Round 13 2003

West Coast v Kangaroos
Round 13, 2003

Chick was among West Coast's best. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 29 June 2003 (1:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

36,641

Result

Won by 9

Score

WCE 11.10.76 - 10.7.67 NM

Brownlow

3 C.Fletcher (WCE)
2 B.Cousins (WCE)
1 D.King (NM)

Ladder

2nd

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West Coast got the edge on a determined Kangaroos outfit in driving rain to maintain a top-two spot. In an old-fashioned wet-weather slog, the seasoned bodies of Ben Cousins and Daniel Chick proved invaluable as they took the ascendancy in the midfield, but it took a bit of magic from Ashley Sampi who kicked a clever and vital goal late to seal the win. Cousins had 23 possessions and Chick had 21 with 8 tackles.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		3.4.22		7.6.48		9.8.62		11.10.76
North Melbourne		4.3.27		6.3.39		7.6.48		10.7.67

Goals: Embley 3, Judd, Sampi 2, Adkins, Carroll, Chick, Fletcher

Best: Cousins, Chick, Embley, Banfield, Judd, Wirrpanda

Injuries: Chick (shoulder), Kerr (ankle)

Named sides

	West Coast				Kangaroos
B:	44.Wirrpanda	46.Carroll	39.Hunter	B:	9.Sinclair	36.Watt	35.Makepeace
HB:	10.Braun	23.Glass	35.Green	HB:	27.Baird	16.Brown	3.Rawlings
C:	32.Embley	9.Cousins	6.Banfield	C:	12.M.Stevens	30.Robbins	10.A.Stevens
HF:	17.Chick	27.Jakovich	3.Judd	HF:	6.Grant	20.Petrie	11.Archer
F:	18.Jones	38.Haynes	28.Sampi	F:	34.King	26.Rocca	8.Wells
R:	1.Gardiner	7.Fletcher	4.Kerr	R:	22.Burton	29.Harvey	21.Jones
I:	19.McDougall	16.Adkins	40.Wilson	I:	42.Firrito	19.D.Motlop	4.Harris
	13.Wooden				40.Teague
E:	8.Humm	41.Staker	22.Collica	E:	32.Morrell	17.Porter	23.J.Clayton

In: Carroll, Hunter

Out: McIntosh (hamstring), Morrison (knee)

Late change: (WCE) Humm for Wilson; (NM) J.Clayton for Teague (ill)

From the paper

The Age

"Two-and-a-half minutes from the final siren, Sav Rocca took aim at goal from 40 metres on a tough angle.

It was a 50-50 shot on a dry day and long odds yesterday. But it was a shot he had to take because the odds of identifying a teammate free in a better scoring position than Rocca, kicking the wet and waterlogged ball to him and then having that player kick truly were even longer.

Rocca, one of the best kicks in the Kangaroos team, rightly took the responsibility and the shot at goal and missed. Two minutes later, at the other end, gifted Eagles small forward Ashley Sampi swooped on a loose ball at half-forward, sprinted free, ran onto his left foot and from 48 metres slotted home the goal.

Viewed in isolation it was a great goal. Viewed in conjunction with the slipping, sliding, fumbling, tackling and smothering mudfest that was going on all round it, this goal was a fraction short of a miracle."

Players in the WAFL

Round 14 (28 June)

East Fremantle (Collica, Read, Staker) vs East Perth (Cox, Selwood, Beeck)

Subiaco (Sierakowski, Nicoski) vs Peel

South Fremantle vs Swan Districts (Hansen, Johnson)

West Perth (Chambers, Seaby, Lynch, Edwards) vs Perth

Bye: Claremont

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Gaspar		Foot		5 weeks
Morrison		Knee		5 weeks
Matera		Hamstring		1-2 weeks
McIntosh		Hamstring		1-2 weeks
Munro		Shoulder		Test
Haynes		Ankle		Test
Cox		Calf		Available

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2003/121820030629.html