Round 12 2007

West Coast v St Kilda
Round 12, 2007

Hunter in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 24 June 2007 (2:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

39,401

Result

Lost by 23

Score

STK 15.9 - 11.10.76 WCE

Brownlow

3 N.Dal Santo (STK)
2 D.Cox (WCE)
1 R.Harvey (STK)

Ladder

3rd

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West Coast were upset at Subiaco by a struggling St Kilda side that lifted for Robert Harvey's 350th game. The Saints led by as much as 44 points in the third quarter before a Daniel Kerr-led fightback wound the margin back to just 4 points, but St Kilda steadied to run out comfortable winners. Kerr and Michael Braun stood up in the midfield in the absence of Chris Judd, who was a late withdrawal with a groin issue, but had too few helpers.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		3.4.22		4.5.29		10.7.67		11.10.76
St Kilda		3.3.21		10.6.66		12.7.79		15.9.99

Goals: Braun, Lynch 2, Cox, Graham, Hurn, R.Jones, LeCras, Seaby, Staker

Best: Kerr, Braun, Hurn, B.Jones, Cox, Stenglein

Injuries: Nil

Named sides[]

	West Coast				St Kilda
B:	38.B.Jones	23.Glass	44.Wirrpanda	B:	27.Blake	8.Hudghton	43.Attard
HB:	8.Waters	39.Hunter	37.Selwood	HB:	1.Gram	25.S.Fisher	6.L.Fisher
C:	24.Rosa	11.Priddis	10.Braun	C:	17.Fiora	7.Hayes	11.Montagna
HF:	5.Stenglein	41.Staker	12.Morton	HF:	35.Harvey	12.Riewoldt	3.X.Clarke
F:	14.Seaby	21.Lynch	17.Chick	F:	44.Milne	23.Koschitzke	13.Voss
R:	20.Cox	3.Judd	4.Kerr	R:	29.Rix	26.Dal Santo	14.Ball
I:	2.LeCras	6.Nicoski	22.Graham	I:	10.Baker	16.R.Clarke	19.Gilbert
	25.Hurn				4.Thompson
E:	15.C.Jones	35.Armstrong	18.R.Jones	E:	21.Ferguson	22.Birss	5.Watts

In: Waters, Graham, Nicoski

Out: Fletcher (groin), Brown, R.Jones

Late change: R.Jones for Judd (groin)

From the papers[]

The West Australian[]

"Cox, Kerr and Hurn were instrumental in West Coast's revival in the second half, with Kerr redeeming himself for a poor first half against Luke Ball.

Hurn was given midfield responsibility in the momentum swinging third term, barging through packs and finding the space to unload his trademark bombs.

Cox was steady in the first half but especially dominant later, on the ball and up forward where Quentin Lynch was moved out to operate across half-forward.

Lynch kicked only two goals but had a strong appetite for the football in the second half while David Wirrpanda, also under the gun after a poor month of footy, found some touch and run to push the Eagles close to an improbable victory.

West Coast searched frantically for the killer blow but, with both teams physically and mentally drained, couldn't produce it."^[1]