Round 6 2022

Port Adelaide v West Coast
Round 6, 2022

Kelly given no space. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 23 April 2022 (4.05pm CST)

Venue

Adelaide Oval

Attendance

28,587

Result

Lost by 84

Score

PA 18.9.117 - 4.9.33 WCE

Brownlow

3 O.Wines (PA)
2 C.Rozee (PA)
1 T.Marshall (PA)

Ladder

17th

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West Coast slumped to a low ebb, badly beaten by the previously winless Power in Adelaide in a second-straight match decided before half-time. The Eagles kicked a goal in the opening minute of the match but couldn't manage another until the final term as a horror 2022 season continued. Tim Kelly had 31 touches and Alex Witherden had a game-high 34.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Port Adelaide		1.2.8		8.5.53		11.8.74		18.9.117
West Coast		1.2.8		1.4.10		1.8.14		4.9.33

Goals: Cripps, Darling, Kennedy, Ryan

Best: Witherden, Kelly, Shuey

Injuries: Yeo (concussion)

Substitutes: (WCE) Langdon for Yeo (concussion) in the second term; (PA) Jones for Gray (knee) in the third term

Milestones: Strnadica AFL debut

Records: WCE lowest score vs Port Adelaide

Jumper: Away, white shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Port Adel
B:	25.Hurn	37.Barrass	23.Witherden	B:	3.Burton	21.Aliir	17.Clurey
HB:	30.Nelson	42.H.Edwards	14.Duggan	HB:	14.Bergman	1.Jones	33.Byrne-Jones
C:	8.Redden	11.Kelly	43.Naish	C:	5.Houston	28.Drew	26.Bonner
HF:	44.Rioli	27.Darling	15.Cripps	HF:	18.Butters	19.Georgiades	20.Rozee
F:	2.Waterman	17.Kennedy	1.Ryan	F:	9.Gray	4.Marshall	2.Powell-Pepper
R:	32.B.Williams	6.Yeo	13.Shuey	R:	25.Hayes	16.Wines	10.Boak
I:	24.O'Neill	29.Foley	36.West	I:	24.Farrell	43.Dumont	6.Motlop
	45.Strnadica				11.Finlayson
E:	7.Langdon	22.Winder	35.Rotham	E:	15.Amon	41.McEntee	32.Mayes
	31.Jones				34.Jones

In: Waterman, O'Neill, West, Strnadica

Out: Dixon (calf), Langdon, Jones, Rotham

Late change: (PA) Amon for Bergman (ill)

New: Luke Strnadica (East Fremantle)

Quarter by quarter

Port Adelaide were forced into a late change with Miles Bergman taken ill, earning Karl Amon a reprieve.

From the coach

"“Obviously nowhere near at the standard at the moment. Inability to sustain effort, intensity and workrate’s not there at the moment, and supply is our biggest issue. The first quarter we might have broken even, looked like they were really up for the fight, the pressure was there and it was a pretty tight game but we just can’t sustain it. We’ve got to get better. That’s collectively.

"...There are always positives in every negative. As much as it’s hard to do at the moment, we’re exposing some young players to AFL experience, but to be honest our backs have been dealing with 60-plus inside 50s for three or four weeks in a row, and we’ve had under 40 inside 50s for probably the same amount of time. As much as that experience is good to give them opportunity, we don’t want them dealing with that down back and dealing with that up forward, so we’ve got to get it right in the midfield.

"...Obviously we’re transitioning as a side. We’ve got an eye on that. We’re trying to implement a different style of play. That’s been a challenge. And we’re trying to get as fit as we can as quick as we can. All that with an eye on the future is something we’re trying to find a balance with. We want to play to win every week but we’ve also got an eye on development and exposure of our younger players. They’ve all been exposed, it’s not like we’re holding any kids back too much. There’s a lot of youth playing in the last five weeks. It’s probably not that, it’s about the experienced, mid-to-older-age players playing their best footy – that’s our goal."

From the papers

The Age

"Marshall’s three-goal second quarter was matched by Jeremy Finlayson’s third-term hat-trick as Port stretched their decisive 43-point half-time buffer to an unassailable 60 at three-quarter-time.

Josh Kennedy and Willie Rioli were virtually unsighted, not at all helped by West Coast’s poor delivery as the likes of Luke Shuey and Xavier O’Neill were maimed in the clinches.

The Eagles’ first goal came at the 46-second mark of the match - they were forced to wait until the third minute of the final quarter for their next major.

After conceding a couple more, Port reasserted themselves, vehemently.

Finlayson jagged his fifth, Wines slotted his first of the season - in his first game back from heart palpitations - and Marshall marked majestically and kicked his fifth, to match his career-best haul set in the Showdown three weeks ago."

Reserves

Round 2 (23 April)

West Coast's reserves echoed their senior counterparts, also slumping to a heavy loss after being unable to match South Fremantle. Greg Clark put his hand up for an AFL debut with a 25-disposal, seven-tackle game.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
South Fremantle		3.1.19		8.7.55		11.11.77		17.14.110
West Coast		2.1.13		3.2.20		6.2.38		6.4.40

Goals: Burke, McCarthy, Nitschke, Petrevski-Seton, Petruccelle, J.Williams

Best: Clark, Rotham, Deegan, Jones, Sumich

Injuries: Nil

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	51.L.Young	50.Sumich	53.Henderson
HB:	58.Levien	33.Bazzo	54.Browne
C:	63.Hansen	21.Petruccelle	19.Hough
HF:	60.Deegan	34.J.Williams	10.Petrevski-Seton
F:	59.Nitschke	57.Burke	61.McCarthy
R:	73.J.Edwards	39.Clark	16.L.Edwards
I:	75.Eastough	52.Feeney	48.Kemp
	71.B.Young
E:	49.Johnstone	70.Paunich	55.A.Ryan
	68.Watson

In: Bazzo, Petruccelle, L.Edwards, J.Edwards, Nitschke, Eastough, Feeney, B.Young

Out: Waterman, Winder, O'Neill, Strnadica (AFL), Jamieson (ill), Creasey (susp.), Ryan, Watson

Late changes: Jones, Rotham for Feeney, B.Young

New: Rhett Bazzo (Swan Districts), Jack Eastough (Swan Districts), Josh Edwards (Peel Thunder)

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
Joyce		Ankle		TBC
Allen		Foot		TBC
Sheed		Ankle		3-4 weeks
Gaff		Ankle		1 week
Trew		Shin		1 week
West		Hip		Test
L.Edwards		Groin		Available

References

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/3856