Round 5 2024

West Coast v Richmond
Round 5, 2024

Reid in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 14 April 2024 (2.00pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

47,665

Result

Won by 39

Score

WCE 16.13.109 - 10.10.70 RIC

Brownlow

3 J.Waterman (WCE)
2 T.Kelly (WCE)
1 E.Yeo (WCE)

Ladder

16th

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West Coast broke through for their first win of 2024, recording a stirring 39-point victory over injury-plagued Richmond. The Eagles started poorly, giving up the first four goals to the visiting Richmond, but switched into gear late in the first term with three late goals, before piling on eight in the second term to put the match in their keeping. Jake Waterman kicked a career-high six goals and Elliot Yeo showed the player West Coast had been missing during his injury worries with 15 clearances and two goals.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		3.1.19		11.2.68		15.8.98		16.13.109
Richmond		4.3.27		7.7.49		8.8.56		10.10.70

Goals: Waterman 6, Cripps, Petruccelle, Yeo 2, Chesser, Darling, H.Reid, J.Williams

Best: Yeo, Waterman, Kelly, H.Reid, Duggan Petruccelle

Injuries: L.Edwards (concussion)

Substitutes: (WCE) Maric for L.Edwards (concussion) in the second term; (RIC) Sonsie for Short (calf) in the second term

Milestones: H.Reid Rising Star nomination

Jumper: Home, blue shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Richmond
B:	28.Cole	37.Barrass	35.Rotham	B:	45.Young	35.Broad	1.Vlastuin
HB:	19.Hough	20.McGovern	14.Duggan	HB:	15.Short	30.Brown	17.D.Rioli
C:	5.Hunt	11.Kelly	7.Ginbey	C:	33.McIntosh	34.Graham	50.Pickett
HF:	15.Cripps	2.Waterman	13.Long	HF:	44.Campbell	31.Mansell	10.M.Rioli
F:	34.J.Williams	27.Darling	21.Petruccelle	F:	20.Koschitzke	29.Bolton	4.Martin
R:	32.B.Williams	6.Yeo	9.H.Reid	R:	25.Nankervis	7.Baker	27.Dow
I:	10.Brockman	16.L.Edwards	18.Chesser	I:	40.Sonsie	42.Lefau	46.Miller
	40.Jamieson	41.Maric			13.Ralphsmith	28.McAuliffe
E:	3.Gaff	23.Witherden	36.Rawlinson	E:	48.Green	24.Naismith	41.Banks

In: Brockman

Out: Rawlinson

Late change: Witherden for Jamieson (hamstring)

From the coach

"I think the mids in general really stood up, but Harley had a good day. Hopefully he gets that Rising Star nomination, but we’ll just keep trying to manage him as best we can. He’s a great kid, he works really hard, and he wants to get better, and dealing with the attention is just something we’re trying to help him with at the moment too. He’s so humble with how he goes about things.

"....[Waterman] got rewarded today, I think we had 61 inside 50s, we had a really good supply and he took some really good marks for us. He got on the end of it, I’m really proud of what he’s come back from. It’s hard to isolate one or two individuals when what we’re trying to do is do it as one and do it together, which we did today.

"We haven’t deviated too much about what we’re trying to chase. We want to be better in the contest, more supply, we want pressure to be at a good level, and the ball movement stuff we haven’t really touched on too much. Until we get these other things right, we cant really get to that. We got that right and thing things worked out offensively. There’s a lot of work to do, we’re not delusional, we’ve got Fremantle in six days. But today was a step forward for the club so that’s important as well."

Reserves

Round 3 (14 April)

West Coast's reserves scored a stunning upset win over reigning premiers East Fremantle. Riding the longest losing streak in WAFL history, the Eagles matched it with Old Easts throughout the match and took a narrow lead into the final change, holding off a late Sharks charge as Andries Mercer kicked the sealer to give West Coast their first win since the 2022 season. Dom Sheed showed he was ready to return to the senior side with a team-high 25 disposals while Zane Trew had 24 touches and six tackles to continue his good form.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		2.7.19		6.10.46		10.13.73		13.17.95
East Fremantle		5.2.32		9.3.57		11.5.71		14.7.91

Goals: Ruscoe 3, Johnston 2, Culley, Dewar, Eastough, Gillbee, Hall, Lucassen, Mercer, Trew

Best: Ruscoe, Trew, Gaff, Sheed, Ryan, Jones

Injuries: tbc

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	54.Barker	64.Mercer	60.Mouritz
HB:	38.Baker	1.Ryan	31.Jones
C:	4.Sheed	71.Sambo	24.Johnston
HF:	70.Lucassen	50.Ruscoe	43.Dewar
F:	75.Eastough	49.Culley	30.Barnett
R:	39.Livingstone	29.Hall	26.Trew
I:	72.Armstrong	56.Creasey	55.Gillbee
	51.Sparks
E:	80.Charles	63.Hansen	76.Lloyd
	66.L.Yeo

In: Jones, Ryan, Mouritz, Armstrong

Out: Gaff, Witherden (AFL), H.Edwards (susp), Hansen

Late changes: Gaff for Armstrong

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		7-8 weeks
Bazzo		Groin		5-6 weeks
Flynn		Hamstring tendon		5-6 weeks
Burgiel		Appendix		1-2 weeks
A.Reid		Knee		1-2 weeks
H.Edwards		Suspension (WAFL)		1 week
L.Edwards		Hamstring		Test
Maric		Ribs		Test
Brockman		Concussion protocols		Available
Ryan		Hamstring		Available

References

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/5940

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2024/141820240414.html