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May 24th 2008 12:56
WEST COAST has snapped a seven-game losing streak and celebrated David Wirrpanda's 200th AFL match with a 50-point win over Adelaide at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night.
The Eagles, who were on the verge of matching their longest losing run in club history set up the 14.13 (97) to 5.17 (47) win with a six-goals-to-one second quarter.
The match will also go down in the history books as the first to feature a penalty for breaching the new interchange rules, with Adelaide's Ivan Maric kicking his second major after Ryan Davis was penalised midway through the final quarter.
Brad Ebert played arguably the best-game of his short career, racking up 28 possessions, ten marks and booting one goal. Matt Priddis and Matt Rosa were busy in the middle with 34 and 35 disposals respectively, while Andrew Embley provided plenty of run with 29 disposals, 11 marks and two goals.
Adam Selwood did a superb blanketing job on Andrew McLeod, restricting the dual Norm Smith medallist to just eight possessions, while Brett Jones kept in-form Adelaide forward Brett Burton goalless.
Eagles defender Beau Wilkes and midfielder Tim Houlihan (20 possessions) impressed on debut.
Chris Masten’s first AFL goal was the only major to in an opening term in which both sides wasted several gettable opportunities in front of goal.
At quarter time West Coast led 1.4 (10) to Adelaide’s 0.3 (3).
The Eagles should have been further in front at the first change after spraying three shots at goal out of bounds during the opening stanza.
West Coast clicked into gear in the second term, applying immense pressure all over the ground and winning the contested football.
The Eagles' slick movement of the football and willingness to use the corridor paid handsome dividends as they slammed on five unanswered goals in a 14-minute burst to break the game wide open.
It took Adelaide until the 23rd minute of the second term to kick its opening goal, Maric opening the Crows' account with a neat kick from the left forward pocket.
But a late goal to Embley ensured the Eagles remained in control, taking a commanding 34-point lead into the main break.
Adelaide coach Neil Craig's decision to move Graham Johncock up forward paid off as he and Nathan van Berlo ( 24 possessions, two goals) combined for three goals in the third term.
But every time the Crows looked like mounting a serious challenge the Eagles responded, with goals to Embley, Ben McKinley and Michael Braun giving West Coast a 34-point lead heading into the final change.
West Coast, who before tonight had failed to string together four quarters of football, booted four goals to one in the final term to secure just their second win of the season.
WEST COAST: 1.4, 7.5, 10.10, 14.13 (97)
ADELAIDE: 0.3, 1.7, 4.12, 5.17 (47)
GOALS: West Coast: Embley, McKinley, Cox 2, Wirrpanda, Masten, Kennedy, Armstrong, Braun, Staker, Ebert
Adelaide: van Berlo 2 Maric 2, Johncock
BEST: West Coast: Embley, Priddis, Braun, Jones, Fletcher, Glass, Rosa, Selwood
Adelaide: Thompson, van Berlo, Johncock, Thompson
INJURIES: West Coast: Nil
Adelaide: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Mark Seaby (West Coast) replaced in the selected side by Steven Armstrong
CROWD: 34,000 at Subiaco Oval
The Eagles, who were on the verge of matching their longest losing run in club history set up the 14.13 (97) to 5.17 (47) win with a six-goals-to-one second quarter.
The match will also go down in the history books as the first to feature a penalty for breaching the new interchange rules, with Adelaide's Ivan Maric kicking his second major after Ryan Davis was penalised midway through the final quarter.
Brad Ebert played arguably the best-game of his short career, racking up 28 possessions, ten marks and booting one goal. Matt Priddis and Matt Rosa were busy in the middle with 34 and 35 disposals respectively, while Andrew Embley provided plenty of run with 29 disposals, 11 marks and two goals.
Adam Selwood did a superb blanketing job on Andrew McLeod, restricting the dual Norm Smith medallist to just eight possessions, while Brett Jones kept in-form Adelaide forward Brett Burton goalless.
Eagles defender Beau Wilkes and midfielder Tim Houlihan (20 possessions) impressed on debut.
Chris Masten’s first AFL goal was the only major to in an opening term in which both sides wasted several gettable opportunities in front of goal.
At quarter time West Coast led 1.4 (10) to Adelaide’s 0.3 (3).
The Eagles should have been further in front at the first change after spraying three shots at goal out of bounds during the opening stanza.
West Coast clicked into gear in the second term, applying immense pressure all over the ground and winning the contested football.
The Eagles' slick movement of the football and willingness to use the corridor paid handsome dividends as they slammed on five unanswered goals in a 14-minute burst to break the game wide open.
It took Adelaide until the 23rd minute of the second term to kick its opening goal, Maric opening the Crows' account with a neat kick from the left forward pocket.
But a late goal to Embley ensured the Eagles remained in control, taking a commanding 34-point lead into the main break.
Adelaide coach Neil Craig's decision to move Graham Johncock up forward paid off as he and Nathan van Berlo ( 24 possessions, two goals) combined for three goals in the third term.
But every time the Crows looked like mounting a serious challenge the Eagles responded, with goals to Embley, Ben McKinley and Michael Braun giving West Coast a 34-point lead heading into the final change.
West Coast, who before tonight had failed to string together four quarters of football, booted four goals to one in the final term to secure just their second win of the season.
WEST COAST: 1.4, 7.5, 10.10, 14.13 (97)
ADELAIDE: 0.3, 1.7, 4.12, 5.17 (47)
GOALS: West Coast: Embley, McKinley, Cox 2, Wirrpanda, Masten, Kennedy, Armstrong, Braun, Staker, Ebert
Adelaide: van Berlo 2 Maric 2, Johncock
BEST: West Coast: Embley, Priddis, Braun, Jones, Fletcher, Glass, Rosa, Selwood
Adelaide: Thompson, van Berlo, Johncock, Thompson
INJURIES: West Coast: Nil
Adelaide: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Mark Seaby (West Coast) replaced in the selected side by Steven Armstrong
CROWD: 34,000 at Subiaco Oval
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