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Greater Western Sydney vs West Coast

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Round: 21   Venue: Sydney Showground   Date: Sat, 13-08-2016 4:35 pm   Crowd: 10,385  
Greater Western Sydney 3.3.216.7.4312.10.8214.12.96 C:  Leon Cameron
West Coast 1.4.105.8.388.11.5914.13.97 C:  Adam Simpson
  GWS by 11GWS by 5GWS by 23WCE by 1  
Weather
min temp  8.3°C      max temp  20.3°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  32%    air pressure  1020.7mb
wind speed 17km/h      wind direction  WSW
Brownlow Medal 3 Luke Shuey (WCE)2 Rory Lobb (GWS)1 Stephen Coniglio (GWS)

Match Report

A snapped goal from Nic Naitanui in the dying seconds of the match has given West Coast an amazing one-point win over GWS at Sydney Showground on Saturday. The Giants looked to have seen off a last-quarter challenge from the Eagles when Rory Lobb goaled to put them a goal ahead with a minute and a half remaining but, after a late point from Josh Hill brought West Coast to within five points, a throw in near the Eagles goals with eight seconds remaining saw Naitanui grab a loose ground ball and snap truly with his left foot to give the Eagles victory. The result saw GWS tumble from the top and kept alive West Coast's chances of securing a double chance. 

Inaccuracy from both sides was the early order of the day, with a miss from the Giants' Jeremy Cameron followed by inaccurate shots from West Coast's Mark LeCras, Josh Kennedy and Matt Priddis. Jonathon Patton finally kicked truly at the 10-minute mark, and follow-up goals from Steve Johnson and Devon Smith saw GWS out to a 16-point lead going into time on before a mark and goal to Naitanui had the Eagles back within 11 at quarter time. 

The Giants looked to be getting on top when Lobb and Ryan Griffen both goaled within the first five minutes of the second quarter to give them a 23-point lead but the next 20 minutes were largely controlled by West Coast, with a pair of goals from LeCras followed by one each to Kennedy and Priddis and scores were level early in the time-on period. A free kick for an arm-chop saw Patton kick his second from 15 metres out and GWS went into the long break with a narrow five-point lead. 

Kennedy gave the lead to the Eagles with the first goal of the third term and the match became a see-sawing affair for a period after that. Toby Greene responded with a goal for the Giants but Mark Hutchings had West Coast back in front with a goal at the nine-minute mark. Brad Sheppard extended the Eagles' lead to seven points with his first five minutes later but GWS appeared to be stung into action as a result and finished the quarter off with five majors in a row, one each to Devon Smith, Tom Scully, Cameron, Griffen and Lobb to turn for home leading by 23 points. 

West Coast gave notice that it wasn't yet done with when Kennedy marked and goaled within the first 80 seconds of the final term and when Priddis followed up with another at the 13-minute mark, the margin was back to 11 and it was 'game on'. After seven scoreless minutes, during which time Giant Adam Kennedy was stretchered from the ground after he was concussed in a tackle, Lobb gave the Giants breathing space with a mark and his third goal but the Eagles came again, and a major to Dom Sheed was followed by two to Luke Shuey and scores were level at the 31-minute mark. Cobb appeared to seal the deal with his fourth at the 36-minute mark but Naitanui's last-second snap saw the Eagles snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in a result that could later be looked back on as a defining one when the season is done and dusted. 

Shuey was a match-winner for the Eagles with 38 possessions and six tackles to go with his two vital last-quarter goals. For GWS, Lobb's four goals and five marks put him among his team's best.

The top four is far from settled as a result of West Coast's win. The Eagles have two tough matches to come, against Hawthorn (top) at home and Adelaide (third) away, while the Giants should account for Fremantle at home next Saturday before a tough encounter against North Melbourne at Docklands in round 23. 

GOALS
GWS: Lobb 4; Patton, Smith, Griffen 2; Johnson, Cameron, Scully, Greene
West Coast: Kennedy 3; LeCras, Priddis, Shuey, Naitanui 2; Sheppard, Hutchings, Sheed

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
GWS: Ward, Greene, Coniglio, Griffen, Shiel, Lobb
West Coast: Shuey, Kennedy, Priddis, Gaff, Yeo, Naitanui

BEST - THE SUNDAY AGE
GWS: Lobb, Greene, Shiel, Coniglio, Ward, Williams
West Coast: Shuey, Naitanui, Priddis, Gaff, Yeo, Kennedy

INJURIES
GWS: Kennedy (concussion)
West Coast: Nil

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Stevic, Harris

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy

COMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Jason Dunstall, Jonathan Brown, David King

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.

Match stats

Greater Western Sydney Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
18 Cameron, Jeremy 7 4 5 12 1 4 0 2 0 1 23y 134d 89 228
3 Coniglio, Stephen 14 6 14 28 0 1 0 8 0 0 22y 242d 81 32
1 Davis, Phil 5 5 8 13 0 0 0 1 1 1 25y 349d 93 6
4 Greene, Toby 13 11 10 23 1 1 0 1 1 2 22y 323d 94 71
32 Griffen, Ryan 13 2 10 23 2 0 2 7 0 2 30y 17d 234 145
19 Haynes, Nick 13 6 5 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 24y 87d 58 6
17 Johnson, Steve 9 4 4 13 1 1 0 4 0 2 33y 40d 272 488
22 Kelly, Josh 15 2 8 23 0 1 0 5 2 1 21y 183d 56 34
40 Kennedy, Adam 9 1 6 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 24y 32d 76 6
15 Kennedy, Matthew 4 2 8 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 19y 129d 3 3
37 Lobb, Rory 13 5 2 15 4 2 7 4 1 0 23y 186d 31 32
41 Mumford, Shane 0 1 11 11 0 0 37 11 2 3 30y 39d 147 47
24 Patfull, Joel 8 4 5 13 0 0 0 5 1 1 31y 250d 216 26
12 Patton, Jonathon 5 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 2 0 23y 85d 51 60
9 Scully, Tom 8 3 13 21 1 0 0 3 0 1 25y 90d 123 54
23 Shaw, Heath 18 4 3 21 0 0 0 1 0 1 30y 260d 233 38
5 Shiel, Dylan 14 3 16 30 0 0 0 4 1 1 23y 157d 83 46
10 Smith, Devon 8 3 8 16 2 0 0 3 1 1 23y 85d 89 81
20 Tomlinson, Adam 3 2 9 12 0 0 0 3 1 0 23y 3d 63 18
8 Ward, Callan 12 2 13 25 0 1 1 3 4 0 26y 125d 163 83
6 Whitfield, Lachie 9 3 10 19 0 0 0 3 0 1 22y 26d 68 31
29 Williams, Zac 13 5 7 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 21y 328d 49 13
  Totals 213 81 179 392 14 12 47 73 17 19 25y 28d 2372 1548
West Coast Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
37 Barrass, Tom 2 0 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 20y 310d 11 0
26 Butler, Sam 4 3 6 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 30y 212d 154 16
15 Cripps, Jamie 9 3 4 13 0 1 0 4 2 0 24y 112d 95 116
27 Darling, Jack 4 5 8 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 24y 61d 125 221
3 Gaff, Andrew 14 3 15 29 0 0 0 1 1 0 24y 58d 129 49
33 Hill, Josh 6 0 1 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 27y 207d 158 208
25 Hurn, Shannon 6 5 7 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 28y 344d 197 49
34 Hutchings, Mark 10 5 8 18 1 0 0 6 0 1 25y 80d 53 28
17 Kennedy, Josh 11 7 2 13 3 3 0 3 0 0 28y 354d 185 438
2 LeCras, Mark 10 7 3 13 2 4 0 3 1 1 29y 349d 174 372
29 Lycett, Scott 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 1 0 3 23y 322d 46 35
7 Masten, Chris 8 3 12 20 0 1 0 1 0 0 27y 103d 158 57
20 McGovern, Jeremy 8 4 8 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 24y 120d 52 19
9 Naitanui, Nic 6 2 10 16 2 0 45 2 1 0 26y 101d 145 96
11 Priddis, Matt 10 0 16 26 2 1 0 8 0 3 31y 145d 216 67
31 Schofield, Will 5 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 27y 202d 151 20
4 Sheed, Dom 12 1 3 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 21y 125d 36 12
5 Sheppard, Brad 7 1 5 12 1 0 0 1 2 0 25y 82d 104 16
13 Shuey, Luke 18 3 20 38 2 0 0 6 6 1 26y 72d 131 110
32 Tunbridge, Simon 8 3 3 11 0 0 0 5 1 0 23y 134d 10 5
12 Wellingham, Sharrod 6 1 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 28y 37d 155 73
6 Yeo, Elliot 10 5 11 21 0 0 1 1 2 1 22y 317d 81 36
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 174 64 151 325 14 13 55 67 19 17 26y 9d 2566 2043

Match highlights

Luke Shuey had 20 handballs for West Coast vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Nic Naitanui had 45 hitouts for West Coast vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Shane Mumford had 11 tackles for Greater Western Sydney vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)

Footnotes

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