Round 22 2013

Collingwood v West Coast
Round 22, 2013

A familiar face, now in opposition colours. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Fri, 23 August 2013 (7:50 PM EST)

Venue

MCG

Attendance

41,198

Result

Lost by 62

Score

COL 15.11.101 - 5.9.39 WCE

Brownlow

3 J.Thomas (COL)
2 D.Swan (COL)
1 S.Pendlebury (COL)

Ladder

13th

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Continuing with their disastrous form from the previous week, West Coast set another unwanted record against the Pies - this time their lowest score at the MCG. In an eerily similar performance, the Eagles were already out of the contest by the first break and went on to lose by 62 points. Chris Masten defied the black and white tide to pick up 31 possessions and two goals, and Matt Priddis had 32 disposals in his 150th game.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Collingwood		8.3.51		11.8.74		14.10.94		15.11.101
West Coast		2.2.14		3.4.22		3.6.24		5.9.39

Goals: Masten 2, Dalziell, Darling, Lycett

Best: S.Selwood, Masten, Rosa, Priddis

Injuries: Darling (hamstring)

Sub: Dalziell for Darling (hamstring) in 3rd quarter

Milestones: Priddis 150th game

Records: WCE lowest score vs Collingwood, WCE lowest score at MCG

Named sides[]

	West Coast				Collingwood
B:	1.Brown	23.Glass	35.McGinnity	B:	16.Brown	5.Maxwell	39.Shaw
HB:	26.Butler	16.MacKenzie	28.Smith	HB:	46.Williams	23.Keeffe	6.Goldsack
C:	3.Gaff	12.Wellingham	18.Dalziell	C:	8.O'Brien	17.Beams	12.Ball
HF:	15.Cripps	17.Kennedy	33.Hill	HF:	22.Sidebottom	21.Lynch	11.Blair
F:	31.Schofield	29.Lycett	27.Darling	F:	4.Didak	32.Cloke	20.Reid
R:	20.Cox	10.S.Selwood	11.Priddis	R:	35.Grundy	10.Pendlebury	36.Swan
I:	7.Masten	24.Rosa	5.Sheppard	I:	3.Macaffer	24.J.Thomas	27.Kennedy
	30.Wilson				41.Dwyer
E:	19.Carter	32.Embley	34.Hutchings	E:	2.Russell	25.Hudson	40.Seedsman

In: Masten, Rosa, Wilson

Out: Shuey (hamstring), Embley, Carter

Late change: (Collingwood) Seedsman for Beams (back tightness)

From the papers[]

The Age[]

"The two signal of Collingwood's eight first quarter goals were kicked by former Eagle Lynch in his first appearance against his old club. Latterly wretchedly out of form, he began as if the Eagles had awakened something in him. The first was on the run, not really a term much associated with Lynch.

But another goal was just as telling. As the ball trickled over the boundary line on the wing, Jack Darling inexplicably pulled at Shaw's jumper, though the ball was dead. Doubling his mistake, Darling then made for the interchange gate, leaving Shaw with the free kick and no opponent. Seconds later, Thomas had converted the break into a goal.

Darling's dereliction summed up the Eagles. Inexplicably, on a damp night, they tried to sweep the ball by hand on a great arc, and under the Magpies' ferocious pressure invariably came unstuck. The Magpies also used plenty of handball, but under less pressure, and so more cleanly.

Effectively finished at quarter-time, the match became for the Eagles an exercise in shutting the gate after the horse has bolted. They tightened, reducing Collingwood's scoring, but as a corollary creating even fewer scoring chances of their own. For the Magpies, it became a rehearsal for September, but scarcely full dress."^[1]

Herald-Sun[]

"Not only did the Eagles struggle to match Collingwood's leg speed, they emphasised the frustration with costly ill-discipline at times.

Even normally reliable defender Eric MacKenzie, who had held Travis Cloke goalless at their past two meetings, gifted his foe two goals in the lopsided first half.

A late push after Cloke had marked on the lead provoked a 50m penalty. And the same occurred when Cloke was dragged to the goalline again when the Eagles defender backchatted the umpire midway through the second term.

Literally pushing Cloke closer into Coleman Medal contention was an illustration of West Coast's inability to even hold their own in the mental games on a forgettable night."^[2]

Players in the WAFL[]

Round 23 (24 August)

Perth (McInnes, Tunbridge) vs Claremont

South Fremantle (Carter) vs East Perth (A.Selwood, Morton)

Subiaco vs Peel

Swan Districts (Embley, Bennell) vs East Fremantle (Brennan, Dick)

Bye: West Perth

Injury list[]

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

Player	Injury	Expected duration
Waters	Shoulder	Season
Hurn	Ankle	Season	(Placed on LTI 26/6/13, replaced by Tunbridge)
LeCras	Ribs	Season
Naitanui	Groin	Season
Kerr	Knee	Season
Colledge	Ankle	Season
Nicoski	Wrist	Season	(Placed on LTI 25/7/14, replaced on list by Bennell)
Sinclair	Knee	Season
Newman	Personal	Season
Shuey	Hamstring	1 week
Masten	Thigh	Test