Round 7 2018

West Coast v Port Adelaide
Round 7, 2018

Gaff in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 5 May 2018 (2.35pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

50,516

Result

Won by 42

Score

WCE 16.6.102 - 9.6.60 PA

Brownlow

3 J.Redden (WCE)
2 J.Kennedy (WCE)
1 S.Hurn (WCE)

Ladder

2nd

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West Coast recorded their sixth straight win with a comfortable home victory over Port Adelaide. The Eagles opened up a 55 point lead during the third quarter before a run of five straight goals from the Power threatened to close the gap, before the home side steadied to run out seven-goal victors. Jack Darling continued his strong early-season form with ten marks and three goals, and Jack Redden led the midfield with 32 possessions after the Eagles lost Luke Shuey to a hamstring injury in the opening minutes.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		4.1.25		9.3.57		13.4.82		16.6.102
Port Adelaide		2.1.13		3.2.20		8.2.50		9.6.60

Goals: Kennedy 4, Darling 3, Petruccelle, Rioli 2, Cripps, Hutchings, LeCras, Redden, Waterman

Best: Redden, Darling, Rioli, Hutchings, Kennedy, Gaff, Lycett

Injuries: Shuey (hamstring)

Reports: Naitanui for attempting to trip J.Pittard, Naitanui for rough conduct against K.Amon

Named sides[]

	West Coast				Port Adelaide
B:	25.Hurn	37.Barrass	5.Sheppard	B:	26.Bonner	42.Jonas	43.Houston
HB:	28.Cole	20.McGovern	14.Duggan	HB:	33.Byrne-Jones	36.Hombsch	29.Pittard
C:	3.Gaff	6.Yeo	7.Masten	C:	15.Amon	16.Wines	21.Polec
HF:	15.Cripps	27.Darling	44.Rioli	HF:	1.Boak	23.Watts	46.S.Gray
F:	2.LeCras	17.Kennedy	29.Lycett	F:	39.Westhoff	22.Dixon	6.Motlop
R:	9.Naitanui	8.Redden	13.Shuey	R:	4.Ryder	7.Ebert	9.R.Gray
I:	21.Petruccelle	30.Nelson	34.Hutchings	I:	3.Neade	31.Johnson	32.Howard
	45.Waterman				41.Barry
E:	31.Schofield	33.Ainsworth	36.McInnes	E:	2.Powell-Pepper	11.Rockliff	17.Clurey
	41.Ah Chee				19.Trengove

In: Nelson, Hutchings

Out: Jetta (calf), Sheed (foot)

Quarter by quarter[]

Both sides went in as named. The match was played in fine and warm conditions.

Club Champion votes[]


Darling	15	Sheppard	10
Redden	15	Cripps	9
Gaff	14	McGovern	9
Cole	12	Nelson	9
Duggan	12	Kennedy	8
Yeo	12	Lycett	6
Hurn	10	Masten	6
Hutchings	10	Petruccelle	5
LeCras	10	Waterman	5
Naitanui	10	Barrass	3
Rioli	10	Shuey	0

From the coach[]

From the papers[]

The West Australian[]

"The Eagles were up and about early, shrugging off the disappointment of Shuey’s loss to kick four goals to two in the opening stanza.

The early highlights were steals from second-gamer Jack Petruccelle and Darling, who both stripped the ball off their opponents in memorable plays that led to goals.

The Eagles put the gap in the game in the second term, when they dominated the contested ball count 43-24 and the clearances 11-5. They added five goals to one to blow the half-time lead out beyond six goals, with the energy of Rioli a major factor.

Spearhead Josh Kennedy was slowed by a knee to the hip from Power defender Dougal Howard in the second quarter, but he looked in better nick as he started the third term with two quick goals to take his tally to four."

The Age[]

"Jack Watts kicked his only goal one minute after Rioli’s and then for the first time the visitors managed consecutive goals. In fact, they kicked five in a row.

The margin got back to 24 points, just five minutes into the final term.

Charlie Dixon became a dangerous target in attack and Jack Watts started to get his hands on the ball also. It would have been the equal best-ever comeback if they’d been able to keep going.

But an important free kick to Mark Hutchings 10 minutes into the last term was converted and five minutes later newcomer Jack Petruccelle blew away Jasper Pittard in a race for a loose ball to kick his second goal."

East Perth report[]

Round 6 (6 May)

An inaccurate East Perth defeated East Fremantle by 33 points in a rain-affected contest at East Fremantle Oval. Luke Partington had a game-high 29 disposals on his return from injury and Jarrod Brander took seven marks and kicked 2.4.

Appearing for East Perth: Ah Chee, Ainsworth, M.Allen, O.Allen, Bayok, Brander, England, Karpany, McInnes, Mutimer, Partington, Rotham, Schofield, Watson. Reserves: Burrows, Olango.

Injury list[]

In the leadup to the match the following players were listed as injured:

Player	Injury	Expected return
MacKenzie	Toe	Indefinite
Venables	Ankle	8-10 weeks	(Placed on LTI list 26/4)
Ryan	Ankle	8-9 weeks
Brayshaw	Knee	4 weeks
Jetta	Calf	1-2 weeks
Vardy	Adductor	1-2 weeks
Partington	Hamstring	Test