Round 8 2004

West Coast v Sydney
Round 8, 2004

Jako celebrates a goal in his last match. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 15 May 2004 (2:10 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

38,870

Result

Won by 27

Score

WCE 18.16.124 - 15.7.97 SYD

Brownlow

3 C.Judd (WCE)
2 C.Fletcher (WCE)
1 D.Kerr (WCE)

Ladder

11th

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West Coast held on after Sydney got to within 2 points in the final quarter to break a three-game losing streak and provide a fitting farewell to games record holder Glen Jakovich, who announced his retirement prior to the match. Jakovich kicked three goals in the first quarter to equal his career high, while Phil Matera added five goals and Chris Judd had 27 possessions.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		5.3.33		11.4.70		14.9.93		18.16.124
Sydney		5.3.33		8.5.53		11.7.73		15.7.97

Goals: Matera 5, Jakovich 3, Chambers, Cousins 2, Braun, Cox, Embley, Fletcher, Sampi, Selwood

Best: Cousins, Staker, Embley, Kerr, Chambers, Matera

Injuries: Nil

Reports: Kerr for charging B.Kirk

Milestones: Jakovich final appearance

Named sides[]

	West Coast				Sydney
B:	Wirrpanda	Glass	Hunter	B:	Mathews	James	C.Bolton
HB:	Nicoski	Lynch	Selwood	HB:	Barry	Saddington	Kennelly
C:	Kerr	Cousins	Braun	C:	Maxfield	Kirk	Crouch
HF:	Staker	Jakovich	Embley	HF:	O'Keefe	Hall	Williams
F:	Matera	McDougall	Sampi	F:	Goodes	O'Loughlin	N.Davis
R:	Cox	Judd	Fletcher	R:	Ball	Fosdike	J.Bolton
I:	Gaspar	Humm	B.Jones	I:	Bevan	Buchanan	Nicks
	Chambers				Rogers
E:	Seaby	Waters	Butler	E:	Ablett	Doyle	McVeigh

In: Lynch, Fletcher

Out: Green (susp), Adkins

Players in the WAFL[]

Round 9 (15-16 May)

Peel vs Swan Districts (Morrison, Munro, Hansen, Johnson, Edwards)

Subiaco vs South Fremantle (Graham)

East Fremantle (Collica) vs East Perth (McConnell, Beeck)

Perth (Adkins, Butler) vs West Perth (Seaby)

Bye: Claremont

Injury list[]

In the lead-up to the round the following players were listed as injured:

Player	Injury	Expected duration
Gardiner	Knee	Season
Wooden	Shoulder	6 weeks
Green	Suspension	4 weeks
Banfield	Knee	3 weeks	(On LTI list, replaced by B.Jones)
Chick	Thigh	2 weeks
Fletcher	Shoulder	Available
R.Jones	Groin	Available
Morrison	Knee	Available