Round 12 2020

West Coast v Hawthorn
Round 12, 2020

Gaff in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 16 August 2020 (4.10pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

22,870

Result

Won by 32

Score

WCE 12.9.81 - 7.7.49 HAW

Brownlow

3 L.Shuey (WCE)
2 A.Gaff (WCE)
1 L.Ryan (WCE)

Ladder

4th

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West Coast won their seventh straight game, easily accounting for the Hawks at home to consolidate their position in the top four. The Eagles led from start to finish after holding Hawthorn scoreless during the first quarter, but lost midfielder Jack Redden to a groin injury during the game, having lost Elliot Yeo with a similar problem before the bounce. Andrew Gaff worked hard all day for 33 possesions and Tom Barrass had 19 disposals and nine marks.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		3.4.22		6.5.41		11.7.73		12.9.81
Hawthorn		0.0.0		2.3.15		5.6.36		7.7.49

Goals: Kennedy, Ryan 3, Darling 2, Allen, Cripps, Reid, Sheppard

Best: McGovern, Barrass, Naitanui, Shuey, Sheed, Gaff, Ryan

Injuries: Redden (adductor)

Jumper: Home, blue shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Hawthorn
B:	25.Hurn	37.Barrass	5.Sheppard	B:	15.Hardwick	12.Frawley	6.Sicily
HB:	30.Nelson	20.McGovern	28.Cole	HB:	30.Day	8.Frost	24.Stratton
C:	8.Redden	6.Yeo	3.Gaff	C:	29.Jiath	10.O'Meara	13.Glass
HF:	4.Sheed	27.Darling	15.Cripps	HF:	19.Gunston	22.Breust	20.Wingard
F:	41.Ah Chee	17.Kennedy	1.Ryan	F:	1.Morrison	23.O'Brien	26.Shiels
R:	9.Naitanui	11.Kelly	13.Shuey	R:	7.McEvoy	5.Worpel	3.Mitchell
I:	12.Allen	33.Ainsworth	35.Rotham	I:	4.Impey	9.Burgoyne	14.Scrimshaw
	46.Reid				11.Nash
E:	10.Brander	22.Brayshaw	23.Jetta	E:	36.Moore	21.Scully	27.Hartley
	32.Williams				41.Hanrahan

In: McGovern, Ainsworth, Reid

Out: Duggan (hamstring), Waterman (hand), Cameron

Late change: Brander for Yeo (groin)

New: Nic Reid (West Coast WAFL/North Beach JFC)

Quarter by quarter

West Coast were forced into a late change, with Brander replacing Yeo who was out with a groin injury. The match was played in generally fine conditions before rain struck during the final quarter.

From the coach

"We’ll take the win and we move on. I thought Hawthorn played with plenty of spirit and at times really troubled us with their field position. But overall I probably thought we had more bang for buck when we went forward. Some of our talent shone through as well with Nic (Naitanui) having another reasonably good game. Our forward looked really dangerous and our backs held us up pretty well for the most part, although I reckon we conceded some fairly basic goals, but that’s taking a bit away from Hawthorn’s (game); they played with real spirit.

"...We needed them (Barrass and McGovern) today. The field position issue in the first half was really concerning. We couldn’t get it out of our back half and I think Hawthorn are the best in the competition at defending deep entries. (A) conceding those deep entries, and (B) not being able to get out of our back half was a real concern, but the ability to manage the scoreboard and I think not only those two but the other yong defenders coming through stood up when they needed to.

"...The ability of our players to go to another level, we need that. We need to start with it and finish with it, but I’m not sure we can get to that level all the time. That’s our expectation and our desire. The identity of our side is pretty solid. It’s taken us a while to get to where we want to be, but our work’s not done. I don’t think we had a perfect game today. I think Hawthorn played with plenty of spirit and defended pretty well. Perhaps we took our opportunities more than they did."

From the papers

The West Australian

"The returning Jeremy McGovern and Tom Barrass formed a terrific combination in defence, taking six contested marks between them, while at the other end Liam Ryan was electric.

Ryan soared to take three huge pack marks, each time getting his hands the highest despite being the smallest man in the pack. Importantly, he finished each speccy off with a goal, while Josh Kennedy matched his contribution with three of his own.

McGovern and Barrass repelled everything in the opening term to hold the Hawks scoreless, despite the visitors’ edge in forward entries.

The Eagles had kicked the first four goals of the game before Liam Shiels found Hawthorn’s first six minutes into the second term."

The Age

"While Josh Kennedy continued his goalkicking streak and run towards the Coleman Medal, it was Liam Ryan who got the crowd to its feet – three times.

The exciting small forward kicked three goals, all resulting from big pack marks that will make all highlight reels.

The return ended a bit of a drought for Ryan who has not kicked multiple goals in a game since Round 3 against Brisbane, after having only three possessions against Carlton a week earlier.

Kennedy was against reliable in attack, also kicking three goals."

Reserves

West Coast's reserves played Hawthorn's squad members at Lathlain, although with very few Eagles available a number of Hawks players (including Keegan Brooksby) filled in for the home side. Ruckman Nathan Vardy suffered a severe cork while Tom Hickey and Anthony Treacy also appeared to leave the ground injured.

Appearing for West Coast: Edwards, Foley, Hickey, Jamieson, Jetta, X.O'Neill, Treacy, Vardy, Williams.

Injury list

In the leadup to the match the following players were listed as injured or unavailable:

Player		Injury		Expected return
Venables		Concussion		Season		(placed on inactive list 4/3/20)
Watson		Knee		Season
Rioli		Suspension		Indefinite
Petruccelle		Hamstring		3-4 weeks
Hutchings		Toe		1-2 weeks
McGovern		Thumb		Test
Schofield		Adductor		Test
Vardy		Ankle		Test
Jones*		Hamstring		Season
M.O'Neill*		Back		7 weeks
Edwards*		Concussion		Test

References

https://www.afl.com.au/matches/2825

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2020/101820200816.html