2017 season

2017

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Position

6th

H&A record

12-10 (8th)

Finals

Lost SF

Captain

Shannon Hurn

Coach

Adam Simpson

Best & Fairest

Elliot Yeo

Most goals

Josh Kennedy (69)

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Despite the season-long absence of star ruckman Nic Naitanui, West Coast entered 2017 as a premiership hopeful but form was difficult to come by. A worrying trend of final-quarter fadeouts and a number of frustratingly close losses meant that the Eagles were on the edge of missing finals altogether, right up until the final moments of the final round when they were able to defeat the ladder-leading Crows by just enough to squeeze into the top eight on percentage. That win and the follow-up historic extra-time win over Port Adelaide in an elimination final gave fresh hope, but proved to be a false dawn as the season ended one week later with a thumping defeat to GWS.

Young big-marking defenders Elliot Yeo and Jeremy McGovern were strong contributors, with both being named All-Australian (McGovern for the second straight year) and Yeo narrowly beating McGovern to win his first John Worsfold Medal. The pair was joined in the AA side by spearhead Josh Kennedy, who made a remarkable run towards a third straight Coleman Medal despite a lengthy mid-season injury layoff, only to be pipped at the post in the final round. Others to have solid seasons included skipper Shannon Hurn and veteran acquisitions Sam Mitchell and Drew Petrie, both of whom proved to be canny pick-ups although they would both retire at the end of the year.

Diary

Honour board

Coach: Adam Simpson (coaching panel)

Captain: Shannon Hurn

Leadership group: Josh Kennedy (vc), Luke Shuey (vc), Andrew Gaff, Jeremy McGovern, Sam Mitchell, Matt Priddis

Club Champion: Elliot Yeo

Rookie of the Year: Liam Duggan

Best Clubman: Mark Hutchings

Leading Goalscorer: Josh Kennedy (69)

All-Australians: Josh Kennedy (vc), Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo

Rising Star nominees: Nil.

Milestones: 150 games: Luke Shuey (round 18), Andrew Gaff (round 19), Jack Darling (Elim. Final)
100 games: Josh Hill (round 5), Jamie Cripps (round 22)

Squad

Offseason player movements

Playing squad

	Senior list								Head coach
43	Matthew Allen	25	Shannon Hurn	20	Jeremy McGovern	31	Will Schofield		Adam Simpson
37	Tom Barrass	34	Mark Hutchings	1	Sam Mitchell*	4	Dom Sheed		Assistants
26	Sam Butler	23	Lewis Jetta	38	Kurt Mutimer	5	Brad Sheppard		Justin Longmuir (sen)
28	Tom Cole	39	Malcolm Karpany	9	Nic Naitanui	13	Luke Shuey		Jaymie Graham (fwd)
15	Jamie Cripps	17	Josh Kennedy	30	Jackson Nelson	19	Nathan Vardy*		Adrian Hickmott (mid)
27	Jack Darling	10	Tom Lamb	24	Luke Partington	18	Daniel Venables*		Dean Cox (mid)
14	Liam Duggan	2	Mark LeCras	11	Matt Priddis	45	Jake Waterman*		Daniel Pratt (back)
3	Andrew Gaff	29	Scott Lycett	8	Jack Redden	12	Sharrod Wellingham		Development
22	Jonathan Giles	16	Eric MacKenzie	44	Willie Rioli*	6	Elliot Yeo		Gavin Bell (head)
33	Josh Hill	7	Chris Masten	35	Josh Rotham*				Mark Nicoski (def)
	Rookie list								Luke Webster (fwd/EP)
42	Tarir Bayok*	40	Tom Gorter*	21	Drew Petrie*	32	Simon Tunbridge		Luke Dwyer (mid)
46	Paddy Brophy	36	Fraser McInnes	41	Jordan Snadden	47	Francis Watson*		Adam Selwood (acad)

( * indicates new addition to playing list)

Player Reviews 2017

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Mitchell	22	4
2	LeCras	19	32
3	Gaff	24	6
4	Sheed	21	11
5	Sheppard	24	1
6	Yeo	23	8
7	Masten	13	3
8	Redden	19	4
11	Priddis	21	6
12	Wellingham	13	0
13	Shuey	23	11
14	Duggan	20	4
15	Cripps	21	26
16	MacKenzie	13	0
17	Kennedy	19	69
19	Vardy	22	10
20	McGovern	22	3
21	Petrie	16	16
22	Giles	5	1
23	Jetta	15	9
24	Partington	6	3
25	Hurn	23	0
26	Butler	9	0
27	Darling	23	43
28	Cole	4	0
29	Lycett	1	0
30	Nelson	13	0
31	Schofield	10	2
33	Hill	12	16
34	Hutchings	19	7
36	McInnes	2	0
37	Barrass	19	0
38	Mutimer	4	1
39	Karpany	6	6

Results

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
1	Sat 18 Feb	GWS Giants	Narrandera	L	37-70
2	Sat 25 Feb	Fremantle	Wonthella Oval	W	107-52
3	Thur 9 March	Melbourne	Subiaco	W	92-70
	Home & away
1	Sun 26 March	North Melbourne	Docklands	W	136-93	4th
2	Sat 1 April	St Kilda	Subiaco	W	116-97	5th
3	Sat 8 April	Richmond	MCG	L	65-76	6th
4	Thur 13 April	Sydney	Subiaco	W	91-65	5th
5	Sun 23 April	Hawthorn	MCG	L	75-125	7th
6	Sat 29 April	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	103-62	6th
7	Sat 6 May	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	W	97-87	4th
8	Fri 12 May	Western Bulldogs	Subiaco	W	69-61	3rd
9	Sun 21 May	Essendon	Docklands	L	64-125	4th
10	Sun 28 May	GWS Giants	Subiaco	L	90-98	6th
11	Sat 3 June	Gold Coast	Carrara	L	77-80	7th
12		Bye				9th
13	Thur 15 June	Geelong	Subiaco	W	83-70	7th
14	Sat 24 June	Melbourne	Subiaco	L	96-99	7th
15	Sat 1 July	Western Bulldogs	Docklands	W	87-80	7th
16	Sun 9 July	Port Adelaide	Subiaco	L	88-120	9th
17	Sun 16 July	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	74-44	8th
18	Sun 23 July	Collingwood	Docklands	L	93-85	9th
19	Sun 30 July	Brisbane	Subiaco	W	113-45	8th
20	Sun 6 Aug	St Kilda	Docklands	L	95-103	9th
21	Sat 12 Aug	Carlton	Subiaco	W	100-83	8th
22	Sat 19 Aug	GWS Giants	Sydney Showground	L	60-81	9th
23	Sun 27 Aug	Adelaide	Subiaco	W	100-71	8th
	Finals
EF	Sat 9 Sept	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	W	78-76 (ET)
SF	Sat 16 Sept	GWS Giants	Sydney Showground	L	58-125

Final ladder

	Team	P	W	L	D	%	Pts
1	Adelaide	22	15	6	1	136.0	62
2	Geelong	22	15	6	1	117.4	62
3	Richmond	22	15	7	0	118.3	60
4	GWS Giants	22	14	6	2	114.9	60
5	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	129.7	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	126.8	56
7	Essendon	22	12	10	0	106.5	48
8	West Coast	22	12	10	0	105.7	48
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9	Melbourne	22	12	10	0	105.2	48
10	Western Bulldogs	22	11	11	0	97.1	44
11	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	96.9	44
12	Hawthorn	22	10	11	1	90.7	42
13	Collingwood	22	9	12	1	99.0	38
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	74.4	32
15	North Melbourne	22	6	16	0	87.6	24
16	Carlton	22	6	16	0	78.2	24
17	Gold Coast	22	6	16	0	76.0	24
18	Brisbane	22	5	17	0	74.3	20

Qualifying finals: Adelaide def. GWS Giants, Richmond def. Geelong

Elimination finals: West Coast def. Port Adelaide, Sydney def. Essendon

Semi finals: Geelong def. Sydney, GWS Giants def. West Coast

Preliminary finals: Adelaide def. Geelong, Richmond def. GWS Giants

Grand final: Richmond 16.12.108 def. Adelaide 8.12.60

Jumpers

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Home

Away

Clash

Indigenous Round

Farewell to Subiaco

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games			#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Yeo		197		23			11th	Sheed		119		21
2nd	McGovern		191		24			12th	Hutchings		117		19
3rd	Shuey		180		23			13th	Cripps		109		21
4th	Hurn		170		23			14th (tie)	LeCras		108		19
5th	Kennedy		166		19			14th (tie)	Redden		108		19
6th	Gaff		158		24			16th	Petrie		93		16
7th	Darling		140		23			17th	Duggan		93		20
8th	Mitchell		134		22			18th	Barrass		81		19
9th	Priddis		125		21			19th	Vardy		81		22
10th	Sheppard		120		24			20th	MacKenzie		77		13

Stats leaders

	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Kennedy	69 .	Gaff	713 .	Gaff	29.71 .	McGovern	192
2nd	Darling	43	Shuey	605	Mitchell	26.91	Yeo	161
3rd	LeCras	32	Mitchell	592	Shuey	26.30	Hurn	145
4th	Cripps	26	Yeo	532	Priddis	24.71	Gaff	127
5th	Hill/Petrie	16	Priddis	519	Yeo	23.13	Barrass	121
#	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Gaff	414 .	Priddis	341 .	Shuey	132 .	Priddis	163
2nd	Yeo	345	Mitchell	303	Priddis	117	Shuey	134
3rd	Shuey	312	Gaff	299	Mitchell	103	Redden	98
4th	Hurn	292	Shuey	293	Sheed	76	Cripps	79
5th	Mitchell	289	Redden	202	Redden	65	Yeo	76

Tribunal record

Rd		Player		Charge		Outcome
JLT 1		Schofield		Rough conduct against N.Wilson (GWS)		Offered $1,000 fine
3 (WAFL)		McInnes		Striking A.Hamp (Clar)		Withdrawn by Tribunal
4		LeCras		Rough conduct against A.Aliir (Syd)		Accepted $1,000 fine
9 (WAFL)		Petrie		Striking C.Luff (SF)		Accepted reprimand
13		Shuey		Rough conduct against P.Dangerfield (Gee)		Accepted $1,000 fine
14		Schofield		Striking C.Oliver (Mel)		Cleared by Tribunal
16		Petrie		Rough conduct against M.White (PA)		Accepted $1,000 fine
18		Sheed		Making careless contact with umpire		Accepted $1,000 fine
21 (WAFL)		Lamb		Abusive language towards umpire		Accepted $100 fine
22		Redden		Rough conduct against J.Kelly (GWS)		Accepted $1,000 fine