2011 season

2011

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Position

4th

H&A record

17-5 (4th)

Finals

Lost Preliminary Final

Captain

Darren Glass

Coach

John Worsfold

Best & Fairest

Darren Glass

Most goals

Josh Kennedy (59)

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After a deplorable 2010, West Coast showed how what a difference it makes having your best 22 fit and firing for an extended period, racing to a top-4 finish in one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in the modern era. After losing to Collingwood in the qualifying final, the Eagles took advantage of the double chance to knock former skipper Chris Judd and Carlton out of the finals, in the process winning their first final since the 2006 premiership. The Cinderella story ended the following week at the hands of eventual premiers Geelong.

Veterans Darren Glass, Dean Cox and Andrew Embley led the charge, with Matt Priddis and Shannon Hurn also contributing well. Glass took out the Club Champion award for a second time, pipping Priddis on a countback with Cox just one vote behind the pair. West Coast also got great service from some inexperienced players, with Luke Shuey unlucky not to win the league's Rising Star award after finally getting an injury-free run. The benefits of the previous year's poor showing was also on display in the form of draftees Jack Darling and Andrew Gaff, both of whom contributed greatly in their rookie seasons.

Honour board

Coach: John Worsfold (coaching panel)

Captain: Darren Glass

Leadership group: Beau Waters (vc), Dean Cox, Adam Selwood, Matt Priddis, Josh Kennedy, Shannon Hurn, Mark LeCras, Andrew Embley, Scott Selwood

Club Champion: Darren Glass

Rookie of the Year: Luke Shuey

Best Clubman: Brett Jones

Leading Goalscorer: Josh Kennedy (59)

All-Australians: Dean Cox, Darren Glass

Rising Star nominees: Luke Shuey (round 2), Jack Darling (round 6), Andrew Gaff (round 19)

Milestones:

200 games: Darren Glass

150 games: Adam Selwood

100 games: Matt Rosa, Mark Nicoski, Matt Priddis, Mark LeCras

Squad

Offseason player movements

Playing squad

	Senior list
34	Jacob Brennan*	25	Shannon Hurn	35	Patrick McGinnity	13	Luke Shuey
1	Mitch Brown	38	Brett Jones	9	Nic Naitanui	28	Ashley Smith
26	Sam Butler	33	Jordan Jones	22	Ryan Neates	14	Koby Stevens
20	Dean Cox	17	Josh Kennedy	6	Mark Nicoski	47	Lewis Stevenson
18	Bradd Dalziell	4	Daniel Kerr	11	Matt Priddis	41	Andrew Strijk
27	Jack Darling*	2	Mark LeCras	24	Matt Rosa	15	Tom Swift
5	Brad Ebert	29	Scott Lycett*	31	Will Schofield	8	Beau Waters
32	Andrew Embley	21	Quinten Lynch	37	Adam Selwood	44	Gerrick Weedon
3	Andrew Gaff*	16	Eric MacKenzie	10	Scott Selwood	30	Blayne Wilson*
23	Darren Glass	7	Chris Masten	12	Brad Sheppard	36	Callum Wilson
	Rookie list
39	Lewis Broome	43	Ashton Hams	42	Jeremy McGovern*
40	Anton Hamp*	19	Tim Houlihan	45	Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls

Player Reviews

(* = new addition to playing list)

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Brown	6	0
2	LeCras	22	47
3	Gaff	17	7
4	Kerr	16	7
5	Ebert	22	14
6	Nicoski	25	41
7	Masten	13	7
8	Waters	11	0
9	Naitanui	23	18
10	S.Selwood	25	9
11	Priddis	25	9
12	Sheppard	6	1
13	Shuey	25	24
14	Stevens	2	0
15	Swift	5	1
16	MacKenzie	15	0
17	Kennedy	23	59
18	Dalziell	1	0
20	Cox	25	20
21	Lynch	24	28
23	Glass	24	0
24	Rosa	18	5
25	Hurn	25	5
26	Butler	13	0
27	Darling	23	24
28	Smith	18	4
29	Lycett	1	2
31	Schofield	23	2
32	Embley	24	17
35	McGinnity	19	1
37	A.Selwood	25	3
41	Strijk	1	0
43	Hams	4	1
44	Weedon	1	0

Results

Rd	Date	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	NAB Cup
1 (pool)	Sun 13 Feb	Hawthorn	Subiaco	W	31-29
		Fremantle		W	37-25
QF	Sun 27 Feb	Gold Coast	Subiaco	W	87-50
SF	Sat 5 March	Collingwood	Subiaco	L	56-80
	Sat 12 March	Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	L	81-90
	Home & away
1	Sun 27 March	North Melbourne	Subiaco	W	92-88	5th
2	Sat 2 April	Port Adelaide	Football Park	W	116-98	3rd
3	Sat 9 April	Sydney	Subiaco	L	88-101	9th
4	Sat 16 April	Hawthorn	York Park	L	65-72	10th
5		Bye				10th
6	Thur 28 April	Melbourne	Subiaco	W	106-52	7th
7	Sun 8 May	Essendon	Docklands	L	90-106	10th
8	Sun 15 May	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	96-63	7th
9	Sun 22 May	Bulldogs	Subiaco	W	175-52	6th
10	Sun 29 May	Collingwood	MCG	L	53-105	7th
11	Sat 4 June	Gold Coast	Subiaco	W	85-67	6th
12	Sat 11 June	Adelaide	Football Park	W	106-67	6th
13	Sun 19 June	Port Adelaide	Subiaco	W	110-88	5th
14	Sun 26 June	Carlton	Docklands	W	103-67	5th
15		Bye				5th
16	Fri 8 July	Geelong	Subiaco	W	96-88	5th
17	Sat 16 July	St Kilda	Docklands	L	61-82	5th
18	Sun 24 July	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	65-64	5th
19	Sat 30 July	Bulldogs	Docklands	W	103-95	5th
20	Sun 7 Aug	Richmond	Subiaco	W	147-90	5th
21	Sun 14 Aug	Melbourne	Docklands	W	110-62	5th
22	Sat 20 Aug	Essendon	Subiaco	W	134-77	4th
23	Sat 27 Aug	Brisbane	Gabba	W	89-81	4th
24	Sat 3 Sept	Adelaide	Subiaco	W	145-50	4th
EF	Sat 10 Sept	Collingwood	MCG	L	62-82
SF	Sat 17 Sept	Carlton	Subiaco	W	101-98
PF	Sat 24 Sept	Geelong	MCG	L	69-117

Final ladder

Pos.		Team		W		D		L		%
1		Collingwood		20		0		2		167.7
2		Geelong		19		0		3		157.4
3		Hawthorn		18		0		4		144.1
4		West Coast		17		0		5		130.3
5		Carlton		14		1		7		130.9
6		St Kilda		12		1		9		112.8
7		Sydney		12		1		9		109.3
8		Essendon		11		1		10		100.0
____	_	______________	_	___	_	___	_	___	_	_______
9		North Melbourne		10		0		12		101.2
10		Western Bulldogs		9		0		13		95.6
11		Fremantle		9		0		13		83.1
12		Richmond		8		1		13		86.4
13		Melbourne		8		1		13		85.3
14		Adelaide		7		0		15		79.4
15		Brisbane		4		0		18		81.0
16		Port Adelaide		3		0		19		64.5
17		Gold Coast		3		0		19		56.3

Qualifying Finals: Collingwood def West Coast; Geelong def. Hawthorn

Elimination Finals: Carlton def. Essendon; Sydney def. St Kilda

Semi Finals: West Coast def. Carlton; Hawthorn def. Sydney

Prelim Finals: Collingwood def. Hawthorn; Geelong def. West Coast

Grand Final: Geelong 18.11.119 def Collingwood 12.9.81

Jumpers

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Home

Away

Clash

25th Anniversary (round 1)

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games		#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Glass		398		24		11th	Kennedy		330		23
2nd	Priddis		398		25		12th	Lynch		329		24
3rd	Cox		397		25		13th	LeCras		295		22
4th	Hurn		374		25		14th	Darling		292		23
5th	Shuey		359		25		15th	Rosa		280		18
6th	A.Selwood		342		25		16th	Schofield		272		23
7th	Naitanui		338		24		17th	Kerr		250		16
8th	Embley		333		24		18th	Ebert		238		22
9th	Nicoski		333		25		19th	McGinnity		228		19
10th	S.Selwood		332		25		20th	MacKenzie		224		15

Stats leaders

#	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Kennedy	59 .	Priddis	662 .	Priddis	26.48 .	Lynch	157
2nd	LeCras	47	Embley	518	Kerr	24.63	Kennedy	144
3rd	Nicoski	41	Shuey	502	Rosa	22.28	Cox	137
4th	Lynch	28	S.Selwood	468	Embley	21.58	Hurn	114
5th	Darling / Shuey	24	Hurn	452	Shuey	20.08	Embley	113

#	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Hurn	343 .	Priddis	386 .	Priddis	159 .	S.Selwood	202
2nd	Shuey	323	S.Selwood	248	Shuey	114	Priddis	193
3rd	Embley	312	Kerr	220	Kerr	96	Embley	104
4th	Priddis	276	Embley	206	S.Selwood	94	Shuey	104
5th	Cox	270	A.Selwood	185	Cox	93	Darling	93

Tribunal

Rd		Player		Charge		Outcome
NAB QF		C.Wilson		Striking N.Krakouer		Accepted reprimand
NAB SF		Shuey		Rough conduct against T.Hunter		Accepted reprimand
11		S.Selwood		Striking G.Ablett		Accepted reprimand
12		Darling		Negligently making contact with umpire		Accepted $900 fine
14		Lynch		Head-high contact on M.Murphy		Accepted reprimand
14		Lynch		Rough conduct against M.Murphy		Successfully argued for downgrade to 1 match
14		Schofield		Tripping M.Murphy		Accepted reprimand
16		Naitanui		Front-on contact against T.Hunt		Accepted reprimand