2003 AFL Elimination Final 2: Adelaide v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2003 between Adelaide and West Coast in the second elimination final of the 2003 AFL season. Adelaide hosted West Coast at AAMI Stadium. Mark Ricciuto captained the hosts. Ben Cousins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Adelaide
Back: M. Stevens, N. Smart, T. Stenglein
Half-back: T. Edwards, I. Perrie, K. Massie
Centre: B. Burton, M. Ricciuto (capt.), B. Hart
Half-forward: S. Goodwin, N. Bassett, S. Welsh
Forward: R. Burns, W. Carey, R. Shirley
Follower: M. Clarke, A. McLeod, M. Bode
Int.: M. Bickley, R. Biglands, B. Reilly, J. Torney

West Coast
Back: K. Green, A. McIntosh, P. Read
Half-back: A. Hunter, D. Glass, D. Chick
Centre: A. Selwood, B. Cousins (capt.), M. Braun
Half-forward: R. Jones, M. Gardiner, C. Judd
Forward: P. Matera, D. Haynes, A. Sampi
Follower: D. Cox, C. Fletcher, D. Kerr
Int.: D. Banfield, A. Embley, D. Sierakowski, B. Staker

Adelaide (16.17.113) defeated West Coast (8.9.57).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Edwards (2), K. Massie (2), M. Stevens (2), M. Bode, R. Burns, B. Burton, W. Carey, S. Goodwin, A. McLeod, B. Reilly, M. Ricciuto, R. Shirley, S. Welsh
West Coast: B. Cousins (3), M. Gardiner (3), A. Embley (2)

As a result of this match, Adelaide faced Brisbane Lions in the second semi final and West Coast were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
Teams: Adelaide v West Coast
Date: Saturday 6 September 2003
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: AAMI Stadium
Attendance: 38,641

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. West Coast
Score: 16.17.113 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	3	.	4	7	.	6	11	.	12	16	.	17	16	.	17	(113)
West Coast	1	.	1	3	.	4	5	.	7	8	.	9	8	.	9	(57)
Margin	ADEL by 15			ADEL by 26			ADEL by 41			ADEL by 56			ADEL by 56
Duration	27:28			29:25			29:41			29:57			1:56:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Adelaide), John Worsfold (West Coast)
Captains: Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide), Ben Cousins (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), S. McInerney (#30), M. Vozzo (#2)

Player Statistics

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
8	Bassett, Nathan	CHF	100%	0	0	14	5	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
26	Bickley, Mark	INT	48%	0	1	24	14	10	4	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	5
35	Biglands, Rhett	INT	43%	0	0	8	4	4	2	18	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
10	Bode, Matthew	RO	84%	1	1	14	6	8	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
5	Burns, Ronnie	FPL	100%	1	1	22	10	12	1	0	2	5	2	3	1	0	3
24	Burton, Brett	WL	86%	1	1	17	10	7	4	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	4
2	Carey, Wayne	FF	100%	1	4	21	17	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
4	Clarke, Matthew	RU	57%	0	0	9	6	3	2	19	1	1	3	2	2	1	3
9	Edwards, Tyson	HBFL	100%	2	4	19	14	5	5	0	3	3	3	0	2	0	5
36	Goodwin, Simon	HFFL	92%	1	1	21	17	4	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	6
34	Hart, Ben	WR	85%	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
3	Massie, Kris	HBFR	84%	2	0	18	11	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
23	McLeod, Andrew	RR	100%	1	0	22	16	6	2	0	3	4	2	1	0	1	5
22	Perrie, Ian	CHB	100%	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	1	0	3	0	3	1	0
33	Reilly, Brent	INT	42%	1	0	8	7	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
32	Ricciuto, Mark (c)	C	84%	1	0	22	16	6	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	10
12	Shirley, Robert	FPR	100%	1	0	23	10	13	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1
7	Smart, Nigel	FB	88%	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	2
20	Stenglein, Tyson	BPR	89%	0	0	14	10	4	2	1	1	8	4	0	2	0	2
19	Stevens, Mark	BPL	94%	2	0	14	5	9	3	0	2	0	3	4	2	0	1
15	Torney, Jason	INT	58%	0	1	9	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
17	Welsh, Scott	HFFR	66%	1	1	6	5	1	3	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				16	17	338	207	131	76	40	30	36	30	15	13	23	65

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Banfield, Drew	INT	85%	0	1	16	9	7	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	5	1
10	Braun, Michael	WR	92%	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2
17	Chick, Daniel	HBFR	96%	0	0	22	15	7	4	0	6	2	2	0	0	3	5
9	Cousins, Ben (c)	C	96%	3	0	22	13	9	2	0	4	5	0	1	0	5	5
20	Cox, Dean	RU	74%	0	0	10	7	3	4	19	0	4	0	2	0	2	0
32	Embley, Andrew	INT	69%	2	0	14	12	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	4
7	Fletcher, Chad	RR	98%	0	0	19	13	6	1	0	3	3	3	0	0	3	2
1	Gardiner, Michael	CHF	100%	3	2	12	8	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	Glass, Darren	CHB	71%	0	0	9	3	6	3	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	0
35	Green, Kasey	BPL	24%	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	Haynes, David	FF	95%	0	2	12	8	4	4	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	5
39	Hunter, Adam	HBFL	97%	0	0	19	7	12	6	1	5	2	4	0	1	2	2
18	Jones, Rowan	HFFL	93%	0	1	17	6	11	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1
3	Judd, Chris	HFFR	98%	0	0	20	12	8	2	0	5	7	1	2	0	5	1
4	Kerr, Daniel	RO	66%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	2	1	2	0	2	1	1
33	Matera, Phillip	FPL	91%	0	1	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
11	McIntosh, Ashley	FB	96%	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	0
24	Read, Phil	BPR	100%	0	0	14	10	4	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	3	3
28	Sampi, Ashley	FPR	81%	0	0	11	4	7	0	0	5	2	4	0	1	2	1
37	Selwood, Adam	WL	53%	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
25	Sierakowski, David	INT	60%	0	0	11	3	8	5	6	1	3	3	1	2	1	0
41	Staker, Brent	INT	66%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				8	9	277	156	121	56	26	40	31	46	13	15	38	36

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Adelaide							Coach: Gary Ayres
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	35	K. Green	11	A. McIntosh	24	P. Read	4	M. Clarke	26	M. Bickley
	12	R. Shirley	2	W. Carey	5	R. Burns	23	A. McLeod	35	R. Biglands
FORWARD							10	M. Bode	33	B. Reilly
HALF-BACK									15	J. Torney
	39	A. Hunter	23	D. Glass	17	D. Chick
	17	S. Welsh	8	N. Bassett	36	S. Goodwin
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	37	A. Selwood	9	B. Cousins (c)	10	M. Braun
	34	B. Hart	32	M. Ricciuto (c)	24	B. Burton	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	D. Cox	6	D. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD							7	C. Fletcher	32	A. Embley
	18	R. Jones	1	M. Gardiner	3	C. Judd	4	D. Kerr	25	D. Sierakowski
	3	K. Massie	22	I. Perrie	9	T. Edwards			41	B. Staker
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	33	P. Matera	38	D. Haynes	28	A. Sampi
	20	T. Stenglein	7	N. Smart	19	M. Stevens
BACK
West Coast							Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Tyson Edwards behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:43
	ADEL	Tyson Edwards behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	01:44
	ADEL	Wayne Carey behind	0.3.3	-	0.0.0	03:40
	ADEL	Tyson Edwards behind	0.4.4	-	0.0.0	08:19
	ADEL	Andrew McLeod goal	1.4.10	-	0.0.0	08:55
	ADEL	Matthew Bode goal	2.4.16	-	0.0.0	11:13
	WCST	Drew Banfield behind	2.4.16	-	0.1.1	16:16
	WCST	Ben Cousins goal	2.4.16	-	1.1.7	18:29
	ADEL	Robert Shirley goal	3.4.22	-	1.1.7	22:51
Q2	WCST	Michael Gardiner goal	3.4.22	-	2.1.13	00:45
	WCST	Michael Gardiner behind	3.4.22	-	2.2.14	02:02
	ADEL	Scott Welsh goal	4.4.28	-	2.2.14	04:16
	ADEL	Kris Massie goal	5.4.34	-	2.2.14	05:52
	WCST	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	2.3.15	08:34
	WCST	Rowan Jones behind	5.4.34	-	2.4.16	13:57
	ADEL	Tyson Edwards behind	5.5.35	-	2.4.16	19:37
	ADEL	Wayne Carey goal	6.5.41	-	2.4.16	20:52
	ADEL	Brett Burton behind	6.6.42	-	2.4.16	22:47
	WCST	Andrew Embley goal	6.6.42	-	3.4.22	24:11
	ADEL	Brett Burton goal	7.6.48	-	3.4.22	26:24
Q3	ADEL	Mark Ricciuto goal	8.6.54	-	3.4.22	01:18
	WCST	Michael Gardiner goal	8.6.54	-	4.4.28	05:10
	ADEL	Simon Goodwin behind	8.7.55	-	4.4.28	07:23
	WCST	Rushed behind	8.7.55	-	4.5.29	08:44
	ADEL	Scott Welsh behind	8.8.56	-	4.5.29	10:20
	WCST	David Haynes behind	8.8.56	-	4.6.30	12:01
	WCST	Phillip Matera behind	8.8.56	-	4.7.31	14:09
	ADEL	Mark Stevens goal	9.8.62	-	4.7.31	15:57
	ADEL	Jason Torney behind	9.9.63	-	4.7.31	17:16
	WCST	Ben Cousins goal	9.9.63	-	5.7.37	18:16
	ADEL	Matthew Bode behind	9.10.64	-	5.7.37	20:54
	ADEL	Tyson Edwards goal	10.10.70	-	5.7.37	22:01
	ADEL	Rushed behind	10.11.71	-	5.7.37	25:18
	ADEL	Rushed behind	10.12.72	-	5.7.37	26:45
	ADEL	Kris Massie goal	11.12.78	-	5.7.37	28:03
Q4	WCST	Michael Gardiner goal	11.12.78	-	6.7.43	02:32
	ADEL	Ronnie Burns behind	11.13.79	-	6.7.43	05:18
	WCST	Ben Cousins goal	11.13.79	-	7.7.49	07:09
	ADEL	Tyson Edwards goal	12.13.85	-	7.7.49	09:17
	ADEL	Mark Bickley behind	12.14.86	-	7.7.49	10:39
	ADEL	Wayne Carey behind	12.15.87	-	7.7.49	12:14
	ADEL	Mark Stevens goal	13.15.93	-	7.7.49	14:52
	WCST	Michael Gardiner behind	13.15.93	-	7.8.50	19:10
	WCST	Andrew Embley goal	13.15.93	-	8.8.56	21:54
	ADEL	Wayne Carey behind	13.16.94	-	8.8.56	22:53
	ADEL	Ronnie Burns goal	14.16.100	-	8.8.56	23:50
	ADEL	Wayne Carey behind	14.17.101	-	8.8.56	25:32
	ADEL	Simon Goodwin goal	15.17.107	-	8.8.56	26:36
	WCST	David Haynes behind	15.17.107	-	8.9.57	28:36
	ADEL	Brent Reilly goal	16.17.113	-	8.9.57	29:51

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