Preliminary Final 2011

Geelong v West Coast
Preliminary Final, 2011

LeCras' 100th game was not a happy one. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 24 Sept 2011 (2:20 PM EST)

Venue

MCG

Attendance

59,455

Result

Lost by 48

Score

GEE 17.15.117 - 10.9.69 WCE

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West Coast's Cinderella story came to an end at the hands of a ruthlessly efficient Geelong. The inexperienced Eagles gave up the first four goals of the game and were never in the contest, the margin getting out as far as 62 points before a handful of goals in the final term added a modicum of respectability to the scoreboard. Beau Waters ran free in the backline to pick up 38 possessions and Nic Naitanui kicked two goals from 18 possessions, but a number of West Coast veterans had shockers, particularly Andrew Embley and the usually reliable Dean Cox.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Geelong		5.7.37		8.11.59		15.14.104		17.15.117
West Coast		2.3.15		5.4.34		7.6.48		10.9.69

Goals: Kennedy 3, Naitanui 2, Darling, Kerr, LeCras, S.Selwood, Shuey

Best: Naitanui, Waters, Kerr, Shuey, Gaff

Injuries: Nil

Sub: McGinnity for Nicoski in the third quarter

Milestones: LeCras 100th game, Nicoski final appearance

Named sides

	West Coast				Geelong
B:	Schofield	Glass	Hurn	B:	J.Hunt	Scarlett	Lonergan
HB:	Butler	MacKenzie	Waters	HB:	Enright	Taylor	Wojcinski
C:	Embley	Priddis	S.Selwood	C:	Bartel	Mackie	Selwood
HF:	LeCras	Kennedy	Nicoski	HF:	Johnson	Hawkins	Christensen
F:	Naitanui	Lynch	Darling	F:	Varcoe	Podsiadly	Ottens
R:	Cox	Kerr	A.Selwood	R:	West	Ling	Kelly
I:	Masten	Shuey	McGinnity	I:	Chapman	Corey	Stokes
	Gaff				Duncan
E:	Rosa	Ebert	Smith	E:	Milburn	Byrnes	Mooney

No change

From the papers

PerthNow

"With prime marking targets Josh Kennedy and Quinten Lynch held to just three marks between them for the first half, goals were hard to come by and Geelong overcame its struggles in front of the sticks to kick three of the last four goals running into the major break to extend its lead to a menacing 25 points.

The Cats' march to the Grand Final became unstoppable in the third term as Steve Johnson kicked his first to signal the opening of the floodgates, but just minutes later the mercurial forward would come from the ground in dramatic circumstances after injuring his knee.

Podsiadly worked his way into the contest and added his second and third goals to extend the margin, and the season had already slipped away from West Coast by the time Kennedy added his second with a set shot in time on of the third stanza."

WAFL

Grand Final (25 Sept)

Claremont (B.Jones, Swift, Stevenson, Weedon) 19.13.127 def. Subiaco 10.11.71. Former Eagles Beau Wilkes, Chad Jones and Clancy Rudeforth also won premiership medals.

Reserves: Claremont (Hamp, McGovern) def. Perth.

Injury list

In the lead-up to the match the following players were listed as injured:

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Neates		Knee		Season
B.Wilson		Ankle		Season
Rosa		Knee		Test
MacKenzie		Foot		Test

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2011/091820110924.html