Round 20 2023

West Coast v North Melb
Round 20, 2023

Darling in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 30 July 2023 (2.40pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

38,231

Result

Won by 5

Score

WCE 10.12.72 - 10.7.67

Brownlow

Ladder

18th

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West Coast finally broke through for a win, just holding off fellow cellar-dwellers North Melbourne to record a morale-boosting victory. With both sides coming in on a 16-game losing run, momentum swung wildly during the match, with the home side twice opening up sizeable leads before the Kangaroos, equally desperate to break their streak, stormed back into the match. The Eagles would have thought they had the game won at the final change when they had a 31-point margin, having held the opposition scoreless for the term, but North whittled that away and threatened to steal the points in the dying stages. Jayden Hunt had one of his best games for the club with 25 touches and a goal, while Jamie Cripps kicked two goals to go with 18 diposals and a game-high 11 tackles.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		4.2.26		7.5.47		10.11.71		10.12.72
North Melbourne		1.1.7		6.4.40		6.4.40		10.7.67

Goals: Allen, Cripps 2, Darling, Hewett, Hunt, Long, O'Neill, Petruccelle

Best: Kelly, Hunt, B.Williams, Cripps, Cole, Allen, Darling

Injuries: Nil

Substitutes: (WCE) Yeo for Bazzo in the second term; (NM) Ziebell for Goater (knee) in the third term

Jumper: Home, blue shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				North Melb
B:	28.Cole	25.Hurn	14.Duggan	B:	4.Corr	23.McKay	17.Young
HB:	19.Hough	23.Witherden	5.Hunt	HB:	31.Goater	26.Thomas	11.McDonald
C:	3.Gaff	4.Sheed	18.Chesser	C:	40.Ford	9.Davies-Uniacke	8.Scott
HF:	16.L.Edwards	27.Darling	15.Cripps	HF:	5.Taylor	13.Tucker	2.Stephenson
F:	44.Long	12.Allen	41.Maric	F:	29.Phillips	20.Larkey	25.Curtis
R:	32.B.Williams	11.Kelly	8.Hewett	R:	38.Xerri	3.Sheezel	12.Simpkin
I:	21.Petruccelle	24.O'Neill	33.Bazzo	I:	28.Turner	22.Goldstein	46.Hansen
	34.J.Williams				34.Archer
E:	6.Yeo	35.Rotham	39.Clark	E:	18.Greenwood	7.Ziebell	37.Harvey
	40.Jamieson				15.Howe

In: L.Edwards, O'Neill (sub)

Out: Shuey (hamstring), Petrevski-Seton (suspended)

Quarter by quarter

Both sides went in as named, with veterans Elliot Yeo and Jack Ziebell starting as subs. The game was played in overcast conditions, with rain threatening but never coming.

Reserves

Round 16 (29 July)

West Coast's WAFL side have a bye.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
Culley		Knee		Season		(On inactive list 30/5/23)
Naitanui		Achilles		Season
Ryan		Hamstring		Season
H.Edwards		Groin		Season
Ginbey		Hamstring		Season
Waterman		Illness		Indefinite
West		Knee		4 weeks
Burgiel		Hamstring		4 weeks
Shuey		Hamstring		2-3 weeks
Jones		Ankle		2 weeks
Petrevski-Seton		Suspension		2 weeks
McGovern		Concussion		Test
Yeo		Hip		Test
Barrass		Shoulder		Test