Round 19 2016

Collingwood v West Coast
Round 19, 2016

Collingwood's forwards dominated. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 30 July 2016 (4.35pm EST)

Venue

MCG

Attendance

34,929

Result

Lost by 19

Score

COL 13.13.91 - 11.6.72 WCE

Brownlow

3 T.Adams (COL)
2 S.Pendlebury (COL)
1 S.Sidebottom (COL)

Ladder

6th

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West Coast's hopes of a top-four finish took a hit as their poor away record continued against Collingwood at the MCG. The game was tight throughout but the lowly-ranked Pies took a stranglehold with a big second term, taking a 17-point lead into half time. The visitors were able to work their way back in and hit the front early in the final term, but a run of Collingwood goals iced the game. Once again without Nic Naitanui the Eagles were beaten in the midfield and outworked around the ground, comprehensively losing the hitouts, clearances, contested possessions and tackle counts. Andrew Gaff led West Coast with 35 possessions and Jack Darling kicked four goals.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Collingwood		2.5.17		7.7.49		8.11.59		13.13.91
West Coast		4.2.26		5.2.32		9.3.57		11.6.72

Goals: Darling 4, Cripps, Hill, Kennedy 2, Masten

Best: Gaff, Darling, Hurn, Shuey, Priddis, Hutchings

Injuries: Nil

Milestones: McGovern 50th game, Karpany AFL debut

Named sides

	West Coast				Collingwood
B:	5.Sheppard	16.MacKenzie	31.Schofield	B:	17.Marsh	16.Brown	38.Howe
HB:	25.Hurn	20.McGovern	26.Butler	HB:	26.Williams	20.Reid	37.Maynard
C:	3.Gaff	11.Priddis	6.Yeo	C:	22.Sidebottom	7.Treloar	14.Aish
HF:	2.LeCras	27.Darling	7.Masten	HF:	33.Wills	32.Cloke	18.Varcoe
F:	15.Cripps	17.Kennedy	33.Hill	F:	30.Moore	9.White	39.Crocker
R:	29.Lycett	34.Hutchings	13.Shuey	R:	4.Grundy	10.Pendlebury	13.Adams
I:	4.Sheed	12.Wellingham	14.Duggan	I:	2.De Goey	19.Greenwood	25.Crisp
	32.Tunbridge				40.Smith
E:	30.Nelson	37.Barrass	39.Karpany	E:	6.Goldsack	43.Oxley	46.Cox

In: Hutchings, Tunbridge, Schofield, Sheed

Out: Redden (shoulder), Giles, Barrass (rested), Nelson

Late change: Karpany for Yeo (ill)

New: Malcolm Karpany (Woodville-West Torrens/Moonta JFC)

Quarter by quarter

Yeo was a late withdrawal due to illness, giving Karpany an AFL debut. Forecast showers stayed away, allowing the game to be played in dry conditions.

From the coach

"It’s a blow. Probably the way we played too, for the most part was disappointing. Some of the numbers were really, really damaging to us. Some of the areas that we knew Collingwood were very good at, we just didn’t handle it.

"There are a few issues we have acknowledged for a few weeks. We got exposed today through the contest, with and without the ball, we were leaving too much to too few and then not seizing critical moments. I mean, how many times did we drop chest marks or fumble or caught ball up? That’s what pressure games are. They are critical moments in those games. To come back in the second half, in that third quarter I thought we showed a bit of grit and we hit the front in the last quarter, but we just gave up too many easy goals from stoppages and just lost any ascendancy in that last quarter.

"...I’m probably more concentrating on our mindset and our ability to play our way rather than the ladder position. Obviously we haven’t been playing at our best and it was on the cards to a certain degree. Some of the numbers in the last few weeks were not heading in the right direction. Today we got exposed in that area."

From the papers

The West Australian

"Moore twice took towering grabs over Sharrod Wellingham in the second term and converted them both after peeling away from direct opponent Eric Mackenzie.

Mackenzie had been moved onto Moore after the Pies’ spearhead had got on top of Will Schofield in the first quarter.

Moore took six first-half marks, including five contested, and helped the Pies to eight marks inside 50m – the most by any side in the first half of a match this season.

But he left the field late in the second term with a hip injury and didn’t return."

The Age

"Trailing only at quarter-time due to some wayward kicking and West Coast's greater efficiency going forward, Collingwood kicked five goals to one in the second term to wrest back the initiative, then withstood a West Coast comeback to run out the game much more strongly with a five-goals-to-two final term.

Brodie Grundy gave his side a big advantage with a dominant 45 ruck hitouts while Taylor Adams and Adam Treloar capitalised by dominating the clearances.

The Pies lost Darcy Moore in the second term after he had kicked three of his side's six goals to that point. For a long time they struggled to score goals, but when they came, they came with a rush.

West Coast continued their indifferent form away from their Subiaco fortress."

Herald Sun

"The only thing missing for the Magpies was the polish, with the home side often letting itself down with its final disposal inside 50.

The intent was all there; the execution still leaves plenty to be desired.

West Coast lifted in the third term, taking advantage of a Collingwood forward line that suddenly looked lost without Moore.

The visitors booted three consecutive goals before Collingwood star Steele Sidebottom booted an important steadying goal that gave his side a three-point lead at the final change.

The Magpies finished the stronger, with West Coast looking desperate to get on the next flight back to Perth."

East Perth report

Round 19 (30 July)

East Perth have the bye.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
McInnes		Hamstring		2 weeks
Mutimer		Suspension		1 week
Naitanui		Achilles		Test
Wellingham		Buttock		Test
Schofield		Soreness		Available
Lucas*		Knee		Season
Waterman*		Glandular fever		Indefinite

References

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2016/19/coll-v-wce

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2016/041820160730.html