West Coast bounced back from their Derby loss to put a sizeable dent in the Bombers' final hopes. The Eagles overran their opponents in the first half, taking a big lead into the long break before Essendon found their mojo in the third quarter, threatening to steal the points but unable to get closer than 10 points. Ben McKinley kicked a career-best 7 goals and Quinten Lynch dominated in an unusual midfield role.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 6.3.39 | 10.6.66 | 12.9.81 | 17.11.113 | ||||
| Essendon | 3.2.20 | 4.4.28 | 9.7.61 | 16.7.103 |
Goals: McKinley 7, Wirrpanda 3, A.Selwood 2, Braun, Davis, Fletcher, LeCras, Lynch
Best: Lynch, Braun, McKinley, Fletcher, A.Selwood, Cox, Davis
Injuries: Hansen (ankle), Wirrpanda (hamstring), McNamara (thigh)
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Essendon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 6.Nicoski | 23.Glass | 16.MacKenzie | B: | 17.Nash | 31.Fletcher | 38.Atkinson |
| HB: | 37.A.Selwood | 42.Wilkes | 32.Embley | HB: | 39.Hocking | 30.Ryder | 20.Slattery |
| C: | 10.Braun | 11.Priddis | 35.Armstrong | C: | 7.Jetta | 4.Watson | 5.Stanton |
| HF: | 44.Wirrpanda | 29.Hansen | 27.McKinley | HF: | 6.Monfries | 18.Lloyd | 13.Lovett |
| F: | 2.LeCras | 21.Lynch | 14.Seaby | F: | 33.McPhee | 27.Laycock | 15.Dempsey |
| R: | 20.Cox | 7.Fletcher | 5.Stenglein | R: | 19.Hille | 12.Welsh | 36.Lonergan |
| I: | 45.Davis | 12.McNamara | 28.S.Selwood | I: | 42.Lovett-Murray | 9.Ramanauskas | 22.Michael |
| 30.Spangher | 2.Dyson | ||||||
| E: | 19.Houlihan | 48.McGinnity | 31.Schofield | E: | 11.Peverill | 25.Lucas | 34.Magin |
In: Spangher, Davis
Out: Staker (thumb), Ebert (soreness)
Late change: (ESS) Magin for Atkinson (hamstring)
From the papers[]
The Age[]
"The Eagles' endeavour and Essendon's apathy continued well into the second term. By the time the Bombers were at least clearly trying to shake off the cobwebs, they were six goals behind. It all started around the middle where Cox was giving the Essendon ruckmen David Hille and Laycock a frightful touch up.
Essendon cut a 39-point half-time lead to 20 points in the third quarter as Matthew Lloyd lifted for two goals and Hille, Laycock and Angus Monfries added singles.
West Coast managed only two goals for the quarter but they were important - Mark LeCras kicked his first and McKinley added his fifth back to back to break up what could have been a damaging run on.
The last quarter was an epic as the teams traded goals and momentum. The Bombers launched three comeback attempts, played their best football of the match and kicked seven goals. They got as close as close as 10 points, but they never got closer."[1]
WAFL[]
Round 20 (9 August)
Claremont (C.Jones, Thomson, Stevenson) vs Subiaco
East Fremantle (Houlihan) vs Perth (Butler, Sullivan)
South Fremantle (Wilson) vs East Perth
West Perth vs Swan Districts (Notte)
Bye: Peel
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2008/051820080810.html
- ↑ Mark Duffield, The Age (11 August 2008), "Braun nerves end Dons' hopes": http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=mckinley+and+laycock+and+jetta&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AGE080811LD3MI7J9A71
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