Round 21 2009

Adelaide v West Coast
Round 21, 2009

Naitanui breaks a tackle. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 22 August 2009 (2:40 PM CST)

Venue

Football Park

Attendance

39,640

Result

Lost by 74

Score

ADL 18.14.122 - 7.6.48 WCE

Brownlow

3 S.Goodwin (ADL)
2 M.Doughty (ADL)
1 J.Porplyzia (ADL)

Ladder

12th

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After three straight wins, West Coast were brought to earth with a thud courtesy of the finals-bound Crows. Adelaide blew the game open in the second quarter and from there coasted home to a 74 point win. Adam Selwood continued his good recent form with 29 possessions and youngster Tom Swift had 21 and a goal.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Adelaide		2.4.16		8.8.56		12.12.84		18.14.122
West Coast		2.2.14		4.2.26		5.5.35		7.6.48

Goals: Kennedy, LeCras 2, Embley, Lynch, Swift

Best: Houlihan, Swift, Ebert, A.Selwood, Kennedy

Injuries: Davis (concussion)

Milestones: Davis final appearance, Wirrpanda final appearance

Named sides[]

	West Coast				Adelaide
B:	30.Spangher	23.Glass	37.A.Selwood	B:	11.Doughty	25.Rutten	18.Johncock
HB:	26.Butler	42.Wilkes	25.Hurn	HB:	36.Goodwin	27.Stevens	23.McLeod
C:	24.Rosa	11.Priddis	19.Houlihan	C:	15.Symes	12.Shirley	7.Van Berlo
HF:	32.Embley	17.Kennedy	10.S.Selwood	HF:	3.Reilly	37.Hentschel	17.Vince
F:	21.Lynch	36.Wilson	2.LeCras	F:	26.Douglas	4.Tippett	21.Knights
R:	9.Naitanui	15.Swift	18.Ebert	R:	20.Maric	5.Thompson	9.Edwards
I:	45.Davis	27.McKinley	41.Staker	I:	14.Mackay	22.Otten	29.Sellar
	44.Wirrpanda				40.Porplyzia
E:	7.Fletcher	12.McNamara	31.Schofield	E:	6.Griffin	16.Davis	31.Sloane

In: Spangher, Staker, Davis

Out: Brown (foot), Masten (knee), McGinnity (ill)

From the papers[]

The West Australian[]

"Worsfold tried to draw some effort out of his insipid bunch in the second half by installing his famous one-on-one philosophy and though it worked to a point, it had little impact on the burgeoning Adelaide score.

Nic Naitanui's developing ruck work helped the Eagles win the clearances 37-31, but there were too many passengers around the high-leaping rookie.

The efforts of Tim Houlihan, Josh Kennedy, Adam Selwood, Quinten Lynch, Mark LeCras, Brad Ebert, Tim Houlihan (sic), Matt Rosa, Tom Swift, Sam Butler and captain Darren Glass were fair, while defender Matt Spangher deserved praise for his consistent desperation."^[1]

The Sunday Age[]

"Above everything, Adelaide's work-rate was exceptional, and it was widespread, starting with the captain Simon Goodwin and Michael Doughty, who each gathered 37 disposals. The Crows had 10 players with 25 or more disposals, and the Eagles had two.

West Coast, however, battled gamely in the third quarter and certainly matched Adelaide with the contested possessions.

Adelaide was particularly impressive in defence, especially through Graham Johncock, and numerous players earned praise from their coach for the efficient way they delivered the ball inside 50.

Adam Selwood was among the Eagles' best, while Brad Ebert and Shannon Hurn battled tirelessly in trying circumstances. Overall, they didn't have enough teammates who were prepared to work as hard."^[2]

Players in the WAFL[]

Round 22 (22 Aug)

Perth (Smith, Sullivan) vs Peel (J.Jones, Arrowsmith)

Claremont (MacKenzie, Stevenson) vs West Perth (Seaby). Bedford played reserves.

East Fremantle (McNamara) vs Swan Districts (Hunter, Hansen, Notte)

East Perth vs Subiaco (Fletcher, Stenglein)

Bye: South Fremantle

Injury list[]

In the lead-up to the match the following players were listed as injured or unavailable:

Player	Injury	Expected duration
Waters	Elbow	Season	On the LTI list, replaced by Davis 2/4/09
Cox	Groin	Season
Kerr	Osteitis pubis	Season
Shuey	Fibula	Season	On the LTI list, replaced by Wilson 28/7/09
Nicoski	Back	Season
B.Jones	Thigh	Season
Brown	Foot	Season
Masten	Knee	Season
Cockie	Collarbone	Season
Hansen	Hip	Test
Hunter	Shoulder	Test