West Coast's promising pre-season hit a significant roadblock, handed a lesson by the visiting Crows in the official scratch match of 2023. Adelaide burst out of the blocks with a six-goal first term, with the Eagles lapsing into old patterns of slow ball movement and costly turnovers. Top draftee Reuben Ginbey provided one of the few positives with an assured showing in his first official appearance.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 1.1.7 | 3.4.22 | 6.5.41 | 7.10.52 | ||||
| Adelaide | 6.1.37 | 8.3.51 | 12.6.78 | 17.9.111 |
Goals: Cripps 2, Allen, Petruccelle, Rotham, Ryan, Yeo
Best: McGovern, Ginbey, Hurn, Cripps, Sheed
Injuries: Rotham (arm)
Named squads[]
| West Coast | Adelaide | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 25.Hurn | 37.Barrass | 28.Cole | B: | 41.Butts | 39.Doedee | 37.Parnell |
| HB: | 14.Duggan | 20.McGovern | 5.Hunt | HB: | 12.Dawson | 28.Murray | 33.Smith |
| C: | 3.Gaff | 11.Kelly | 4.Sheed | C: | 20.Hinge | 29.Laird | 9.Sloane |
| HF: | 24.X.O'Neill | 2.Waterman | 15.Cripps | HF: | 10.Pedlar | 8.Rachele | 2.Keays |
| F: | 1.Ryan | 12.Allen | 31.Jones | F: | 22.Rankine | 13.Walker | 32.Fogarty |
| R: | 32.B.Williams | 6.Yeo | 13.Shuey | R: | 43.O'Brien | 3.Berry | 14.Soligo |
| I: | 7.Ginbey | 8.Hewett | 18.Chesser | I: | 17.Hamill | 34.Himmelberg | 16.Michalanney |
| 21.Petruccelle | 23.Witherden | 35.Rotham | 26.Schoenberg | 21.Brown | 23.McAdam | ||
| 39.Clark | 40.Jamieson | 7.Thilthorpe | 5.Crouch | ||||
| E: | 10.Petrevski-Seton | 36.West | 42.H.Edwards | E: | 4.Murphy | 35.Borlase | 25.McHenry |
| 44.Long | 1.Jones |
In: Shuey, Jones, Ginbey
Out: Culley, Hough, L.Edwards, Petrevski-Seton, West, H.Edwards, Long
Late changes: H.Edwards for B.Williams (hamstring tightness)
Reserves[]
In a hitout following the seniors, the reserves fared much the same, losing 83 to 27, although the club provided scant details.
Appearing for West Coast: Hewett, Petrevski-Seton, Hough, Winder, Trew, West, Clark, Long, Burgiel, Culley
Injury list[]
No official injury list was published in the lead-up to the match.
References[]
| 2023 season <--2022-23 offseason | Playing squad | Coaching panel | 2023-24 offseason--> |
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| AFLW | Reserves |
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Pre-season : 1 (PA) | 2 (ADL) |