Round 21 2008

West Coast v Hawthorn
Round 21, 2008

Braun in action in his final game. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 24 August 2008 (2:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

37,040

Result

Lost by 71

Score

HAW 19.19.133 - 9.8.62 WCE

Brownlow

3 J.Lewis (HAW)
2 B.Sewell (HAW)
1 C.Brown (HAW)

Ladder

15th

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The struggling Eagles were hopelessly outclassed by the finals-bound Hawthorn in a one-sided affair at Subiaco Oval. West Coast battled to keep the game close for the first half but a nine-goal third term by the Hawks ended any semblance of a contest. Andrew Embley had 31 possessions and a goal and Darren Glass battled hard to prevent Lance Franklin from reaching 100 goals for the season, as the Eagles farewelled the retiring Michael Braun.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		1.1.7		4.3.27		7.6.48		9.8.62
Hawthorn		4.4.28		7.6.48		16.10.106		19.19.133

Goals: McKinley 3, Davis 2, Armstrong, Embley, Lynch, Seaby

Best: McKinley, Glass, Armstrong, Embley, Cox

Injuries: Nil

Milestones: Braun final appearance, Notte final appearance

Named sides

	West Coast				Hawthorn
B:	6.Nicoski	23.Glass	16.MacKenzie	B:	30.Brown	27.Gilham	18.Guerra
HB:	37.A.Selwood	42.Wilkes	32.Embley	HB:	4.Ladson	24.Croad	14.Birchall
C:	10.Braun	11.Priddis	30.Spangher	C:	31.Dew	5.Mitchell	8.Ellis
HF:	12.McNamara	21.Lynch	35.Armstrong	HF:	9.Crawford	23.Franklin	10.Bateman
F:	2.LeCras	27.McKinley	14.Seaby	F:	6.Williams	2.Roughead	33.Rioli
R:	20.Cox	7.Fletcher	5.Stenglein	R:	13.Taylor	3.Lewis	12.Sewell
I:	26.Butler	45.Davis	29.Hansen	I:	7.Osborne	11.Young	34.Renouf
	28.S.Selwood				29.Murphy
E:	19.Houlihan	34.Notte	31.Schofield	E:	16.Dowler	44.Stokes	22.Tuck

In: Butler, Hansen

Out: Ebert (soreness), Notte

Late change: (WCE) Notte for LeCras (groin); (HAW) Stokes for Ellis (ill)

From the papers

The West Australian

"The last quarter would have been a whole lot prettier if they had just put Franklin in the goal square twice, let him kick the two goals he needed for the ton and then got on with the game. The Eagles decided that stopping him from getting it would be one achievement they could take out of the game and put every defender and his dog in front of him.

Forget Franklin being under threat from a rushing crowd after the milestone, he was under threat from a heavily flooded Eagles defence before it.

Faced with traffic ahead of them, Hawthorn's ball carriers got confused and their ball movement became slow and unsightly.

Some trademark Braun courage running with the flight of the ball into Cyril Rioli brought appreciative applause near the end."

WAFL

Round 22 (23 August)

Claremont (C.Jones, Thomson, Stevenson) vs West Perth

Peel (Schofield) vs East Fremantle (Houlihan)

Perth (Sullivan) vs Swan Districts

Subiaco vs East Perth

Bye: South Fremantle

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2008/101820080824.html