Round 16 2019

Fremantle v West Coast
Round 16, 2019

Date

Sat, 6 July 2019 (6.10pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

56,358

Result

Won by 91

Score

WCE 19.8.122 - 2.19.31

Brownlow

3 L.Shuey (WCE)
2 A.Gaff (WCE)
1 B.Sheppard (WCE)

Ladder

2nd

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West Coast destroyed Fremantle in the 50th meeting between the clubs, making light of wet and slippery conditions to hold the inaccurate Dockers to their lowest score in a Derby. The Eagles blew the game open in the second term, kicking eight unanswered goals to end the match as a contest. Andrew Gaff shrugged off boos from opposition fans to tally a game-high 34 possessions and Brad Sheppard won his first Glendinning-Allan Medal after 25 disposals and seven marks, while young forward Jarrod Cameron put his hand up for a Rising Star nomination with four goals.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Fremantle		1.2.8		1.7.13		2.14.26		2.19.31
West Coast		2.5.17		10.7.67		14.7.91		19.8.122

Goals: Cameron, Cripps, Darling 4, Hickey 2, Ah Chee, Masten, Rioli, Shuey, Yeo

Best: Sheppard, Gaff, Naitanui, Shuey, Hurn, Cripps

Injuries: Duggan (cut head)

Reports: Duggan for rough conduct against N.Fyfe

Records: Fremantle lowest score vs WCE

Named sides

	West Coast				Fremantle
B:	25.Hurn	37.Barrass	5.Sheppard	B:	14.Wilson	21.Hamling	38.Ryan
HB:	14.Duggan	20.McGovern	23.Jetta	HB:	6.Conca	2.Logue	19.Blakely
C:	8.Redden	13.Shuey	15.Cripps	C:	9.B.Hill	7.Fyfe	33.Colyer
HF:	44.Rioli	27.Darling	4.Sheed	HF:	18.Tucker	10.Walters	39.Switkowski
F:	1.Ryan	17.Kennedy	39.Cameron	F:	23.McCarthy	37.Lobb	3.Matera
R:	9.Naitanui	6.Yeo	3.Gaff	R:	31.Sandilands	5.Cerra	16.Mundy
I:	7.Masten	12.O.Allen	16.Hickey	I:	15.Hughes	26.Langdon	8.Brayshaw
	30.Nelson				12.Crowden
E:	28.Cole	31.Schofield	41.Ah Chee	E:	34.Bewley	4.Darcy	28.Schultz
	45.Smith				44.Duman

In: Barrass, McGovern

Out: Hutchings (hamstring), Schofield

Late change: Ah Chee for Kennedy (ill)

Quarter by quarter

West Coast suffered a blow before the bounce with Kennedy pulling out due to illness, replaced by Ah Chee for his first game of the year. The game was played in wet and slippery conditions.

From the coach

"We prepared for Fremantle at their best and the weather did play its part a little bit. I thought the start of the game was red hot. Their pressure was better than ours, but I thought we might have handled the conditions better at stages, in particular that second quarter. It wouldn’t have been a pretty game with the weather, but I thought we handled it pretty well.

"...I think we had our fair share of contest wins that were important. We had a bit of dirty footy go in the front half and we managed to crumb it well and knock it on to an opponent that was in a better position. We were pretty accurate after quarter time and obviously Freo weren’t; they missed a lot of opportunities but won the inside 50 battle. We’ve got some things that we still need to work on.

"I thought our defenders stood up pretty well today. I don’t know how many inside 50s we conceded, around 60. Sometimes that comes with add-in players from kick ins because we had a few of them, but I thought in the contest when it mattered most our defenders stood up and made it quite difficult for Fremantle to get a score in a good position."

From the papers

The West Australian

"Despite his limited game time, Naitanui was the most influential ruckman on the ground in a four-cornered battle that featured him and Tom Hickey against Sandilands and Rory Lobb.

West Coast’s second-term goal rush came despite the Dockers generating 16 inside 50s to 13. There are entries and there are entries and the type generated straight out of the centre square under the 6-6-6 starting zones rule are worth their weight in gold.

The Eagles won the centre-square clearance battle 6-3 in the decisive second term.

Third-gamer Cameron was a major beneficiary, kicking three goals from three kicks for the term."

The Age

"Eagles defender Brad Sheppard (25 disposals, seven marks, 11 rebound 50s) won the Glendinning-Allan medal as best afield.

Amazingly, Fremantle won the inside-50 count 60-50.

However, the Dockers' poor forays forward were continually picked off by intercept stars Jeremy McGovern, Tom Barrass, Shannon Hurn and Sheppard.

Fremantle's horrible goalkicking also made for ugly viewing in front of 56,358 fans."

Reserves

Round 13 (6 July)

Ahead of the Western Derby, West Coast comfortably defeated Fremantle-affiliated Peel Thunder at a muddy Rushton Park, holding the home side to just three goals for the match to move within reach of the top five. Josh Smith continued his good form with a game-high 30 possessions and Hamish Brayshaw had 24 touches and nine tackles.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Peel Thunder		0.2.2		2.4.16		3.7.25		3.10.28
West Coast		2.5.17		4.9.33		8.12.60		10.16.76

Goals: Reid 4, Grey, Waterman 2, Brooksby, Mutimer

Best: Reid, M.Allen, Smith, Brayshaw, Mutimer, Rotham

Injuries: Grey (concussion)

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	46.Riach	9.Petrie	26.Watson
HB:	64.Curnow	35.Rotham	29.Foley
C:	11.Grey	33.Ainsworth	38.Mutimer
HF:	2.Waterman	32.Williams	61.Robilliard
F:	51.Fisher	36.McInnes	66.Reid
R:	40.Brooksby	43.M.Allen	22.Brayshaw
I:	59.Ashman	62.Cary	55.Flint
	56.Hug
E:	53.Kalajzic	63.Lamont	60.Salomone

In: M.Allen, Ashman, Cary, Flint, Hug

Out: Vardy (knee), O'Neill (soreness), Ah Chee, Cole, Smith (AFL)

Late change: Smith for Hug

New: Chaz Flint (University)

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
Venables		Concussion		TBC
Hutchings		Hamstring		2 weeks
Vardy		Knee		2 weeks
Petruccelle		Hamstring		1 week
Brander		Calf		1 week
Barrass		Corked calf		Test
Bines*		Hernia		TBC
Edwards*		Foot		TBC

References

https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/16/fre-v-wce

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2019/081820190706.html