Round 15 2018

Adelaide v West Coast
Round 15, 2018

Yeo in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 30 June 2018 (4.05pm CST)

Venue

Adelaide Oval

Attendance

44,771

Result

Lost by 10

Score

ADL 12.16.88 - 12.6.78 WCE

Brownlow

3 T.Walker (ADL)
2 R.Laird (ADL)
1 A.Gaff (WCE)

Ladder

3rd

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West Coast fell to their third straight loss, coughing up a 20-point lead at the final change to go down to the hometown Crows by 10 points. The Eagles had the better of a scrappy and unattractive first three quarters but had no answers to an Adelaide onslaught in the fourth. Andrew Gaff amassed 37 possessions and Luke Shuey had 26 disposals as well as 10 tackles and 10 clearances.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Adelaide		1.3.9		3.8.26		6.10.46		12.16.88
West Coast		2.4.16		5.5.35		10.6.66		12.6.78

Goals: Cripps, Lycett, McGovern 2, Ah Chee, Gaff, McInnes, Ryan, Shuey, Yeo

Best: Gaff, Shuey, Hutchings, Cripps, Hurn, McGovern

Injuries: Nil

Reports: Redden for making careless contact with umpire

Named sides

	West Coast				Adelaide
B:	25.Hurn	31.Schofield	5.Sheppard	B:	16.Brown	12.Talia	39.Doedee
HB:	23.Jetta	20.McGovern	28.Cole	HB:	14.Mackay	15.Hartigan	29.Laird
C:	34.Hutchings	8.Redden	3.Gaff	C:	26.Douglas	9.Sloane	11.Seedsman
HF:	7.Masten	45.Waterman	15.Cripps	HF:	30.Milera	32.Fogarty	1.Greenwood
F:	44.Rioli	36.McInnes	1.Ryan	F:	13.Walker	4.Jenkins	7.Gallucci
R:	9.Naitanui	6.Yeo	13.Shuey	R:	24.Jacobs	5.M.Crouch	6.Gibbs
I:	14.Duggan	29.Lycett	41.Ah Chee	I:	10.Poholke	8.Kelly	17.Hampton
	33.Ainsworth				25.Cheney
E:	4.Sheed	30.Nelson	43.M.Allen	E:	21.Atkins	31.Wilson	40.Davis
	19.Vardy				44.Murphy

In: Ah Chee, Ainsworth

Out: LeCras (wrist), Nelson

From the coach

"We didn't play four quarters and it was not good enough in the last in particular. I thought we were pretty brave for most of the night, but Adelaide elevated their effort in the last quarter and we just couldn't match it. We tried to move a few different pieces around, but we just got smashed at the contest. Around the stoppages and behind the footy we'd been working really hard all night to try and hang in there and obviously get that advantage that we earned. Then we gave it up in the last. What you saw is what you got. I'm not going to sugar-coat it. But at the same time, we've got to fix it as quick as we can because it's happened a few weeks in a row now.

"We've just got to keep training it. Our method's pretty good. Reacting to a team that really takes you on, and probably the will to win was the evident part in the last quarter. We couldn't match that. Getting your hands on the ball helps, so that's about the contest. In clearances I think we got touched up in the last quarter.

"...We anticipated some things at the start of the last. We picked it, but we could not stop it. Looking at ways to help stop that is important for us. We need to try to do that, especially from the coaches' box."

From the papers

The West Australian

"The margin was cut to two points after Darcy Fogarty kicked the first goal of the second half.

But another flurry of Eagles goals proved telling as Shuey (four clearances), Gaff (three) and Hutchings (two) gave them a stoppage edge in the third term.

This time it was Cripps, McGovern, Lycett and Liam Ryan who delivered the goals as West Coast piled on five of the next six in a 12-minute burst to put a valuable break on their opponents.

McGovern did his work in the air and on the ground, from long range and close to goal."

The Age

"For a game that produced basically very ordinary football – especially from the Crows – this was a great turnaround. Ruckman Sam Jacobs also produced a stunning performance – 18 disposals and 36 hit-outs – to respond to his own personal critics.

After losing at home to Essendon by 28 points, and still without their big guns in Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling, there was no doubt the re-crafted Eagles’ forward structure would perform under pressure. Maybe the Crows deep down thought they would struggle also, but West Coast didn’t lack height or ability down here one bit.

They had Jeremy McGovern playing deep, and backed up by Fraser McInnes, with Nic Naitanui switching with Scott Lycett. Sure, they missed Darling and Kennedy, but the system remained for three quarters and the forward lines delivered. Again, not always with class or precision, but certainly with effort and determination."

East Perth report

Round 13 (30 June)

East Perth started brightly against South Fremantle but the Bulldogs switched into gear after quarter-time and rolled to a 21-point win. Dom Sheed put his hand up for a recall with a game-high 34 disposals and Nathan Vardy had a mammoth 57 hitouts and two goals.

Appearing for East Perth: O.Allen, Bayok, Brander, Brayshaw(*first East Perth game), Mutimer, Nelson, Olango*, Partington, Petruccelle, Sheed, Vardy, Venables, Watson. Reserves: Burrows.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
MacKenzie		Toe		Indefinite
Karpany		IT band		4-5 weeks
Darling		Ankle		3-4 weeks
Kennedy		Knee		2-3 weeks
Barrass		Back		1-2 weeks
LeCras		Wrist		Test

References

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/15/adel-v-wce

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2018/011820180630.html