Round 5 2022

West Coast v Sydney
Round 5, 2022

Ryan flies for a mark. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Fri, 15 April 2022 (5.40pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

42,888

Result

Lost by 63

Score

SYD 18.13.121 - 9.4.58 WCE

Brownlow

3 C.Mills (SYD)
2 P.Ladhams (SYD)
1 L.Parker (SYD)

Ladder

16th

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West Coast were humiliated by the Swans in a Good Friday night clash at Perth Stadium. The home side were beaten inside and outside and held scoreless until almost time-on in the second term and had just two goals by half-time, with the second half reduced to an exercise in limiting the damage. Liam Duggan had 25 touches alternating between defence and midfield and Liam Ryan kicked three goals from limited opportunities.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		0.0.0		2.0.12		4.3.27		9.4.58
Sydney		5.4.34		10.10.70		11.12.78		18.13.121

Goals: Ryan 3, Kennedy 2, Cripps, Darling, Redden, B.Williams

Best: Duggan, Redden, Naish, Ryan, Witherden

Injuries: Yeo (head knock), Rioli (leg)

Substitutes: (WCE) Waterman, not used; (SYD) Kennedy, not used

Milestones: Cripps 200th AFL game

Jumper: Home, blue shorts)

Named sides

	West Coast				Sydney
B:	25.Hurn	37.Barrass	35.Rotham	B:	16.Campbell	30.T.McCartin	24.Rampe
HB:	23.Witherden	42.H.Edwards	14.Duggan	HB:	44.Lloyd	39.P.McCartin	22.Blakey
C:	8.Redden	11.Kelly	43.Naish	C:	27.McInerney	26.Parker	13.Florent
HF:	44.Rioli	27.Darling	15.Cripps	HF:	21.Gulden	20.Reid	8.Rowbottom
F:	31.Jones	17.Kennedy	1.Ryan	F:	9.Hayward	6.McDonald	2.McLean
R:	32.B.Williams	6.Yeo	13.Shuey	R:	19.Ladhams	14.Mills	5.Heeney
I:	7.Langdon	29.Foley	30.Nelson	I:	7.Cunningham	1.Ch.Warner	25.Ronke
	41.Dixon				32.Bell
E:	2.Waterman	10.Petrevski-Seton	19.Hough	E:	12.Kennedy	36.Amartey	34.Roberts
	24.O'Neill				3.Stephens

In: B.Williams, Shuey, H.Edwards, Kelly, Yeo, Cripps, Rotham (medical sub)

Out: Naitanui (knee), L.Edwards (groin), McGovern (health and safety protocols), West (inj), O'Neill, Waterman, Hough

Quarter by quarter

Both sides went in as named. The game was played in fine and calm conditions.

From the papers

The West Australian

"It was about returning stars being rusty, with Luke Shuey having just one touch for the (first) term and Elliot Yeo going without a possession.

But it was also about the stars they missed.

In the absence of Jeremy McGovern, Harry Edwards got out-marked twice as Logan McDonald and McLean kicked two goals each while Peter Ladhams led a total dominance of the ruck in the absence of Nic Naitanui leading to a 13-5 hit-out count.

When Justin McInerney kicked his first goal, Sydney's 10th, towards the tail end of the first half, he had three involvements in the play down Optus Stadium's southern wing and no Eagle could run with him. When Heeney had kicked his first minutes earlier it was the same story."

The Age

"It wasn’t until almost 18 minutes into the second quarter that the Eagles finally registered their first score, breaking Sydney’s chain of eight unanswered goals – and it was pure charity, with Liam Ryan conning the umpire into awarding him a free kick, which he converted for one of his three goals, by exaggerating contact from Dane Rampe.

At the long break, the margin was 58 points, but the 39-10 count for inside 50s – the biggest half-time differential the AFL has seen since 2018 – suggested the scoreboard might have actually flattered the hosts.

As expected, West Coast tightened the screws when they emerged from what must have been an unflattering team talk from coach Adam Simpson, and outscored Sydney in the third quarter. But in the final term, they let themselves down again, enabling the Swans to pile on another seven goals. A few junk-time goals in response made it look much better than it really was for West Coast."

Reserves

Round 1 (16 April)

West Coast's reserves opened their season with a heartbreaking loss to Perth. The Eagles started brightly but Perth worked their way back to have the game at level pegging by the main break, and the two sides traded blows in the second half, with a big final quarter by Fraser McInnes getting the Demons over the line, as the Eagles squandered several last-minute chances. Xavier O'Neill responded to being dropped with a team-high 27 possessions while Jake Waterman kicked two goals and took 12 marks.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Perth		0.3.3		3.5.23		5.6.36		9.8.62
West Coast		3.1.19		3.5.23		7.8.50		8.12.60

Goals: Waterman, J.Williams 2, Jamieson, McCarthy, O'Neill, L.Young

Best: O'Neill, Browne, Strnadica, Waterman, Sumich, Deegan

Injuries: Nil

Reports: Creasey for rough conduct against B.Ainsworth

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	61.McCarthy	40.Jamieson	56.Creasey
HB:	63.Hansen	50.Sumich	54.Browne
C:	61.Deegan	39.Clark	53.Henderson
HF:	34.J.Williams	57.Burke	51.L.Young
F:	48.Kemp	74.Strnadica	55.A.Ryan
R:	68.Watson	58.Levien	22.Winder
I:	64.Mercer	59.Nitschke	70.Paunich
	71.B.Young
E:	75.Eastough	73.J.Edwards	49.Johnstone
	25.Pickett

Late changes: Hough, O'Neill, Petrevski-Seton, Waterman for Mercer, Nitschke, Paunich, B.Young

New: Josh Browne (East Fremantle), Josh Burke (Cunderdin), Greg Clark (Subiaco), Harry Creasey (Bunbury), Mitch Henderson (Perth), Brady Hough (Peel Thunder), Jed Kemp (Subiaco), John Levien (Cunderdin), Darby McCarthy (Perth), Sam Petrevski-Seton (Carlton), Ambrose Ryan (East Fremantle), Luke Strnadica (East Fremantle), Jack Williams (East Fremantle), Logan Young (Sandringham Dragons)

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
Cole		Ankle		Indefinite		(On inactive list)
Chesser		Ankle		Indefinite		(On inactive list)
Naitanui		Knee		TBC
L.Edwards		Groin		TBC
Sheed		Ankle		4 weeks
Joyce		Ankle		3-4 weeks
Allen		Foot		2 weeks
Gaff		Ankle		1-2 weeks
Trew		Shin		1 week
Cripps		Pectoral		Test
Kelly		Hamstring		Test
Clark		Shoulder		Test
Petrevski-Seton		Calf		Test

References

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/3847