Round 5 2023

Geelong v West Coast
Round 5, 2023

Ginbey kicks his first goal. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 16 April 2023 (1.10pm CST)

Venue

Adelaide Oval

Attendance

30,120

Result

Lost by 47

Score

GEE 21.10.136 - 13.11.89

Brownlow

Ladder

17th

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West Coast suffered a heavy defeat to reigning premiers Geelong in Adelaide in the inaugural "Gather Round", but the result could have been much worse after Geelong kicked 12 straight goals during the first half and led by as much as 77 points before the Eagles staged a fightback. Jamaine Jones was impressive with 25 touches from the backline, while Jake Waterman equalled his career-high with four goals from 20 possessions and Oscar Allen also finished with four.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Geelong		5.3.33		14.5.89		19.7.121		21.10.136
West Coast		2.3.15		3.7.25		9.8.62		13.11.89

Goals: Allen, Waterman 4, Darling 2, Ginbey, Petrevski-Seton, Petruccelle

Best: Waterman, Allen, Jones, Kelly, Duggan

Injuries: Yeo (groin)

Substitutes: (WCE) West for Ginbey (managed) in the third term; (GEE) Parfitt for Stengle (wrist) at half-time

Jumper: Home, blue shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Geelong
B:	23.Witherden	37.Barrass	14.Duggan	B:	16.De Koning	17.Ratugolea	2.Tuohy
HB:	31.Jones	35.Rotham	5.Hunt	HB:	8.Kolodjashnij	44.Stewart	39.Z.Guthrie
C:	39.Clark	11.Kelly	3.Gaff	C:	7.Smith	46.Blicavs	22.Duncan
HF:	44.Long	27.Darling	16.L.Edwards	HF:	18.Stengle	26.Hawkins	5.Cameron
F:	10.Petrevski-Seton	12.Allen	2.Waterman	F:	36.O.Henry	35.Dangerfield	45.Close
R:	32.B.Williams	6.Yeo	7.Ginbey	R:	1.Stanley	29.C.Guthrie	9.Holmes
I:	19.Hough	21.Petruccelle	24.O'Neill	I:	12.Bowes	32.Miers	42.O'Connor
	49.Culley				30.Atkins
E:	26.Trew	29.Foley	36.West	E:	37.Simpson	4.Bruhn	10.Knevitt
	33.Bazzo*				3.Parfitt

(*Bazzo replaced H.Edwards in the emergencies)

In: Witherden, Petruccelle, O'Neill, Rotham (sub)

Out: Cole (ankle), Hurn (managed), Hewett, West

Quarter by quarter

Both sides went in as named, with West and Brandan Parfitt starting as subs. The match in fine sunshine.

From the coach

"I think we started well, what's frustrating is, you know, our good's pretty good and our bad, it's really bad. So, to come against the premiers, and, you know, second half, we win, which is great. But the discrepancy between our best and worst is something really, we've really got to work on, because we couldn't stop the bleeding and be like probably Hawthorn last week, in that second quarter, end of the first and largely due to stoppages and clearance and scores from stoppages. So, we did a couple of things at halftime work, that stopped the bleeding a little bit, and then the turnover game, we were okay, you know, we held our own. So, there's some stuff that we'll take from a positive point of view, but we've got to stop the bleeding a bit better than that.

"It was heading that way (to a 100-point loss), wasn't it? So yeah, there's a resilience piece with our players that you can clearly see. But that doesn't excuse the position we've put ourselves in. So, I've said this a bit, it feels like there's something there that we can work on. But the last couple of weeks in particularly we have played two premiership favourites, and probably just shows you where we're at, in terms of where they are and where we are. And then I'll look at the other side and think geez, there was some periods of the game where we held our own. So, to do it in the last half, is pleasing because it's been a while since we've done that.

"...I don't think we went to sleep. I think we're playing a team that has 20 premiership players in it from last year. I think that's disrespecting Geelong a little bit. They went to a level we couldn't keep up with, which I think that's a fair assessment. And we need to find ways to get back into the game at least breakeven, not just concede. The last two weeks have been a real challenge with the two teams we played. But, you know, there's eight quarters of footy, there's probably three or four out of those eight where we walk away thinking these are some things that we'll use going forward and then there's three or four quarters which weren't good enough."

From the papers

The West Australian

"After being held goalless by makeshift key defender Elliot Yeo in the opening term, Cameron got off the leash with four majors in the second quarter, including three in four minutes. He didn't add to that tally from there but fellow Coleman Medal winner Hawkins (four) and small forward Brad Close (four) were also prominent in attack.

Yeo was moved into the midfield in the third quarter which saw Ginbey, who started on Dangerfield, spend some time on Cameron before Alex Witherden took over.

After just three disposals in the first quarter-and-half thanks to a Tom Atkins tag, in-form West Coast midfielder Tim Kelly turned it on after half-time to inspire his team's five-goal run in the third. He finished with 22 diposals and 11 tackles."

The Age

"Geelong bulged their 18-point quarter-time edge into a 64-point cushion at half-time.

At one stage the Cats had five goals on the board in the second term, by which time West Coast had chalked up only six disposals in total.

Zach Tuohy serenely baulked past Tom Barrass, casually took a bounce and curled through a marvellous major to the River End, before Cameron, nailed the first of his four – all scored in that quarter.

Kelly broke the shackles after the long break, while Allen and Waterman continued to make life difficult for Geelong’s defenders to pilot West Coast’s valiant but always forlorn fightback."

Reserves

Round 2 (15 April)

West Coast's reserves, severely depleted by injury, suffered one of the all-time thrashings at the hands of reigning premiers West Perth in Joondalup. With the senior side suffering an injury crisis and Harry Edwards (wrist) and Isiah Winder (knee) ruled out in the lead-up, the Eagles suffered the further losses of Elijah Hewett and Harry Creasey to ankle injuries in the opening stages, with the Falcons taking full advantage to pile on a rarely-seen score of over 200.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Perth		7.3.45		17.5.107		23.11.149		34.13.217
West Coast		0.0.0		3.2.20		5.3.33		7.6.48

Goals: Lucassen 2, Barnett, Deegan, Dewar, Downsborough, Eastough

Best: Nelson, Deegan, Lucassen, Trew, Burgiel

Injuries: Hewett (ankle), Creasey (ankle), A.Waterman (leg)

Reports: Levien for rough conduct on C.Lynch

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	67.O'Sullivan	33.Bazzo	63.Hansen
HB:	45.Burgiel	56.Creasey	54.Browne
C:	70.Lucassen	48.Nelson	80.Sambo
HF:	60.Deegan	43.Dewar	55.A.Waterman
F:	68.Watson	75.Eastough	62.Downsborough
R:	30.Barnett	58.Levien	8.Hewett
I:	73.J.Edwards	76.Lloyd	64.Mercer
	59.Nitschke
E:	65.Stevens

In: Hewett, O'Sullivan, Downsborough, Lloyd, Mercer

Out: Petruccelle, O'Neill, Trew (AFL), Winder (knee), Henderson (ankle)

Late changes: Trew for J.Edwards

New: Jack Downsborough (Burracoppin), Elijah Hewett (Swan Districts), Rhett Lloyd (Wembley), Jack O'Sullivan (Swan Districts)

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
McGovern		Hamstring		TBC
Ryan		Hamstring		TBC
Cripps		Ankle		TBC
Naitanui		Achilles		TBC
Chesser		Knee		TBC
J.Williams		Ruptured spleen		5-6 weeks
Shuey		Hamstring		1-2 week
Jamieson		Ankle		1-2 weeks
Baker		Conditioning		Unavailable
Witherden		Concussion		Test
Sheed		Throat		Test
H.Edwards		Ankle		Test