Round 14 2010

Collingwood v West Coast
Round 14, 2010

Swift gathers a loose ball. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 3 July 2010 (7:10 PM EST)

Venue

Docklands

Attendance

38,781

Result

Lost by 83

Score

20.15.135 - 7.10.52

Brownlow

3 D.Jolly (COL)
2 A.Didak (COL),
1 D.Swan (COL)

Ladder

16th

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West Coast hit a new low, falling to the bottom of the ladder for the first time since 1989 with a thumping defeat at the hands of Collingwood. The Magpies kicked six goals to nil in the first quarter and while the Eagles fought back to an extent in the second term, Collingwood made sure of the result with a dominant third quarter. Matt Priddis led West Coast with 30 possessions and 7 tackles, and Mark LeCras showed his class with three goals.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Collingwood		6.5.41		9.7.61		18.9.117		20.15.135
West Coast		0.2.2		4.4.28		5.8.38		7.10.52

Goals: LeCras 3, Ebert, Kennedy, McKinley, Strijk

Best: Priddis, A.Selwood, LeCras, Sheppard, Embley, Dalziell

Injuries: Nil

Milestones: Wilkes final appearance

Records: WCE lowest score vs Collingwood

Named sides[]

	West Coast				Collingwood
B:	8.Waters	16.MacKenzie	42.Wilkes	B:	39.Shaw	35.Prestigiacomo	15.L.Brown
HB:	32.Embley	31.Schofield	12.Sheppard	HB:	8.O'Brien	6.Goldsack	34.Toovey
C:	24.Rosa	11.Priddis	18.Dalziell	C:	21.Wellingham	36.Swan	22.Sidebottom
HF:	41.Strijk	17.Kennedy	7.Masten	HF:	12.Ball	32.Cloke	9.Anthony
F:	27.McKinley	21.Lynch	2.LeCras	F:	17.Beams	31.Dawes	1.Davis
R:	20.Cox	37.A.Selwood	5.Ebert	R:	18.Jolly	10.Pendlebury	13.D.Thomas
I:	35.McGinnity	9.Naitanui	10.S.Selwood	I:	4.Didak	26.Johnson	24.Lockyer
	15.Swift				20.Reid
E:	28.Smith	14.Stevens	38.B.Jones	E:	25.Fraser	47.Blair	37.Rounds

In: A.Selwood, Masten, Swift

Out: Hurn (calf), Brown, Stevens

Late change: (COL) Blair for Sidebottom (calf)

From the papers[]

The West Australian[]

"The Eagles had four more clearances but, aside from a second-term ascendancy, lacked inside 50 power and too many of their midfielders earned possessions in areas of the ground which did not make them dangerous.

There were some positives.

Brad Sheppard proved with his vision, courage and class that he will be a star, Pat McGinnity was dogged against Leon Davis, Nic Naitanui was better with 14 possessions, 17 hit-outs and four clearances, Scott Selwood showed impressive leadership at times and Tom Swift showed some of the signs which made him a highly-rated junior.

But for all that, the Eagles have fast become the AFL's most popular course of road kill."^[1]

The Sunday Age[]

"In two minutes of football in the third term, Didak ripped West Coast apart with three brilliant goals, each one different. The first was a dribbler from the boundary with Daicosian spin, the second a flying soccer kick from the goal square, the third drilled from 45 metres after he stepped around an opponent. Didak punched the air as his drop punt swung right to left and squeezed inside the right post. He is the silken streak of the working-class team.

Similarly, Scott Pendlebury might have an argument about the superstar thing. Pendlebury danced and feigned and baulked and spoonfed teammates all night; the same could be said for Dane Swan, whose amazing work rate brought him 38 disposals and two goals. Collingwood's multi-faceted midfield dominated, with Dayne Beams (32 disposals) also prominent in one of his best games of the season.

West Coast could not get its hands on the ball enough; only the prolific Matt Priddis (30 disposals, 13 contested balls) made an impact in close."^[2]

WAFL[]

Round 14 (26-27 June)

Subiaco vs Perth (Smith, Sullivan)

Swan Districts (Notte) vs East Fremantle (Brown, Masten, Spangher, Houlihan)

Claremont (B.Jones, Swift, Stevenson, Neates) vs East Perth (Oakley-Nicholls). Weedon played reserves.

Peel vs South Fremantle (Hams, Wilson)

Bye: West Perth

Round 15 (3 July)

Subiaco vs East Fremantle (Brown, Spangher, Houlihan, Stevens)

Swan Districts (Notte) vs East Perth (Oakley-Nicholls)

Perth (Smith, Sullivan) vs West Perth

South Fremantle (Hams, Wilson) vs Claremont (Stevenson, Neates). Weedon played reserves.

Bye: Peel

Injury list[]

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

Player	Injury	Expected duration
Glass	Abdomen	Season
Nicoski	Shoulder	Season
Shuey	Virus	Indefinite
Butler	Ankle	6 weeks	(Placed on LTI list, replaced by Hams)
Hansen	Hip	5-6 weeks
Kerr	Hamstring	5 weeks	(Placed on LTI list, replaced by Stevenson)
J.Jones	Ankle	4 weeks	(Placed on LTI list, replaced by Strijk)
Hurn	Calf	1-2 weeks
A.Selwood	AC joint	Test