Round 20 2018

West Coast v Fremantle
Round 20, 2018

Redden in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 5 August 2018 (2.40pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

57,375

Result

Won by 58

Score

WCE 21.16.142 - 13.6.84 FRE

Brownlow

3 E.Yeo (WCE)
2 J.Redden (WCE)
1 D.Mundy (FRE)

Ladder

2nd

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West Coast banked an easy four points in a spiteful Derby, but post-match headlines were dominated by Andrew Gaff's punch that broke the jaw of Docker Andrew Brayshaw in the third term. The Eagles extended their lead at every change and led by as much as 70 points during the final term as tempers spilled over on a number of occasions. Elliot Yeo won the renamed Glendinning-Allan Medal with 26 possessions and two goals and Brad Sheppard also had 26 touches along with 12 marks as he achieved life membership.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		4.4.28		9.7.61		16.10.106		21.16.142
Fremantle		1.2.8		4.4.28		8.6.54		13.6.84

Goals: Cripps, Darling 4, Ryan 3, Lycett, Rioli, Vardy, Yeo 2, Gaff, Redden

Best: Yeo, Redden, Sheppard, Lycett, Cripps, Ryan

Injuries: Schofield (hamstring)

Reports: Gaff for striking A.Brayshaw; Ryan for instigating melee; McGovern, Venables for involvement in melee

Milestones: Sheppard 150th game

Named sides

	West Coast				Fremantle
B:	25.Hurn	31.Schofield	5.Sheppard	B:	41.Banfield	21.Hamling	25.A.Pearce
HB:	28.Cole	20.McGovern	14.Duggan	HB:	38.Ryan	14.Wilson	18.Tucker
C:	23.Jetta	6.Yeo	7.Masten	C:	5.Cerra	10.Walters	32.S.Hill
HF:	8.Redden	2.LeCras	34.Hutchings	HF:	26.Langdon	36.Cox	3.Matera
F:	15.Cripps	27.Darling	44.Rioli	F:	9.B.Hill	20.Taberner	8.Brayshaw
R:	29.Lycett	13.Shuey	3.Gaff	R:	4.Darcy	27.Neale	16.Mundy
I:	1.Ryan	18.Venables	19.Vardy	I:	1.Ballantyne	12.Crowden	28.Grey
	37.Barrass				23.McCarthy
E:	4.Sheed	21.Petruccelle	41.Ah Chee	E:	42.Giro	37.Johnson	11.Sheridan
	45.Waterman				44.Duman

In: Shuey, Jetta, Ryan

Out: Sheed, Petruccelle, Waterman

Late change: (FRE) Johnson for Hamling (calf)

Quarter by quarter

Fremantle brought in veteran Michael Johnson to replace Joel Hamling. The match was played in fine but generally cloudy conditions in front of a near-capacity crowd.

From the coach

"It's not my position to comment, all I know is that Andrew is quite upset, obviously he is really thinking about Brayshaw and Brayshaw's family. So he's not feeling great at the moment. One thing I do know is Andrew's character and who he is as a person and a player can't be questioned. So yeah, we are working through it, and what will be will be in the next few days.

"...I think it was pretty fierce there and contested there for a while but in the end we broke it open and we punished them on the scoreboard. So the goals we conceded were from 50m penalties and free kicks so we will look at the game from a review point of view pretty happy with what we did.

"Too many free kicks for us. Like I said, they probably conceded five goals from 50m penalties, so part of my rationale for coming down (to the bench) was to settle the players down. So, both teams were probably sticking up for their mates, so that in the end makes for entertainment and it's hard to begrudge your players not to stand up for each other. But we lost control a little bit there for five minutes and if it was an important period of the game or if it was closer then I think we would have been a lot more concerned than what we were."

From the papers

The West Australian

"Few players realised what had happened at first but the reaction was both swift and persistent once they did.

Dockers and Eagles were both getting into each other at the next re-start, and when Brandon Matera copped some heavy contact at half-forward a melee broke out between almost everyone on the ground.

Once that was settled there was head contact between Lachie Neale and Liam Ryan which threatened to kick things off again.

After the three-quarter time break it was on again."

The Age

"Fremantle kicked the first goal of the game and with David Mundy dominating the stoppages, had several opportunities to open a small lead. But they slaughtered those chances.

West Coast kicked the next five goals, without really taking control of the contest, to lead by 28-points midway through the second term.

Then the Eagles gained momentum.

Jack Darling booted four goals in his best performance since his return from an ankle injury; while Gaff finished with 33 touches."

East Perth report

Round 18 (4 August)

East Perth's finals hopes hung by a knife's edge when they fell to Peel by 25 points at a wet and windy Rushton Park, the Thunder taking control of the game with seven unanswered goals in the second term. Midfielders Dom Sheed (34 possessions, two goals) and Luke Partington (20 and three) worked hard for the Royals.

Appearing for East Perth: Ah Chee, Ainsworth, M.Allen, O.Allen, Brander, Brayshaw, Mutimer, Olango, Partington, Rotham, Sheed, Waterman, Watson.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
MacKenzie		Toe		Season
Naitanui		Knee		Season
Kennedy		Shin		1-2 weeks
Nelson		Suspension		1 week
Karpany		Rib		1 week
Jetta		Calf		Test
Ainsworth		Concussion		Available
England*		Quad		1 week
Burrows*		Ankle		TBC		(not on official list)

References

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2018/20/wce-v-frem

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2018/081820180805.html