Round 3 2011

West Coast v Sydney
Round 3, 2011

Cox dominated the ruck. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 9 April 2011 (6:10 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

37,288

Result

Lost by 13

Score

SYD 15.13.101 - 13.10.88 WCE

Brownlow

3 A.Goodes (SYD)
2 K.Jack (SYD)
1 D.Cox (WCE)

Ladder

9th

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In another close tussle between the two arch rivals, West Coast looked to have the game won when an Adam Selwood goal put them 12 points up heading towards time-on in the final quarter, before an Adam Goodes-inspired comeback saw the Swans kick the last four goals to steal the premiership points. Dean Cox continued his strong start to the season, with a mammoth 38 hitouts added to his 20 possessions and two goals.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		3.3.21		6.8.44		10.10.70		13.10.88
Sydney		3.3.21		7.5.47		9.10.64		15.11.101

Goals: Lynch 4, Cox 2, Ebert, Embley, Gaff, Kennedy, Naitanui, A.Selwood, Shuey

Best: Cox, Priddis, A.Selwood, Lynch, Naitanui, Darling

Injuries: Nil

Sub: Gaff for MacKenzie in the 3rd quarter

Named side

	West Coast				Sydney
B:	1.Brown	23.Glass	25.Hurn	B:	42.Bevan	25.Richards	29.Mattner
HB:	26.Butler	16.MacKenzie	10.S.Selwood	HB:	2.Shaw	39.Grundy	34.Johnson
C:	24.Rosa	11.Priddis	32.Embley	C:	21.McGlynn	15.Jack	40.Smith
HF:	5.Ebert	17.Kennedy	13.Shuey	HF:	24.J.Bolton	20.Reid	37.Goodes
F:	6.Nicoski	21.Lynch	27.Darling	F:	5.O'Keefe	18.White	4.Hannebery
R:	20.Cox	4.Kerr	37.A.Selwood	R:	41.Mumford	12.Kennedy	3.McVeigh
I:	3.Gaff	9.Naitanui	35.McGinnity	I:	14.Bird	16.Rohan	32.Jetta
	31.Schofield				13.Everitt
E:	15.Swift	12.Sheppard	43.Hams	E:	7.Meredith	38.Pyke	11.Lamb

In: Butler, MacKenzie

Out: Waters (elbow), Sheppard

From the coach

"We worked really hard all night to try and win the game and we couldn't win it, but the effort was there for four quarters, no doubt about that.

"...We came from three goals down to get up but the game was a bit like that, it was pretty tight. The teams grabbed their opportunities for different little periods where teams would go for long periods without scoring, then bang, a bit of a score for either side. Over the four quarters they got their nose in front.

"...As a young developing ruckman, we are pretty pleased with how he (Naitanui) is progressing and what he gives us. He and Cox, as I have said several times, are different types of players and to be able at any given time to say we want one of them to play more on ball as the ruckman, it gives us a good mix. I thought they did very well. Coxy kicked a couple of goals and Nic had a big impact on the game. Our rucks have been going really well."

From the papers

The West Australian

"In a pulsating last term, West Coast, riding home a gusty easterly wind, jumped to a 12-point break after goals to Luke Shuey and Cox's second.

Game over?

Sydney, who drew their first game against Melbourne before nailing a five-point win over Essendon in round 2, don't roll over. That's where coach John Longmire, who has taken over the reins seamlessly from Paul Roos, brought out his heavy artillery.

Goodes, who spent most of the first half in attack, willed himself on the game with forceful runs through the centre square jumble. He kicked two goals for the term, but the victory came at the 28-minute mark when recruit Andrejs Everitt kicked his first goal. He followed up with another after the siren."

The Age

"During a hotly contested first half, it was hard not to wonder whether enigmatic Eagle Lynch had found himself a time machine and beamed himself back five years.

The Swans carried a three-point lead into half-time but Lynch looked like the 65-goal spearhead of 2006 rather than the player who was dropped several times last year. He gave young Everitt all kinds of trouble in the air and kicked four first-half goals, perhaps sacrificing another by trying to do the team thing by handballing – unsuccessfully – to teammate Andrew Embley in the goal-square.

The Eagles had the ball in their attacking half for a sustained period of the second quarter but their dominance didn’t translate onto the scoreboard.

By contrast, the Swans were better at capitalising on West Coast errors. "

WAFL

Round 4 (9 April)

Peel (Lycett, B.Wilson) vs South Fremantle (C.Wilson)

East Fremantle (Dalziell, Sheppard, Stevens, Brennan, Houlihan) vs West Perth

East Perth vs Claremont (Stevenson, B.Jones, Swift, Weedon, Broome). Hamp played reserves

Perth (Smith) vs Subiaco

Bye: Swan Districts.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Waters		Elbow		Indefinite
LeCras		Groin		6-9 weeks
Neates		Groin		7 weeks		(placed on LTI 22/3/11, replaced by Hams)
Masten		Knee		5-7 weeks

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2011/161820110409.html

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2011/3/wce-v-syd