West Coast overcame a spate of injuries during the game to cruise to victory against Sydney and continue their strong start to the season. The Swans went into the game without a recognized ruckman and Dean Cox took full advantage to record 47 hitouts, with captain Ben Cousins ruling the roost in midfield with 29 touches and 3 goals.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 1.2.8 | 7.5.47 | 12.10.82 | 15.14.104 | ||||
| Sydney | 1.6.12 | 4.6.30 | 6.9.45 | 8.11.59 |
Goals: Cousins, Matera 3, Sampi 2, Adkins, Cox, Embley, Glass, Judd, Lynch, Stenglein
Best: Cousins, Judd, Cox, Embley, Braun, Wirrpanda
Injuries: Fletcher (concussion), Gardiner (knee), Seaby (hamstring)
Milestones: Adkins 50th AFL game
Records: WCE 13th straight win at Subiaco (new club record)
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Sydney | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 17.Chick | 23.Glass | 38.B.Jones | B: | 28.Crouch | 6.C.Bolton | 24.Dempster |
| HB: | 6.Banfield | 39.Hunter | 5.Stenglein | HB: | 21.Barry | 30.Roberts-Thomson | 17.Kennelly |
| C: | 44.Wirrpanda | 9.Cousins | 10.Braun | C: | 23.Nicks | 11.Maxfield | 20.Ablett |
| HF: | 32.Embley | 29.Hansen | 28.Sampi | HF: | 5.O'Keefe | 37.Goodes | 42.Bevan |
| F: | 33.Matera | 21.Lynch | 14.Seaby | F: | 8.Spriggs | 1.Hall | 19.O'Loughlin |
| R: | 20.Cox | 3.Judd | 7.Fletcher | R: | 16.Jolly | 31.Kirk | 24.J.Bolton |
| I: | 1.Gardiner | 16.Adkins | 26.Butler | I: | 32.Buchanan | 2.N.Davis | 3.McVeigh |
| 37.Selwood | 13.Schneider | ||||||
| E: | 31.Nicoski | 48.Graham | 25.McConnell | E: | 40.Malceski | 33.Moore | 25.Schauble |
No change
Late change: (SYD) Schauble for Jolly (suspended)
From the papers[]
The West Australian[]
"West Coast came out and kicked five third-quarter goals to ice the match. There was no drop in intensity from the Swans, but no lift in skill level either and it killed them.
Once again the old wives' tale that wet weather brings a good team down to a mediocre team's level was exposed as a myth.
The greasy conditions and steady rain at Subiaco only exaggerated the gap in class between the sides.
Cousins produced another four quarters of even, hard-running football and capped his work with three goals."[1]
Players in the WAFL[]
Round 7 (30 April)
East Perth (Humm, McConnell) vs Perth
Peel (Rosa, Thornton) vs East Fremantle (Staker, Green)
Claremont vs Swan Districts (Edwards)
West Perth (LeCras, Sharp) vs Subiaco (Wooden)
Bye: South Fremantle
Injury list[]
In the lead-up to the round the following players were listed as injured:
| Player | Injury | Expected duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith | Knee | Season | ||||
| Gaspar | Foot | Indefinite | ||||
| Waters | Groin | 12 weeks | ||||
| Beeck | Finger | 6 weeks | (On LTI list, replaced by Graham) | |||
| Kerr | Calf | Test |
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2005/161820050430.html
- ↑ Mark Duffield, The West Australian (2 May 2005, p. GAM6), "Eagles switch on Ferrari midfield"
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