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Brisbane vs West Coast

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Round: 17   Venue: Gabba   Date: Sat, 12-07-2014 7:40 pm   Crowd: 13,610  
Brisbane 1.1.74.3.276.6.429.10.64 C:  Justin Leppitsch
West Coast 3.2.205.3.339.5.5911.10.76 C:  Adam Simpson
  WCE by 13WCE by 6WCE by 17WCE by 12  
Weather
min temp  2.6°C      max temp  22.6°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  32%    air pressure  1019.8mb
wind speed 9km/h      wind direction  W
Brownlow Medal 3 Luke Shuey (WCE)2 Matt Priddis (WCE)1 Stefan Martin (BRIS)

Match Report


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

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.

Match stats

Brisbane Match Stats Career
# 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
# 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

Match highlights

Xavier Ellis played his 100th V/AFL game: West Coast vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.