Round 5 2003

Fremantle v West Coast
Round 5, 2003

The winning side with the trophy. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 27 April 2003 (1:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

41,654

Result

Won by 35

Score

WCE 16.12.108 - 10.13.73 FRE

Brownlow

3 B.Cousins (WCE)
2 C.Fletcher (WCE)
1 M.Gardiner (WCE)

Ladder

3rd

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West Coast brought back memories of some of their early dominant performances against the new kids in town, with an aggressive display leading to a comfortable 35 point win in Ben Cousins' 250th game. Michael Gardiner and Chad Fletcher continued their good starts to the season, the latter racking up 27 touches and 3 goals. The post-match celebrations stirred up controversy when Ashley Sampi was voted the winner of the Ross Glendinning Medal, only for Glendinning himself to overrule the voters and award the medal to Gardiner.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Fremantle		2.1.13		4.3.27		8.7.55		10.13.73
West Coast		5.4.34		8.9.57		12.10.82		16.12.108

Goals: Sampi 4, Fletcher 3, Haynes, Matera 2, Cox, Embley, Jakovich, Judd, Read

Best: Fletcher, Embley, Gardiner, Cousins, Sampi, Judd

Injuries: Kerr (ankle)

Milestones: Cousins 150th game, Johnson AFL debut and only appearance

Named sides

	West Coast				Fremantle
B:	5.Morrison	11.McIntosh	6.Banfield	B:	23.Parker	12.Polak	14.Grover
HB:	39.Hunter	46.Carroll	17.Chick	HB:	43.Hayden	29.Pavlich	19.Walker
C:	3.Judd	9.Cousins	32.Embley	C:	8.McManus	32.Bell	10.Cook
HF:	44.Wirrpanda	27.Jakovich	18.Jones	HF:	11.Headland	20.J.Longmuir	34.Medhurst
F:	33.Ph.Matera	38.Haynes	20.Cox	F:	26.Waterhouse	24.Croad	33.Farmer
R:	1.Gardiner	4.Kerr	7.Fletcher	R:	2.Simmonds	9.Carr	4.Hasleby
I:	35.Green	24.Read	10.Braun	I:	28.Koops	6.Woods	39.Haines
	28.Sampi				42.Haddrill
E:	42.Johnson	13.Wooden	8.Humm	E:	3.Schammer	22.Thornton	31.Sandilands

In: Green, Read

Out: Glass, Wooden

Late change: Johnson for Wirrpanda (hamstring)

New: Paul Johnson (Dandenong Stingrays/Frankston YCW)

From the papers

The Age

"The Worsfold battle plan was clear: stop Fremantle from tagging Ben Cousins while at the same time shutting down Matthew Pavlich.

The plan to free up Cousins from the harassment of Fremantle's Matthew Carr involved a vital contribution from Eagles' tagger Rowan Jones. At every stoppage, Jones got between Carr and Cousins to give the Eagles' skipper an unhindered run at the ball on most occasions.

While Cousins was being freed up, Daniel Chick was doing a terrific job of tagging Pavlich.

Pavlich, Fremantle's most influential player, did not get a touch in the first quarter. By half-time, when the Eagles held a 30-point lead, his tally had risen to seven. But he was having little influence on the game as a midfielder."<ref>John McGrath & Craig O'Donoghue, The Age (28 April 2003), "Woosha's battle plan pays off": http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=sampi+and+waterhouse&pb=age&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AGE030428MAB0G2O91J5</ref?

Players in the WAFL

Round 6 (25-26 April)

Swan Districts (Munro, Hansen) vs Subiaco (Nicoski)

Perth (Adkins, McDougall, Glass) vs East Perth (Selwood, Wilson, Humm, Beeck)

Peel vs West Perth (Chambers, Seaby, Lynch, Edwards)

East Fremantle (Collica, Staker) vs Claremont

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2003/081820030427.html