Round 7 2020

Fremantle v West Coast
Round 7, 2020

Hurn in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 19 July 2020 (4.35pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

25,306

Result

Won by 30

Score

WCE 9.8.62 - 5.2.32 FRE

Brownlow

3 J.Kennedy (WCE)
2 E.Yeo (WCE)
1 A.Gaff (WCE)

Ladder

8th

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West Coast won a record tenth straight Derby, overcoming a shaky start to control play throughout the second and third terms en route to a 30-point victory. In front of a restricted-capacity crowd of mostly Fremantle fans, the Eagles held the home side scoreless in the third quarter and to just seven scoring shots for the match. In his 250th AFL game, Josh Kennedy won a third Glendinning-Allan Medal for his four-goal haul, and defenders Brad Sheppard and Jackson Nelson each tallied 23 possessions.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Fremantle		2.0.12		4.1.25		4.1.25		5.2.32
West Coast		2.2.14		6.4.40		8.7.55		9.8.62

Goals: Kennedy 4, Darling, Waterman 2, Cameron

Best: Kennedy, Sheppard, Nelson, Kelly, Yeo, Waterman

Injuries: Nil

Milestones: Kennedy 250th AFL game

Jumper: Clash, white shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Fremantle
B:	14.Duggan	37.Barrass	5.Sheppard	B:	11.Aish	36.Cox	15.Hughes
HB:	28.Cole	20.McGovern	25.Hurn	HB:	32.Hill	13.Ryan	14.Wilson
C:	3.Gaff	11.Kelly	4.Sheed	C:	5.Cerra	18.Tucker	9.Acres
HF:	41.Ah Chee	27.Darling	8.Redden	HF:	28.Schultz	37.Lobb	34.Bewley
F:	1.Ryan	17.Kennedy	15.Cripps	F:	33.Colyer	20.Taberner	10.Walters
R:	9.Naitanui	6.Yeo	13.Shuey	R:	4.Darcy	16.Mundy	8.Brayshaw
I:	2.Waterman	12.Allen	30.Nelson	I:	41.Banfield	22.Serong	43.Frederick
	39.Cameron				44.Duman
E:	19.Vardy	24.X.O'Neill	33.Ainsworth	E:	30.Meek	3.Matera	19.Blakely
	35.Rotham				45.Watson

In: Shuey

Out: Ainsworth

Late change: Ainsworth for Shuey (hamstring)

Quarter by quarter

West Coast was forced to replace skipper Shuey, who failed to recover from his hamstring injury in time. The match was played in clear but chilly conditions.

From the papers

The West Australian

"There was nothing separating the teams mid-way through the second term when some of West Coast’s cream decided it was time to do some separating.

Kennedy kicked his second with a left-foot snap and it set the scene for Elliot Yeo and Tim Kelly to do what they do best, winning centre clearances, which set up goals for Jarrod Cameron and Jake Waterman.

In the blink of an eye, the margin had blown out to 20 points, though Michael Waters decided he could get in on the act and answered with a clearance of his own to set up Rory Lobb.

The Eagles led by 15 points at the major break, with five clearances each to Yeo and ruckman Nic Naitanui being a big reason for that ascendancy against a more even Freo midfield effort."

The Age

"Fremantle began the better of the two sides but a three-goal flurry in 90 seconds of playing time toward the end of the second term opened up a gap between the sides, before a polished third-term effort put the game beyond doubt.

In that third term the Eagles had 16 inside 50s to their opponents four. The wall of Eagles - the one that helped deliver a premiership in 2018 - led by Shannon Hurn, Tom Barrass, Brad Sheppard and Jeremy McGovern marked and spoiled everything Freo threw their way.

At the other end of the field Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling were irresistible targets while Elliot Yeo, Tim Kelly, Andrew Gaff and Jack Redden turned the screws on West Coast's comparatively lightweight engine room.

Fremantle began the final term with a quick goal to Rory Lobb and then two bad misses - to Lobb and Matt Taberner - which excited the majority of the 25,306 fans at Optus Stadium, although Kennedy won a free kick near goal and converted to snuff out that challenge."

Reserves

With West Coast and Fremantle players in state-ordered quarantine, no reserves scrimmage was organised.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
Venables		Concussion		Season		(placed on inactive list 4/3/20)
Rioli		Suspension		Indefinite
Petruccelle		Hamstring		5-6 weeks
Hutchings		IT band		2 weeks
Shuey		Hamstring		Test
Brander		Hip		TBA		(not on official list)
M.O'Neill*		Back		Indefinite
Jones*		Hamstring		1 week

References

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2020/081820200719.html

https://www.afl.com.au/matches/2801