2019 season

2019

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Position

6th

H&A record

15-7 (5th)

Finals

Lost SF

Captain

Shannon Hurn

Coach

Adam Simpson

Best & Fairest

Luke Shuey

Most goals

Jack Darling (59)

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West Coast looked to be suffering from a premiership hangover early in the season when it sat in the lower reaches of the ladder with a 3-3 record following a heavy defeat to Geelong, but the club rebounded to win 11 of the next 13 games, grabbing a handhold on a crucial top-two spot. However, a narrow loss to premiership favourites (and eventual champions) Richmond in the penultimate round was followed by an upset home defeat to Hawthorn, and the Eagles were forced to fight for the flag from the bottom half of the top eight, with the premiership defence ending in the second week of the finals with a semi-final loss to Geelong.

Several Eagles maintained or improved their form from the successful 2018 premiership campaign, with defenders Shannon Hurn and Jeremy McGovern joined by reigning club champion Elliot Yeo and first-timer Jack Darling in the All-Australian side and Luke Shuey, Brad Sheppard and Andrew Gaff appearing in the extended squad. Shuey pipped Yeo to win the John Worsfold Medal, denying the former Lion a third-straight win, and Sheppard earned his first career podium finish. The Eagles were also well-served by several youngsters including forwards Oscar Allen, Jack Petruccelle and Jake Waterman, while second-year forward Liam Ryan, who finished in the top ten of the best and fairest, took home Mark of the Year for a towering grab over Melbourne giant Max Gawn. West Coast was relatively lucky on the injury front, although premiership-winning youngster Daniel Venables missed the second half of the season with the effects of concussion and talismanic ruckman Nic Naitanui's comeback from a second knee reconstruction lasted just three games before he succumbed to an ankle injury, returning only for the finals.

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: Luke Shuey

Emerging Talent: Oscar Allen

Best Clubman: Fraser McInnes

Leading Goalscorer: Jack Darling (59)

All-Australians: Shannon Hurn (vc), Jack Darling, Jeremy McGovern, Elliot Yeo

Rising Star nominees: Jack Petruccelle (round 5), Oscar Allen (round 21)

Milestones: 250 games: Shannon Hurn (round 2)
200 games: Josh Kennedy (round 2), Chris Masten (round 2), Luke Shuey (Elimination Final)
100 games: Mark Hutchings (round 5), Dom Sheed (round 23)

Squad

Offseason player movements

	Senior list								Head coach
41	Brendon Ah Chee	27	Jack Darling	20	Jeremy McGovern	31	Will Schofield		Adam Simpson
33	Brayden Ainsworth	14	Liam Duggan	38	Kurt Mutimer	4	Dom Sheed		Assistants
43	Matthew Allen	29	Luke Foley*	9	Nic Naitanui	5	Brad Sheppard		Adrian Hickmott (stopp)
12	Oscar Allen	3	Andrew Gaff	30	Jackson Nelson	13	Luke Shuey		Jaymie Graham (fwd)
37	Tom Barrass	16	Tom Hickey*	24	Xavier O'Neill*	19	Nathan Vardy		Nathan Van Berlo (mid)
10	Jarrod Brander	25	Shannon Hurn	21	Jack Petruccelle	18	Daniel Venables		Matt Rosa (mid)
22	Hamish Brayshaw	34	Mark Hutchings	8	Jack Redden	2	Jake Waterman		Daniel Pratt (back)
39	Jarrod Cameron*	23	Lewis Jetta	44	Willie Rioli	32	Bailey Williams*		Development
28	Tom Cole	17	Josh Kennedy	35	Josh Rotham	6	Elliot Yeo		Gavin Bell (head)
15	Jamie Cripps	7	Chris Masten	1	Liam Ryan				Mark Nicoski (def)
	Rookie list								Luke Webster (mid/res)
47	Patrick Bines*	42	Harry Edwards*	46	Brodie Riach*	26	Francis Watson		Chance Bateman (fwd)
40	Keegan Brooksby*	36	Fraser McInnes	45	Josh Smith*

Player Reviews 2019

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Ryan	24	30
2	Waterman	13	15
3	Gaff	22	3
4	Sheed	24	15
5	Sheppard	24	0
6	Yeo	23	11
7	Masten	17	3
8	Redden	23	0
9	Naitanui	5	0
10	Brander	2	0
12	O.Allen	21	20
13	Shuey	24	8
14	Duggan	15	0
15	Cripps	19	30
16	Hickey	20	9
17	Kennedy	22	49
18	Venables	6	2
19	Vardy	11	0
20	McGovern	23	1
21	Petruccelle	20	21
23	Jetta	22	0
25	Hurn	21	0
26	Watson	2	0
27	Darling	24	59
28	Cole	14	0
30	Nelson	13	0
31	Schofield	14	0
34	Hutchings	20	9
35	Rotham	4	0
37	Barrass	14	0
39	Cameron	7	11
41	Ah Chee	1	1
44	Rioli	14	18
45	Smith	2	1

Results

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
1	Fri 1 March	Geelong	Leederville Oval	W	99-65
2	Sun 10 March	Fremantle	Rushton Park	W	109-58
	Home & away
1	Sat 23 March	Brisbane	Gabba	L	58-102	16th
2	Sat 30 March	GWS Giants	Perth Stadium	W	104-52	10th
3	Sat 6 April	Collingwood	MCG	W	98-76	6th
4	Sat 13 April	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	W	69-56	3rd
5	Fri 19 April	Port Adelaide	Perth Stadium	L	53-95	8th
6	Sun 28 April	Geelong	Kardinia Park	L	46-104	12th
7	Sat 4 May	Gold Coast	Perth Stadium	W	80-57	10th
8	Sat 11 May	St Kilda	Docklands	W	88-70	7th
9	Fri 17 May	Melbourne	Perth Stadium	W	85-69	6th
10	Sat 25 May	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	W	85-73	5th
11	Sun 2 June	Western Bulldogs	Perth Stadium	W	133-72	4th
12	Sun 9 June	Sydney	SCG	L	71-116	4th
13	14-15 June	Bye				5th
14	Thur 20 June	Essendon	Perth Stadium	W	106-71	4th
15	Sat 29 June	Hawthorn	MCG	W	77-71	3rd
16	Sat 6 July	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	W	122-31	2nd
17	Fri 12 July	Collingwood	Perth Stadium	L	77-78	4th
18	Sun 21 July	Melbourne	Traeger Park	W	91-78	3rd
19	Sat 27 July	North Melbourne	Perth Stadium	W	121-72	2nd
20	Sun 4 August	Carlton	Docklands	W	99-75	2nd
21	Sun 11 August	Adelaide	Perth Stadium	W	90-80	3rd
22	Sun 18 August	Richmond	MCG	L	82-88	3rd
23	Sat 24 August	Hawthorn	Perth Stadium	L	67-105	5th
	Finals
EF	Thur 5 Sept	Essendon	Perth Stadium	W	116-61
SF	Fri 13 Sept	Geelong	MCG	L	68-88

Final ladder

	Team	P	W	L	D	%	Pts
1	Geelong	22	16	6	0	135.7	64
2	Brisbane	22	16	6	0	118.3	64
3	Richmond	22	16	6	0	113.7	64
4	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	117.7	60
5	West Coast	22	15	7	0	112.5	60
6	GWS Giants	22	13	9	0	115.4	52
7	Western Bulldogs	22	12	10	0	107.2	48
8	Essendon	22	12	10	0	95.4	48
_	____________________	___	___	___	___	___	___
9	Hawthorn	22	11	11	0	108.7	44
10	Port Adelaide	22	11	11	0	105.4	44
11	Adelaide	22	10	12	0	100.9	40
12	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	99.5	40
13	Fremantle	22	9	13	0	91.9	36
14	St Kilda	22	9	13	0	83.9	36
15	Sydney	22	8	14	0	97.7	32
16	Carlton	22	7	15	0	84.5	28
17	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	78.6	20
18	Gold Coast	22	3	19	0	60.5	12

Qualifying finals: Collingwood def. Geelong, Richmond def. Brisbane

Elimination finals: West Coast def. Essendon, GWS Giants def. Western Bulldogs

Semi finals: Geelong def. West Coast; GWS Giants def. Brisbane

Preliminary finals: Richmond def. Geelong; GWS Giants def. Collingwood

Grand Final: Richmond def. GWS Giants

Jumpers

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Home and away

Clash

Indigenous

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games			#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Shuey		258		24			11th	Cripps		146		19
2nd	Yeo		239		23			12th (tied)	Jetta		137		22
3rd	Sheppard		234		24				Kennedy		137		22
4th	Gaff		231		22			14th	Hickey		109		20
5th	Darling		199		24			15th	O.Allen		106		21
6th	McGovern		198		23			16th	Hutchings		105		18
7th	Ryan		190		24			17th	Barrass		104		14
8th	Sheed		182		24			18th	Rioli		99		14
9th	Hurn		177		21			19th	Nelson		94		13
10th	Redden		164		23			20th	Petruccelle		89		20

Stats leaders

	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Darling	59 .	Gaff	702 .	Gaff	31.91 .	Sheppard	188
2nd	Kennedy	49	Shuey	647	Shuey	26.96	McGovern	164
3rd	Cripps	30	Sheed	635	Sheed	26.46	Hurn	154
4th	Ryan	30	Yeo	546	Yeo	23.74	Gaff	141
5th	Petruccelle	21	Redden	528	Hurn	23.33	Sheed	128
6th	O.Allen	20	Hurn	490	Redden	22.96	Darling	112
7th	Rioli	18	Sheppard	463	Sheppard	19.29	Redden	111
8th	Sheed	16	Jetta	376	Jetta	17.09	Masten	93
9th	Waterman	15	McGovern	343	Masten	16.59	Kennedy	89
10th	Cameron/Yeo	11	Darling	287	Duggan	15.93	Barrass	86
#	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Gaff	437 .	Sheed	291 .	Shuey	156 .	Yeo	168
2nd	Shuey	409	Redden	277	Yeo	144	Redden	129
3rd	Hurn	386	Gaff	265	Sheed	119	Shuey	129
4th	Sheed	344	Shuey	238	Gaff	93	Cripps	64
5th	Sheppard	324	Yeo	223	Redden	92	Darling	64
6th	Yeo	323	Sheppard	139	Hickey	82	O.Allen	58
7th	Jetta	283	Hickey	129	Naitanui	30	Gaff	52
8th	Redden	251	Masten	114	Hutchings	24	Hickey	51
9th	McGovern	242	Cripps	113	Cripps	22	Ryan	51
10th	Ryan	211	Hurn	104	O.Allen/Ryan	18	Cole	47

Reserves

For the first time, a standalone West Coast Eagles reserves side participated in the WAFL.

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
1	Sun 10 March	Peel Thunder	Rushton Park	W	70-31
2	Sat 23 March	East Perth	Leederville Oval	L	82-68
3	Sat 30 March	East Fremantle	East Fremantle Oval	W	85-33
	Home & away
1	Sat 6 April	Perth	Lathlain Park	L	63-109	8th
2	Sat 13 April	Peel Thunder	Perth Stadium	W	77-50	5th
3	Fri 19 April	Subiaco	Leederville Oval	L	45-60	6th
4	Sat 27 April	Claremont	Claremont Oval	W	77-75	5th
5	Sat 4 May	South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	L	72-131	6th
6	Thur 16 May	East Perth	Leederville Oval	L	52-86	7th
7	Sat 25 May	Swan Districts	Bassendean Oval	L	56-70	8th
8	Sun 2 June	Claremont	Perth Stadium	L	48-79	8th
9	Sun 9 June	West Perth	Arena Joondalup	L	36-72	10th
10	14-15 June	Bye				10th
11	Sat 22 June	East Fremantle	East Fremantle Oval	W	105-33	7th
12	Sat 29 June	South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	W	78-57	7th
13	Sat 6 July	Peel Thunder	Rushton Park	W	76-28	7th
14	Sun 14 July	West Perth	Lathlain Park	W	134-65	5th
15	Sat 20 July	Bye				7th
16	Sat 27 July	Subiaco	Leederville Oval	L	99-31	7th
17	Sat 3 August	Swan Districts	Bassendean Oval	L	76-80	7th
18	Sat 10 August	Perth	Lathlain Park	W	71-52	6th
19	Fri 16 August	East Perth	Leederville Oval	W	35-11	6th
20	Sat 24 August	East Fremantle	Lathlain Park	W	82-59	4th
	Finals
EF	Sun 1 September	West Perth	Arena Joondalup	W	45-42
SF	Sun 8 September	Claremont	Claremont Oval	L	60-66

Tribunal record

Rd		Player		Charge		Outcome
1		Ryan		Striking D.Gardiner (Bri)		Accepted $1,500 fine
6		Cole		Misconduct against G.Miers (Gee)		Accepted $1,000 fine
8		McGovern		Rough conduct against B.Acres (StK)		Accepted $2,000 fine
9		Jetta		Rough conduct against T.Smith (Mel)		Accepted 1-week suspension
9		Yeo		Misconduct against J.Harmes (Mel)		Accepted $1,000 fine
12		Rioli		Rough conduct against C.O'Riordan (Syd)		Accepted 1-week suspension
12		Vardy		Rough conduct against J.Thurlow (Syd)		Accepted 1-week suspension
14		McGovern		Rough conduct against M.Guelfi (Ess)		1-week suspension upheld by Tribunal
15		Cripps		Striking J.Sicily (Haw)		Accepted $1,500 fine
15 (WAFL)		Cole		Striking T.Reed (SF)		Withdrawn by Match Review Panel
16		Duggan		Rough conduct against N.Fyfe (Fre)		Accepted $2,000 fine
17 (WAFL)		Grey		Rough conduct against C.West (WP)		Accepted 2-week suspension
EF (WAFL)		Vardy		Rough conduct against M.Peirce (WP)		Accepted reprimand
EF		Naitanui		Rough conduct against Z.Merrett (Ess)		Accepted $1,000 fine