Round 23 2013

West Coast v Adelaide
Round 23, 2013

Embley chaired off in his 250th and final game. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 31 August 2013 (6:10 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

29,146

Result

Lost by 86

Score

ADL 19.15.129 - 5.13.43 WCE

Brownlow

3 P.Dangerfield (ADL)
2 B.Crouch (ADL)
1 R.Sloane (ADL)

Ladder

13th

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In the final game of the season, West Coast failed to send off retiring champions Andrew Embley and Adam Selwood with any sort of effort, letting the Crows run roughshod all over them en route to an 86-point thrashing. West Coast posted their second-lowest score ever at Subiaco, narrowly passing the mark set two weeks earlier, while Adelaide's 129 points was more than the Eagles' forwards had managed in the final three games combined. Dean Cox was one West Coast player to stand up, with 27 possessions and 27 hitouts.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		0.3.3		3.7.25		4.8.32		5.13.43
Adelaide		4.4.28		8.7.55		15.10.100		19.15.129

Goals: Tunbridge 2, Dalziell, Smith, Wellingham

Best: MacKenzie, Cox, S.Selwood, Priddis, Rosa

Injuries: Nil

Sub: A.Selwood for Brown in 3rd quarter

Milestones: Embley 250th game and final appearance, Dalziell final appearance, A.Selwood final appearance

Records: Adelaide biggest win vs WCE

Named sides[]

	West Coast				Adelaide
B:	1.Brown	23.Glass	35.McGinnity	B:	41.Hartigan	25.Rutten	46.Laird
HB:	26.Butler	16.MacKenzie	28.Smith	HB:	16.Brown	12.Talia	33.Smith
C:	7.Masten	12.Wellingham	24.Rosa	C:	29.Kerridge	32.Dangerfield	9.Sloane
HF:	32.Embley	17.Kennedy	33.Hill	HF:	38.Grigg	8.Johnston	26.Douglas
F:	37.A.Selwood	29.Lycett	27.Darling	F:	37.Callinan	22.Otten	17.Vince
R:	20.Cox	10.S.Selwood	11.Priddis	R:	24.Jacobs	7.Van Berlo	5.S.Thompson
I:	30.Wilson	46.Tunbridge	15.Cripps	I:	14.Mackay	2.Crouch	1.Tambling
	3.Gaff				11.Wright
E:	5.Sheppard	18.Dalziell	19.Carter	E:	35.McKernan	34.Shaw	40.Porplyzia

In: Embley, A.Selwood, Tunbridge

Out: Schofield (cheek), Sheppard, Dalziell

Late change: Dalziell for Darling (hamstring)

From the papers[]

The Age[]

"The main interest in the game pre-match was Josh Kennedy and the Coleman Medal race. He started the night with 60 goals, eight shy of leader, Collingwood's Travis Cloke.

His three games prior, against Essendon, Geelong and Collingwood had returned just one goal (against the Pies in round 20).

He finished the season with 60.

And so was a part of the problem with Jack Darling pulled from the squad before the game with a suspected hamstring issue."^[1]

Sunday Mail[]

"The opening to the game highlighted why neither of these teams are playing finals this year.

Both sides produced a string of unforced errors and some of the Eagles handball and forward entries were amateurish.

The Crows' field kicking was off but they manufactured a number of snapped goals from forward stoppages to take a four goal quarter time lead.

The Eagles finally hit the scoreboard in the second quarter, kicking three goals. But all three were answered by the Crows and a late snap by the lively Otten extended their lead to five goals at half time."^[2]

Players in the WAFL[]

Round 24 (31 August)

Perth vs South Fremantle (Hams)

East Fremantle (Sheppard) vs Claremont

East Perth (Morton) vs Subiaco

Swan Districts (Bennell) vs West Perth (Hutchings)

Bye: Peel

Semi finals (8 Sept)

Claremont vs West Perth (Hutchings)

Swan Districts (Embley, Bennell) vs East Perth (A.Selwood, Cripps, Lycett, Wilson, Morton)

Prelim final (15 Sept)

Claremont vs East Perth (A.Selwood, Cripps, Lycett, Wilson, Morton)

Grand final (22 Sept)

West Perth (Hutchings) def. East Perth (A.Selwood, Cripps, Lycett, Wilson, Morton). Hutchings was awarded the Simpson Medal as best afield. Former Eagles Andrew Strijk and Jordan Jones also won premiership medals.

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)
Schofield	Cheekbone	Season
Sinclair	Knee	Season
Newman	Personal	Season
Darling	Hamstring	Test
Shuey	Hamstring	Test
Wellingham	Ankle	Test