2022 season

2022

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Position

17th

H&A record

2-20

Finals

n/a

Captain

Luke Shuey

Coach

Adam Simpson

Best & Fairest

Tom Barrass

Most goals

Josh Kennedy (37)

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West Coast's season started terribly and never recovered, with a spate of injuries during the pre-season followed by a Covid-related unavailability crisis that saw them having to draw on top-ups from other WAFL clubs just to field a team on multiple occasions. At the end of the season the club had used a record 47 players, including every available player on the playing list and six top-ups, and managed just two wins, the worst result in club history, avoiding the wooden spoon by mere percentage.

Amidst the carnage, Tom Barrass turned in a career-best season at fullback, holding back the dam wall on multiple occasions, while veterans Shannon Hurn, Jack Redden and Josh Kennedy were other strong contributors. Kennedy won an eighth club goalkicking award, sealing the title with a big haul in his final match before heading into retirement. Youngsters Brady Hough and Rhett Bazzo also impressed. Among the players to miss significant time were Dom Sheed, Elliot Yeo, Nic Naitanui, Jeremy McGovern, while Oscar Allen, Tom Cole and prized draftee Campbell Chesser missed the entire season.

Diary

Honour board[]

Coach: Adam Simpson (coaching panel)

Captain: Luke Shuey

Leadership group: Jeremy McGovern (vc), Nic Naitanui (vc), Oscar Allen, Tom Barrass, Liam Duggan

Club Champion: Tom Barrass

Emerging Talent: Brady Hough

Best Clubman: Oscar Allen

Leading Goalscorer: Josh Kennedy (37)

All-Australians: Nil

Rising Star nominees: Nil

Milestones: 250 games: Jack Darling (round 16), Andrew Gaff (round 20)
200 games: Jamie Cripps (round 23)
100 games: Tom Barrass (round 1), Jackson Nelson (round 14)

Squad[]

Offseason player movements

	Senior list							Head coach
12	Oscar Allen	16	Luke Edwards	9	Nic Naitanui	4	Dom Sheed	Adam Simpson
37	Tom Barrass	29	Luke Foley	30	Jackson Nelson	5	Brad Sheppard	Assistants
33	Rhett Bazzo*	3	Andrew Gaff	24	Xavier O'Neill	13	Luke Shuey	Jarrad Schofield (stopp)
18	Campbell Chesser*	19	Brady Hough*	10	Sam Petrevski-Seton*	2	Jake Waterman	Luke Webster (fwd)
39	Greg Clark*	25	Shannon Hurn	21	Jack Petruccelle	32	Bailey Williams	Matthew Knights (mid)
28	Tom Cole	40	Callum Jamieson	8	Jack Redden	34	Jack Williams*	Daniel Pratt (def)
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	Mark Nicoski
14	Liam Duggan	7	Zac Langdon	1	Liam Ryan	6	Elliot Yeo	Kyal Horsley
42	Harry Edwards	20	Jeremy McGovern					Jacob Brennan
	Rookie list
41	Hugh Dixon*	38	Tom Joyce*	45	Luke Strnadica*	36	Connor West
31	Jamaine Jones	43	Patrick Naish*	26	Zane Trew	49	Jai Culley**

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

Player Reviews 2022

Fixture[]

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
1	Fri 23 Feb	Fremantle	Lathlain Park	L	44-141
2	Sun 6 March	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	L	66-79
	Home & away
1	Sun 20 March	Gold Coast	Perth Stadium	L	80-107	15th
2	Sun 27 March	North Melbourne	Docklands	L	59-74	14th
3	Sun 3 April	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	L	47-102	17th
4	Sat 9 April	Collingwood	Docklands	W	87-74	15th
5	Fri 15 April	Sydney	Perth Stadium	L	58-121	16th
6	Sat 23 April	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	L	33-117	17th
7	Fri 29 April	Richmond	Perth Stadium	L	56-165	18th
8	Sat 7 May	Brisbane	Gabba	L	30-105	18th
9	Sun 15 May	Melbourne	Perth Stadium	L	38-112	18th
10	Sun 22 May	GWS Giants	Sydney Showground	L	86-158	18th
11	Sat 28 May	Western Bulldogs	Perth Stadium	L	60-161	18th
12	Sat 4 June	Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	L	57-88	18th
13	10-13 June	Bye				18th
14	Sat 18 June	Geelong	Perth Stadium	L	63-81	18th
15	Fri 24 June	Essendon	Perth Stadium	W	107-97	17th
16	Sun 3 July	Richmond	MCG	L	93-128	17th
17	Sun 10 July	Carlton	Perth Stadium	L	53-116	17th
18	Sun 17 July	Hawthorn	MCG	L	77-102	17th
19	Sun 24 July	St Kilda	Perth Stadium	L	62-90	17th
20	Sun 31 July	Gold Coast	Carrara Stadium	L	104-107	17th
21	Sun 7 August	Adelaide	Perth Stadium	L	86-102	17th
22	Sat 13 August	Fremantle	Perth Stadium	L	47-71	17th
23	Sat 20 August	Geelong	Kardinia Park	L	46-131	17th

Final ladder[]

	Team	P	W	L	D	%	Pts
1	Geelong	22	18	4	0	144.2	72
2	Melbourne	22	16	6	0	130.5	64
3	Sydney	22	16	6	0	127.9	64
4	Collingwood	22	16	6	0	104.3	64
5	Fremantle	22	15	6	1	117.0	62
6	Brisbane	22	15	7	0	119.3	60
7	Richmond	22	13	8	1	121.6	54
8	Western Bulldogs	22	12	10	0	108.9	48
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9	Carlton	22	12	10	0	108.3	48
10	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	99.3	44
11	Port Adelaide	22	10	12	0	110.3	40
12	Gold Coast	22	10	12	0	102.8	40
13	Hawthorn	22	8	14	0	89.8	32
14	Adelaide	22	8	14	0	86.7	32
15	Essendon	22	7	15	0	83.2	28
16	GWS Giants	22	6	16	0	84.6	24
17	West Coast	22	2	20	0	59.8	8
18	North Melbourne	22	2	20	0	55.8	8

Jumpers[]

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Club Champion leaderboard[]

	Player	Votes	Games		Player	Votes	Games
1st	Barrass	182	19	11th	Gaff	76	16
2nd	Hurn	149	19	12th	Rioli	74	13
3rd	Kelly	131	17	13th	Kennedy	74	15
4th	Darling	120	21	14th	Waterman	72	20
5th	Duggan	118	20	15th	McGovern	70	10
6th	Redden	112	21	16th	H.Edwards	49	17
7th	Shuey	105	17	17th	Naitanui	48	8
8th	Cripps	96	17	18th	Foley	47	16
9th	Jones	84	18	19th	Nelson	45	13
10th	Ryan	77	17	20th	Hough	39	15

Stats leaders[]

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	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Kennedy	37 .	Redden	456 .	Kelly	24.24 .	Duggan	148
2nd	Darling	34	Hurn	436	Gaff	23.94	Barrass	145
3rd	Cripps	22	Kelly	412	Hurn	22.95	Hurn	143
4th	Ryan	19	Duggan	408	Redden	21.71	Redden	121
5th	Waterman	18	Gaff	383	Witherden	21.46	Witherden	100
6th	Rioli	14	Shuey	364	Shuey	21.41	Darling	99
7th	Petruccelle	8	Barrass	295	Duggan	20.40	Waterman	97
8th	Kelly	6	Witherden	279	Sheed	20.00	H.Edwards	94
9th	B.Williams	6	Jones	279	Florenca	19.00	Hough	74
10th	Redden	5	Darling	240	Naish	16.73	Gaff	72
	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Hurn	356	Redden	225 .	Shuey	98 .	Redden	110
2nd	Duggan	281 .	Kelly	201	Kelly	95	Shuey	100
3rd	Redden	231	Gaff	192	Redden	73	Jones	69
4th	Kelly	211	Shuey	157	Naitanui	45	Cripps	68
5th	Barrass	210	Duggan	127	B.Williams	45	Kelly	67
6th	Witherden	207	Jones	102	Gaff	41	West	52
7th	Shuey	207	West	98	Rioli	36	O'Neill	51
8th	Gaff	191	Darling	86	Cripps	34	Darling	48
9th	Jones	177	Barrass	85	West	29	Petrevski-Seton	43
10th	Cripps	170	Nelson	82	O'Neill	24	Rioli	41

Reserves[]

The standalone West Coast Eagles reserves side remained in the WAFL, only after some tense licence negotiations.

Tribunal record[]

Rd	Player	Charge	Outcome
PS 2	Witherden	Rough conduct against A.Brayshaw (Fre)	Accepted 1-match suspension
1	Rioli	Rough conduct against M.Rowell (GC)	1-match suspension overturned by Tribunal
2	Naish	Striking J.Horne-Francis (NM)	Accepted $2,000 fine
3	Ryan	Striking A.Brayshaw (Fre)	Withdrawn by MRO
9	Ryan	Rough conduct against J.Bowey (Mel)	Accepted 1-match ban
9	McGovern	Misconduct against J.Viney (Mel)	Accepted $1,000 fine
12 (WAFL)	Yeo	Striking A.Clarke (SD)	Accepted 1-match ban
14	Rioli	Striking S.De Koning (Gee)	Accepted $2,000 fine
16	Naitanui	Wrestling I.Soldo (Ric)	Accepted $1,000 fine
19	Kelly	Striking R.Marshall (StK)	Accepted $2,000 fine
20	Culley	Striking N.Anderson (GC)	Accepted 2-match ban
21	Kelly	Rough conduct against S.Berry (Adl)	1-match ban upheld by Tribunal