Round 17 2012

Adelaide v West Coast
Round 17, 2012

Naitanui in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 21 July 2012 (1:40 PM CST)

Venue

Football Park

Attendance

40,724

Result

Lost by 49

Score

ADL 19.10.124 - 11.9.75 WCE

Brownlow

3 B.Vince (ADL)
2 J.Porplyzia (ADL)
1 P.Dangerfield (ADL)

Ladder

5th

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West Coast lost two straight games for the first time all season, giving Adelaide a sizeable head start and failing to make up ground for most of the match. Dean Cox and Nic Naitanui won the ruck and midfielders Andrew Gaff and Matt Priddis worked hard, but West Coast had too few winners on the day.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Adelaide		6.5.41		10.6.66		14.7.91		19.10.124
West Coast		1.2.8		5.5.35		8.7.55		11.9.75

Goals: Hams 3, Darling 2, Kerr, Lynch, Masten, McGinnity, Naitanui, Sheppard

Best: Priddis, Gaff, Naitanui, S.Selwood, Cox, Butler

Injuries: Nil

Sub: Newman for Rosa at three quarter time

Named sides

	West Coast				Adelaide
B:	8.Waters	23.Glass	16.MacKenzie	B:	33.Smith	25.Rutten	11.Doughty
HB:	25.Hurn	31.Schofield	26.Butler	HB:	7.Van Berlo	12.Talia	3.Reilly
C:	24.Rosa	11.Priddis	3.Gaff	C:	14.Mackay	5.S.Thompson	17.Vince
HF:	37.A.Selwood	27.Darling	7.Masten	HF:	26.Douglas	4.Tippett	23.Petrenko
F:	35.McGinnity	21.Lynch	20.Cox	F:	40.Porplyzia	20.Jenkins	47.Wright
R:	9.Naitanui	10.S.Selwood	4.Kerr	R:	24.Jacobs	9.Sloane	32.Dangerfield
I:	5.Sheppard	43.Hams	34.Brennan	I:	18.Johncock	15.Symes	22.Otten
	38.Newman				37.Callinan
E:	14.Stevens	36.McInnes	15.Swift	E:	21.Knights	16.Brown	8.Johnston

In: Lynch, Waters, Hams

Out: Brown, Stevens, Swift

From the coach

"Yeah, well we didn't play brilliant footy. Well, for periods we did. I thought we matched Adelaide for quite substantial periods of the game, but the periods we didn't looked terrible. Fumbles, poor kicks, dropped marks - just basics of the game that we weren't good enough.

"...Regardless of Luke Shuey not being there, we've been smashed at stoppages and scores from stoppages the last two weeks. It's an area we have to address.

"...I thought their intensity at the contest was better, way better. They tackled better, we looked like we had no time to get rid of the ball. They looked like they had time, they fed the ball out from contested situations. I think the first three stoppages inside their 50 they kicked comfortable goals without a lot of pressure on them, which is terrible."

From the papers

The West Australian

"When the margin narrowed after a Naitanui goal at the 23-minute mark of the third term, in what was probably the Eagles' best period of the game, thoughts of another great AAMI Stadium comeback from the WA visitors were not unrealistic.

But while Andrew Gaff and Daniel Kerr ran frantically to try to keep their team in touch and Darren Glass toiled tirelessly in defence, too many West Coast players were well short of their best.

Lynch had no impact and two moments of madness from Patrick McGinnity highlighted the gap between the two teams.

Less than a week after nearly being suspended for an errant high bump, McGinnity's late hit on Matthew Wright, who would go on to be one of the major Crows stars of the day, in the first quarter was nothing short of madness."

The Age

"Individually, Sam Jacobs was again very good in the ruck, especially around the ground, against two of the best, his long-time hero Dean Cox, and Nic Naitanui. Overall, they provided absorbing contests, with all three big men playing key roles without dominating.

But that's where it stopped for the Eagles. Adelaide clearly took the honours in the midfield. Rarely have the Eagles been beaten so convincingly at stoppages, and Bernie Vince, best on ground in his 100th game, later admitted the Crows learnt much from the lesson Sydney gave the Eagles last week.

It was Adelaide which won the crucial clearances, and inside-50s, going in 12 more times. Not a huge difference, but significant given it was reduced to a small forward line apart from Josh Jenkins, who in his seventh game had 20 disposals and kicked two goals.

Adelaide never stopped hassling the Eagles, who were prevented from producing their usual run-on play from midfield, bustled into mistakes at the stoppages, and made to pay dearly with turnovers in the back lines."

Sunday Mail (SA)

"West Coast has been haunted by its list of misfortunes, but they still showed glimpses of excellence. There was Nic Naitanui, whose highlight reel is expanding by the week, the dependable and statesmanlike Dean Cox and the occasional flash of flair from Daniel Kerr.

They were smashed in the early clearances, smashed in contested ball and were drenched by a sea of Crows players. But the Eagles have smarts about them, and gradually the complexion of the match changed.

The headache of Tippett notwithstanding, the Eagles varied the picture by slowing it down, holding on to possession rather than rushing it forward, and slowly but surely played their way back into it. They kept the prolific Scott Thompson heavily minded and strangled the game and Adelaide's momentum before half-time.

But Adelaide's deep list of midfielders outlasted West Coast; eventually the weight of numbers was too great. Symbolically, Thompson had more influence the longer the game went on."

WAFL results

Round 18 (21 July)

West Perth (Strijk) vs Claremont (Stevenson, Weedon, McGovern). Hamp played reserves

Peel vs Perth (Smith, Tunbridge)

Subiaco vs South Fremantle

Swan Districts vs East Fremantle (Brown, Stevens, Dalziell, Dick). Papertalk played reserves

Bye: East Perth

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
LeCras		Knee		Season
Nicoski		Hamstring		Season
Wilson		Ankle		8 weeks
Kennedy		Ankle		5-6 weeks
Lycett		Knee		3-4 weeks
Hill		Hamstring		1-2 weeks
Embley		Shoulder		1-2 weeks
Shuey		Suspension		1 week
Waters		Knee		Test
Hams		Quad		Test
Darling		Hamstring		Test

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2012/011820120721.html

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2012/17/adel-v-wce