Round 22 2010

Geelong v West Coast
Round 22, 2010

Stevens gets a handpass away. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 28 August 2010 (1:10 PM EST)

Venue

Kardinia Park

Attendance

24,099

Result

Lost by 44

Score

GEE 16.16.112 - 10.8.68 WCE

Brownlow

3 G.Ablett (GEE)
2 J.Kelly (GEE)
1 A.Mackie (GEE)

Ladder

16th

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With a top-two spot sewn up Geelong merely went through the motions against the bottom-placed Eagles. West Coast were in the match at halftime but a Gary Ablett-led burst in the third quarter put the result beyond doubt. Callum Wilson kicked three goals and Ashton Hams had his best game for the club with two goals from 22 possessions.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Geelong		1.7.13		5.8.38		10.14.74		16.16.112
West Coast		2.2.14		5.4.34		6.5.41		10.8.68

Goals: Wilson 3, Hams 2, Kennedy, LeCras, Masten, Shuey, Stevens

Best: Hams, Waters, Rosa, Wilson, Shuey

Injuries: Stevens (leg)

Milestones: J.Jones final appearance, Spangher final appearance, Wilson final appearance

Named sides[]

	West Coast				Geelong
B:	Schofield	MacKenzie	Smith	B:	Lonergan	Scarlett	Milburn
HB:	Waters	Spangher	Hurn	HF:	Corey	Taylor	Mackie
C:	Rosa	Masten	Embley	C:	Wojcinski	Kelly	Chapman
HF:	Strijk	Kennedy	Shuey	HF:	S.Johnson	Hawkins	Ling
F:	LeCras	Wilson	Hams	F:	T.Varcoe	Mooney	Stokes
R:	Cox	S.Selwood	Ebert	R:	Ottens	Bartel	Ablett
I:	J.Jones	McGinnity	Naitanui	I:	Blake	Byrnes	Selwood
	Stevens				Enright
E:	Lynch	Stevenson	Houlihan	E:	T.Hunt	Menzel	Hogan

No change

Late changes: (GEE) T.Hunt, Menzel, Hogan for Byrnes (ill), Selwood (glute), Enright (foot)

From the papers[]

The Sunday Age[]

"West Coast's midfield, badly weakened by the absence of Daniel Kerr, Matt Priddis and Adam Selwood, was being led by unheralded youngsters Ashton Hams and Luke Shuey. The seven contested first-half possessions to Hams, who is only 175 centimetres, exceeded that of every other player out there.

The Eagles, at that stage, were in front because of their ability to regularly find players in space in their attacking half. This was reflected in them holding a nine-to-two lead for second-quarter inside 50s midway through it. It did not, however, translate into free scoring, with the Eagles getting no further than eight points in front.

The first hint the match could be rescued from mediocrity came from Gary Ablett. The champion, tagged by Scott Selwood, younger brother of Ablett's absent midfield partner Joel, wrenched the ball from a pack just inside the Cats' attacking 50, sprinted away and snapped a goal to cut the margin to two points."

WAFL[]

Round 23 (28 Aug)

Swan Districts (Hansen, Notte) vs Peel

West Perth (Lynch) vs Perth (Sullivan)

East Perth (McKinley, Oakley-Nicholls) vs Claremont (Swift, Wilkes, Stevenson, Neates). Weedon and Broome played reserves.

South Fremantle vs Subiaco (Cockie)

Bye: East Fremantle

Semi Finals (5 Sept)

Claremont (Swift, Wilkes, Stevenson, Neates) def. Swan Districts (Hansen, Notte). Weedon and Broome played reserves.

East Perth (McKinley, Oakley-Nicholls) def. East Fremantle (Houlihan)

Prelim Final (11 Sept)

Swan Districts (Hansen) def. East Perth (McKinley, Oakley-Nicholls)

Grand Final (19 Sept)

Swan Districts (Hansen, ) def. Claremont (Swift, Wilkes, Stevenson, Neates). Former Eagles Ryan Davis and Llane Spaanderman were part of the premiership team. Notte missed selection and was an emergency. Weedon and Broome played in Claremont's reserves premiership, Broome was named best on ground.

Injury list[]

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

Player	Injury	Expected duration
Glass	Abdomen	Season	(Placed on LTI list, replaced by Wilson)
Nicoski	Shoulder	Season
Kerr	Hamstring	Season	(Placed on LTI list, replaced by Stevenson)
Dalziell	Finger	Season
Butler	Foot	Season	(Placed on LTI list, replaced by Hams)
B.Jones	Cheekbone	Season
Brown	Groin	Season
A.Selwood	AC joint	Season
Sheppard	AC joint	Season
Houlihan	Hamstring	Test
Priddis	Ankle	Test