Round 4 2024

West Coast v Sydney
Round 4, 2024

Ginbey in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 6 April 2024 (1.00pm CDT)

Venue

Summit Sports Park

Attendance

9,225

Result

Lost by 26

Score

SYD 15.14.104 - 11.12.78 WCE

Brownlow

3 I.Heeney (SYD)
2 E.Gulden (SYD)
1 H.Reid (WCE)

Ladder

18th

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West Coast suffered another loss, but put up a solid fight against Sydney in Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills, as part of Gather Round. The Eagles turned in their best quarter of the season in the second term, kicking five goals to go into the long break with a rare lead, but the Swans were able to step up in the second half and put the result beyond doubt. Skipper Liam Duggan had 30 touches and 12 marks and Harley Reid put his hand up for a Rising Star nomination with 18 eye-catching possessions and a goal.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		2.0.12		7.6.48		8.7.55		11.12.78
Sydney		3.5.23		6.7.43		10.10.70		15.14.104

Goals: Cripps, Waterman 2, Hunt, Kelly, Long, Maric, Petruccelle, H.Reid, J.Williams

Best: Duggan, Yeo, B.Williams, Waterman, H.Reid

Injuries: L.Edwards (hamstring), Maric (ribs)

Subsititutes: (WCE) Rawlinson for L.Edwards (hamstring) in the second term; (SYD) Mitchell for Adams in the fourth term

Milestones: Rawlinson AFL debut

Jumper: Retro, blue shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Sydney
B:	40.Jamieson	37.Barrass	19.Hough	B:	44.Lloyd	30.McCartin	43.Melican
HB:	14.Duggan	20.McGovern	28.Cole	HB:	34.Roberts	22.Blakey	13.Florent
C:	16.L.Edwards	7.Ginbey	15.Cripps	C:	21.Gulden	1.Ch.Warner	17.Jordon
HF:	21.Petruccelle	2.Waterman	13.Long	HF:	9.Hayward	6.McDonald	3.Adams
F:	41.Maric	27.Darling	9.H.Reid	F:	11.Papley	36.Amartey	42.Fox
R:	32.B.Williams	6.Yeo	11.Kelly	R:	4.Grundy	5.Heeney	8.Rowbottom
I:	5.Hunt	18.Chesser	34.J.Williams	I:	7.Cunningham	27.McInerney	16.Campbell
	35.Rotham	36.Rawlinson			35.Mitchell	2.McLean
E:	3.Gaff	31.Jones	43.Dewar	E:	19.Ladhams	37.Co.Warner	10.Francis

In: Rotham, Rawlinson

Out: Brockman (concussion protocols), Jones

New: Loch Rawlinson (Sturt)

From the coach

"Small wins, it’s not that we’ve been underperforming, but some of our game over the last three rounds we could have done better. So we still chase the same things, but we got a bit more reward today. Our ball movement looked a little bit better, but our pressure, something we’ve tried really hard to do over the course of preseason, I thought that allowed us to bring a bit more heat in our team defence. It’s just where the comp is at at the moment, you’ve got to be good at the contest, pressure and all those sort of things. We didn’t really talk about our scoring, because that’s the biproduct of other parts of your game. Really pleased that we won the ground balls, inside 50s again, we had 53. What’s been strong has been our clearances, and we got beaten in that area. In the end, you’ve got to be good at everything to win. Up for the fight though, I don’t think the guys are high fiving in there, but I think we can start to see a tiny bit of our identity and get a little bit of reward for the work they’re putting in.

"...I think we’re starting to see really good glimpses of Harley. He just wants to be part of the team. He wants to win. He wants to play with his mates. So, no extra stuff when he kicks a goal, it’s just good play. When Crippa kicked that goal in the last two minutes, the celebration was the same. The kids playing well is great for everyone to see, so when we see that I think we all celebrate that, and Harley is just part of that."

Reserves

Round 2 (6 April)

West Coast's reserves fell to a heavy loss to South Fremantle. Despite fielding a strong lineup including 12 AFL-listed players, the Eagles were unable to stop Souths from scoring freely, giving up 13 goals in the first half to slump to an 88-point defeat. Zane Trew kicked a goal from 25 disposals and Tyrell Dewar kept pressing his claim for a senior debut with two second-half goals.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		2.1.13		5.2.32		5.5.35		8.7.55
South Fremantle		6.4.40		13.6.84		16.9.105		22.11.143

Goals: Dewar, Lucassen 2, Barker, Culley, Ruscoe, Trew

Best: Sparks, Gaff, Hall, Trew, Johnston, Witherden

Injuries: tbc

Reports: H.Edwards for rough conduct on D.Main

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	64.Mercer	42.H.Edwards	54.Barker
HB:	38.Baker	23.Witherden	56.Creasey
C:	4.Sheed	51.Sparks	24.Johnston
HF:	70.Lucassen	75.Eastough	71.Sambo
F:	49.Culley	50.Ruscoe	39.Livingstone
R:	30.Barnett	29.Hall	26.Trew
I:	55.Gillbee	63.Hansen	61.McCarthy
	60.Mouritz
E:	62.Alone	80.Charles	65.Hutchinson
	76.Lloyd

In: Sheed, Culley, Johnston, Mouritz

Out: Gaff, Rawlinson, Rotham, Dewar (AFL)

Late changes: Gaff, Dewar for McCarthy, Mouritz

New: Harvey Johnston (Sandringham Dragons)

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
Hewett		Foot		Post-bye
Allen		Knee		8-9 weeks
Bazzo		Groin		6-7 weeks
Flynn		Hamstring tendon		5-7 weeks
Burgiel		Appendix		4-6 weeks
A.Reid		Knee		2-3 weeks
Brockman		Concussion protocols		1-2 weeks
Ryan		Hamstring		1 week
Sheed		Foot		Available
Culley		Knee		Available

References

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2024/161820240406.html