Round 10 2012

Brisbane v West Coast
Round 10, 2012

Naitanui flies high against Brisbane. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 3 June 2012 (1:10 PM EST)

Venue

Gabba

Attendance

15,546

Result

Lost by 2

Score

BRI 16.6.102 - 15.10.100 WCE

Brownlow

3 J.Drummond (BRI)
2 M.Priddis (WCE)
1 J.Redden (BRI)

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West Coast fought back after a poor first half to hit the front by as much as 21 points in the final quarter, before Brisbane charged back into the game. A soccered attempt at goal by Jack Darling well into time-on appeared to have gone through but was ruled touched. As Darling remonstrated, the Lions moved the ball quickly through the centre and James Polkinghorne bombed through a goal from 60m to win the game. Matt Priddis was at his best with three goals to go with his 27 touches, while Nic Naitanui and Dean Cox dominated the ruck. Patrick McGinnity had a poor game and was subbed off in his 50th appearance.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Brisbane		3.3.21		7.4.46		8.5.53		16.6.102
West Coast		2.1.13		5.5.35		10.7.67		15.10.100

Goals: Priddis 3, Cox, Hurn 2, Darling, Hams, Hill, Lynch, Masten, Schofield, S.Selwood, Swift

Best: Priddis, Masten, Gaff, Schofield, MacKenzie, Swift

Injuries: Nil

Reports: Waters for rough conduct against J.Redden

Sub: Hams for McGinnity in the third quarter

Milestones: McGinnity 50th game

Named side

	West Coast				Brisbane
B:	35.McGinnity	23.Glass	31.Schofield	B:	9.McGrath	36.Maguire	35.Lester
HB:	8.Waters	16.MacKenzie	25.Hurn	HB:	41.Golby	24.Patfull	39.Drummond
C:	24.Rosa	11.Priddis	3.Gaff	C:	11.Hanley	10.Rich	7.Adcock
HF:	7.Masten	27.Darling	5.Sheppard	HF:	30.Redden	16.Brown	15.Zorko
F:	20.Cox	21.Lynch	33.Hill	F:	43.Bewick	21.Merrett	44.Cornelius
R:	9.Naitanui	10.S.Selwood	4.Kerr	R:	22.Hudson	38.Rockliff	29.Raines
I:	37.A.Selwood	15.Swift	43.Hams	I:	31.Polkinghorne	40.McKeever	4.Polec
	34.Brennan				6.Green
E:	1.Brown	14.Stevens	29.Lycett	E:	17.Beams	28.Karnezis	26.Yeo

In: Swift, Hams

Out: Butler (hamstring), Shuey (susp)

From the coach

"Early on, we made mistakes that we would pride ourselves on not making. If that's through intensity or just absolute concentration, it's very hard to pick. But it was something, so it's any one of a number of things you can point the finger at. But it wasn't really good enough for us.

"...Brisbane are a pretty good running side and it was a pretty tight, tough game all the way. Really just some of our kicking was down, our ball-handling was down.

"...Brisbane scored quick goals in reply to get themselves back in the game. It was a game that was a bit like that all day. We had the opportunity to win the game with a couple of minutes to go, the bounce of the ball didn't quite go our way. Another inch on Darling's toe-poke and we win comfortably, their torp goes through from 70 metres and they win. If you said that we ended up in front, we still would have been disappointed with our first half, but we ran the game out and made it a tough contest and gave ourselves a chance to win it all the way."

From the papers

The West Australian

"A brutal bump from Waters as he ran from off the half-back line to bury Redden in the centre early in the third quarter signalled a revival in intensity from the Eagles.

With Schofield still leading the rebounding duties with dash and clever reading of the play, they booted five goals to one for the quarter to snatch back a 14-point lead with a quarter to play.

The improved forward pressure from West Coast allowed them more repeat opportunities to score and the coaching decision to lock down harder on Rich with Adam Selwood and then Tom Swift also paid handy dividends.

But sprayed kicks out of bounds on the full by Matt Priddis, who had booted three goals up to three-quarter time, and Brisbane defender Matt Maguire were typical of an often sloppy display by both teams."

The Age

"To get there, the Lions had to fight back from 21 points down five minutes in the last quarter. Four quick goals, to Josh Drummond, Brown, Rich and late substitute Josh Green gave them the lead, the belief and the momentum.

But the Eagles responded, opening up a nine-point lead through clever goals by Scott Selwood and Tom Swift.

Dayne Zorko, who has a name from a horror movie and a build like a Centurion tank, brought the Lions back to within three points, only for Chris Masten, one of the Eagles' few consistent contributors, to re-establish a 10-point buffer

For the Lions to win it from there, via a third running goal to Green and James Polkinghorne's 65-metre torpedo - off barely a step - was a mighty effort from a team that has far more grit than silk, and still a big gap between its best and worst."

The Australian

"The AFL's longest road trip appeared to have taken its toll as a flat Eagles were jumped early as the Lions grabbed an eight-point lead at the first break.

West Coast were still in first gear in the second term and an energetic Lions dared to dream of an upset after finishing the quarter with goals to Jared Polec and Aaron Cornelius to kick ahead by 11 at the main break.

West Coast tried to wake from their Gabba slumber by kicking 5.2 to 1.1 to lead by 14 points at the final interval, only for the Lions to storm home for their best win of 2012."

WAFL results

Round 11 (2-4 June)

Claremont (Stevenson, Neates, Hamp, McGovern) vs Peel (Lycett, Wilson). Weedon played reserves

Perth (McInnes, Tunbridge) vs Swan Districts (Newman)

West Perth (Strijk) vs East Perth

South Fremantle vs East Fremantle (Brown, Stevens). Dick and Papertalk played reserves

Bye: Subiaco

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
LeCras		Knee		Season
Kennedy		Ankle		8 weeks
Embley		Shoulder		7 weeks
Nicoski		Hamstring		5 weeks
Dalziell		Knee		4 weeks
Butler		Thigh		TBA

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2012/181920120603.html

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2012/10/bl-v-wce