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CibbuanoClassy Cats blow Eagles away
June 21st 2008 13:03
GEELONG has handed West Coast its biggest ever defeat at Subiaco Oval, thumping the Eagles by 135 points on Saturday night.
The Cats were a class above the Eagles as they cruised to a convincing 28.14 (182) to 5.17 (47) win.
The 135-point margin was the second-biggest loss in the club's history, shaded only by the 142-point loss to Essendon back in 1989.
Gary Ablett Jnr did his Brownlow medal chances no harm with a game-high 37 possessions and two goals.
Paul Chapman and Cameron Mooney kicked five goals each while James Kelly was damaging with 26 disposals and four majors.
Mark LeCras played a lone hand up forward for West Coast with three goals, while ruckman Dean Cox, who is clearly struggling with a foot injury battled hard all night, finishing the match with 25 touches, 19 hit-outs and a goal.
West Coast was competitive at the stoppages in the opening term but their inability to hit targets proved to be costly as the Cats slammed on seven goals to one to take a commanding 34-point lead into quarter-time.
The Eagles lifted their intensity briefly in the second term but their inability to find a target inside forward 50 prevented them from having an impact on the scoreboard with LeCras second major their only reward.
West Coast entered inside their 50 just four fewer times than Geelong in the first half but found themselves trailing by 63 points at the main break with their poor disposal contributing to their downfall.
Ten of Geelong's 13 first-half goals came from West Coast turnovers.
The Cats didn't take their foot off the pedal in the second half, slamming on seven goals in the opening 15 minutes to blow the margin out to 106 points.
Adam Hunter kicked West Coast's first goal in over a quarter at the 19-minute mark but the Cats responded with the next three to take a 116-point advantage into the final change.
Geelong booted five goals to two in the final term to finish with the highest score by any team this season
WEST COAST: 1.5, 2.9, 3.14, 5.7 (47)
GEELONG: 7.3, 13.6, 23.10, 28.14 (182)
GOALS: West Coast: LeCras 3, Hunter, Cox
Geelong: Mooney, Chapman 5, Kelly 3, Johnson, Rooke, Lonergan, Varcoe, Ablett 2, Taylor, Mackie, Prismall, Bartel
BEST: West Coast: LeCras, Embley, Cox, Schofield
Geelong: Ablett, Chapman, Mooney, Harley, Wojcinski,
INJURIES: West Coast: Adam Selwood (throat)
Geelong: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: David Wojcinski replaced Matthew Stokes in the Geelong selected side
UMPIRES: Donlon, Rosebury, Kamolins
CROWD: 38,414 at Subiaco Oval
The Cats were a class above the Eagles as they cruised to a convincing 28.14 (182) to 5.17 (47) win.
The 135-point margin was the second-biggest loss in the club's history, shaded only by the 142-point loss to Essendon back in 1989.
Gary Ablett Jnr did his Brownlow medal chances no harm with a game-high 37 possessions and two goals.
Paul Chapman and Cameron Mooney kicked five goals each while James Kelly was damaging with 26 disposals and four majors.
Mark LeCras played a lone hand up forward for West Coast with three goals, while ruckman Dean Cox, who is clearly struggling with a foot injury battled hard all night, finishing the match with 25 touches, 19 hit-outs and a goal.
West Coast was competitive at the stoppages in the opening term but their inability to hit targets proved to be costly as the Cats slammed on seven goals to one to take a commanding 34-point lead into quarter-time.
The Eagles lifted their intensity briefly in the second term but their inability to find a target inside forward 50 prevented them from having an impact on the scoreboard with LeCras second major their only reward.
West Coast entered inside their 50 just four fewer times than Geelong in the first half but found themselves trailing by 63 points at the main break with their poor disposal contributing to their downfall.
Ten of Geelong's 13 first-half goals came from West Coast turnovers.
The Cats didn't take their foot off the pedal in the second half, slamming on seven goals in the opening 15 minutes to blow the margin out to 106 points.
Adam Hunter kicked West Coast's first goal in over a quarter at the 19-minute mark but the Cats responded with the next three to take a 116-point advantage into the final change.
Geelong booted five goals to two in the final term to finish with the highest score by any team this season
WEST COAST: 1.5, 2.9, 3.14, 5.7 (47)
GEELONG: 7.3, 13.6, 23.10, 28.14 (182)
GOALS: West Coast: LeCras 3, Hunter, Cox
Geelong: Mooney, Chapman 5, Kelly 3, Johnson, Rooke, Lonergan, Varcoe, Ablett 2, Taylor, Mackie, Prismall, Bartel
BEST: West Coast: LeCras, Embley, Cox, Schofield
Geelong: Ablett, Chapman, Mooney, Harley, Wojcinski,
INJURIES: West Coast: Adam Selwood (throat)
Geelong: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: David Wojcinski replaced Matthew Stokes in the Geelong selected side
UMPIRES: Donlon, Rosebury, Kamolins
CROWD: 38,414 at Subiaco Oval
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