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Round: 20 Venue: Subiaco Oval Date: Fri, 10-08-2012 6:40 pm Crowd: 37,812 | |||||
West Coast | 3.1.19 | 7.3.45 | 11.5.71 | 16.6.102 | C: John Worsfold |
Geelong | 5.5.35 | 9.5.59 | 11.6.72 | 15.7.97 | C: Chris Scott |
GEEL by 16 | GEEL by 14 | GEEL by 1 | WCE by 5 |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Dean Cox (WCE) | 2 Daniel Kerr (WCE) | 1 Steve Johnson (GEEL) |
In a Friday-night thriller, the second in consecutive weeks, West Coast pipped a depleted Geelong at the post to keep alive their hopes of a top four finish in 2012. For the Cats, the heartbreaking loss virtually extinguished their own hopes of a double chance and, with two tough fixtures to come in the last three weeks of the season, still not assured of September action. Despite losing Tom Hawkins to concussion in the first quarter, the Cats held sway for much of this match and led at the first three changes, although the margin was never great. With the Eagles trailing by a point at the last break, the final quarter became an arm-wrestle. After the two sides traded early last-term goals, Masten, Gaff and Lynch all scored for West Coast to give them a three-goal buffer half way through. But Geelong came again and late goals to Walker and Johnson took the margin to under a goal. With less than a minute remaining, the Eagles got the vital last centre-clearance of the match, enabling them to hold on for a five-point win.
For West Coast, Daniel Kerr, Matthew Priddis and Luke Shuey were magnificent all night, while Dean Cox was valuable in the ruck and as a resting forward, kicking three goals. Geelong, having lost Chapman prior to the match and Hawkins early, were well served by Stevie Johnson and Andrew Mackie, although the mercurial Stevie J undid some of his good work with a couple of poor kicks for goal at vital stages of the match. Both sides face challenging games against top four and top eight aspirants in two of the season's remaining three rounds. West Coast will meet Collingwood at home in round 22 and Hawthorn at the MCG in the final round, while Geelong take on St Kilda in round 21 and Sydney in round 23. With so many sides jockeying for positions within the top eight, the difference between losing and winning those games could be enormous for both the Eagles and the Cats.
GOALS
West Coast: Cox, Lynch 3; Naitanui, Gaff, Priddis 2; Kerr, Shuey, Darling, Masten
Geelong: Podsiadly 3; Stokes, Motlop 2; Hunt, Christensen, Murdoch, Hawkins, Simpkin, Bartel, Walker, Johnson
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West Coast: Cox, Naitanui, Priddis, Kerr, Shuey, Gaff, Hurn
Geelong: Johnson, Lonergan, Christensen, Mackie
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West Coast: Cox, Kerr, Naitanui, S.Selwood, Priddis, Shuey, Hurn
Geelong: Johnson, Mackie, Bartel, Enright, Christensen, Lonergan
COACHES' COMMENTS
John Worsfold (WC): We know what the boys are capable of, and we've got a program in place to finish the season off really strongly.
Chris Scott (Geel): When you lose one of the best key forwards in the competition, it's obviously going to have an impact.
Umpires: Stevic, Schmitt, Pannell
West Coast | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
34 | Brennan, Jacob | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22y 199d | 12 | 2 |
20 | Cox, Dean | 13 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 31y 9d | 246 | 145 |
27 | Darling, Jack | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20y 58d | 42 | 64 |
32 | Embley, Andrew | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 31y 44d | 234 | 204 |
3 | Gaff, Andrew | 14 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20y 55d | 36 | 14 |
23 | Glass, Darren | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31y 88d | 237 | 8 |
43 | Hams, Ashton | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25y 339d | 30 | 33 |
33 | Hill, Josh | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 204d | 83 | 105 |
25 | Hurn, Shannon | 15 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24y 341d | 117 | 34 |
4 | Kerr, Daniel | 18 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 29y 86d | 205 | 114 |
21 | Lynch, Quinten | 8 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29y 199d | 206 | 278 |
16 | Mackenzie, Eric | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24y 83d | 75 | 0 |
7 | Masten, Chris | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23y 100d | 73 | 33 |
35 | McGinnity, Patrick | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23y 174d | 59 | 9 |
9 | Naitanui, Nic | 7 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22y 98d | 72 | 48 |
11 | Priddis, Matt | 11 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27y 142d | 125 | 40 |
31 | Schofield, Will | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23y 199d | 73 | 9 |
37 | Selwood, Adam | 11 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 28y 101d | 173 | 42 |
10 | Selwood, Scott | 13 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22y 136d | 87 | 27 |
13 | Shuey, Luke | 18 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 69d | 47 | 46 |
15 | Swift, Tom | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 35d | 34 | 8 |
8 | Waters, Beau | 12 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26y 133d | 109 | 24 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 195 | 67 | 126 | 321 | 16 | 6 | 67 | 54 | 32 | 32 | 25y 81d | 2375 | 1287 |
Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
3 | Bartel, Jimmy | 9 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28y 250d | 221 | 147 |
28 | Christensen, Allen | 14 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21y 83d | 33 | 24 |
22 | Duncan, Mitch | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21y 61d | 47 | 47 |
44 | Enright, Corey | 13 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30y 331d | 240 | 53 |
29 | Guthrie, Cameron | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 357d | 19 | 1 |
26 | Hawkins, Tom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24y 20d | 97 | 155 |
19 | Hunt, Taylor | 7 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21y 279d | 38 | 8 |
20 | Johnson, Steve | 17 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 29y 37d | 193 | 381 |
13 | Lonergan, Tom | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28y 85d | 93 | 46 |
4 | Mackie, Andrew | 15 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28y 3d | 169 | 76 |
32 | Motlop, Steven | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 151d | 23 | 25 |
21 | Murdoch, Jordan | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20y 140d | 4 | 3 |
31 | Podsiadly, James | 10 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 30y 335d | 56 | 130 |
30 | Scarlett, Matthew | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33y 66d | 281 | 17 |
14 | Selwood, Joel | 16 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24y 76d | 132 | 60 |
38 | Sheringham, Jackson | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 49d | 5 | 1 |
46 | Simpkin, Jonathan | 9 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24y 287d | 2 | 1 |
23 | Stephenson, Orren | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 30y 26d | 8 | 1 |
27 | Stokes, Mathew | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 27y 262d | 127 | 177 |
7 | Taylor, Harry | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26y 59d | 108 | 20 |
42 | Walker, Josh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19y 272d | 5 | 3 |
40 | Wojcinski, David | 8 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31y 327d | 203 | 66 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 190 | 75 | 123 | 313 | 15 | 7 | 25 | 70 | 32 | 32 | 25y 294d | 2104 | 1442 |