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CibbuanoEagles upset Dogs
April 19th 2009 10:24
WEST COAST has ended the Western Bulldogs unbeaten start to the season with a 33-point win in hot conditions at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.
Eagles coach John Worsfold laid down the law following the 97-point loss to St Kilda and his charges responded, getting the early jump on the Bulldogs before surviving several challenges from Rodney Eade’s men to record an impressive 17.14 (116) to 12.11 (83) victory.
Daniel Kerr overcame a sluggish start to finish the match with a team-high 29 possessions - 13 of which came in the third term.
He received good support from Andrew Embley, Matt Priddis, Adam Selwood and Brent Staker who won plenty of the football while Dean Cox was influential with 25 possessions and 31 hit-outs.
Will Schofield restricted Bulldogs playmaker Lindsay Gilbee to just 13 disposals by three-quarter time while David Wirrpanda was busy in defence with 28 quality touches, 15 marks and one goal.
The Eagles had 11 individual goal kickers for the match - Adam Hunter and Quinten Lynch the most effective with three apiece while Ben McKinley played his best game for the season, finishing the match with 16 touches, seven marks and two goals.
For the Bulldogs, Matthew Boyd (30 possessions) tried hard all day while Shaun Higgins showed his class with 21 disposals and four goals.
The Dogs led by five points midway through the first term before the Eagles were rewarded for their willingness to play on at all costs and use the corridor as they slammed on five unanswered goals either side of quarter-time to skip out to a 26-point lead at the one-minute mark of the second quarter.
West Coast looked set to run away with the contest but the Dogs stemmed the flow and hit back with two of the last three goals of the first half to trail by just 19 points at half time.
With Kerr exerting his influence in the midfield, the Eagles were able to break the game open with goals from Embley, Hunter and Lynch blowing the margin out to 40 points.
Josh Hill gave the Bulldogs a glimmer of hope heading into the final change, kicking truly after being awarded a controversial free kick in a marking contest with West Coast skipper Darren Glass.
Trailing by 34 points, the Dogs needed to get off to a fast start in the final stanza but it was the Eagles that got the first major of the last term with Matt Rosa kicking truly on the run to give his side a seemingly unassailable lead.
But the Bulldogs lifted themselves off the canvas and replied with three straight goals to close to within 22 points at the 18-minute mark.
The Dogs threatened to run over the top of a tiring West Coast side but the Eagles held their nerve and capped off the win with late goals from Wirrpanda and Staker.
WEST COAST: 6.4, 8.7, 14.11, 17.14 (116)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.2, 5.6, 9.7, 12.11 (83)
GOALS: West Coast: Hunter 3, Lynch 3, Le Cras 2, McKinley 2, Kerr, Selwood, Hansen, Embley, Rosa, Wirrpanda, Staker
Western Bulldogs: Higgins 4, Boyd 2, Griffen, Johnson, Hill, Gilbee, Lake, Ward
BEST: West Coast: Cox, Selwood, Kerr, Schofield, Wirrpanda, Embley, Staker, Priddis
Western Bulldogs: Higgins, Akermanis, Boyd, Griffen, Picken
INJURIES: West Coast: nil
Western Bulldogs: nil
Eagles coach John Worsfold laid down the law following the 97-point loss to St Kilda and his charges responded, getting the early jump on the Bulldogs before surviving several challenges from Rodney Eade’s men to record an impressive 17.14 (116) to 12.11 (83) victory.
Daniel Kerr overcame a sluggish start to finish the match with a team-high 29 possessions - 13 of which came in the third term.
He received good support from Andrew Embley, Matt Priddis, Adam Selwood and Brent Staker who won plenty of the football while Dean Cox was influential with 25 possessions and 31 hit-outs.
Will Schofield restricted Bulldogs playmaker Lindsay Gilbee to just 13 disposals by three-quarter time while David Wirrpanda was busy in defence with 28 quality touches, 15 marks and one goal.
The Eagles had 11 individual goal kickers for the match - Adam Hunter and Quinten Lynch the most effective with three apiece while Ben McKinley played his best game for the season, finishing the match with 16 touches, seven marks and two goals.
For the Bulldogs, Matthew Boyd (30 possessions) tried hard all day while Shaun Higgins showed his class with 21 disposals and four goals.
The Dogs led by five points midway through the first term before the Eagles were rewarded for their willingness to play on at all costs and use the corridor as they slammed on five unanswered goals either side of quarter-time to skip out to a 26-point lead at the one-minute mark of the second quarter.
West Coast looked set to run away with the contest but the Dogs stemmed the flow and hit back with two of the last three goals of the first half to trail by just 19 points at half time.
With Kerr exerting his influence in the midfield, the Eagles were able to break the game open with goals from Embley, Hunter and Lynch blowing the margin out to 40 points.
Josh Hill gave the Bulldogs a glimmer of hope heading into the final change, kicking truly after being awarded a controversial free kick in a marking contest with West Coast skipper Darren Glass.
Trailing by 34 points, the Dogs needed to get off to a fast start in the final stanza but it was the Eagles that got the first major of the last term with Matt Rosa kicking truly on the run to give his side a seemingly unassailable lead.
But the Bulldogs lifted themselves off the canvas and replied with three straight goals to close to within 22 points at the 18-minute mark.
The Dogs threatened to run over the top of a tiring West Coast side but the Eagles held their nerve and capped off the win with late goals from Wirrpanda and Staker.
WEST COAST: 6.4, 8.7, 14.11, 17.14 (116)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.2, 5.6, 9.7, 12.11 (83)
GOALS: West Coast: Hunter 3, Lynch 3, Le Cras 2, McKinley 2, Kerr, Selwood, Hansen, Embley, Rosa, Wirrpanda, Staker
Western Bulldogs: Higgins 4, Boyd 2, Griffen, Johnson, Hill, Gilbee, Lake, Ward
BEST: West Coast: Cox, Selwood, Kerr, Schofield, Wirrpanda, Embley, Staker, Priddis
Western Bulldogs: Higgins, Akermanis, Boyd, Griffen, Picken
INJURIES: West Coast: nil
Western Bulldogs: nil
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