Pre-season 2005

West Coast stormed towards the club's first pre-season premiership, only to fall at the final hurdle to Carlton.

Rules

The league experimented with a number of new rules during the Wizard Cup. Any ball hitting the goal or behind posts and remaining in the field of play was play on. The boundary umpire moved 10 metres inside the boundary line to throw the ball back in. A 10-metre outer circle was added to the centre circle to restrict ruckmen's run-ups at centre bounces.

Teams had a six-man bench, increased to eight in hot weather. As usual goals kicked from outside 50 were worth nine points. Shots that hit the post (and didn't rebound back into play) were worth three points.

Round 1

Fri, 18 February 2005 (7:40 PM WST)

Fremantle v West Coast

Subiaco Oval

Attendance: 38,124

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Fremantle		0.3.0.2.20		0.6.0.3.39		0.7.0.4.46		0.11.0.7.73
West Coast		0.3.0.1.19		0.7.0.2.46		0.11.0.5.71		0.12.0.8.80

Supergoals: Nil

Goals: Lynch, Waters 3, Sampi 2, Braun, Embley, Hunter, Seaby

Best: Fletcher, Cox, Judd, Waters, Chick, Sampi

Injuries: tba

In near-perfect conditions, local rivals West Coast and Fremantle fought out a scrappy but entertaining contest, with the Eagles opening up a big lead in the third term and holding on to win by 7 points.

Named squad: Judd, Kerr, Stenglein, Banfield, Fletcher, Humm, Cousins, Braun, Wooden, Seaby, Chick, R.Jones, LeCras, Cox, Lynch, Waters, Glass, McConnell, Sampi, Hansen, A.Embley, Green, B.Jones, Hunter, M.Embley, Staker, Wirrpanda, Graham.

Fremantle: Webster, J.Carr, Schammer, Hasleby, Dunn, Woods, McManus, M.Carr, Cook, Headland, Polak, Smith, Grover, Mundy, McPharlin, Walker, Longmuir, Black, Parker, Murphy, Pavlich, Sandilands, Farmer, Medhurst, Johnson, Haddrill, Warren

Quarter final

West Coast v Collingwood

Sat, 26 February 2005 (8.10pm CST)

Marrara Oval

Attendance: 10,780

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		0.3.0.2.20		1.7.1.5.59		1.9.1.9.75		1.14.1.10.106
Collingwood		0.1.0.2.8		1.2.0.3.24		1.4.0.4.37		1.7.0.4.55

Supergoals: Sampi

Goals: R.Jones, Sampi 2, A.Embley, M.Embley, Humm, Judd, Kerr, Lynch, Morton, Seaby, Waters

Best: A.Embley, Sampi, Kerr, Wirrpanda, Gardiner, Wooden

Injuries: tba

West Coast made light work of the Magpies in humid and tropical Darwin conditions, thanks to fine efforts from acting captain Andrew Embley and goalsneak Ashley Sampi.

Named squad: Gardiner, Judd, Kerr, Stenglein, Fletcher, Humm, Morton, Wooden, Seaby, Adkins, Chick, R.Jones, LeCras, Lynch, Waters, Glass, McConnell, Sampi, Hansen, A.Embley, Green, Selwood, B.Jones, Hunter, M.Embley, Staker, Wirrpanda, Graham.

Collingwood: Davis, Woewodin, Lonie, Holland, Morrison, Clement, Rowe, O'Bree, Walker, Cole, Wakelin, Egan, Burns, Licuria, Williams, R.Shaw, Rocca, Fraser, Maxwell, Lokan, King, T.Cloke, C.Cloke, Prestigiacomo, Swan, H.Shaw, Leonard, Fanning

Semi final

West Coast v North Melbourne

Fri, 4 March 2005 (6.10pm WST)

Subiaco Oval

Attendance: 25,059

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		1.4.0.1.34		1.7.0.5.56		1.10.0.6.75		2.15.0.12.120
North Melbourne		0.3.0.1.19		0.4.0.2.26		0.5.0.7.37		0.5.0.10.40

Supergoals: Hunter, Selwood

Goals: Lynch 4, Seaby 2, Adkins, Braun, Cousins, Gardiner, Graham, Kerr, Sampi, Stenglein, Wooden

Best: Cousins, Kerr, Lynch, Banfield, Braun, Hansen, Wooden

Injuries: tba

West Coast stormed into the pre-season grand final on the back of a dominant midfield and a superb first half by Quinten Lynch, who had four goals by the main break.

Named side: Gardiner, Kerr, Stenglein, Banfield, Fletcher, Humm, Cousins, Braun, Wooden, Seaby, Adkins, Chick, R.Jones, LeCras, Lynch, Waters, Glass, McConnell, Butler, Sampi, Hansen, Selwood, B.Jones, Hunter, M.Embley, Staker, Wirrpanda, Graham.

North Melbourne: Colbert, Rawlings, Harris, McKernan, Grant, Simpson, Wells, Sinclair, Stevens, Brown, Grima, Motlop, Petrie, Cor.Jones, Thompson, Picioane, Baird, Harvey, Pratt, Hale, Sansbury, McIntosh, Schwarze, Makepeace, Watt, Harding, LeCras, Perkins.

Grand final

Carlton v West Coast

Sat, 12 March 2006 (7.40pm AEDT)

Docklands

Attendance: 43,391

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Carlton		0.4.0.2.26		0.8.2.6.60		0.10.2.9.75		1.14.2.12.111
West Coast		1.3.0.3.30		1.4.0.5.38		1.7.0.6.57		1.11.0.9.84

Supergoals: Judd

Goals: Lynch 3, Banfield, Gardiner, Hansen 2, Judd, Watters

Best: Judd, Fletcher, Banfield, Cousins, Gardiner, Wirrpanda

Injuries: tba

On the wrong end of an eight-goal haul by Carlton spearhead Brendon Fevola, West Coast fought back from three goals down to take the lead in the final term, but couldn't sustain the push and ended up falling by 27 points, missing out on attaining a maiden night premiership.

Named sides:

	West Coast				Carlton
B:	Wirrpanda	Glass	Banfield	B:	Houlihan	Livingston	Teague
HB:	Chick	Staker	Hunter	HB:	Sporn	Thornton	Bannister
C:	Braun	Fletcher	A.Embley	C:	Camporeale	Stevens	McGrath
HF:	Sampi	Hansen	Cousins	HF:	Chambers	Whitnall	Lappin
F:	Gardiner	Lynch	R.Jones	F:	Deluca	Fevola	Walker
R:	Seaby	Judd	Stenglein	R:	French	Koutoufides	Scotland
I:	Kerr	Waters	Graham	I:	Morrell	Prendergast	Norman
	Butler	B.Jones	Wooden		Davies	Simpson	Carrazzo
E:	Adkins	McConnell	Selwood	E:	Johnson	Bowyer	Betts
	M.Embley				Wiggins

Links

http://footystats.freeservers.com/Archive/Wizard05.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Wizard_Home_Loans_Cup