Round 2 2011

Port Adelaide v West Coast
Round 2, 2011

Kerr made a welcome return. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 2 April 2011 (2:40 PM CST)

Venue

Football Park

Attendance

23,214

Result

Won by 18

Score

WCE 16.20.116 - 15.8.98 PA

Brownlow

3 A.Embley (WCE)
2 D.Cox (WCE)
1 R.Gray (PA)

Ladder

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West Coast dominated play and recorded a comfortable victory over Port Adelaide, their first against the Power at Football Park since 1998. Andrew Embley wound back the clock, kicking 4 goals to go with his 32 possessions, while youngster Luke Shuey added 27 touches and 3 goals and Dean Cox dominated his Port opponent Dean Brogan.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Port Adelaide		2.3.15		7.3.45		12.4.76		15.8.98
West Coast		3.7.25		9.10.64		12.16.88		16.20.116

Goals: Embley 4, Kennedy, Shuey 3, Nicoski 2, Darling, Ebert, Lynch, Rosa

Best: Embley, Cox, Shuey, Rosa, Kerr, Priddis, Kennedy

Injuries: Waters (elbow)

Sub: Gaff for Lynch in the 3rd quarter

Named side

	West Coast				Port Adelaide
B:	31.Schofield	23.Glass	25.Hurn	B:	44.Logan	27.Carlile	12.Trengove
HB:	8.Waters	1.Brown	10.S.Selwood	HB:	29.Pittard	30.Chaplin	14.P.Stewart
C:	24.Rosa	11.Priddis	32.Embley	C:	6.Pearce	1.Cassisi	O'Shea
HF:	5Ebert	17.Kennedy	13.Shuey	HF:	43.D.Stewart	39.Westhoff	18.K.Cornes
F:	6.Nicoski	21.Lynch	27.Darling	F:	47.Irons	35.C.Cornes	17.Gray
R:	20.Cox	37.A.Selwood	4.Kerr	R:	20.Brogan	10.Boak	21.Thomas
I:	9.Naitanui	35.McGinnity	12.Sheppard	I:	3.Salopek	15.Rodan	5.Broadbent
	3.Gaff				2.Hitchcock
E:	15.Swift	36.C.Wilson	43.Hams	E:	33.Ebert	19.Salter	41.Davenport

In: Naitanui, Kerr, McGinnity

Out: LeCras (groin), Masten (knee), Hams

Late change: (PA) Davenport for Salopek (hamstring strain)

From the coach

"Obviously for us they're all important wins. So to come to Port and beat Port here, which has been pretty tough for us since Port's existence, for this group specifically it's a very good win for them, but for the club overall to beat Port here has taken a bit of time.

"I suppose we had to win the game in the last few minutes. We didn't have it wrapped up anywhere before that. We probably had opportunities to maybe be further in front at different times in the game, so again they're areas that we know we've still got to get better at. We can't give teams the chance to think they're still in the game if we have dominated for periods.

"...I think Josh Kennedy set the standard there early for us with a couple of big chase-downs. That's an area, again, that the players know are critical to today's game."

From the papers

The West Australian

"West Coast led from the moment Shuey booted a behind 21 seconds into the game, but shoddy goal kicking never allowed them to build a lead bigger than 25 points and they held only a single-digit buffer at the 28-minute mark of the final term.

Without Cassisi, the Power looked to 2004 premiership trio Dean Brogan and Chad and Kane Cornes for inspiration, and also got it through four goals from Robbie Gray.

Four premiership points were just reward for West Coast, but some glaring statistics proved how much better they need to become.

Cox and Naitanui combined for 53 ruck hit-outs to Port's 17. The Eagles had a whopping 19-5 advantage in the centre hit-outs."

The Age

"Davenport bagged three goals in the third term to propel the Power closer to the Eagles.

When Port veteran Chad Cornes, playing his first AFL game since coach Matthew Primus took over last July, kicked his second goal, he bridged West Coast's lead to 12 points at three-quarter time.

That margin was shaved within a minute of the last stanza, when a Travis Boak goal put Port within striking distance.

But the Eagles held firm, with Embley fittingly kicking a late goal which sealed victory."

WAFL

Round 3 (1-2 April)

South Fremantle (C.Wilson, Hams) vs Perth (Butler, Smith)

East Fremantle (Dalziell, Stevens, Brennan, Houlihan) vs Subiaco

Claremont (MacKenzie, B.Jones, Weedon, Broome, Hamp) vs Peel (J.Jones, Lycett, B.Wilson)

West Perth (Strijk) vs Swan Districts.

Bye: East Perth

Injury list

In the lead-up to the round the following players were listed as injured:

Player		Injury		Expected duration
LeCras		Groin		7-10 weeks
Neates		Groin		8 weeks		(placed on LTI 22/3/11, replaced by Hams)
Masten		Knee		6-8 weeks
McGinnity		Foot		Test
Naitanui		Shoulder		Test

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2011/131820110402.html

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2011/2/port-v-wce