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West Coast vs St. Kilda

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Round: 8   Venue: Subiaco Oval   Date: Sun, 15-05-2016 2:40 pm   Crowd: 36,140  
West Coast 9.3.5712.5.7715.8.9820.12.132 C:  Adam Simpson
St. Kilda 1.3.91.9.152.9.213.11.29 C:  Alan Richardson
  WCE by 48WCE by 62WCE by 77WCE by 103  
Weather
min temp  10.2°C      max temp  22.4°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  62%    air pressure  1017.3mb
wind speed 15km/h      wind direction  W
Brownlow Medal 3 Matt Priddis (WCE)2 Mark LeCras (WCE)1 Andrew Gaff (WCE)

Match Report

West Coast has recorded a huge home win over St Kilda, thrashing the Saints by 103 points at  Subiaco. While St Kilda was never really expected to challenge the might of the Eagles on West Coast's home turf, the Saints' fans and coaching hierarchy would have been disappointed with the magnitude of the loss. St Kilda could only manage to score one goal in the first, and finished with a paltry score of 3.11.29, its lowest total since round six, 2002, when it kicked 3.10.28 against Collingwood. 

The writing was on the wall very early for St Kilda, with Josh Kennedy goaling twice within the first two minutes, and Mark Hutchings kicking the Eagles third goal by the four-minute mark. A rushed behind to the Saints at the eight-minute mark proved to one their only score until the 27-minute mark, as the Eagles spent the rest of the quarter on a scoring spree, with Kennedy adding a third, fourth and fifth goal and Mark Le Cras kicking two as West Coast racked up nine goals before Jack Steven finally put the Saints on the board with a major just before quarter time. By the time the siren was sounded to end the first term, West Coast was ahead 57 to 9.

St Kilda was better in terms of scoring opportunities in the second quarter, but could not find the big sticks, with Jack Billings, Jack Lonie, Tim Membrey and Josh Bruce contributing misses to a quarter that yielded only six behinds. The Eagles added 3.2, and led 77-15 at the long break.

Josh Bruce provided some relief for Saints' fans with the first goal of the third term, but 'normal service' was the resumed, as West Coast added a further 3.3 to nil to take a 77-point lead into the final term. The Eagles went on their merry way in the final quarter, adding another five goals, with Maverick Weller adding the Saints only major of the term, West Coast running out winners by 103 points in the end.

The Eagles had many fine players, with Luke Shuey (31 disposals, six tackles) and Kennedy with his five first-quarter goals among the best. Seb Ross (31 possessions and eight tackles) was one of the best for St Kilda.

West Coast is seventh on the ladder with a 5-3 record and will face Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval next Saturday, while St Kilda (14th, 2-6) will look to get back on the winners list against Essendon at Docklands on Sunday. 

GOALS
West Coast: LeCras 6; Kennedy 5; Hutchings, Darling 2; Cripps, Lycett, Hill, McGovern, Yeo
St Kilda: Steven, Bruce, Weller

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West Coast: Shuey, LeCras, Gaff, Butler, Kennedy, Naitanui
St Kilda: Steven, Ross, Montagna, Armitage, Billings

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West Coast: Kennedy, Shuey, LeCras, Naitanui, Priddis, Gaff, Wellingham, McGovern
St Kilda: Ross, Montagna, Steven, Savage, Riewoldt

INJURIES
West Coast: Nil
St Kilda: Nil

UMPIRES: Farmer, Dalgleish, Ryan

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy

COMMENTATORS: Anthony Hudson, Brad Johnson, Alastair Lynch, Barry Hall

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.

Match stats

West Coast Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
26 Butler, Sam 14 6 11 25 0 0 0 2 0 0 30y 122d 144 16
15 Cripps, Jamie 5 2 2 7 1 2 0 7 0 1 24y 22d 83 99
27 Darling, Jack 6 6 1 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 23y 337d 113 202
14 Duggan, Liam 14 1 7 21 0 2 0 1 0 1 19y 156d 20 1
3 Gaff, Andrew 19 2 17 36 0 0 0 1 1 1 23y 334d 118 43
33 Hill, Josh 8 6 4 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 27y 117d 147 195
25 Hurn, Shannon 14 6 3 17 0 0 0 1 1 0 28y 254d 185 46
34 Hutchings, Mark 9 4 12 21 2 0 0 2 1 1 24y 356d 42 21
17 Kennedy, Josh 10 6 3 13 5 1 0 4 1 2 28y 264d 173 393
2 LeCras, Mark 11 4 2 13 6 0 0 3 1 1 29y 259d 162 353
29 Lycett, Scott 8 5 6 14 1 0 19 4 1 0 23y 232d 35 29
16 Mackenzie, Eric 10 5 9 19 0 0 0 1 2 1 27y 362d 129 7
7 Masten, Chris 17 5 13 30 0 2 0 3 0 2 27y 13d 146 53
20 McGovern, Jeremy 12 5 6 18 1 0 0 1 1 0 24y 30d 41 19
9 Naitanui, Nic 5 2 7 12 0 0 33 3 2 0 26y 11d 139 92
11 Priddis, Matt 7 1 21 28 0 0 0 9 3 0 31y 55d 204 63
8 Redden, Jack 5 5 6 11 0 0 0 9 0 0 25y 158d 137 57
31 Schofield, Will 9 7 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 27y 112d 140 19
5 Sheppard, Brad 10 5 5 15 0 0 0 1 2 1 24y 358d 92 15
13 Shuey, Luke 10 2 21 31 0 1 0 6 3 1 25y 348d 119 103
12 Wellingham, Sharrod 17 4 5 22 0 0 0 5 1 0 27y 313d 143 73
6 Yeo, Elliot 11 4 9 20 1 0 1 6 2 0 22y 227d 71 26
  Rushed   4  
  Totals 231 93 173 404 20 12 53 73 24 13 26y 52d 2583 1925
St. Kilda Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
8 Acres, Blake 2 1 6 8 0 0 1 4 0 1 20y 221d 15 4
20 Armitage, David 8 1 12 20 0 0 0 5 1 4 27y 334d 136 82
15 Billings, Jack 9 2 11 20 0 1 0 5 0 0 20y 271d 33 24
27 Bruce, Josh 5 4 4 9 1 1 1 2 1 3 23y 342d 54 72
24 Dempster, Sean 6 4 11 17 0 0 0 2 0 1 32y 116d 211 20
7 Dunstan, Luke 4 1 10 14 0 0 0 4 0 2 21y 107d 42 23
14 Geary, Jarryn 9 1 5 14 0 0 0 3 2 1 27y 327d 128 21
19 Gilbert, Sam 4 1 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 29y 270d 165 35
22 Gresham, Jade 10 4 6 16 0 0 0 4 1 2 18y 265d 5 2
1 Hickey, Tom 3 3 8 11 0 0 26 7 0 3 25y 70d 49 17
13 Lonie, Jack 4 1 4 8 0 1 0 6 1 2 19y 276d 24 18
28 Membrey, Tim 3 2 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 21y 355d 16 17
11 Montagna, Leigh 19 8 14 33 0 0 0 5 0 0 32y 195d 257 146
16 Newnes, Jack 12 5 8 20 0 0 0 1 1 0 23y 81d 77 14
12 Riewoldt, Nick 16 10 6 22 0 2 3 1 2 0 33y 211d 306 666
17 Roberton, Dylan 13 5 11 24 0 0 1 3 0 1 24y 329d 88 11
6 Ross, Sebastian 19 4 12 31 0 0 3 8 0 1 23y 8d 45 5
5 Savage, Shane 16 8 9 25 0 0 0 3 0 0 25y 131d 98 53
40 Sinclair, Jack 3 2 5 8 0 0 0 3 1 0 21y 93d 24 22
3 Steven, Jack 8 2 21 29 1 0 0 1 1 0 26y 48d 120 79
29 Webster, Jimmy 8 1 12 20 0 0 0 4 1 1 22y 322d 46 2
44 Weller, Maverick 6 3 10 16 1 0 1 6 1 1 24y 92d 76 27
  Rushed   4  
  Totals 187 73 189 376 3 11 36 83 13 24 24y 318d 2015 1360

Footnotes

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