2006 season

2006

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Position

Premiers

H&A record

17-5 (1st)

Finals

Won Grand Final

Captain

Chris Judd

Coach

John Worsfold

Best & Fairest

Chris Judd

Most goals

Quinten Lynch (65)

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Looking to go one better after the previous year's heartbreaking grand final loss, the 2006 season got off to a horrible start when Ben Cousins was stripped of the captaincy following a bizarre 'booze-bus' incident in the pre-season. With fellow Brownlow Medalist Chris Judd installed as captain, albeit a little reluctantly, West Coast burst out of the blocks, winning their first five games. After making a habit of reeling in big deficits (none more so than the classic match in Geelong where West Coast came back from 57 points down to win by 3), the Eagles finished the home and away season as minor premiers.

Earning a home final against arch-rivals Sydney, West Coast went down by a single point in a memorable encounter. Facing sudden death, the Eagles easily dispatched Western Bulldogs in a home semi-final before travelling to Adelaide for a prelim against the Crows. West Coast once again snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, earning a rematch against the Swans. In one of the classic grand finals of the modern era, West Coast got out to a handy lead and were able to hold off a fast-finishing Sydney to win their third flag. Midfielder Andrew Embley won the Norm Smith Medal for his efforts, often running into the defensive 50 in the final stanza to take a saving mark.

As usual West Coast's success was driven by its dominant midfield, led by new captain Judd, his predecessor Cousins, Daniel Kerr, Chad Fletcher, Embley and ruckman Dean Cox. Full forward Quinten Lynch kicked more goals in a season than any Eagle since Scott Cummings' Coleman Medal year, and full back Darren Glass held sway in the back half.

Honour board

Coach: John Worsfold

Coaching panel: Rob Wiley, Tony Micale, Peter Sumich, Neil Ross, Darren Harris

Captain: Chris Judd

Vice-captain: Andrew Embley

Club Champion: Chris Judd

Rookie of the Year: Jaymie Graham

Best Clubman: Dean Cox

Leading Goalscorer: Quinten Lynch (65)

All-Australians: Ben Cousins, Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Chris Judd.

Rising Star nominees: Matt Rosa (round 10), Mark LeCras (round 22)

Milestones:

150 games: David Wirrpanda

100 games: Darren Glass, Chris Judd, Adam Hunter

Squad

Offseason player movements

Player reviews

	Senior list
16	Damien Adkins	11	Travis Gaspar	19	Mark LeCras	37	Adam Selwood
6	Drew Banfield v	23	Darren Glass	21	Quinten Lynch	15	Brad Smith
10	Michael Braun	22	Jaymie Graham	33	Phil Matera	30	Matt Spangher*
26	Sam Butler	29	Ashley Hansen	2	Andrew McDougall	41	Brent Staker
17	Daniel Chick	39	Adam Hunter	27	Ben McKinley*	5	Tyson Stenglein
9	Ben Cousins	25	Shannon Hurn*	12	Mitch Morton	8	Beau Waters
20	Dean Cox	38	Brett Jones	31	Mark Nicoski	44	David Wirrpanda
32	Andrew Embley	18	Rowan Jones	24	Matt Rosa	13	Josh Wooden
7	Chad Fletcher	3	Chris Judd	28	Ashley Sampi
1	Michael Gardiner	4	Daniel Kerr	14	Mark Seaby
	Rookie list
35	Steve Armstrong*	45	Matt Priddis*	36	Ashley Thornton
40	Michael Embley	34	Ben Sharp	42	Beau Wilkes

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#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Gardiner	3	1
2	McDougall	1	1
3	Judd	23	29
4	Kerr	21	11
5	Stenglein	26	10
6	Banfield	14	2
7	Fletcher	24	5
8	Waters	23	8
9	Cousins	22	20
10	Braun	25	4
12	Morton	1	1
13	Wooden	2	1
14	Seaby	23	11
17	Chick	23	14
18	R.Jones	23	9
19	LeCras	4	5
20	Cox	21	14
21	Lynch	26	65
22	Graham	24	9
23	Glass	25	1
24	Rosa	15	3
25	Hurn	6	1
26	Butler	14	6
28	Sampi	12	12
29	Hansen	14	17
31	Nicoski	12	5
32	Embley	23	31
35	Armstrong	10	10
37	A.Selwood	26	8
38	B.Jones	15	0
39	Hunter	22	29
41	Staker	23	24
44	Wirrpanda	24	8
45	Priddis	2	0

Results

Rd	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Pre-season
Rd 1	Fremantle	Subiaco	L	65-127
	St Kilda	Rushton Park	W	84-76
	Carlton	Traeger Park	L	61-87
	Hawthorn	Leederville	L	55-88
	Home & away
1	St Kilda	Subiaco	W	84-66	7th
2	Adelaide	Football Park	W	90-88	3rd
3	Richmond	Subiaco	W	136-90	2nd
4	North Melbourne	Manuka	W	95-71	2nd
5	Brisbane	Subiaco	W	122-63	1st
6	Fremantle	Subiaco	L	83-88	3rd
7	Collingwood	Subiaco	W	112-98	2nd
8	Essendon	Docklands	W	113-92	1st
9	Melbourne	Subiaco	W	97-75	1st
10	Geelong	Kardinia Park	W	101-98	1st
11	Carlton	Subiaco	W	111-101	1st
12	Port Adelaide	Football Park	L	60-97	2nd
13	Western Bulldogs	Subiaco	L	64-73	2nd
14	Hawthorn	MCG	W	114-104	2nd
15	Sydney	Subiaco	W	67-65	2nd
16	Collingwood	Docklands	L	90-127	2nd
17	Adelaide	Subiaco	W	165-83	2nd
18	St Kilda	Docklands	W	98-59	2nd
19	North Melbourne	Subiaco	W	107-81	2nd
20	Brisbane	Gabba	W	114-52	1st
21	Fremantle	Subiaco	L	61-118	1st
22	Richmond	MCG	W	173-85	1st
QF	Sydney	Subiaco	L	84-85
SF	Western Bulldogs	Subiaco	W	113-39
PF	Adelaide	Football Park	W	85-75
GF	Sydney	MCG	W	85-84

Jumpers

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Home

Away

Heritage Round (round 16)

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Judd		452		23
2nd	Glass		440		25
3rd	Cousins		429		22
4th	Stenglein		419		26
5th	Selwood		410		26
6th	Kerr		370		21
7th	Lynch		368		26
8th	Cox		359		21
9th	Braun		340		25
10th	Hunter		332		22

Stats leaders

#	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Lynch	65 .	Judd	595 .	Judd	25.87 .	Selwood	147
2nd	Embley	31	Cousins	553	Cousins	25.14	Lynch	143
3rd	Judd	29	Fletcher	543	Kerr	22.95	Cox	141
4th	Hunter	29	Selwood	506	Fletcher	22.63	Embley	138
5th	Staker	24	Braun	504	Braun	20.16	Stenglein	133
6th	Cousins	20	Braun	482	Butler	19.93	Graham	130
7th	Hansen	17	Stenglein	478	R.Jones	19.65	Hunter	122
8th	Cox	14	R.Jones	452	Selwood	19.46	Waters	120
9th	Chick	14	Embley	443	Embley	19.26	R.Jones	117
10th	Sampi	12	Wirrpanda	412	Nicoski	18.50	Fletcher	116
#	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Judd	332 .	R.Jones	274 .	Judd	142 .	Stenglein	126
2nd	Embley	313	Judd	263	Kerr	100	Judd	112
3rd	Cousins	312	Braun	256	Cousins	92	Braun	73
4th	Fletcher	308	Kerr	249	Stenglein	66	Selwood	72
5th	Wirrpanda	297	Cousins	241	Fletcher	65	Chick	71
6th	Stenglein	275	Selwood	239	Cox	59	Kerr	67
7th	Selwood	267	Fletcher	235	Seaby	39	Butler	59
8th	Lynch	253	Stenglein	203	Butler	37	Fletcher	59
9th	Braun	248	Waters	177	R.Jones	34	Waters	58
10th	Cox/Kerr	233	Glass	171	Selwood	33	R.Jones	57

Tribunal

Rd		Player		Charge		Outcome
NAB Chal		Waters		Tripping R.Houlihan		Accepted reprimand
1		Kerr		Striking R.Harvey		Accepted reprimand
5		Waters		Rough conduct against R.Copeland		Accepted 2-match suspension
14		Kerr		Striking S.Mitchell		Downgraded to 1-week suspension at Tribunal
19		Chick		Striking J.Sinclair		Accepted 1-match suspension
QF		Chick		Rough conduct against N.Malceski		Charge withdrawn by MRP