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| Round: 23 Venue: Carrara Stadium Date: Sun, 31-08-2014 1:10 pm Crowd: 11,840 | |||||
| Gold Coast | 6.3.39 | 9.6.60 | 11.8.74 | 15.9.99 | C: Guy McKenna |
| West Coast | 6.2.38 | 9.8.62 | 20.10.130 | 23.13.151 | C: Adam Simpson |
| SUNS by 1 | WCE by 2 | WCE by 56 | WCE by 52 | ||
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Josh Kennedy (WCE) | 2 Matt Priddis (WCE) | 1 Scott Lycett (WCE) |
Match Report
West Coast has ended a disappointing season on a high note, defeating the Gold Coast Suns at Carrara on Sunday. The match was rendered meaningless in terms of finals participation after Richmond had secured the last place in the eight with a win over Sydney a day earlier but the Eagles ensured they saw out the season in a positive way, winning by 52 points.
The first quarter was a shoot-out, with each side kicking six goals. At quarter time, the Eagles held sway by just one point. The second term was just as even. although not as high scoring, with both Suns and Eagles booting three goals and West Coast with a two-point advantage at the long break.
The game was blown apart in the third term, with a massive 11-goal burst from the Eagles. Gold Coast could muster only two goals in that period and when the three-quarter time siren sounded, West Coast led 56 points and the result was a formality. After Eagles opened the last term with two more goals, the Suns finished the stronger of the two, kicking four of the last five goals to win the quarter and reduce the final margin to 52.
Josh Kennedy was a standout for West Coast, his eight goals taking his season tally to 61, six behind Coleman Medal winner Lance Franklin. Nic Natanui (28 hitouts, three goals) also had a great game, while for the Suns, Jack Martin (four goals, seven marks) and Brandon Matera (nine marks and 22 touches) had great games.
West Coast finishes its season with an 11-11 record, a game outside the top eight, with the Eagles left to rue losses to Essendon and Carlton by under a goal at Docklands during the year. The Suns were 7-4 after 11 games but faded late in the season to finish 10-12 and in 12th place.
GOALS
Gold Coast: Martin 4; Lynch 3; Matera 2; Rischitelli, Day, Bennell, Swallow, Sexton, Lonergan
West Coast: Kennedy 8; LeCras 4; Naitanui 3; Selwood, Shuey, Lycett, Darling, McGinnity, Hill, Cripps, Butler
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Gold Coast: Martin, Matera, Lynch, Swallow, Rischitelli, Bennell
West Coast: Kennedy, Naitanui, Priddis, LeCras, Lycett, Shuey
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Gold Coast: Martin, Swallow, Lynch, Rischitelli, Prestia
West Coast: Kennedy, LeCras, Naitanui, Shuey, Masten
INJURIES
Gold Coast: Nil
West Coast: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Gold Coast: Jesse Lonergan for Jack Leslie in the third quarter
West Coast: Elliot Yeo for Scott Selwood in the third quarter
REPORTS: Josh Kennedy (West Coast) for striking David Swallow in the second quarter
UMPIRES: Donlon, McInerney and Mitchell
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
Source
Match Report by Andrew GigaczFootnotes
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Match stats
| Gold Coast | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 11 | Bennell, Harley | 13 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 333d | 66 | 81 |
| 36 | Broughton, Greg | 10 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27y 336d | 105 | 19 |
| 27 | Cameron, Clay | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 96d | 9 | 1 |
| 12 | Day, Sam | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 359d | 64 | 43 |
| 5 | Harbrow, Jarrod | 15 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26y 44d | 148 | 44 |
| 28 | Kolodjashnij, Kade | 11 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19y 22d | 18 | 5 |
| 40 | Lemmens, Sean | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19y 302d | 18 | 3 |
| 38 | Leslie, Jack | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 126d | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Lonergan, Jesse | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 290d | 13 | 2 |
| 19 | Lynch, Tom | 12 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21y 304d | 60 | 81 |
| 4 | Martin, Jack | 14 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 214d | 11 | 10 |
| 32 | Matera, Brandon | 18 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22y 173d | 55 | 60 |
| 1 | O'Meara, Jaeger | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20y 189d | 44 | 27 |
| 10 | Prestia, Dion | 11 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21y 323d | 73 | 22 |
| 35 | Rischitelli, Michael | 15 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 28y 235d | 178 | 77 |
| 6 | Sexton, Alex | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20y 271d | 24 | 10 |
| 26 | Shaw, Matt | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22y 207d | 72 | 27 |
| 25 | Stanley, Danny | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26y 194d | 80 | 38 |
| 24 | Swallow, David | 13 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21y 285d | 73 | 37 |
| 48 | Tape, Seb | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 25d | 33 | 1 |
| 16 | Thompson, Rory | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23y 172d | 53 | 7 |
| 14 | Warnock, Matthew | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30y 150d | 87 | 1 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 193 | 84 | 165 | 358 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 53 | 14 | 14 | 22y 245d | 1286 | 596 | |
| West Coast | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 44 | Bennell, Jamie | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 85d | 76 | 24 |
| 26 | Butler, Sam | 9 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 229d | 120 | 14 |
| Carter, Adam | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 136d | 7 | 0 | |
| 15 | Cripps, Jamie | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 130d | 50 | 55 |
| 27 | Darling, Jack | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22y 79d | 90 | 158 |
| 3 | Gaff, Andrew | 17 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22y 76d | 85 | 31 |
| 33 | Hill, Josh | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25y 224d | 117 | 146 |
| 25 | Hurn, Shannon | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26y 361d | 152 | 43 |
| 17 | Kennedy, Josh | 12 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 27y 6d | 140 | 288 |
| 2 | LeCras, Mark | 15 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28y 1d | 130 | 294 |
| 29 | Lycett, Scott | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21y 339d | 22 | 18 |
| 16 | Mackenzie, Eric | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26y 104d | 121 | 6 |
| 7 | Masten, Chris | 18 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 121d | 118 | 51 |
| 35 | McGinnity, Patrick | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25y 194d | 81 | 20 |
| 42 | McGovern, Jeremy | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22y 138d | 13 | 13 |
| 9 | Naitanui, Nic | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24y 119d | 108 | 71 |
| 11 | Priddis, Matt | 11 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29y 163d | 173 | 56 |
| 31 | Schofield, Will | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25y 219d | 111 | 19 |
| 10 | Selwood, Scott | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24y 157d | 122 | 35 |
| 13 | Shuey, Luke | 19 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24y 90d | 86 | 75 |
| Wilson, Blayne | 10 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 217d | 9 | 0 | |
| 6 | Yeo, Elliot | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20y 334d | 40 | 3 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 197 | 92 | 136 | 333 | 23 | 13 | 57 | 51 | 14 | 14 | 24y 209d | 1971 | 1420 | |