Round 5 2012

Richmond v West Coast
Round 5, 2012

The win was marred by a serious ankle injury to Kennedy. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 29 April 2012 (3:15 PM EST)

Venue

Docklands

Attendance

28,464

Result

Won by 10

Score

WCE 16.11.107 - 14.13.97 RIC

Brownlow

3 D.Martin (RIC)
2 J.Darling (WCE)
1 A.Gaff (WCE)

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Pushed all day by a determined Richmond outfit and behind at times during the final quarter, West Coast eventually prevailed by 10 points. Youngsters Andrew Gaff and Jack Darling shone with 30 possessions and 4 goals respectively, but the result was marred by injuries to key position players Josh Kennedy and Mitch Brown.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Richmond		4.2.26		9.4.58		12.9.81		14.13.97
West Coast		5.3.33		11.6.72		12.11.83		16.11.107

Goals: Darling 4, Hill 3, Hams, Lynch, Masten 2, Cox, Kennedy, S.Selwood

Best: Kerr, Naitanui, Darling, Priddis, Gaff, S.Selwood

Injuries: Brown (eye), Kennedy (ankle)

Reports: Schofield for striking Riewoldt

Sub: A.Selwood for Brown (eye) at quarter time

Named sides

	West Coast				Richmond
B:	16.MacKenzie	23.Glass	37.A.Selwood	B:	38.Morris	18.Rance	17.Newman
HB:	8.Waters	31.Schofield	25.Hurn	HB:	14.Houli	2.Grimes	11.Batchelor
C:	3.Gaff	11.Priddis	24.Rosa	C:	6.Grigg	4.Martin	23.Jackson
HF:	7.Masten	21.Lynch	27.Darling	HF:	3.Deledio	13.Miller	41.Foley
F:	20.Cox	17.Kennedy	43.Hams	F:	30.Conca	8.Riewoldt	26.Nahas
R:	9.Naitanui	10.S.Selwood	4.Kerr	R:	20.Maric	9.Cotchin	21.Tuck
I:	26.Butler	28.Smith	13.Shuey	I:	35.White	29.Vickery	7.Dea
	33.Hill				42.Ellis
E:	1.Brown	15.Swift	35.McGinnity	E:	25.Graham	24.Griffiths	46.Webberley

In: Butler

Out: McGinnity

Late change: Brown for MacKenzie (ear infection)

From the coach

"I was concerned it was going to be a tight, tough game to the finish, yeah. Well, I wasn't concerned, I thought that was going to be the case and one team was going to end up in front. We had to back our boys in that they knew what to do in different circumstances and I thought they did that really well.

"I certainly think that (poise) is part of it. There's a lot of things going through their mind at that time and, again, depending on where the contest is on the ground, what their aims are, what they're trying to do with the ball. So we made some really good decisions in there, and there's areas we think we didn't take the right decision. But overall, in that real crunch time, I think they did pretty well.

"...I'm fairly happy, just some of our ball use has cost us, catching us off guard and giving easy turnovers to the opposition. That's an area we want to get a little bit better at and, overall, defensively I think we can still improve. I don't think we've been as good as we were last year there, and we're aware of that."

From the papers

The West Australian

"After just three minutes, they had unanswered goals on the board by Ivan Maric and Dustin Martin and Tiger fans were dream weaving once again as their tight defensive structures seemed to be worrying the unsettled and unsure visitors.

But in a five-minute burst, the Eagles banged through three of their own to take charge.

Although Richmond held a clear edge in the clearances and had Trent Cotchin and Shaun Grigg starring through the middle, they had lapses in defence and faced a seven-point deficit at the first break.

Several times in the second quarter West Coast looked set to break away as Priddis, Gaff and Kerr started to give their tall forwards the type of supply that the Tigers would always struggle to handle."

The Age

"First-half injuries to defender Mitchell Brown (head knock, subbed off) and full-forward Josh Kennedy, who returned to the field after rolling an ankle, limited West Coast's rotations in the second half.

Richmond led by five points 12 minutes into the last quarter but Priddis produced some creative handballs to set up goals for Chris Masten and Scott Selwood.

A huge mark on the wing by West Coast hard man Beau Waters with a minute left was followed by a goal to Darling which sealed the result."

Herald-Sun

"After a match which ebbed and flowed with both teams dominant at various stages, Richmond seven times drew level with the classy Eagles, but only managed to hit the front once, albeit briefly, after leading at the 20-minute mark of the first term.

And with the out-of-form but absolutely desperate Jack Riewoldt throwing his body wildly at contests throughout the fiercely fought closing quarter, there was always a sense that the 2010 Coleman medallist would put an heroic exclamation point on another terrific Tiger effort.

But he couldn't clunk one in the final minutes and when Beau Waters staked his claim for mark of the year with a towering speccy as the ball rebounded, the Eagles stood firm to maintain their unbeaten start to the season."

WAFL results

Round 7 (28 April)

West Perth (Strijk) vs Peel (Lycett, Wilson)

East Fremantle (Sheppard, Brennan) vs South Fremantle

Subiaco vs East Perth

Swan Districts (Newman) vs Perth (McInnes, Tunbridge)

Foxtel Cup (28 April)

Claremont (McGinnity, Stevenson, Weedon, Neates, Hamp, McGovern) vs West Adelaide

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
LeCras		Knee		Season
Embley		Shoulder		12-14 weeks
Nicoski		Hamstring		10-12 weeks
Dalziell		Knee		8-10 weeks
Shuey		AC joint		Test

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2012/141820120429.html

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2012/5/rich-v-wce