Pre-season 2018

West Coast head to Adelaide for the inaugural AFLX tournament but avoid leaving Perth during a trimmed-down pre-season competition.

Format[]

Each side played two games, reduced from three in previous years. As with recent years there was no Grand Final and no pre-season premiership. The customary nine-point "supergoals" for goals kicked from outside the 50m arc were done away with.

Prior to the JLT Community Series, the club will play in a short-form round robin AFLX competition in Adelaide.

AFLX[]

Thur, 15 February 2018

Hindmarsh Stadium

Attendance:

Named squad: Brander, Duggan (c), Venables, Petruccelle, Brayshaw, Watson, Cole, Nelson, Burrows, Ainsworth, Rotham, Karpany, M.Allen, Rioli, Waterman

Pool Game 1[]

		1/2 time		Final
Adelaide		2.1.2.28		3.3.5.53
West Coast		0.2.2.14		0.7.4.46

Supergoals:Nil

Goals: Petruccelle, Rioli 3, Brander

Named side: Brander, Duggan (c), Venables, Petruccelle, Watson, Cole, Nelson, Ainsworth, Karpany, Rioli

Adelaide: Gallucci, Kelly, Hampton, Otten, Cheney, Ellis-Yolmen, Dear, Doedee, Davis, Murphy

Pool Game 2[]

		1/2 time		Final
Collingwood		2.1.2.28		3.3.4.52
West Coast		0.2.3.15		0.5.7.37

Supergoals:Nil

Goals: Petruccelle, Waterman 2, Cole

Named side: Duggan (c), Petruccelle, Brayshaw, Watson, Cole, Nelson, Ainsworth, M.Allen, Karpany, Waterman

Collingwood: Aish, Blair, Sidebottom, Thomas, Crisp, Murphy, Broomhead, Stephensen, Maynard, Madgen

Game 1[]

West Coast v Port Adelaide

Sun, 25 February 2018 (3:35 PM WST)

Leederville Oval

Attendance: 4,317

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		3.1.19		4.3.27		6.6.42		8.8.56
Port Adelaide		4.2.26		6.2.38		7.6.48		8.6.54

Goals: Vardy 2, Jetta, Redden, Ryan, Shuey, Waterman, Yeo

Best: Shuey, Gaff, Redden, Yeo, Vardy, Jetta

Injuries: McGovern (concussion), Ah Chee (ankle)

Scratch match[]

West Coast v Fremantle

Sun, 4 March 2018 (10:00 AM WST)

Lathlain Park

Attendance: closed

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		3.0.18		5.2.32		8.3.51		9.3.57
Fremantle		5.5.35		7.9.51		9.11.65		12.14.86

Goals: Rioli, Waterman 2, Brander, Lycett, McInnes, Ryan, Yeo

Best: Yeo, Waterman, Lycett, Barrass, Vardy, Ainsworth

Injuries: Vardy (groin)

West Coast fielded a youthful side against Fremantle in a clash held behind closed doors, but kept pace with the Dockers for most of the first three quarters before Fremantle pulled away in the last. The match was soured by a groin injury suffered by ruckman Nathan Vardy.

Side: Ryan, Sheed, Sheppard (c), Yeo, Masten, Brander, Duggan, Venables, Vardy, Brayshaw, Jetta, Partington, Watson, Cole, Lycett, Nelson, Schofield, Burrows, Ainsworth, Hutchings, McInnes, Barrass, Mutimer, Karpany, Bayok, Rioli, Waterman,England

Fremantle: Ballantyne, Matera, Darcy, Cerra, D.Pearce, Brayshaw, B.Hill, Walters, Sheridan, Wilson, Mundy, Tucker, Blakely, Taberner, Hamling, Kersten, McCarthy, A.Pearce, Langdon, Neale, Grey, Sandilands, Sutcliffe, Spurr, Johnson, Ryan, Banfield