Round 7 2023

West Coast v Carlton
Round 7, 2023

Hunt in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 29 April 2023 (5.30pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

47,940

Result

Lost by 108

Score

CAR 23.14.152 - 6.8.44 WCE

Brownlow

Ladder

18th

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West Coast slumped to a deplorable triple-figure home defeat at the hands of Carlton, falling to the bottom of the ladder. The home side was beaten in every facet of the game and outscored by Blues forward Charlie Curnow, who broke the ground record with a nine-goal haul. The recalled Xavier O'Neill kicked two goals and Tim Kelly overcame a slow start to record a team-high 27 touches.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		2.3.15		3.4.22		3.7.25		6.8.44
Carlton		5.6.36		9.8.62		14.12.96		23.14.152

Goals: Allen, O'Neill 2, Culley, Witherden

Best: Hurn, O'Neill, Kelly, Hunt

Injuries: Petrevski-Seton (corked quad), Bazzo (concussion)

Reports: Petrevski-Seton for rough conduct on A.Cincotta

Substitutes: (WCE) Bazzo for Petrevski-Seton (corked quad) in the third term; (CAR) Kennedy for Saad at three-quarter time

Milestones: Rotham 50th game

Jumper: Home, blue shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Carlton
B:	25.Hurn	37.Barrass	23.Witherden	B:	24.Newman	23.Weitering	17.Kemp
HB:	31.Jones	35.Rotham	14.Duggan	HB:	15.Docherty	11.McGovern	42.Saad
C:	16.L.Edwards	11.Kelly	5.Hunt	C:	18.Walsh	9.Cripps	14.Hollands
HF:	39.Clark	27.Darling	2.Waterman	HF:	35.E.Curnow	30.C.Curnow	1.Silvagni
F:	49.Culley	12.Allen	10.Petrevski-Seton	F:	19.C.Durdin	10.McKay	25.Fisher
R:	32.B.Williams	7.Ginbey	3.Gaff	R:	27.Pittonet	5.Cerra	29.Hewett
I:	21.Petruccelle	24.O'Neill	29.Foley	I:	33.Young	39.Cincotta	13.Acres
	36.West				36.Honey
E:	26.Trew	30.Barnett	33.Bazzo	E:	12.De Koning	8.Fogarty	26.Cowan
	40.Jamieson				7.Kennedy

In: Hurn, O'Neill

Out: Shuey (ankle/hamstring), Trew, Bazzo (sub)

Quarter by quarter

Both sides went in as named, with Bazzo and Matthew Kennedy starting as subs. The game was played in fine and cool conditions.

From the coach

"It was disappointing from start to finish. There were parts there, we might have showed a bit of a fight in the second quarter, but overall, not what we've been training and playing and trying to put out. And Carlton were ruthless, and they put the foot on the throat and made us pay.

"...The weaknesses we had with personnel were exposed from very early on. And, you know, we've been really trying hard to compete around the contest and stoppages and contested possessions and ground balls, those things, we value, and we got exposed, you know, for most of the night. The biggest stat was probably contested marks. We couldn't take one and they took plenty. I think it was minus 12. So, there's a bit of a bit of personnel with that. But there's also just not good enough.

"...I don't think we'd ever say that we gave up, but we got outworked today. And I mean, the contested possessions and ground balls, they weren't miles away. But they transitioned a lot better. And the system and method was better than ours. And we collapse back in on some of the things we were doing in the past. So, I'm disappointed, not surprised. But you know, the way the game blew out was really disappointing. But you know, we've been hanging in there and fighting for quarters here and there. And our next goal is to fight for four quarters and deliver us a win. And we took a step backwards today."

From the papers

The Sunday Times

"The Blues, coming off successive losses and desperate for a re-set, out-hunted, out-ran, out-tackled, out-thought and out-played West Coast in every category except free kicks and centre clearances.

The numbers were so ugly it was tempting to look away.

Carlton owned territory. They owned the ground. They had 167 more disposals, 80 more marks, 29 marks to 4 inside 50, 22 more inside 50s and 19 more tackles, despite the fact they had their fingerprints all over the Sherrin.

The top six possession winners were Blues and they had eight of the top nine, with Blake Acres living up to his surname with 34. He seemed to have so much acreage on one wing he could have planted a cornfield."

Reserves

Round 4 (30 April)

West Coast's reserves had a similar result to the seniors, losing by triple figures to Claremont.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Claremont		4.7.31		9.8.62		15.13.103		23.16.154
West Coast		1.1.7		2.4.16		6.6.42		6.7.43

Goals: Burke 2, Dewar, Downsborough, Hansen, Lucassen

Best: Hansen, Burke, Browne, Mitchell

Injuries: nil

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	48.Nelson	68.Watson	63.Hansen
HB:	38.Baker	58.Levien	67.O'Sullivan
C:	59.Nitschke	55.A.Waterman	54.Browne
HF:	70.Lucassen	75.Eastough	43.Dewar
F:	57.Burke	81.Schofield	62.Downsborough
R:	73.J.Edwards	10.Mitchell	52.Kemp
I:	76.Lloyd	61.McCarthy	64.Mercer
	65.Stevens
E:	78.Chatley	66.Collins	74.Frost
	71.Johnstone

In: Mitchell, Burke, Mercer, Stevens

Out: Jamieson, Barnett (AFL), Deegan, Sambo

Late changes: Trew, Jamieson, Barnett for McCarthy, Mercer, Stevens

New: Kane Mitchell (Quairading)

Injury list

In the leadup to the round the following players were listed as unavailable:

Player		Injury		Expected return
Cole		Ankle		TBC
Sheed		Throat		TBC
Winder		Knee		TBC
Cripps		Ankle		12-14 weeks
Ryan		Hamstring		10-12 weeks
McGovern		Hamstring		7-8 weeks
Naitanui		Achilles		7-8 weeks
Shuey		Ankle/hamstring		4-5 weeks
Yeo		Adductor		3-4 weeks
Burgiel		Hamstring		3-4 weeks
J.Williams		Ruptured spleen		3-4 weeks
Chesser		Knee		2-3 weeks
Hewett		Ankle		2-3 weeks
Long		Hamstring		2-3 weeks
H.Edwards		Wrist		2-3 weeks
Hough		Hamstring		1-2 weeks
Hurn		Managed		Test

References

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4840

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2023/031820230429.html