Round 9 2010

West Coast v St Kilda
Round 9, 2010

McKinley kicked 4 goals. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 23 May 2010 (2:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

36,244

Result

Lost by 35

Score

STK 13.13.91 - 8.8.56 WCE

Brownlow

3 L.Hayes (STK)
2 F.Ray (STK)
1 B.Goddard (STK)

Ladder

14th

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After back to back wins, West Coast looked set for an upset win over St Kilda when they opened up a 17 point lead early in the third quarter. The Saints took control from that point however, kicking the next six goals to end up with a comfortable 35 point win. Ben McKinley kicked four first-half goals, and Adam Selwood was solid with 32 touches and two goals.

Summary[]

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		2.2.14		5.6.36		7.7.49		8.8.56
St Kilda		1.3.9		4.6.30		9.11.65		13.13.91

Goals: McKinley 4, A.Selwood 2, Lynch, Waters

Best: A.Selwood, Priddis, MacKenzie, Cox, S.Selwood, Butler

Injuries: Nil

Named sides[]

	West Coast				St Kilda
B:	S.Selwood	MacKenzie	Waters	B:	Gwilt	Dawson	Gilbert
HB:	Butler	Schofield	Hurn	HB:	Baker	Fisher	Blake
C:	Ebert	Priddis	Rosa	C:	Goddard	Dal Santo	Ray
HF:	Sheppard	Kennedy	Embley	HF:	Heyne	Stanley	Schneider
F:	Naitanui	Lynch	LeCras	F:	Jones	Koschitzke	Milne
R:	Cox	A.Selwood	Swift	R:	Gardiner	Hayes	Montagna
I:	McGinnity	Hams	Wilkes	I:	Clarke	McQualter	McEvoy
	McKinley				Peake
E:	Brown	Dalziell	Nicoski	E:	Geary	Eddy	Steven

In: Wilkes, Butler, Embley

Out: Glass (groin), Stevenson (hip), Nicoski

From the papers[]

The West Australian[]

"Four goals either side of half time including consecutive majors to a lively McKinley threatened to break the game open as St Kilda struggled to make the most of their dominance in forward 50 entries, scoring just four goals in the first half.

Milne’s goal from a tight angle in the right pocket at the eight-minute mark of the third term sparked the battling Saints, who started to use the ball long and direct.

The visitors kicked six unanswered goals before withstanding a brief challenge from West Coast to avoid slumping to a third consecutive loss."

The Age[]

"With West Coast leading entering time-on in the third term, Andrew Embley was primed to streak into an open forward line to halt the visitors' momentum, until he fumbled a simple bounce and Jason Blake pounced.

Moments later, Goddard scored after striding through the heart of Subiaco � and in the same action ripping out the heart of John Worsfold's battlers.

Hayes' finesse in the final seconds of the third completed a 33-point turnaround, after Ben McKinley's four first-half goals had continued the home side's momentum built up with two successive wins.

McKinley was only playing because Ashley Hansen's hip was sore from kicking too many goals in the WAFL.

But in the best two quarters of his professional career, the 23-year-old matched St Kilda's attacking output, which hinged on Milne but needed more direction from Justin Koschitzke."

WAFL[]

There was a general bye in the WAFL as a representative side (including Strijk) played Victoria at Leederville Oval.

Injury list[]

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

Player	Injury	Expected duration
Kerr	Hamstring	8 weeks	(Placed on LTI list, replaced by Stevenson)
Masten	Knee	5 weeks
Neates	Finger	3 weeks
Houlihan	Foot	2 weeks	(Placed on LTI list, replaced by Hams)
B.Jones	Arm	Test
Shuey	Knee	Test