Pre-season 2000

West Coast stumbled through the pre-season, winning two of five matches after the starting the year in Darwin's heat.

Rules

Teams were split into four groups of four, with each side playing the others in their group before the top teams from each group met in the semi-finals.

Week 1

Fri, 28 January 2000 (8.40pm CST)

West Coast v Essendon

Marrara Oval

Attendance: 13,600

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		1.2.8		4.6.30		6.6.42		8.10.58
Essendon		2.3.15		5.5.35		8.6.54		11.12.78

Goals: Wirrpanda 3, Morrison 2, Cousins, Gardiner, White

Best: Wirrpanda, Banfield, White

Injuries: Banfield (shoulder), Gehrig (calf)

With the extreme-heat policy in place in Darwin, West Coast fell to eventual premiers Essendon despite a strong game up forward from David Wirrpanda.

Named squad: Antonowicz, Morrison, Banfield, Gehrig, Metropolis, Cousins, White, Wooden, Cummings, Symmons, Gardiner, Hill, O'Brien, Stone, Glass, Munro, Embley, Ph.Matera, Crabb, Haynes, Hunter, Fletcher, Rintoul, S.Duckworth, Wirrpanda, Bellotti, Green, Turnbull

Essendon squad: M.Johnson, Henneman, McAlister, Hird, Wellman, Solomon, Ramanauskas, McVeigh, Hardwick, Robran, Long, J.Johnson, Prior, Barnard, Lloyd, Wallis, Barnes, Bolton, Misiti, Heffernan, Alessio, Blumfield, Caracella, Denham, Pickett, Jacobs, Rioli, McGrath

Week 2

Hawthorn v West Coast

Sun, 6 February 2000

Waverley Park

Attendance:

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Hawthorn								17.14.116
West Coast								5.10.40

Goals: Cummings 3

Best: Jakovich, Read, Bellotti

Injuries:

Reports: Bellotti for striking R.Taylor, Ph.Matera and Jakovich for wrestling

West Coast were blown away by new coach Ken Judge's old charges, held goalless until the final term as the Hawks ran rampant.

Named squad: Kemp, Morrison, Metropolis, Cousins, White, Wooden, Cummings, Symmons, Jones, Gardiner, Hill, Stone, Glass, Jakovich, Pe.Matera, Embley, Ph.Matera, Bennett, Crabb, Read, Williams, Haynes, Hunter, Fletcher, Wirrpanda, Bellotti, Green, Turnbull

Hawthorn squad: Chapman, Holland, Salmon, Harford, Taylor, McCabe, Crawford, Bateman, Smith, O'Farrell, Krummel, Lord, Thompson, Chick, Dixon, Rawlings, Bowyer, Collica, Croad, Barker, Tallis, Woods, Obst, Rock, Barlow, Graham, Young, Lekkas

Week 3

West Coast v Western Bulldogs

Sat, 12 February 2000 (8.10pm WST)

Subiaco Oval

Attendance: 9,500 (approx)

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		8.3.51		12.9.81		14.12.96		19.15.129
Western Bulldogs		2.1.13		4.3.27		9.6.60		12.10.82

Goals: White 4, Embley 3, Cummings, Pe.Matera 2, Cousins, Fletcher, Gehrig, Jakovich, Kemp, Ph.Matera, Read, Williams

Best: Kemp, Bellotti, Wirrpanda, Rintoul, Stone, White

Injuries: Nil

Reports: Fletcher for striking C.Grant

A big first quarter set West Coast up to give Ken Judge his first Eagles win, the home side rolling to an easy victory over the Bulldogs.

Named squad: Kemp, Morrison, Gehrig, Metropolis, Cousins, White, Cummings, Chambers, McKenna, Hill, Stone, Glass, Jakovich, Lewis, Pe.Matera, Embley, Ph.Matera, Bennett, Crabb, Read, Williams, Haynes, Hunter, Fletcher, Rintoul, Wirrpanda, Bellotti, Turnbull

Bulldogs squad: Wills, Kolyniuk, Grant, Smith, Johnson, S.West, Southern, Hudson, Eagleton, Curley, Darcy, Croft, Brown, Bartlett, Contessa, Murphy, Plunkett, Hunter, Cox, Dimattina, Robbins, Alvey, M.West, Romero, Hahn, Giansiracusa, Liberatore, Wiggins

Week 4

Collingwood v West Coast

Sat, 19 February 2000

Victoria Park

Attendance:

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Collingwood		5.0.30		10.2.62		10.4.64		12.6.78
West Coast		2.1.13		4.4.28		5.9.39		6.14.50

Goals: Cousins 2, Cummings, Fletcher, Jakovich, Kemp

Best: Cousins, McIntosh, Pe.Matera, Read

Injuries:

An inaccurate West Coast continued their poor pre-season form with a loss at Collingwood's spiritual home.

Week 5

West Coast v Fremantle

Sat, 26 February 2000

Subiaco Oval

Attendance:

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		4.3.27		7.9.51		11.17.83		16.21.117
Fremantle		5.7.37		8.13.61		13.18.96		15.22.112

Goals: Cousins, Cummings, Donnelly, Fletcher, Kemp, Ph.Matera 2, Gardiner, Hunter, Jakovich, Rintoul

Best: Cousins, Kemp, Pe.Matera, Gardiner, McKenna, Jones

Injuries: tbc

West Coast closed out the pre-season with a win over local rivals Fremantle, coming from behind to take the victory with a big final quarter.

Named squad: Kemp, Morrison, Banfield, Gehrig, Metropolis, Cousins, Braun, McIntosh, White, Cummings, McKenna, Jones, Gardiner, Hill, Stone, Glass, Jakovich, Lewis, Donnelly, Pe.Matera, Ph.Matera, Read, Williams, Fletcher, Rintoul, Wirrpanda, Bellotti, Turnbull

Fremantle: Toia, Fletcher, Hasleby, Modra, Black< Callaghan, Cook, Kickett, Dodd, Sinclair, Michael, Holland, Walker, J.Longmuir, T.Longmuir, Carroll, Parker, Norrish, Waterhouse, Schell, Koops, Pavlich, Brown, Shipp, Gale, Prescott, Bandy, Grover

Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Ansett_Australia_Cup