	82-75	6th
18	Sat 23 July	Melbourne	Subiaco	W	66-60	5th
19	Sat 30 July	Collingwood	MCG	L	72-91	6th
20	Sun 7 Aug	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	110-64	6th
21	Sat 13 Aug	GWS Giants	Syd Showground	W	97-96	6th
22	Fri 19 Aug	Hawthorn	Subiaco	W	92-67	6th
23	Fri 26 Aug	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	W	100-71	6th
	Finals
EF	Thur 8 Sept	Western Bulldogs	Subiaco	L	52-99

Final ladder

	Team	P	W	L	D	%	Pts
1	Sydney	22	17	5	0	151.2	68
2	Geelong	22	17	5	0	143.8	68
3	Hawthorn	22	17	5	0	118.6	68
4	GWS Giants	22	16	6	0	143.1	64
5	Adelaide	22	16	6	0	138.3	64
6	West Coast	22	16	6	0	130.0	64
7	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	115.4	60
8	North Melbourne	22	12	10	0	105.2	48
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9	St Kilda	22	12	10	0	95.7	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	10	12	0	106.0	40
11	Melbourne	22	10	12	0	97.6	40
12	Collingwood	22	9	13	0	95.6	36
13	Richmond	22	8	14	0	79.5	32
14	Carlton	22	7	15	0	79.3	28
15	Gold Coast	22	6	16	0	78.2	24
16	Fremantle	22	4	18	0	74.3	16
17	Brisbane	22	3	19	0	61.6	12
18	Essendon	22	3	19	0	61.0	12

Qualifying finals: GWS Giants def. Sydney, Geelong def. Hawthorn

Elimination finals: Adelaide def. North Melbourne, Western Bulldogs def. West Coast

Semi finals: Sydney def. Adelaide, Western Bulldogs def. Hawthorn

Preliminary finals: Sydney def. Geelong, Western Bulldogs def. GWS Giants

Grand Final: Western Bulldogs 13.11.89 def. Sydney 10.7.67

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Indigenous Round

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Shuey		157		23			11th	Yeo		78		20
2nd	Kennedy		146		23			12th	Naitanui		77		15
3rd	Gaff		140		22			13th	Hutchings		77		18
4th	Priddis		132		22			14th	Lycett		76		21
5th	Hurn		122		23			15th	Masten		73		21
6th	McGovern		113		22			16th	Butler		65		20
7th	LeCras		102		23			17th	Hill		57		22
8th	Cripps		101		23			18th	Barrass		41		10
9th	Darling		93		23			19th	Schofield		41		22
10th	Sheppard		91		23			20th	Wellingham		38		19

Stats leaders

	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Kennedy	82 .	Gaff	657 .	Gaff	29.86 .	Kennedy	148
2nd	Darling	44	Priddis	597	Priddis	27.14	McGovern	137
3rd	LeCras	38	Shuey	596	Shuey	25.91	LeCras	127
4th	Cripps	28	Masten	468	Masten	22.29	Darling	123
5th	Hill	24	Hurn	413	Hurn	17.96	Hurn	111
#	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Gaff	372 .	Priddis	383 .	Shuey	151 .	Priddis	188
2nd	Hurn	300	Shuey	324	Priddis	148	Shuey	149
3rd	Shuey	272	Gaff	285	Lycett	59	Yeo	99
4th	LeCras	269	Masten	237	Gaff	58	Cripps	94
5th	McGovern	239	Sheppard	167	Naitanui	57	Lycett	90

Tribunal

Rd		Player		Charge		Outcome
4		Lycett		Striking T.Vickery		Accepted 1-week suspension
9		Cripps		Engaging in melee		Accepted $1,000 fine
9		Schofield		Engaging in melee		Accepted $1,000 fine
9		Shuey		Engaging in melee		Accepted $1,500 fine
9		Yeo		Engaging in melee		Accepted $1,000 fine
9		Duggan		Wrestling T.Boak		Accepted $1,000 fine
13		LeCras		Striking C.Beams		Accepted $1,000 fine
16		Wellingham		Misconduct against D.Petrie		Accepted $1,000 fine
16		Lycett		Striking J.Ziebell		Accepted $1,000 fine
16		McGinnity		Misconduct against S.Gibson		Accepted $1,000 fine
18		Cripps		Rough conduct against M.Gawn		Accepted $1,000 fine
18		McGovern		Rough conduct against D.Kent		Accepted $1,000 fine
18		Mutimer		Rough conduct against J.Bolton (Cla)		Accepted 1-week suspension
21		Tunbridge		Striking A.Kennedy		Accepted 1-match suspension
21		Tunbridge		Rough conduct against A.Kennedy		Accepted 2-match suspension
23 (WAFL)		McInnes		Rough conduct against R.Lester-Smith (EF)		Accepted reprimand