Round 11 2008

West Coast v Sydney
Round 11, 2008

Swans players celebrate on the siren. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 7 June 2008 (5:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

38,802

Result

Lost by 5

Score

SYD 12.11.83 - 11.12.78 WCE

Brownlow

3 A.Goodes (SYD)
2 D.Glass (WCE)
1 B.Kirk (SYD)

Ladder

13th

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In another tight finish between the two sides, West Coast dominated the first half and led until the final few minutes, but couldn't hold off the fast finishing Swans who kicked 10 goals to 3 in the second half to steal the points. Daniel Kerr was West Coast's best player with 23 possessions (13 of them contested) and 2 goals, and Sam Butler has 17 touches in his first AFL game since the 2006 grand final.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		6.1.37		8.7.55		8.11.59		11.12.78
Sydney		0.4.4		2.7.19		6.9.45		12.11.83

Goals: Kerr, Staker, Wirrpanda 2, Hunter, Lynch, Nicoski, Seaby, A.Selwood

Best: Kerr, Davis, Lynch, Cox, Glass, Butler, Priddis

Injuries: Nil

Reports: A.Selwood for striking A.Buchanan

Named sides

	West Coast				Sydney
B:	38.B.Jones	23.Glass	42.Wilkes	B:	9.Malceski	21.Barry	29.Mattner
HB:	5.Stenglein	39.Hunter	32.Embley	HB:	6.C.Bolton	25.Richards	15.Jack
C:	10.Braun	4.Kerr	37.A.Selwood	C:	3.McVeigh	31.Kirk	32.Buchanan
HF:	26.Butler	41.Staker	7.Fletcher	HF:	5.R.O'Keefe	30.Roberts-Thomson	33.Moore
F:	44.Wirrpanda	21.Lynch	22.Graham	F:	42.Bevan	19.O'Loughlin	10.Everitt
R:	20.Cox	11.Priddis	13.Masten	R:	16.Jolly	37.Goodes	24.J.Bolton
I:	6.Nicoski	19.Houlihan	14.Seaby	I:	20.Ablett	11.Barlow	17.Kennelly
	45.Davis				26.Playfair
E:	35.Armstrong	27.McKinley	2.LeCras	E:	14.Bird	7.Brennan	40.Smith

In: Hunter, Seaby, Masten, Butler, Nicoski, Davis, Graham

Out: Schofield (thigh), Kennedy (knee), Ebert (ankle), Rosa (ankle), Waters (susp), Armstrong, McKinley

From the papers

The West Australian

"With Adam Hunter a target in goals and Lynch lurking across half-forward, West Coats moved the ball long and quickly to the scoring zones with, by their standards, a meagre 122 handballs. That's a dramatic change in game plan from the first match this season when they used 214 handballs in the triumph over Brisbane.

Ryan Davis, David Wirrpanda and Brent Staker provided outstanding defensive support deep in attack and only a Swans resurgence led by Adam Goodes and supported by the likes of Nick Malceski, Jude Bolton and Brett Kirk got Sydney over the line.

Defensive lapses allowing Swans winger Paul Bevan to kick two last-quarter goals were fatal for the Eagles."

WAFL

There was a general bye in the WAFL as a representative side took on (and thrashed) Queensland in Townsville.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Brown		Knee		Season		(On LTI list, replaced by Davis 14/5/08)
Hunter		Bone bruising		4-5 weeks
C.Jones		Ankle		4-5 weeks
Hurn		Fractured fibula		2-3 weeks
Waters		Suspension		2 weeks
LeCras		Groin		1 week

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2008/161820080607.html