2021 season

2021

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Position

9th

H&A record

10-12

Finals

n/a

Captain

Luke Shuey

Coach

Adam Simpson

Best & Fairest

Nic Naitanui

Most goals

Jack Darling (42)

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Diary

Honour board

Coach: Adam Simpson (coaching panel)

Captain: Luke Shuey

Leadership group: Jeremy McGovern (vc), Josh Kennedy, Nic Naitanui

Club Champion: Nic Naitanui

Emerging Talent: Harry Edwards

Best Clubman: Liam Duggan

Leading Goalscorer: Jack Darling (42)

All-Australians: Nic Naitanui

Rising Star nominees: Nil.

Milestones: 300 games: Shannon Hurn (round 20)
250 games: Josh Kennedy (round 15)
200 games: Brad Sheppard (round 4), Nic Naitanui (round 18)
150 games: Jeremy McGovern (round 19), Elliot Yeo (round 23)
100 games: Jack Redden (round 5)

Squad

Offseason player movements

	Senior list								Head coach
33	Brayden Ainsworth	16	Luke Edwards*	20	Jeremy McGovern	4	Dom Sheed		Adam Simpson
12	Oscar Allen	29	Luke Foley	9	Nic Naitanui	5	Brad Sheppard		Assistants
37	Tom Barrass	3	Andrew Gaff	30	Jackson Nelson	13	Luke Shuey		Jaymie Graham (back)
10	Jarrod Brander	25	Shannon Hurn	24	Xavier O'Neill	19	Nathan Vardy		Luke Webster (fwd)
39	Jarrod Cameron	40	Callum Jamieson	21	Jack Petruccelle	2	Jake Waterman		Adrian Hickmott (mid)
28	Tom Cole	38	Ben Johnson	8	Jack Redden	32	Bailey Williams		Daniel Pratt (res)
15	Jamie Cripps	11	Tim Kelly	44	Willie Rioli	22	Isiah Winder*		Development
27	Jack Darling	17	Josh Kennedy	35	Josh Rotham	23	Alex Witherden*		Gavin Bell
14	Liam Duggan	7	Zac Langdon*	1	Liam Ryan	6	Elliot Yeo		Mark Nicoski
42	Harry Edwards								Kyal Horsley
	Rookie list
41	Brendon Ah Chee	34	Mark Hutchings	26	Zane Trew*	36	Connor West**
43	Will Collins**	31	Jamaine Jones	18	Daniel Venables

(* new addition || **mid-season draftee)

Player Reviews 2021

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Ryan	14	24
2	Waterman	14	13
3	Gaff	21	3
4	Sheed	22	9
5	Sheppard	20	0
6	Yeo	12	3
7	Langdon	17	6
8	Redden	18	3
9	Naitanui	22	3
10	Brander	11	5
11	Kelly	19	6
12	O.Allen	21	28
13	Shuey	7	0
14	Duggan	14	0
15	Cripps	22	26
16	L.Edwards	8	0
17	Kennedy	18	41
19	Vardy	9	5
20	McGovern	15	0
21	Petruccelle	17	16
22	Winder	1	1
23	Witherden	9	1
24	O'Neill	8	1
25	Hurn	15	0
27	Darling	22	42
28	Cole	22	0
29	Foley	6	1
30	Nelson	19	0
31	Jones	15	11
32	Williams	6	3
33	Ainsworth	2	0
34	Hutchings	4	0
35	Rotham	19	0
36	West	5	1
37	Barrass	16	0
41	Ah Chee	6	5
42	H.Edwards	10	0

Fixture

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
1	Sat 27 Feb	Fremantle	Lathlain Park	L	60-107
2	Sun 7 March	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	W	67-57
	Home & away
1	Sun 21 March	Gold Coast	Perth Stadium	W	83-58	2nd
2	Sun 28 March	Western Bulldogs	Docklands	L	93-100	7th
3	Sat 3 April	Port Adelaide	Perth Stadium	W	108-71	5th
4	Sat 10 April	St Kilda	Docklands	L	82-102	6th
5	Fri 16 April	Collingwood	Perth Stadium	W	103-76	6th
6	Sat 24 April	Geelong	Kardinia Park	L	39-136	10th
7	Sun 2 May	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	W	132-73	8th
8	Sun 9 May	Hawthorn	MCG	W	98-60	7th
9	Sun 16 May	Adelaide	Perth Stadium	W	106-76	7th
10	Sun 23 May	GWS Giants	Sydney Showground	L	77-93	7th
11	Sat 29 May	Essendon	Perth Stadium	L	71-87	7th
12	Sun 6 June	Carlton	SCG	W	95-73	7th
13	Sun 13 June	Richmond	Perth Stadium	W	85-81	7th
14	18-20 June	Bye				7th
15	Sun 27 June	Western Bulldogs	Perth Stadium	L	43-98	7th
16	Sun 4 July	Sydney	Kardinia Park	L	26-118	7th
17	Mon 12 July	North Melbourne	Perth Stadium	L	60-70	8th
18	Sun 18 July	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	W	98-56	7th
19	Sat 24 July	St Kilda	Perth Stadium	W	94-86	7th
20	Sun 1 August	Collingwood	MCG	L	45-90	7th
21	Mon 9 August	Melbourne	Perth Stadium	L	63-72	7th
22	Sun 15 August	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	L	64-79	9th
23	Sat 21 August	Brisbane	Gabba	L	87-125	9th

Final ladder

	Team	P	W	L	D	%	Pts
1	Melbourne	22	17	4	1	130.8	70
2	Port Adelaide	22	17	5	0	126.3	68
3	Geelong	22	16	6	0	126.7	64
4	Brisbane	22	15	7	0	133.3	60
5	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	132.8	60
6	Sydney	22	15	7	0	119.9	60
7	GWS Giants	22	11	10	1	99.7	46
8	Essendon	22	11	11	0	109.1	44
_	____________________	___	___	___	___	___	___
9	West Coast	22	10	12	0	93.2	40
10	St Kilda	22	10	12	0	91.5	40
11	Fremantle	22	10	12	0	86.5	40
12	Richmond	22	9	12	1	97.9	38
13	Carlton	22	8	14	0	88.5	32
14	Hawthorn	22	7	13	2	85.2	32
15	Adelaide	22	7	15	0	82.0	28
16	Gold Coast	22	7	14	0	76.8	28
17	Collingwood	22	6	16	0	85.6	24
18	North Melbourne	22	4	17	1	70.3	18

Qualifying finals: Melbourne def. Brisbane; Port Adelaide def. Geelong

Elimination finals: Western Bulldogs def. Essendon; GWS Giants def. Sydney

Semi-finals: Geelong def. GWS Giants; Western Bulldogs def. Brisbane

Preliminary finals: Melbourne def. Geelong; Western Bulldogs def. Port Adelaide

Grand Final: Melbourne 21.14.140 def. Western Bulldogs 10.6.66

Jumpers

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Home and away

Clash

Indigenous

Club Champion leaderboard

	Player		Votes		Games				Player		Votes		Games
1st	Naitanui		200		22			11th	Kennedy		110		18
2nd	Sheed		160		22			12th	Sheppard		105		20
3rd	Gaff		149		21			13th	Hurn		96		15
4th	Redden		137		18			14th	McGovern		94		15
5th	Darling		136		22			15th	Yeo		87		12
6th	Kelly		129		19			16th	Rotham		86		19
7th	Cripps		128		22			17th	Nelson		79		19
8th	Barrass		123		16			18th	Ryan		66		14
9th	Cole		119		22			19th	Duggan		65		14
10th	Allen		113		21			20th	Petruccelle		60		17

Stats leaders

(As at round 23)

	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Darling	42 .	Sheed	579 .	Gaff	27.48 .	Rotham	161
2nd	Kennedy	41	Gaff	577	Sheed	26.32	Gaff	140
3rd	Allen	28	Kelly	454	Redden	24.61	Sheppard	129
4th	Cripps	26	Redden	443	Kelly	23.89	Darling	123
5th	Ryan	24	Sheppard	347	Shuey	23.00	Barrass	117
6th	Petruccelle	16	Naitanui	335	Witherden	22.22	McGovern	111
7th	Waterman	13	Hurn	327	Yeo	22.00	Sheed	108
8th	Jones	11	Cripps	314	Hurn	21.80	Cole	105
9th	Sheed	9	Rotham	305	Duggan	18.93	Redden	104
10th	Langdon	6	Cole	301	Sheppard	17.35	Hurn	103
	Kelly	6
	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Gaff	343 .	Sheed	259 .	Naitanui	158 .	Cripps	86
2nd	Sheed	320	Redden	235	Sheed	116	Redden	71
3rd	Hurn	260	Gaff	234	Kelly	101	Naitanui	65
4th	Kelly	245	Kelly	209	Yeo	83	Kelly	64
5th	Rotham	232	Naitanui	181	Redden	72	Yeo	63
6th	Sheppard	220	Sheppard	127	Gaff	62	Darling	53
7th	Redden	208	Yeo	114	Shuey	43	Sheed	51
8th	Cripps	205	Cripps	109	Cripps	24	Jones	47
9th	Cole	203	Langdon	101	Nelson	14	Cole	44
10th	McGovern	196	Cole	98	Allen	9	Allen	39

Reserves

The standalone West Coast Eagles reserves side returned to the WAFL after a one-year coronavirus-forced absence.

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
1	Sat 6 March	Peel Thunder	VG Kailis Oval	W	60-48
2	Sat 20 March	Swan Districts	Bassendean Oval	L	67-72
3	Fri 26 March	East Fremantle	Lathlain Park	L	53-99
	Home & away
1	Sat 3 April	Perth	Lathlain Park	L	95-108	6th
2	Sat 10 April	West Perth	Splendid Park, Yanchep	L	42-120	9th
3	Sat 17 April	Swan Districts	Bassendean Oval	L	55-94	9th
4	Sat 24 April	<postponed>
5	Sun 2 May	Peel Thunder	Rushton Park	L	77-156	10th
6	Sat 8 May	East Fremantle	East Fremantle Oval	L	22-147	10th
7	Sat 22 May	East Perth	Leederville Oval	L	28-85	10th
8	Sat 29 May	South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	L	61-127	10th
9	Sat 5 June	Claremont	Claremont Oval	L	66-93	10th
10	Sat 12 June	Bye				10th
11	Sat 19 June	Subiaco	Leederville Oval	W	81-76	10th
12	Sat 26 June	East Fremantle	East Fremantle Oval	W	99-48	10th
13	Sat 3 July	<postponed>
14	Sat 10 July	Swan Districts	Bassendean Oval	L	69-71	10th
15	Sat 17 July	Subiaco	Leederville Oval	L	58-78	10th
16	Sat 24 July	East Perth	Leederville Oval	W	92-90	10th
17	Sat 31 July	Perth	Lathlain Park	W	99-43	10th
18	Sat 7 August	Bye				10th
19	Sun 15 August	West Perth	Arena Joondalup	L	35-106	10th
20	Sat 21 August	Peel Thunder	Rushton Park	L	74-76	10th
21	Sat 28 August	Claremont	Claremont Oval	L	33-129	10th
22	Sat 4 September	South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	L	50-95	10th