Round 15 2000

Essendon v West Coast
Round 15, 2000

Embley gets tackled. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 17 June 2000 (7:40 PM EST)

Venue

Docklands

Attendance

39,694

Result

Lost by 32

Score

ESS 15.18.108 - 11.10.76 WCE

Brownlow

3 D.Fletcher (ESS)
2 J.Blumfield (ESS)
1 J.Johnson (ESS)

Ladder

11th

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West Coast were beaten but not disgraced by the undefeated Essendon, falling by 32 points in a game memorable for Kevin Sheedy's throat-slitting gesture towards Mitchell White at halftime. Sheedy was fined $7,500 following the incident, which had come about after Bomber Mark Johnson had been bloodied in an off-the-ball clash which Sheedy sarcastically suggested had involved a seagull colliding with Johnson. White kicked three goals from 16 possessions and Andrew Donnelly had 30 touches and 14 marks playing loose across half-back.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Essendon		1.7.13		7.10.52		13.12.90		15.18.108
West Coast		3.1.19		5.2.32		10.5.65		11.10.76

Goals: Ph.Matera 4, White 3, Pe.Matera 2, Banfield, Crabb

Best: Donnelly, Ph.Matera, Jakovich, Banfield, Morrison

Injuries: McIntosh (back spasms)

Milestones: O'Brien AFL debut

Named sides

	West Coast				Essendon
B:	36.Read	11.McIntosh	8.Metropolis	B:	1.M.Johnson	31.Fletcher	7.Solomon
HB:	5.Morrison	27.Jakovich	23.Glass	HB:	11.Hardwick	6.Wellman	16.Barnard
C:	6.Banfield	2.Kemp	18.Jones	C:	26.Heffernan	24.Misiti	33.Caracella
HF:	37.Williams	12.White	32.Embley	HF:	5.Hird	25.Lucas	2.Mercuri
F:	29.Donnelly	7.Gehrig	33.Ph.Matera	F:	13.Long	18.Lloyd	27.Alessio
R:	50.Turnbull	30.Pe.Matera	35.Crabb	R:	22.Barnes	32.Blumfield	14.J.Johnson
I:	4.Antonowicz	21.O'Brien	38.Haynes	I:	9.Ramanauskas	15.Prior	38.Denham
	45.Bellotti				3.Henneman
E:	41.Fletcher	25.Holmes	16.Symmons	E:	17.Lalich	21.Jacobs	29.Moorcroft

In: Banfield, Glass, Antonowicz, O'Brien, Haynes, Bellotti

Out: McKenna (back), Gardiner (shoulder), Rintoul (hamstring), Wooden (groin), Stone, Fletcher

New: Michael O'Brien (Bendigo Pioneers)

From the papers

The Sunday Age

"The Eagles provided the Bombers with one of their more tenacious battles in the third term; each time the Bombers edged ahead, West Coast managed to sneak forward and find goals of their own, niggling so effectively that even Lloyd was convinced to join in a brief goal-square scuffle.

But the Bombers, able to find answers when they need them, remained relatively calm and went on to secure a 32-point win. When the pressure came on this time, they absorbed it. One of the Eagles' best, Phil Matera, slotted through his fourth goal in the dying moments but the quiet Steve Alessio and Mark Mercuri had already found goals at their end, and the scarves had already started waving.

The seemingly inevitable Essendon revival came less than two minutes into the second term when Alessio grabbed the ball from the ruck, spun around and snapped the ball through for a goal."

WAFL

Round 12 (17 June)

East Perth (Chambers, Munro, Cox) vs Peel (Hill)

Subiaco (Holmes, Fletcher) vs Claremont (Stone)

Perth vs Swan Districts

Bye: South Fremantle , West Perth, East Fremantle

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Wirrpanda		Foot		4 weeks
Braun		Knee		3 weeks
Gardiner		Shoulder		3 weeks
Gaspar		Hamstring		3 weeks
Hunter		Knee		3 weeks
Banfield		Quad		Test
Symmons		Shoulder		Test
Cousins		Ankle		Test
Cummings		Quad		Test
Glass		Cork		Test

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2000/051820000617.html