Round 10 2003

Essendon v West Coast
Round 10, 2003

Jakovich gets away a handpass. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 1 June 2003 (2:10 PM EST)

Venue

Docklands

Attendance

32,715

Result

Lost by 22

Score

ESS 19.14.128 - 16.10.106 WCE

Brownlow

3 M.Lloyd (ESS)
2 D.Kerr (WCE)
1 B.Cousins (WCE)

Ladder

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An undermanned Essendon defied the odds to record an important win and bring West Coast's winning streak to an end. The Bombers kicked seven goals in the first quarter before West Coast stumbled into gear in the second and took the lead going into halftime. Essendon took back the momentum in the third quarter and from there held off the Eagles to take a 22 point win. Ben Cousins had 31 possessions and a goal and Daniel Kerr had 3 goals to go with 27 possessions, but too many Eagles had below-par games.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Essendon		7.1.43		10.6.66		14.10.94		19.14.128
West Coast		4.2.26		11.3.69		13.8.86		16.10.106

Goals: Kerr 3, Embley, Gardiner, Haynes 2, Carroll, Chick, Cousins, Jones, Judd, Munro, Wirrpanda

Best: Cousins, Wirrpanda, Kerr, Haynes, Embley, Fletcher

Injuries: Kerr (foot)

Milestones: Kerr 50th game

Named sides

	West Coast				Essendon
B:	44.Wirrpanda	11.McIntosh	6.Banfield	B:	11.Peverill	21.Jacobs	10.McVeigh
HB:	39.Hunter	23.Glass	35.Green	HB:	37.Bullen	6.Wellman	7.Solomon
C:	17.Chick	9.Cousins	32.Embley	C:	23.Bolton	24.Misiti	33.McPhee
HF:	18.Jones	27.Jakovich	28.Sampi	HF:	43.Rioli	25.Lucas	20.Richards
F:	33.Ph.Matera	38.Haynes	20.Cox	F:	2.Mercuri	18.Lloyd	13.Cupido
R:	1.Gardiner	3.Judd	7.Fletcher	R:	19.Hille	14.J.Johnson	1.M.Johnson
I:	4.Kerr	46.Carroll	10.Braun	I:	27.Alessio	28.C.McGrath	29.Reynolds
	8.Humm				12.Welsh
E:	12.Munro	5.Morrison	21.Lynch	E:	35.Davies	8.Winderlich	36.Bannister

In: McIntosh, Chick

Out: Munro, Morrison

Late change: (WCE) Munro for Matera (hamstring); (ESS) Davies, Forster-Knight for Misiti (ankle), Peverill (ill)

From the papers

The Age

"At half-time, West Coast had only a three point lead, but had seized the momentum. When Chris Judd - who was kept in check by Mark Johnson throughout the day - goalled little more than a minute into the quarter, the Eagles appeared ready to shake off their sluggish starts.

Kerr was sitting on the bench at the beginning of the quarter - having his left foot attended too - and when he did reappear at the five minute mark, Forster-Knight ran with him and was able to curb his influence. As part of the rotation Forster-Knight spent time on other Eagles but his effort to slow Kerr down was crucial.

Despite 13 minutes of dominance, the Eagles could not put the score on the board. David Haynes, Rowan Jones, Glen Jakovich and Daniel Chick all missed goals that would have pushed the Eagles further in front. Their inability to seize control was punished when first Adam McPhee - who finished the day with four telling goals playing off the wing against Andrew Embley - then Lloyd goalled to level the scores.

From that moment on, the Bombers were never headed. They were too physical, with Jason Johnson tough and hard all day. Solomon lifted his work rate and started to drive across the ground and Danny Jacobs was mopping up in defence. Essendon eventually laid 69 tackles to West Coast's 39."

Players in the WAFL

Round 11 (30 May-2 June)

Perth (McDougall, Adkins) vs Swan Districts (Hansen, Johnson)

Claremont (Rudeforth) vs Subiaco (Sierakowski, Wooden, Nicoski)

East Perth (Wilson, Selwood, Beeck) vs West Perth (Chambers, Seaby, Lynch)

East Fremantle (Collica, Staker) vs South Fremantle (Gaspar)

Bye: Peel

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2003/051820030601.html