Round 16 2023

West Coast v St Kilda
Round 16, 2023

Chesser in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 2 July 2023 (2.40pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

35,579

Result

Lost by 8

Score

STK 12.13.85 - 12.5.77 WCE

Brownlow

Ladder

18th

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West Coast showed much-improved fight and effort but still couldn't avoid a 13th-straight defeat, going down to St Kilda at home to remain firmly at the bottom of the ladder. After a week of soul-searching following the biggest loss in club history, the home side, essentially down to their last 23 fit players after the pre-game withdrawal of Tim Kelly and Luke Edwards to illness, suffocated St Kilda with intense pressure and threatened to cause a massive boilover as they led by four goals at halftime. The Saints were able to work their way back with a big third term, and pinched the win with the only goal of the final term. Skipper Luke Shuey had 28 disposals and nine tackles while Liam Duggan picked up 27 touches in his 150th game.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		4.1.25		9.2.56		12.2.74		12.5.77
St Kilda		3.0.18		5.2.32		11.7.73		12.13.85

Goals: Allen, Hewett, Maric 2, Cripps, Darling, Long, Petruccelle, B.Williams, J.Williams

Best: Shuey, Barrass, Hurn, Duggan, Sheed, B.Williams

Injuries: Darling (collarbone)

Reports: Chesser, Ginbey, Shuey, B.Williams for engaging in melee

Substitutes: (WCE) Barnett for Darling (collarbone) in the fourth term; (STK) Sharman for Battle (concussion) in the second term

Milestones: Duggan 150th game, Barnett AFL debut

Jumper: Indigenous, blue shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				St Kilda
B:	25.Hurn	37.Barrass	23.Witherden	B:	26.Battle	20.Howard	44.Wilkie
HB:	14.Duggan	33.Bazzo	19.Hough	HB:	29.Webster	35.Sinclair	7.Wanganeen-Milera
C:	18.Chesser	11.Kelly	5.Hunt	C:	32.Wood	9.Steele	13.Byrnes
HF:	15.Cripps	27.Darling	3.Gaff	HF:	16.Butler	8.Hill	10.Owens
F:	44.Long	12.Allen	8.Hewett	F:	47.Caminiti	12.King	4.Gresham
R:	32.B.Williams	4.Sheed	13.Shuey	R:	19.Marshall	5.Crouch	17.Windhager
I:	7.Ginbey	16.L.Edwards	21.Petruccelle	I:	6.Ross	14.Stocker	22.Higgins
	34.J.Williams				25.Phillipou
E:	24.O'Neill	30.Barnett	41.Maric	E:	21.Cordy	38.Campbell	43.Sharman
	43.Dewar				45.Peris

In: Hurn, Cripps, Chesser (sub)

Out: Yeo (hip), Petrevski-Seton (quad), Maric

Late changes: O'Neill, Maric for Kelly (ill), L.Edwards (ill)

New: Harry Barnett (West Adelaide)

Quarter by quarter

The already-deciminated West Coast was forced into late changes with both Tim Kelly and Luke Edwards ill, replaced by Xavier O'Neill and Ryan Maric, with ruckman Harry Barnett making his debut as the sub. St Kilda named Cooper Sharman as their sub. The match was played in fine and clear conditions.

From the papers

The West Australian

"The roar at quarter time told the story. West Coast led at the first change and the crowd reacted like they'd won the game. They had every reason to be excited given the Eagles hadn't won a single quarter since round nine.

But West Coast made other changes too. They reverted to a kick-mark game and retained possession to move the ball down the field. They've averaged 82 marks per game this year.

They took 64 in the first half. Tom Barrass was taking intercept marks.

Shannon Hurn was providing leadership, Luke Shuey was at his clearance winning best and Jamie Cripps kept laying tackles.

West Coast led by 31 points during the second quarter and the kids were having a day to remember."

The Age

"Alarm bells were blaring for the Saints in the second term as the lead ballooned to 31 points.

West Coast’s tackling and precise ball movement proved too much for the shellshocked Saints to handle, but a late goal to Anthony Caminiti after a mark on the goal line gave the visitors something to build from.

St Kilda dominated the third quarter with six goals to three to close the gap to just one point at the final change.

It set up an enthralling finish, and Owens sealed the only goal of a hard-fought final quarter to lift St Kilda over the line."

Reserves

Round 12 (1 July)

West Coast's reserves were handed another monumental thrashing, this time at the hands of East Fremantle at the WACA, with the Sharks bringing up a double-century at the home of cricket and finishing 184 points ahead of their hapless opponents.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
East Fremantle		11.3.69		18.8.116		26.14.170		33.17.215
West Coast		0.1.1		1.3.9		3.5.23		4.7.31

Goals: Burke, Lucassen 2

Best: Nelson, Sambo, Hansen, Baker

Injuries: Nil

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	64.Mercer	68.Watson	63.Hansen
HB:	38.Baker	50.Sumich	66.Sambo
C:	61.McCarthy	48.Nelson	59.Nitschke
HF:	52.Kemp	75.Eastough	66.Collins
F:	57.Burke	51.Garlett	62.Downsborough
R:	73.J.Edwards	70.Lucassen	54.Browne
I:	78.Chatley	74.Frost	76.Lloyd
	67.O'Sullivan
E:	72.Pobjoy	65.Stevens

In: Baker, Collins, Downsborough, Chatley, Frost

Out: Barnett, Dewar (AFL), Trew (concussion), Mouritz (knee), Stevens

Late changes: Dewar for Garlett

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
Culley		Knee		Season		(On inactive list 30/5/23)
Naitanui		Achilles		Season
Waterman		Illness		Indefinite
Ryan		Hamstring		TBC
West		Knee		TBC
H.Edwards		Groin		7-8 weeks
Burgiel		Hamstring		7-8 weeks
Jones		Ankle		6-7 weeks
Rotham		Thumb		5 weeks
Yeo		Hip		3-4 weeks
Clark		Foot		2-3 weeks
Cole		Ankle		2-3 weeks
Petrevski-Seton		Quad		2-3 weeks
Winder		Knee		2-3 weeks
Jamieson		Hip		2 weeks
McGovern		Hamstring		1-2 weeks
Foley		Hamstring		1 week
Hurn		Hamstring		Test
Cripps		Ankle		Test
J.Williams		Ankle		Test
Baker		Hamstring		Test

References

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4918

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2023/151820230702.html