Pre-season 1998

West Coast were knocked out of the Ansett Cup in the second round.

Rules[]

The 16 teams faced off in a sudden-death knockout competition, with losing sides sent to play scratch matches.

Practice match[]

West Coast v Fremantle

Fri, 14 February 1998

Attendance:

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast								20.15.135
Fremantle								9.5.59

Goals:

Best:

Injuries: Cummings (knee)

West Coast opened the pre-season with a big win over Fremantle, but in the process lost Trent Cummings to a serious knee injury.

Round of 16[]

West Coast v Collingwood

Wed, 25 February 1998 (5pm WST)

Subiaco Oval

Attendance: 17,535

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		2.2.14		4.5.29		9.7.61		13.12.90
Collingwood		1.2.8		2.3.15		4.5.29		5.6.36

Goals: Banfield, Donnelly, Fewster, Ph.Matera, Wirrpanda 2, Cousins, Heady, Lovell

Best: Banfield, Jakovich, Donnelly, Heady, Cousins, Read

Injuries: not reported.

West Coast easily accounted for Collingwood after flight troubles meant the Magpies only arrived in Perth shortly before the bounce.

Named squad: Heady, Kemp, Antonowicz, Lovell, Banfield, Cousins, McIntosh, Wooden, Symmons, Evans, Gardiner, Schofield, Stone, Fewster, Holmes, Jakovich, Donnelly, Pe.Matera, Ph.Matera, Sikora, Crabb, Read, Williams, Waterman, Morrison, Marshall, Wirrpanda, Turnbull

Collingwood squad: Richardson, Buckley, Patterson, Mahoney, M.Francis, Fuller, Schauble, Watson, Smith, Wright, Wild, A.Rocca, Curran, Crosisca, Russell, Kinnear, Liddell, Prestigiacomo, S.Rocca, Gibson, Crow, King, Godden, Osborne, Raso, Michael.

Quarter final[]

St Kilda v West Coast

Sun, 8 March 1998 (8pm EDT)

Waverley Park

Attendance:

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
St Kilda		5.3.33		10.8.68		16.12.108		24.18.162
West Coast		4.1.25		4.1.25		9.3.57		10.4.64

Goals: McIntosh 4, Banfield, Pe.Matera 2, Cousins, Lovell

Best: Banfield, Heady, McIntosh, Worsfold, Holmes, Schofield

Injuries: Not reported

West Coast sent an inexperienced side to face the Saints and were belted, St Kilda booting 24 goals.

Named squad: Heady, Kemp, Antonowicz, Lovell, Banfield, Gehrig, Cousins, McIntosh, Wooden, Chambers, McKenna, Gardiner, Schofield, Stone, Fewster, Worsfold, Holmes, Ball, Jakovich, Donnelly, Pe.Matera, Crabb, Read, Williams, Morrison, Marshall, Wirrpanda

St Kilda squad: Peckett, Brown, Burke, Jones, Winmar, Hudghton, Everitt, Mitchell, S.Wakelin, Sierakowski, D.Wakelin, Carr, Keogh, Cripps, Sziller, Young, B.Thompson, Lappin, Loewe, Heatley, McLaren, Beveridge, A.Thompson, Traianidis, Walton, Harvey, Knowles, Cook