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Round: 17 Venue: Gabba Date: Sat, 12-07-2014 7:40 pm Crowd: 13,610 | |||||
Brisbane | 1.1.7 | 4.3.27 | 6.6.42 | 9.10.64 | C: Justin Leppitsch |
West Coast | 3.2.20 | 5.3.33 | 9.5.59 | 11.10.76 | C: Adam Simpson |
WCE by 13 | WCE by 6 | WCE by 17 | WCE by 12 |
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Brownlow Medal | 3 Luke Shuey (WCE) | 2 Matt Priddis (WCE) | 1 Stefan Martin (BRIS) |
West Coast has kept its slim finals chances alive with an unconvincing win over a tenacious Brisbane Lions on Saturday night. The Eagles were in front for almost the full 120 minutes of the match but were never able to shake of the Lions, with Brisbane looking a good chance to steal victory late in the match before a touch of magic from Mark Hutchings saw West Coast home by two goals.
The Eagles kicked the match off with a point to Jack Darling and a goal to Jeremy McGovern and actually did not allow the Lions to grab the lead at any stage of the match after that point, although scores were briefly level in the third term. Joel Patfull kicked Brisbane's only goal of the first quarter at the 15-minute mark but Luke Shuey closed out the term with two majors and the Eagles led by 13 at quarter time. A goal to Ashley McGrath brought the Lions to within six points of the Eagles at the two-minute mark of the second term but this was answered by McGovern five minutes later. McGinnity kicked another for West Coast at the 14-minute mark but McGrath and Daniel Merrett kicked the last two majors of the half to see the Lions to within a goal at the long break.
A goal to Josh Green tied the scores at the six-minute mark go the third term but the Eagles were the better side for the remainder of the quarter, kicking four of the next five goals to hold a seemingly comfortable 17-point lead at the last change of ends. Brisbane needed to draw first blood in the last quarter and did so through Lewis Taylor, his goal at the seven-minute mark reducing the margin to 11 points. The two sides then traded behind for the next 12 minutes before Green goaled again and the Lions were suddenly within five points.
A beautiful running goal from the boundary from Mark Hutchings after he sidestepped an opponent saw the Eagles back out to an 11-point lead before Jack Darling snuffed out any last Brisbane hope with a goal at the 25-minute mark. The Lions scored the last goal of the match via Ryan Harwood but West Coast held on to win by an even two goals.
Luke Shuey was outstanding for the Eagles, with 30 possessions and two goals, while Dayne Zorko (26 disposals and eight tackles) was magnificent for Brisbane. The win leaves West Coast two games outside of the eight, and they would need to win five or possibly even all six of their remaining games to sneak into this year's finals series. They will have next weekend off before hosting Richmond at Subiaco on Friday week.
The Lions are in 17th place, one game clear of bottom side St Kilda. They will meet Gold Coast at the Gabba on Saturday week.
GOALS
Brisbane: McGrath, Green 2; Merrett, Taylor, Patfull, Mayes, Harwood
West Coast: McGovern, Smith, LeCras, Shuey 2; McGinnity, Hutchings, Darling
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Brisbane: Martin, Zorko, Lester, Harwood, Patfull, Hanley
West Coast: Shuey, Priddis, Lycett, Masten, Gaff, Mackenzie
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Brisbane: Harwood, Golby, Zorko, Mayes, Green, Martin
West Coast: Shuey, McGovern, Ellis, Masten, McKenzie, Le Cras
INJURIES
Brisbane: Nil
West Coast: Sheppard (ankle) replaced in selected side by Wilson
SUBSTITUTES
Brisbane: Marco Paparone replaced Claye Beams in the third quarter.
West Coast: Simon Tunbridge replaced Callum Sinclair in the third quarter.
UMPIRES: Leppard, Hosking, Pannell
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Brad Johnson, Michael Voss, Ben Dixon
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Brisbane | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
7 | Adcock, Jed | 12 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 28y 239d | 179 | 39 |
4 | Aish, James | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18y 246d | 15 | 5 |
17 | Beams, Claye | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22y 314d | 23 | 17 |
8 | Bewick, Rohan | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24y 275d | 57 | 45 |
42 | Clarke, Justin | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20y 236d | 30 | 1 |
33 | Close, Michael | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19y 347d | 9 | 6 |
27 | Gardiner, Darcy | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18y 293d | 11 | 1 |
41 | Golby, Mitchell | 15 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22y 282d | 50 | 6 |
6 | Green, Josh | 9 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21y 322d | 48 | 61 |
11 | Hanley, Pearce | 12 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 25y 239d | 90 | 31 |
2 | Harwood, Ryan | 12 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22y 339d | 51 | 5 |
35 | Lester, Ryan | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21y 320d | 49 | 11 |
36 | Maguire, Matt | 11 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30y 43d | 163 | 20 |
12 | Martin, Stefan | 13 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27y 237d | 68 | 27 |
32 | Mayes, Sam | 12 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20y 53d | 33 | 22 |
9 | McGrath, Ashley | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31y 53d | 211 | 167 |
25 | McStay, Daniel | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19y 18d | 3 | 0 |
21 | Merrett, Daniel | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29y 212d | 165 | 64 |
22 | Paparone, Marco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 312d | 21 | 12 |
24 | Patfull, Joel | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29y 217d | 176 | 24 |
28 | Taylor, Lewis | 8 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 145d | 16 | 9 |
15 | Zorko, Dayne | 12 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25y 153d | 54 | 55 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 177 | 91 | 169 | 346 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 67 | 22 | 15 | 23y 256d | 1522 | 628 |
West Coast | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
14 | Brennan, Jacob | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24y 169d | 28 | 2 |
26 | Butler, Sam | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28y 179d | 114 | 13 |
27 | Darling, Jack | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22y 29d | 84 | 143 |
18 | Ellis, Xavier | 12 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26y 134d | 100 | 33 |
3 | Gaff, Andrew | 9 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 26d | 79 | 27 |
25 | Hurn, Shannon | 14 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26y 311d | 146 | 42 |
34 | Hutchings, Mark | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23y 48d | 20 | 8 |
2 | LeCras, Mark | 9 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27y 316d | 126 | 284 |
29 | Lycett, Scott | 12 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21y 289d | 17 | 10 |
16 | Mackenzie, Eric | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26y 54d | 115 | 5 |
7 | Masten, Chris | 15 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25y 71d | 112 | 51 |
35 | McGinnity, Patrick | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25y 144d | 75 | 17 |
42 | McGovern, Jeremy | 10 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 88d | 7 | 13 |
9 | Naitanui, Nic | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24y 69d | 103 | 66 |
11 | Priddis, Matt | 12 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 29y 113d | 167 | 55 |
31 | Schofield, Will | 8 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 169d | 105 | 19 |
4 | Sheed, Dom | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19y 93d | 5 | 1 |
13 | Shuey, Luke | 16 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24y 40d | 80 | 71 |
22 | Sinclair, Callum | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24y 292d | 9 | 5 |
Smith, Ashley | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 357d | 44 | 10 | |
32 | Tunbridge, Simon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21y 102d | 4 | 3 |
Wilson, Blayne | 6 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 167d | 8 | 0 | |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 197 | 83 | 137 | 334 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 65 | 15 | 22 | 24y 148d | 1548 | 878 |