Round 8 2022

Brisbane v West Coast
Round 8, 2022

West gets tackled. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 7 May 2022 (7.25pm EST)

Venue

Gabba

Attendance

19,331

Result

Lost by 75

Score

BRI 16.9.105 - 4.6.30 WCE

Brownlow

3 H.McCluggage (BRI)
2 L.Neale (BRI)
1 C.Cameron (BRI)

Ladder

18th

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West Coast's woes continued with a heavy loss to the Lions in Brisbane. In the middle of another player unavailability crisis, a slapped-together Eagles side fought hard to hold back the Brisbane onslaught, but were unable to find an avenue to goals and eventually succumbed to a 75-point defeat. Veteran Shannon Hurn stood out with 27 disposals in the backline and Liam Ryan kicked his club's first three goals.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Brisbane		3.3.21		5.6.36		9.7.61		16.9.105
West Coast		1.0.6		1.1.7		3.2.20		4.6.30

Goals: Ryan 3, Darling

Best: McGovern, Hurn, Ryan, Redden, Jones

Injuries: West

Substitutes: (WCE) Mountford for West in the fourth quarter; (BRI) T.Berry for McStay (ankle) at quarter-time

Milestones: Florenca AFL debut

Records: WCE lowest score vs Brisbane

Jumper: Clash, white shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Brisbane
B:	35.Rotham	37.Barrass	25.Hurn	B:	35.Lester	40.Payne	24.Adams
HB:	29.Foley	20.McGovern	14.Duggan	HB:	37.Starcevich	10.Rich	15.Zorko
C:	36.West	11.Kelly	10.Petrevski-Seton	C:	43.Answerth	7.J.Berry	6.McCluggage
HF:	31.Jones	27.Darling	15.Cripps	HF:	33.Bailey	25.McStay	11.McCarthy
F:	2.Waterman	17.Kennedy	1.Ryan	F:	16.Rayner	31.Andrews	23.Cameron
R:	42.H.Edwards	8.Redden	3.Gaff	R:	46.McInerney	17.Lyons	9.Neale
I:	22.Winder	43.Naish	40.Jamieson	I:	4.Ah Chee	18.K.Coleman	20.Prior
	46.Florenca				32.Fort
E:	41.Dixon	47.Mountford	48.Schumacher	E:	2.Robertson	5.Robinson	13.T.Berry
	51.L.Young				21.Fullarton

In: Barrass, Rotham, Foley, Jones, Winder, Jamieson, Florenca, Gaff (medical sub)

Out: Strnadica, Nelson, Witherden, Clark (health and safety protocols), Rioli (hamstring), Shuey (hamstring), O'Neill (knee), Dixon

New: Jake Florenca (South Fremantle)

Quarter by quarter

Both sides went in as named, with top-up player Declan Mountford starting as sub for West Coast and Tom Berry for the home side. The match was played in wet and slippery conditions.

From the (acting) coach

"We came with a purpose to definitely win the footy game, and to do that we had to be in the game from a contested ball point of view, ground balls, give ourselves an opportunity to get enough on the inside 50s. We hit two of those targets on our contested ball, I think we were +5 on the night, ground balls we were a +4 or +5 on the night, but the inside 50s sway the connection, once we got the ball to the outside, just wasn’t the same level as Brisbane’s. Whenever they got the ball to the outside off a contest win they were pretty fluent with their ball movement, or I guess, won a long down the line contest, we weren’t able to establish field position off our contest wins at times, or our pressure. We came with an attitude that we wanted to be better in a few areas and have some small wins, but the inside 50 count and supply was still an issue on the night. So, that’s the summation of the game. And I think their contest-to-contest work was just superior, I think our first phase of the contest we got the ball out at times, but then the next couple of contests Brisbane were able to link a spoil in and then get some play off of that, and then take the ball 80, 90 metres at times, with some nice ball use. So I thought the polish when the ball got to the outside was a stark difference between the two teams.

"Couldn’t get the ball forward, we were 29 points down into the game and we gave away a 50 metre penalty, which hurt us. Probably had a little bit of momentum in that period, but they really got on top as the game went on, the last 30 minutes of the game we were hanging on, but they really started to get their legs running and covering the ground, it became a bit tough in the end, but I thought the boys hung tough, they hung in there, and I think you could clearly see the group was up for the contest tonight, and up for the pressure, and we’ve got to keep establishing that and get more polish on the outside.

"...I was proud of his (Florenca's) effort, I met Jake for the first time a couple of days ago and I was lucky enough to watch some vision with him, with our recruiters, and then it was a proud moment to give him his first game, so to will himself in the contest against Neale, McCluggage, Zorko, Lyons, two big ruckmen they’ve got going with Fort and McInerney, I take my hat off to him, proud of him. And I thought Jamieson probably affirmed what we wanted to see tonight out of a young ruckman, I thought got his hand on ball, competed really well, did some nice things around the ground, so for Harry Edwards and Jamo to take on McInerney and Fort, it’s a good lesson for them, a lesson in the fundamentals, a lesson in the way you go about your ruck craft, but I thought that they didn’t shy away from the contest, so really happy with Jamo tonight.

From the papers

The Sunday Times

"The scoreboard remained a sorry sight for the Eagles halfway through the third term when they were stuck on 1.1, before two quick goals from Ryan ensured they leaped over their lowest ever score of 1.12 in the infamous Windy Hill game of 1989.

Closing in on time-on of the third term, West Coast were within five goals, but if they held any hope of getting back in it that was quickly dashed when Jack Darling was pinged for a generous 50m penalty which allowed Keidean Coleman to goal.

Hugh McCluggage opened the floodgates in the final term, kicking three in a row to finish with four.

Reserves

West Coast's clash with East Fremantle was postponed, with the Eagles unable to field enough players due to injury and health and safety protocols.

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
Cole		Ankle		Indefinite		(On inactive list)
Chesser		Ankle		Indefinite		(On inactive list)
Naitanui		Knee		TBC
Joyce		Ankle		TBC
Allen		Foot		TBC
Yeo		Concussion		TBC
Rioli		Hamstring		TBC
O'Neill		Knee		TBC
L.Edwards		Groin		TBC
Langdon		Ankle		TBC
Sheed		Ankle		3-4 weeks
B.Williams		Hamstring		1 week
Nelson		Health & safety protocols		Unavailable		(not on official list)
Strnadica		Health & safety protocols		Unavailable		(not on official list)
Witherden		Health & safety protocols		Unavailable		(not on official list)
Barrass		Hamstring		Test
Hough		Back spasms		Test