Round 7 2009

West Coast v Melbourne
Round 7, 2009

LeCras kicked 4.6 and had a wrestle. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 10 May 2009 (2:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

35,209

Result

Won by 8

Score

WCE 12.18.90 - 13.4.82 MEL

Brownlow

3 M.LeCras (WCE)
2 N.Jones (MEL)
1 A.Selwood (WCE)

Ladder

11th

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West Coast were given a scare by a determined Melbourne side, the Demons leading by 11 during the third quarter before four late goals (two to Mark LeCras) gave the Eagles a useful buffer heading into the final term. Once again West Coast squandered chances in front of goal, only recording an 8-point win despite having nearly twice as many scoring shots as their opponents. LeCras finished with four goals but also kicked six behinds, and Josh Kennedy took nine marks in his first game of the year but also wasted a couple of shots.

Summary[edit | edit source]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		2.4.16		7.7.49		11.12.78		12.18.90
Melbourne		1.1.7		7.3.45		10.3.63		13.4.82

Goals: LeCras 4, Hunter 2, Cockie, Cox, Masten, McKinley, McNamara, A.Selwood

Best: LeCras, Cox, A.Selwood, Embley, Kennedy, Wirrpanda, Glass

Injuries: Kerr (groin)

Named sides[edit | edit source]

	West Coast				Melbourne
B:	Wirrpanda	Glass	Nicoski	B:	Frawley	Warnock	Petterd
HB:	Hurn	MacKenzie	A.Selwood	HB:	Bruce	Rivers	Davey
C:	Rosa	Kerr	Embley	C:	Bartram	Sylvia	McLean
HF:	Cockie	Kennedy	Butler	HF:	Morton	Dunn	Robertson
F:	LeCras	Lynch	McKinley	F:	Miller	Martin	Bate
R:	Cox	Priddis	Masten	R:	Johnson	Moloney	McDonald
I:	Hunter	B.Jones	McNamara	I:	Jones	Maric	Bennell
	Spangher				Grimes
E:	Schofield	S.Selwood	Wilkes	E:	Jetta	Newton	Cheney

In: McNamara, Spangher, Kennedy

Out: Staker (hand), Brown (hamstring), Hansen

Late changes: S.Selwood, Schofield for Priddis (hamstring), MacKenzie (thigh)

From the papers[edit | edit source]

The Age[edit | edit source]

"Melbourne's 35 tackles to the Eagles' 20 at half-time was the perfect indicator of its workrate, with Dean Cox edging a willing Paul Johnson in the ruck, and Nathan Jones - and his head - shining like a beacon in Perth's afternoon sunshine.

At the heart of everything good the Demons did, it was Jones' influence that dragged Melbourne into a brief lead late in the first half, presenting Miller with three successive goals on a plate.

Trailing by four points and two players down at the main break, the Demons were still outsiders - but for most of the third quarter dominated possession, making the usually forgiving Eagle natives very restless indeed.

Jones' first and a second from the increasingly dangerous Russell Robertson brought the prospect of a horror loss looming into West Coast's view.

But the hulking presence of Quinten Lynch in the ruck gave the Eagles three successive clearances, which led to the goals that turned a two-goal deficit into a near three-goal lead that Melbourne just failed to reel in. "

Players in the WAFL[edit | edit source]

Round 8 (9 May)

Subiaco (Fletcher, Stenglein) v East Fremantle (Houlihan)

Perth (Smith, Sullivan) v Claremont (Swift, Stevenson, McGinnity, Wilkes, Bedford)

Swan Districts (Hansen, Naitanui, Notte, Davis) v East Perth

Peel (Ebert, J.Jones, Arrowsmith) v West Perth (Seaby)

Bye: South Fremantle

Injury list[edit | edit source]

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

Player	Injury	Expected duration
Waters	Elbow	Season	On the LTI list, replaced by Davis 2/4/09
Staker	Broken hand	6 weeks
Shuey	Groin	4 weeks	On the LTI list, replaced by Cockie 23/4/09
Kennedy	Eye	Available