Round 1 2004

W.Bulldogs v West Coast
Round 1, 2004

Cox gets some airtime. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 28 March 2004 (2:10 PM EST)

Venue

Docklands

Attendance

18,841

Result

Won by 7

Score

WCE 22.12.144 - 20.17.137 WBD

Brownlow

3 C.Judd (WCE)
2 B.Cousins (WCE)
1 J.Rawlings (WBD)

Ladder

7th

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In a thrilling shootout to start the season, West Coast trailed by 34 points in the first quarter and then led by 20 in the third quarter. Both sides had their chances but the Eagles were better at converting theirs, with a five-goal haul to Phil Matera and mighty efforts from Ben Cousins and Chris Judd in the midfield lifting them over the line.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Western Bulldogs		7.2.44		11.6.72		16.11.107		20.17.137
West Coast		5.5.35		11.8.74		15.10.100		22.12.144

Goals: Matera 5, Judd 4, Gardiner 3, Embley, Sampi 2, Adkins, Braun, Chick, Cox, Fletcher, McDougall

Best: Cousins, Gardiner, Fletcher, Judd, Morrison, Matera

Injuries: Banfield (knee)

Named side[]

	West Coast				Bulldogs
B:	46.Carroll	21.Lynch	44.Wirrpanda	B:	30.Robbins	36.Harris	15.Power
HB:	6.Banfield	27.Jakovich	28.Sampi	HB:	5.Smith	3.Grant	25.Hargrave
C:	32.Embley	9.Cousins	5.Morrison	C:	10.Eagleton	7.West	22.B.Harrison
HF:	18.R.Jones	41.Staker	17.Chick	HF:	17.Cooney	24.Rawlings	6.Johnson
F:	16.Adkins	2.McDougall	33.Matera	F:	8.Hahn	14.Darcy	20.Bowden
R:	20.Cox	3.Judd	7.Fletcher	R:	11.Street	2.R.Murphy	38.Cross
I:	1.Gardiner	8.Humm	10.Braun	I:	13.Giansiracusa	51.Koops	4.Garlick
	35.Green				32.Morgan
E:	14.Seaby	31.Nicoski	42.Johnson	E:	42.Boyd	1.Ray	16.Croft

From the papers[]

The Age[]

"Cousins, who was already one of the candidates for best on ground, clinched the honour in this burst, either clearing the ball from the centre square or setting up the clearance on each occasion. He was the link-man between Ashley Sampi and Daniel Chick once, then twice set Sampi free as Chris Judd scored his fifth goal and Damien Adkins got another.

Still the Dogs were not done. Jade Rawlings had started his first game for his new club with four goals from his first four kicks. Then things started to go awry, six subsequent scoring shots yielding 2.4. Now, however, a shot from just outside 50 was shepherded through by Luke Darcy for his seventh goal and when the unlikely Peter Street marked and converted from 45 metres out, on the opposite flank, the Bulldogs were suddenly back within two points.

Still the Bulldogs came forward and Luke Darcy stuck out a foot as he could not get to a ground-level ball. To his horror, the rebound went to Chad Morrison, who got the ball to Sampi and a run and long kick later and the Eagles had gone from the prospect of being a straight kick behind to eight points in front."

Players in the WAFL[]

Round 1 (19-20 March)

South Fremantle (Graham) vs West Perth (Chambers)

Perth (Butler) vs East Fremantle (Collica)

Peel vs Claremont (Carroll, Waters, Rudeforth, B.Jones)

East Perth vs Subiaco

Bye: Swan Districts

Round 2 (27-28 March)

East Perth (McConnell) vs Peel

Swan Districts (Hunter, Munro, Johnson, Edwards) vs South Fremantle (Graham)

Claremont (Waters, Rudeforth, B.Jones) vs Perth (Butler)

West Perth (Chambers, Seaby) vs Subiaco

Bye: East Fremantle

Injury list[]

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

Player	Injury	Expected duration
Wooden	Collarbone	5 weeks
Hansen	Shoulder	4-5 weeks
Glass	Shoulder	2-3 weeks
Gaspar	Foot	2-3 weeks
Kerr	Suspension	1 week
Hunter	Knee	Test
Selwood	Groin	Test
Beeck	Knee	Test
Johnson	Ankle	Test