Round 9 2022

West Coast v Melbourne
Round 9, 2022

Jamieson in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 15 May 2022 (3.20pm WST)

Venue

Perth Stadium

Attendance

27,488

Result

Lost by 74

Score

MEL 16.16.112 - 5.8.38 WCE

Brownlow

3 C.Petracca (MEL)
2 T.McDonald (MEL)
1 K.Pickett (MEL)

Ladder

18th

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West Coast's run of heavy defeats continued with a loss to reigning premiers Melbourne. The threadbare Eagles lineup showed plenty of effort but lacked direction, kicking just five goals for the match as they were held to their lowest-ever score in Western Australia and remained rooted firmly at the bottom of the ladder. Young midfielder Connor West impressed with 29 possessions and seven tackles while Jamaine Jones' reinvention as a defender continued with 15 disposals at 100 per cent effectiveness.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		1.0.6		1.3.9		3.4.22		5.8.38
Melbourne		6.5.41		7.9.51		9.12.66		16.16.112

Goals: Cripps, Darling, McGovern, Waterman, B.Williams

Best: Kelly, West, McGovern, Barrass, Redden

Injuries: Ryan (hamstring), Foley (concussion)

Reports: Ryan for rough conduct on J.Bowey, McGovern for misconduct against J.Viney

Substitutes: (WCE) Naish for Ryan (hamstring) in the fourth term; (MEL) Chandler for Harmes (hamstring) in the fourth term

Milestones: Redden 250th AFL game, Petrevski-Seton 100th AFL game

Records: WCE lowest score vs Melbourne, WCE biggest loss vs Melbourne

Jumper: Home, blue shorts

Named sides

	West Coast				Brisbane
B:	35.Rotham	37.Barrass	30.Nelson	B:	17.Bowey	35.Petty	29.Hunt
HB:	31.Jones	20.McGovern	23.Witherden	HB:	8.Lever	1.May	24.Rivers
C:	39.Clark	11.Kelly	14.Duggan	C:	10.Brayshaw	5.Petracca	15.Langdon
HF:	15.Cripps	27.Darling	10.Petrevski-Seton	HF:	9.Spargo	25.McDonald	7.Viney
F:	40.Jamieson	17.Kennedy	1.Ryan	F:	31.Fritsch	50.B.Brown	32.Sparrow
R:	32.B.Williams	36.West	8.Redden	R:	11.Gawn	13.Oliver	30.Neal-Bullen
I:	2.Waterman	22.Winder	29.Foley	I:	4.Harmes	6.Jackson	23.Jordon
	42.H.Edwards				36.Pickett
E:	41.Dixon	43.Naish	52.Blechynden*	E:	18.Melksham	20.Tomlinson	37.Chandler
	53.Fisher*				38.M.Brown

In: Witherden, Nelson, B.Williams, Clark

Out: Hurn (calf), Gaff, Florenca, Naish, Mountford (medical sub)

Late change: Dixon for Kennedy (knee soreness)

(*Blechynden, Fisher replaced Hurn, Gaff in squad)

Quarter by quarter

West Coast swung a late change with another injury, losing Kennedy to knee soreness. The game was played in fine conditions.

From the coach

"We knew it was going to be a fair ask to come away with a victory, and the first quarter we succumbed to their style, their pressure, our fundamentals, but I thought for the most part after that, and I know we got blown away late, we had some little wins throughout the day, with the team we had. We lost JK late in the week, youngest team for a long time, and we just saw some growth. We’re here to win, don’t worry about that, but second quarter supply, front half turnovers, contest, pressure, tackles, all the things that I think our fans want to see, if you don’t win, they want to see effort. And I think, sounds a bit silly, we lost by a pretty big margin, but just like last week, I thought the effort was there.

"Missing 11 players from your (best) 22, it’s a balance. We don’t want to make excuses but it’s a reality, we’re obviously looking to play some youth, get to the draft, looking for a new identity as a club in terms of the way we want to play. So all those things make it challenging when you don’t have your best team on the track. I don’t know how many guys Melbourne were missing, they were missing a couple, probably not 11. I think that everyone who was available to play this week, played. So I thought overall they’ve stood up and given it their all anyway. Fundamentals cost us in the end, in terms of trying to be more competitive, but overall we’re pretty – not satisfied – but we thought we got a bit of growth today.

"...I thought there was some signs today we actually set the ground up a bit better and it’s hard to take the positives when you have such big losses, but I feel like the game was on our terms for longer than it has been in a while. So now it’s about dealing with the front half and entries, and how we can not just keep it in there, but score. Traditionally we’ve been very good at that, at at the moment with personnel and the way we want to play, it’s a challenge, we’ve played some bloody good sides the past couple of weeks as well, so that will be ongoing."

From the papers

The West Australian

"Melbourne answered Waterman’s opener in emphatic fashion, getting the next six for the quarter on the back of a 6-1 centre clearance lesson.

The Demons feasted on 20 inside 50 entries to four in the opening term as Clayton Oliver lead the way and the 35-point quarter-time margin pointed to a triple-figure defeat.

The Eagles were able to stabilise around the ball, edging the clearance and supply battles for the second term to hold Melbourne to a single goal through Ben Brown for the second quarter and just three between quarter and three-quarter time.

The margin exploded late though to ensure West Coast copped their fifth-straight thrashing."

Reserves

Round 4 (14 May)

West Coast's reserves were thrashed by East Fremantle to remain firmly entrenched at the bottom of the ladder. After the match was postponed a week because the Eagles were unable to field a side, they still only managed to include the bare minimum three AFL-listed players and needed to borrow two Sharks to make up the numbers, and it showed on field with Easts pushing the lead out to triple figures within three quarters.

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
East Fremantle		7.1.43		14.6.90		20.9.129		22.14.146
West Coast		2.2.14		3.2.20		3.4.22		3.5.23

Goals: Burke 2, J.Edwards

Best: Levien, Sumich, Browne, Creasey, A.Ryan

Injuries: Pickett (hamstring), Burke (wrist)

Reports: Sumich for rough conduct on T.Monaghan, A.Ryan for striking K.Baskerville

Named side:

	West Coast
B:	63.Hansen	50.Sumich	75.Eastough
HB:	53.Henderson	33.Bazzo	19.Hough
C:	54.Browne	26.Trew	55.A.Ryan
HF:	61.McCarthy	48.Kemp	59.Nitschke
F:	65.Pickett	68.Watson	57.Burke
R:	73.J.Edwards	58.Levien	56.Creasey
I:	52.Feeney	64.Mercer	67.Penny
	51.L.Young
E:	72.Curley	49.Johnstone	70.Paunich
	62.Wilson

In: Hough, Sumich, Henderson, A.Ryan, Kemp, Pickett, Feeney, Penny

Out: Jones, Rotham, Winder (AFL), Petruccelle (hamstring)), Langdon (ankle), J.Williams (health protocols), Deegan (quad), Paunich

Late changes: Emery, Medland for L.Young (ankle), Kemp (health protocols)

New: Sam Emery (East Fremantle), Sam Medland (East Fremantle), Caelen Penny (Perth), Jarrod Pickett (Northam Railways/Carlton)

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)
Joyce		Ankle		TBC
Allen		Foot		TBC
Rioli		Hamstring		TBC
O'Neill		Knee		TBC
L.Edwards		Groin		TBC		(not on official list)
Hough		Back		TBC		(not on official list)
Petruccelle		Hamstring		TBC		(not on official list)
Naitanui		Knee		7 weeks
Langdon		Ankle		5-6 weeks
Sheed		Ankle		3-4 weeks
Shuey		Hamstring		1-2 weeks
Yeo		Health & safety protocols		Unavailable		(not on official list)
B.Williams		Hamstring		Test
West		Quad		Test

References

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2022/111820220515.html

https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/3890