Round 8 2011

West Coast v Fremantle
Round 8, 2011

Priddis won the Glendinning Medal. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 15 May 2011 (2:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

40,567

Result

Won by 33

Score

WCE 14.12.96 = 9.9.63 FRE

Brownlow

3 M.Priddis (WCE)
2 Q.Lynch (WCE)
1 D.Cox (WCE)

Ladder

7th

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West Coast broke a streak of seven straight Derby losses, leading from start to finish despite a poor third quarter and the withdrawal shortly before the bounce of veterans Daniel Kerr and Andrew Embley. Matt Priddis was judged best on ground and awarded the Glendinning Medal for his 27 possession effort, and Quinten Lynch worked hard for 22 possessions and 9 marks. The club was later fined $5,000 for the withdrawal of Embley, with the wingman named on team sheets despite failing a fitness test.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		4.1.25		9.5.59		10.9.69		14.12.96
Fremantle		2.1.13		3.4.22		6.5.41		9.9.63

Goals: Kennedy 3, Darling, LeCras, Nicoski 2, Cox, Lynch, Masten, Naitanui, Shuey

Best: Priddis, Naitanui, Lynch, Rosa, Darling, S.Selwood, LeCras, Glass

Injuries: Nil

Sub: Gaff for McGinnity at three-quarter time

Milestones: S.Selwood 50th game

Named side

	West Coast				Fremantle
B:	25.Hurn	23.Glass	28.Smith	B:	6.Broughton	14.Grover	41.Duffield
HB:	26.Butler	31.Schofield	10.S.Selwood	HB:	5.Ibbotson	18.McPharlin	9.McPhee
C:	32.Embley	11.Priddis	24.Rosa	C:	40.De Boer	29.Pavlich	7.Fyfe
HF:	13.Shuey	17.Kennedy	6.Nicoski	HF:	32.Hill	37.Johnson	47.Van Berlo
F:	2.LeCras	21.Lynch	27.Darling	F:	1.Ballantyne	23.Mayne	26.Bradley
R:	20.Cox	37.A.Selwood	4.Kerr	R:	31.Sandilands	16.Mundy	34.Lower
I:	7.Masten	5.Ebert	9.Naitanui	I:	15.Crowley	46.Pearce	44.Crichton
	35.McGinnity				22.Anthony
E:	12.Sheppard	44.Weedon	3.Gaff	E:	10.Palmer	12.Griffin	4.Pitt

In: Masten, McGinnity

Out: Sheppard, Weedon

Late changes: (WCE) Sheppard, Gaff for Kerr (groin), Embley (hamstring); (FRE) Pitt for Ballantyne (hamstring)

From the coach

"I'm really pleased with the boys with a stronger effort over a longer period of the game and against good opposition. We need to maintain that over four quarters. In our losses this year we have just had lapses and today the boys really fought to make sure those lapses weren't going to raise their heads.

"It was a credit that the players just got on with business (after late changes). The way that Gaff prepared, the way that Sheppard prepared. And also Masten, who expected to be the sub and having to come on and play longer ground time. Those players just got on with the job. They are only young players who showed great maturity.

"...Lynch and Kennedy were big threats all day, Cox and Naitanui are becoming bigger threats with more time up forward, and Darling's been outstanding with his aerial stuff."

From the papers

The West Australian

"West Coast denied Fremantle their run and gave them little space to work into the game.

Darling, who has played only seven games, is the complete package. He hunts the ball with a willingness rarely seen from a player so young, has an iron grip and can give the ball a roost.

The three imposing figures kicked six goals between them but it was the intent with which they played that made them so intimidating and impressive.

West Coast's skills have improved immeasurably since last year, but they are working to the strengths of Darling, Kennedy and Lynch, who all take contested marks. And that was their strong suits yesterday."

The Age

"It was obvious from yesterday's opening bounce that the loss of Kerr and Embley would be more of a hindrance than a disaster. And apparently not all that much of a hindrance, either.

The Eagles had the help of a three-goal breeze in the first quarter and also - with some fearsome tackling and attacks on the football - looked the hungrier and more desperate team.

West Coast stretched Fremantle from the outset with the kind of tall forward line that might once have seemed extinct in an era of run-and-carry football.

Josh Kennedy, Quinten Lynch and Jack Darling all goaled in the first quarter and ruckman Dean Cox also took up station inside the forward 50-metre arc once he ventured on to the ground, having surprisingly started the game on the bench."

PerthNow

"West Coast led by as much as 38 points during the third term, but that margin could have been even greater had Lynch, Cox and Shannon Hurn converted very gettable opportunities.

A piece of Fyfe magic – a left-foot goal from 35m out on the boundary line – was the spark Fremantle needed heading into the final term while a timely goal from a quick-thinking Michael Johnson gave the Dockers a sniff of an unlikely comeback win.

But thoughts of an eighth straight Fremantle triumph were dashed when Mark LeCras snapped his second goal of the afternoon just two minutes after the restart."

WAFL

Round 9 (14 May)

Peel (J.Jones, Lycett, B.Wilson) vs East Perth

Claremont (Swift, Stevenson, Weedon, Broome) vs East Fremantle (Dalziell, Stevens, Brennan). Hamp played reserves

Perth vs West Perth (Strijk)

Swan Districts vs Subiaco

Bye: South Fremantle

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Waters		Elbow		9 weeks
Brown		Thumb		6-8 weeks
B.Jones		Arm		2-3 weeks
Neates		Groin		2 weeks		(placed on LTI 22/3/11, replaced by Hams)
MacKenzie		Foot		1-2 weeks

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2011/081820110515.html

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2011/8/wce-v-fre