2018 season

2018

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Position

Premiers

H&A record

16-6 (2nd)

Finals

Won GF

Captain

Shannon Hurn

Coach

Adam Simpson

Best & Fairest

Elliot Yeo

Most goals

Jack Darling (48)

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Widely expected to fall off the pace following the retirement of a number of veterans including Matt Priddis, West Coast lost their first match at the brand new Perth Stadium but went on an eye catching ten game winning streak to head into the mid-season bye top the ladder. Despite regular hiccups including injuries to veteran forwards Josh Kennedy, Jack Darling and Mark LeCras, a devastating second ACL rupture to ruckman Nic Naitanui and the season-ending suspension handed to Andrew Gaff following his inexplicable haymaker to Fremantle youngster Andrew Brayshaw, the Eagles were able to finish in second spot and earn a vital double chance in the finals. Further disaster struck when reliable defender Brad Sheppard injured a hamstring in the first final, but the side was able to overcome every obstacle and defeat Collingwood in the Grand Final to record a memorable fourth premiership.

Skipper Shannon Hurn led the way, putting in a career-best season and earning a maiden All-Australian berth alongside Gaff and Jeremy McGovern. The Eagles also got great drive from a relatively unsung midfield, with Elliot Yeo winning a second straight Best and Fairest, finishing ahead of a reborn Jack Redden. West Coast also benefited from an influx of youth, with eight players making their AFL debuts during the season including premiership players Willie Rioli, Liam Ryan and Daniel Venables.

Diary

Honour board

Coach: Adam Simpson (coaching panel)

Captain: Shannon Hurn

Leadership group: Josh Kennedy (vc), Luke Shuey (vc), Andrew Gaff, Jeremy McGovern, Nic Naitanui

Club Champion: Elliot Yeo

Emerging Talent: Willie Rioli

Best Clubman: Lewis Jetta

Leading Goalscorer: Jack Darling (48)

All-Australians: Andrew Gaff, Shannon Hurn, Jeremy McGovern

Rising Star nominees: Jake Waterman (round 6), Tom Cole (round 19)

Milestones: 200 games: Mark LeCras (round 4)
150 games: Nic Naitanui (round 4), Brad Sheppard (round 20)
100 games: Elliot Yeo (round 21), Jeremy McGovern (round 23)

Squad

Offseason player movements

	Senior list								Head coach
41	Brendon Ah Chee*	14	Liam Duggan	7	Chris Masten	1	Liam Ryan*		Adam Simpson
33	Brayden Ainsworth*	3	Andrew Gaff	20	Jeremy McGovern	31	Will Schofield		Assistants
43	Matthew Allen	25	Shannon Hurn	38	Kurt Mutimer	4	Dom Sheed		Adrian Hickmott (stopp)
12	Oscar Allen*	34	Mark Hutchings	9	Nic Naitanui	5	Brad Sheppard		Jaymie Graham (fwd)
37	Tom Barrass	23	Lewis Jetta	30	Jackson Nelson	13	Luke Shuey		Sam Mitchell (mid)
10	Jarrod Brander*	39	Malcolm Karpany	24	Luke Partington	19	Nathan Vardy		Nathan Van Berlo (mid)
22	Hamish Brayshaw*	17	Josh Kennedy	21	Jack Petruccelle	18	Daniel Venables		Daniel Pratt (back)
28	Tom Cole	2	Mark LeCras	8	Jack Redden	45	Jake Waterman		Development
15	Jamie Cripps	29	Scott Lycett	44	Willie Rioli	6	Elliot Yeo		Gavin Bell (head)
27	Jack Darling	16	Eric MacKenzie	35	Josh Rotham				Mark Nicoski (def)
	Rookie list								Luke Webster (fwd/EP)
42	Tarir Bayok	46	Callan England*	40	Tony Olango*				Luke Dwyer (mid)
32	Ryan Burrows*	36	Fraser McInnes	26	Francis Watson

( * indicates new addition to playing list)

Player Reviews 2018

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Ryan	13	20
2	LeCras	23	32
3	Gaff	19	12
4	Sheed	18	8
5	Sheppard	23	0
6	Yeo	25	14
7	Masten	24	7
8	Redden	25	10
9	Naitanui	15	6
10	Brander	1	0
12	O.Allen	2	0
13	Shuey	20	6
14	Duggan	24	2
15	Cripps	25	38
17	Kennedy	19	69
18	Venables	15	9
19	Vardy	10	7
20	McGovern	24	6
21	Petruccelle	3	2
23	Jetta	20	1
25	Hurn	25	1
27	Darling	21	48
28	Cole	21	0
29	Lycett	25	10
30	Nelson	10	0
31	Schofield	12	0
33	Ainsworth	3	1
34	Hutchings	20	9
36	McInnes	3	1
37	Barrass	19	0
41	Ah Chee	8	2
44	Rioli	24	28
45	Waterman	16	13

Results

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
1	Sun 25 Feb	Port Adelaide	Leederville Oval	W	56-54
2	Sun 11 March	Fremantle	Arena Joondalup	L	39-101
	Home & away
1	Sun 25 March	Sydney	Perth Stadium	L	86-115	14th
2	Sun 1 April	W.Bulldogs	Docklands	W	121-70	8th
3	Sun 8 April	Geelong	Perth Stadium	W	95-80	5th
4	Sat 14 April	Gold Coast	Perth Stadium	W	139-59	2nd
5	Sat 21 April	Carlton	MCG	W	79-69	2nd
6	Sun 29 April	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	W	89-81	2nd
7	Sat 5 May	Port Adelaide	Perth Stadium	W	102-60	2nd
8	Sat 12 May	GWS Giants	Showground	W	86-61	2nd
9	Sun 20 May	Richmond	Perth Stadium	W	130-83	1st
10	Sun 27 May	Hawthorn	Docklands	W	75-60	1st
11	Sat 2 June	St Kilda	Perth Stadium	W	101-88	1st
12		Bye				1st
13	Fri 15 June	Sydney	SCG	L	57-72	2nd
14	Thur 21 June	Essendon	Perth Stadium	L	52-80	3rd
15	Sat 30 June	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	L	78-88	3rd
16	Sun 8 July	GWS Giants	Perth Stadium	W	86-75	3rd
17	Sun 15 July	Collingwood	MCG	W	102-67	2nd
18	Sun 22 July	W.Bulldogs	Perth Stadium	W	100-46	2nd
19	Sun 29 July	North Melbourne	Bellerive	L	41-81	2nd
20	Sun 5 August	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	W	142-84	2nd
21	Sat 11 August	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	W	62-58	2nd
22	Sun 19 August	Melbourne	Perth Stadium	L	91-108	2nd
23	Sun 26 August	Brisbane	Gabba	W	98-72	2nd
	Finals
QF	Sat 8 Sept	Collingwood	Perth Stadium	W	86-70
SF	14-15 Sept	Bye
PF	Sat 22 Sept	Melbourne	Perth Stadium	W	121-55
GF	Sat 29 Sept	Collingwood	MCG	W	79-74

Final ladder

	Team	P	W	L	D	%	Pts
1	Richmond	22	18	4	0	136.1	72
2	West Coast	22	16	6	0	121.4	64
3	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	120.4	60
4	Hawthorn	22	15	7	0	120.1	56
5	Melbourne	22	14	8	0	131.4	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	109.5	56
7	GWS Giants	22	13	8	1	114.3	54
8	Geelong	22	13	9	0	131.6	52
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9	North Melbourne	22	12	10	0	108.9	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	107.6	48
11	Essendon	22	12	10	0	105.1	48
12	Adelaide	22	12	10	0	104.1	48
13	Western Bulldogs	22	8	14	0	77.3	32
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	76.2	32
15	Brisbane	22	5	16	0	89.1	20
16	St Kilda	22	4	17	1	75.36	18
17	Gold Coast	22	4	18	0	59.9	16
18	Carlton	22	2	20	0	59.3	8

Qualifying finals: Richmond def Hawthorn; West Coast def Collingwood

Elimination finals: Melbourne def Geelong; GWS Giants def Sydney

Semi finals: Melbourne def Hawthorn; Collingwood def GWS Giants

Preliminary finals: Collingwood def Richmond; West Coast def Melbourne

Grand Final: West Coast 11.13.79 def Collingwood 11.8.74

Jumpers

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Home and away

Clash

Indigenous

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games			#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Yeo		273		25			11th	Shuey		173		20
2nd	Redden		231		25			12th	LeCras		170		23
3rd	Hurn		222		25			13th	Cole		166		21
4th	Cripps		218		25			14th	Masten		166		24
5th	Gaff		216		19			15th	Lycett		149		25
6th	McGovern		202		24			16th	Duggan		148		24
7th	Hutchings		185		20			17th	Naitanui		138		15
8th	Sheppard		184		23			18th	Barrass		130		19
9th	Darling		182		21			19th	Jetta		129		20
10th	Rioli		176		24			20th	Sheed		121		18

Stats leaders

	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Darling	48 .	Redden	628 .	Gaff	30.68 .	Hurn	196
2nd	Kennedy	43	Yeo	615	Redden	25.12	McGovern	169
3rd	Cripps	38	Gaff	583	Yeo	24.60	Sheppard	148
4th	LeCras	32	Hurn	531	Shuey	23.80	Masten	140
5th	Rioli	28	Shuey	476	Sheed	22.94	Redden	140
#	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Hurn	430 .	Redden	277 .	Shuey	132 .	Yeo	167
2nd	Yeo	390	Gaff	244	Redden	121	Redden	118
3rd	Redden	351	Yeo	225	Yeo	108	Shuey	97
4th	Gaff	339	Shuey	219	Sheed	79	Cripps	97
5th	Duggan	291	Masten	190	Lycett	71	Hutchings	87

Tribunal record

Rd		Player		Charge		Outcome
2		Cripps		Misconduct against M.Honeychurch (WB)		Accepted $1,500 fine
6		Shuey		Kneeing B.Banfield (FRE)		Accepted $2,000 fine
6		Masten		Misconduct against E.Langdon (FRE)		Accepted $1,500 fine
7		Naitanui		Attempting to trip J.Pittard (PA)		Accepted $1,000 fine
7		Naitanui		Rough conduct against K.Amon (PA)		Tribunal upheld 1-week suspension
7 (WAFL)		Schofield		Striking J.Snadden (EF)		Accepted reprimand
10		Rioli		Misconduct against B.Hardwick (HAW)		Accepted $1,500 fine
10		Rioli		Making careless contact with umpire		Accepted $1,000 fine
11 (WAFL)		Mutimer		Attempting to strike S.Potente (WP)		Accepted $100 fine
15		Redden		Making careless contact with umpire		Accepted $1,000 fine
19		Rioli		Striking B.Cunnington (NM)		Accepted $2,000 fine
19 (WAFL)		Nelson		Striking C.Ninyette (Per)		Accepted 1-week suspension
20		Gaff		Striking A.Brayshaw (Fre)		Tribunal imposed 8-week suspension
20		Ryan		Instigating melee		Accepted $1,500 fine
20		McGovern		Involved in melee		Accepted $1,000 fine
20		Venables		Involved in melee		Accepted $1,000 fine
PF		McGovern		Misconduct against J.Viney (Mel)		Accepted $1,500 fine