West Coast blitzed St Kilda from the word go, dominating out of the middle and extending their lead at every change to run out comfortable 70 point winners. Michael Gardiner dominated in the ruck with 39 hitouts and 24 possessions, and Daniel Kerr had the perfect midfield game with 29 touches, 8 clearances and 3 goals.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 5.6.36 | 12.10.82 | 17.14.116 | 21.18.144 | ||||
| St Kilda | 2.3.15 | 5.5.35 | 8.6.54 | 11.8.74 |
Goals: Matera 7, Kerr, Sampi 3, Cousins, Haynes, Judd 2, Embley, Wirrpanda
Best: Matera, Kerr, Embley, Gardiner, Cousins
Injuries: Gaspar (hamstring)
Reports: Chick for striking M.Hudghton
Milestones: Chick WCE debut & 150th AFL game
Named sides[]
| West Coast | St Kilda | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 6.Banfield | 11.McIntosh | 28.Sampi | B: | 10.Baker | 8.Hudghton | 19.Penny |
| HB: | 32.Embley | 27.Jakovich | 39.Hunter | HB: | 20.Clarke | 23.Koschitzke | 5.Jones |
| C: | 3.Judd | 9.Cousins | 13.Wooden | C: | 6.Black | 7.Hayes | 14.Ball |
| HF: | 18.Jones | 26.Gaspar | 44.Wirrpanda | HF: | 2.Hamill | 9.Gehrig | 4.Thompson |
| F: | 33.Ph.Matera | 38.Haynes | 20.Cox | F: | 44.Milne | 12.Riewoldt | 3.Burke |
| R: | 1.Gardiner | 7.Fletcher | 4.Kerr | R: | 16.Capuano | 35.Harvey | 17.Powell |
| I: | 35.Green | 17.Chick | 10.Braun | I: | 28.Montagna | 30.Wulf | 40.T.Schwarze |
| 46.Carroll | 43.Moyle | ||||||
| E: | 8.Humm | 41.Staker | 5.Morrison | E: | 1.Peckett | 13.Voss | 31.Maguire |
In: McIntosh, Chick, Hunter
Out: Wilson, Humm, Morrison
Late change: (WCE) Morrison for Cox; (STK) Peckett for Hamill (quad)
New: Daniel Chick (Hawthorn/East Fremantle)
Club Champion votes[]
| [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardiner | 24 | Hunter | 10 | ||
| Kerr | 23 | Jakovich | 10 | ||
| Matera | 23 | Morrison | 10 | ||
| Wooden | 20 | Haynes | 9 | ||
| Wirrpanda | 15 | Judd | 8 | ||
| Embley | 14 | Carroll | 6 | ||
| Jones | 14 | Braun | 5 | ||
| Banfield | 11 | Chick | 5 | ||
| Cousins | 11 | Gaspar | 5 | ||
| Fletcher | 11 | McIntosh | 4 | ||
| Sampi | 11 | Green | 2 |
From the papers[]
The Age[]
"West Coast blitzed the bumbling Saints from the outset, the visitors unable to enter their attacking 50 in the opening 12 minutes.
Gardiner simply controlled the centre square, with 17 disposals and 21 hit-outs in the opening half in a performance that will haunt Capuano.
The Saints' defence wobbled in the face of swarming Eagles, who opened up a 21-point lead at quarter-time with Daniel Kerr kicking the last two goals of the term.
Kerr had 20 possessions by half-time as the Eagles booted seven second-term goals to three.
Captain Ben Cousins showed few ill effects from his ankle injury to conjure two great goals from left-foot snaps, while Matera was also at his menacing best, kicking three first-half goals to help open up a 47-point half-time lead for West Coast."[2]
Players in the WAFL[]
Round 4 (12-13 April)
West Perth (Chambers, Seaby, Lynch, Edwards) vs East Fremantle (Read, Staker)
South Fremantle vs Peel
Claremont (Rudeforth) vs East Perth (Cox, Selwood, Wilson, Humm, Beeck)
Subiaco (Sierakowski, Nicoski) vs Perth (Adkins, McDougall, Glass)
Bye: Swan Districts
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2003/151820030412.html
- ↑ West Coast Eagles Year Book 2003, p.60
- ↑ Tom Wald, The Age (13 April 2003), "Eagles march over Saints": http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=sampi+and+peckett&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SAG030413DI3D877KE0O
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