Round 22 2016

West Coast v Hawthorn
Round 22, 2016

Sheed in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Fri, 19 August 2016 (6.10pm WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

38,581

Result

Won by 25

Score

WCE 13.14.92 - 10.7.67 HAW

Brownlow

3 A.Gaff (WCE)
2 J.Kennedy (WCE)
1 J.McGovern (WCE)

Ladder

6th

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West Coast smothered reigning premiers Hawthorn to record a crucial win but the victory was soured by an apparent serious knee injury to star ruckman Nic Naitanui. The Eagles dominated from the opening and broke away to a 41-point lead by the final change, but with Naitanui on the bench icing his knee for the final term, Hawthorn were able to reduce the margin to just 25 by the close of play. Andrew Gaff tallied 38 disposals and Jeremy McGovern took nine marks in defence.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		5.3.33		9.4.58		12.13.85		13.14.92
Hawthorn		2.1.13		4.2.26		7.2.44		10.7.67

Goals: Kennedy 5, Darling 3, LeCras 2, Jetta, Shuey, Yeo

Best: Gaff, Priddis, Kennedy, Masten, McGovern, LeCras

Injuries: Naitanui (knee), Lycett (knee)

Named sides

	West Coast				Hawthorn
B:	5.Sheppard	31.Schofield	12.Wellingham	B:	8.Duryea	12.Frawley	9.Burgoyne
HB:	26.Butler	20.McGovern	25.Hurn	HB:	5.Mitchell	6.Gibson	14.Birchall
C:	6.Yeo	11.Priddis	23.Jetta	C:	16.Smith	26.Shiels	10.Hill
HF:	15.Cripps	27.Darling	7.Masten	HF:	22.Breust	19.Gunston	33.Rioli
F:	29.Lycett	17.Kennedy	2.LeCras	F:	28.Puopolo	7.McEvoy	35.Burton
R:	9.Naitanui	3.Gaff	13.Shuey	R:	18.Ceglar	3.Lewis	15.Hodge
I:	4.Sheed	30.Nelson	33.Hill	I:	30.Brand	11.Whitecross	4.Hartung
	34.Hutchings				29.W.Langford
E:	8.Redden	16.MacKenzie	28.Cole	E:	21.Sicily	17.Litherland	23.O'Brien

In: Jetta, Nelson

Out: Tunbridge (susp.), Barrass (leg)

Late change: (HAW) Sicily for W.Langford (ill)

Quarter by quarter

Hawthorn replaced Will Langford with James Sicily. The match was played in cold but generally fine conditions, although some rain hit in the final term.

From the coach

"Yeah, it’s a little bit indifferent, the mood. We are really proud of our players and our performance as a collective. We’ve been written off for a fair bit of the year and I thought tonight we stood pretty tall against a quality opposition. And then your mind flicks to Nic’s situation and thinking about the worst, which we shouldn’t do. It’s a bit of a bittersweet situation at the moment.

"...We were pleased with the four quarters. We knew that Hawthorn were going to come. The contested ball for us, and I know that sometimes it’s not a massive indicator, but we got beaten up the last two times we played Hawthorn in the contest. Despite where it was or how it was done, it was a pretty big focus of ours to get that competitive and I thought we managed that pretty well. And on top of that there were a few individuals that stood up for us. I know that last quarter didn’t look pretty, but we knew it was coming.

"...They are probably not as tall a team as we are going to confront even next week when we play Adelaide. They have got so many weapons at ground level, sometimes you forget about the height that you might be able to get. Obviously they are missing some players. I thought last week we got beaten in the air against the Giants, so to respond like that, I won’t say it was a focus, but that’s how the game played out."

From the papers

The West Australian

"The Eagles wasted early chances and could have led by more than 20 points at quarter time. They dominated the early parts of the second term too but it took until time-on for them to break clear to a 32-point advantage. That proved too much for the Hawks.

The West Coast midfield all performed well.

Priddis, Andrew Gaff and Chris Masten covered heaps of ground and won 97 disposals. Mark Hutchings tagged Sam Mitchell and closed him down.

Mitchell had only nine possessions in the first half and finished with 22."

The Age

"West Coast took the game to the Hawks early on Friday night.

They led by 30 points at half-time, after Hawk James Sicily, a late replacement for an ill Will Langford, kicked a goal right on the siren to end the second term.

The Eagles extra pressure saw the reigning champ's usually reliable and pin-point disposal accuracy go missing.

For a while, it looked as though the Eagles were going to blow their early opportunities though. Not many sides can get away from kicking 1.3 from six early shots at goal."

Herald-Sun

"Kennedy enhanced his chances of snaring a second successive Coleman Medal by ruling the air up forward, making James Frawley and Josh Gibson look second-rate.

The spearhead had three goals by quarter-time.

Too often Kennedy was ­afforded the space to contest for the ball one-out, with his belief growing with every mark he clunked.

The home side’s early dominance was built on a greater desire for the ball in slippery conditions.

West Coast doubled the Hawks for contested possessions in the first term as Priddis, Luke Shuey and Naitanui owning the stoppages."

East Perth report

Round 22 (20 August)

East Perth fell to South Fremantle at Leederville Oval by just 4 points after fighting back from 32 points down early in the final term. Youngster Luke Partington had a career-high 30 possessions and the recalled Jamie Bennell kicked three goals.

Appearing for East Perth: Adamson, Allen, Bennell, Brophy, Brown, Cole, Colledge, Duggan, Karpany, Lamb, MacKenzie, Partington, Redden, Snadden.
Reserves: McInnes, Mutimer.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Ellis		Calf		Season
Tunbridge		Suspension		3 weeks
Duggan		Calf		Test
Mutimer		Hamstring		Test
McInnes		Hamstring		Test
Wellingham		Knee		Test
Lycett		Corked thigh		Test
McGinnity		Concussion		Test
Naitanui		Broken nose		Available
Lucas*		Knee		Season
Waterman*		Glandular fever		Indefinite

References

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2016/22/wce-v-haw

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2016/101820160819.html