2011 AFL Preliminary Final 2: Geelong v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 2011 between Geelong and West Coast in the second preliminary final of the 2011 AFL season. Geelong hosted West Coast at MCG. Cameron Ling captained the hosts. Darren Glass captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Geelong
Back: J. Hunt, M. Scarlett, T. Lonergan
Half-back: C. Enright, H. Taylor, D. Wojcinski
Centre: J. Bartel, A. Mackie, J. Selwood
Half-forward: S. Johnson, T. Hawkins, J. Corey
Forward: T. Varcoe, J. Podsiadly, M. Stokes
Follower: T. West, C. Ling (capt.), P. Chapman
Int.: A. Christensen, J. Kelly, B. Ottens
Sub.: M. Duncan

West Coast
Back: W. Schofield, D. Glass (capt.), S. Hurn
Half-back: A. Selwood, E. Mackenzie, B. Waters
Centre: A. Embley, M. Priddis, S. Selwood
Half-forward: M. LeCras, J. Kennedy, C. Masten
Forward: N. Naitanui, Q. Lynch, J. Darling
Follower: D. Cox, D. Kerr, L. Shuey
Int.: S. Butler, A. Gaff, M. Nicoski
Sub.: D. McGinnity

Geelong (17.15.117) defeated West Coast (10.9.69).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Podsiadly (3), A. Christensen (2), T. Hawkins (2), T. Varcoe (2), J. Bartel, P. Chapman, J. Hunt, S. Johnson, J. Selwood, M. Stokes, T. West, D. Wojcinski
West Coast: J. Kennedy (3), N. Naitanui (2), J. Darling, D. Kerr, M. LeCras, S. Selwood, L. Shuey

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Collingwood in the grand final and West Coast were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
Teams: Geelong v West Coast
Date: Saturday 24 September 2011
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 59,455

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. West Coast
Score: 17.15.117 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	5	.	7	8	.	11	15	.	14	17	.	15	17	.	15	(117)
West Coast	2	.	3	5	.	4	7	.	6	10	.	9	10	.	9	(69)
Margin	GEEL by 22			GEEL by 25			GEEL by 56			GEEL by 48			GEEL by 48
Duration	32:35			30:26			33:03			28:45			2:04:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), John Worsfold (West Coast)
Captains: Cameron Ling (Geelong), Darren Glass (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Donlon (#1), M. Stevic (#9), E: M. Nicholls (#15)
Goal Umpire: C. Roffey, A. Wojcik, E: M. Canning
Boundary Umpire: R. Haala, M. Saunders, M. Thomson, D. Wilson

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Bartel, Jimmy	WL	85%	1	0	18	10	8	5	0	2	0	5	0	2	2	6
35	Chapman, Paul	RO	83%	1	0	21	14	7	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	5
28	Christensen, Allen	INT	82%	2	0	19	9	10	2	0	2	5	5	1	2	1	3
11	Corey, Joel	HFFR	81%	0	1	19	11	8	2	0	6	1	6	1	1	1	4
22	Duncan, Mitch	SUB↑	35%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
44	Enright, Corey	HBFL	91%	0	0	21	16	5	5	0	4	1	1	0	1	4	1
26	Hawkins, Tom	CHF	89%	2	1	10	8	2	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
8	Hunt, Josh	BPL	86%	1	0	17	10	7	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2
20	Johnson, Steve	HFFL↓	53%	1	2	15	11	4	3	0	6	1	2	1	0	0	6
9	Kelly, James	INT	84%	0	1	29	17	12	5	0	6	5	4	0	2	2	7
45	Ling, Cameron (c)	RR	87%	0	0	21	12	9	5	0	6	5	2	0	1	0	2
13	Lonergan, Tom	BPR	96%	0	0	7	6	1	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	4	0
4	Mackie, Andrew	C	90%	0	1	27	22	5	11	0	1	0	1	2	0	6	3
6	Ottens, Brad	INT	73%	0	0	7	3	4	2	17	7	3	6	2	4	0	1
31	Podsiadly, James	FF	91%	3	3	15	8	7	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	92%	0	0	14	5	9	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	1
14	Selwood, Joel	WR	80%	1	0	25	16	9	3	0	6	8	1	2	0	1	4
27	Stokes, Mathew	FPR	90%	1	1	21	8	13	4	0	5	2	4	0	1	0	2
7	Taylor, Harry	CHB	93%	0	0	19	11	8	4	0	5	0	3	2	0	4	3
5	Varcoe, Travis	FPL	84%	2	2	12	7	5	3	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1
12	West, Trent	RU	73%	1	1	9	9	0	3	19	3	2	3	1	2	0	5
40	Wojcinski, David	HBFR	83%	1	0	10	6	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				17	15	361	222	139	98	38	69	34	54	17	20	32	66

M. Duncan replaced S. Johnson during the third quarter.

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Butler, Sam	INT	85%	0	0	19	15	4	6	0	3	0	1	1	0	5	2
20	Cox, Dean	RU	77%	0	0	12	3	9	0	12	0	4	5	5	3	2	1
27	Darling, Jack	FPR	86%	1	1	10	6	4	5	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1
32	Embley, Andrew	WL	86%	0	2	16	13	3	2	1	2	3	7	0	3	2	5
3	Gaff, Andrew	INT	82%	0	0	23	9	14	6	0	1	1	5	0	1	4	2
23	Glass, Darren (c)	FB	92%	0	0	5	1	4	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
25	Hurn, Shannon	BPR	91%	0	0	22	14	8	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	2
17	Kennedy, Josh	CHF	92%	3	0	10	5	5	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
4	Kerr, Daniel	RR	77%	1	2	30	17	13	5	0	3	6	1	1	0	1	6
2	LeCras, Mark	HFFL	88%	1	0	9	5	4	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
21	Lynch, Quinten	FF	86%	0	0	10	5	5	5	0	0	2	3	1	2	0	2
16	Mackenzie, Eric	CHB	98%	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0
7	Masten, Chris	HFFR	76%	0	0	17	6	11	2	0	2	2	3	0	1	2	1
35	McGinnity, Dane	SUB↑	38%	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
9	Naitanui, Nic	FPL	84%	2	0	18	7	11	1	22	2	6	1	3	0	2	3
6	Nicoski, Mark	INT↓	47%	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	Priddis, Matt	C	86%	0	0	25	11	14	1	1	5	4	1	2	0	0	3
31	Schofield, Will	BPL	91%	0	1	11	6	5	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	2
37	Selwood, Adam	HBFL	88%	0	0	13	6	7	3	0	3	2	3	0	0	2	1
10	Selwood, Scott	WR	87%	1	1	18	6	12	5	0	6	1	2	2	1	0	3
13	Shuey, Luke	RO	75%	1	0	21	16	5	2	0	3	3	6	2	1	1	5
8	Waters, Beau	HBFR	89%	0	0	38	25	13	11	0	2	2	5	1	1	11	4
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				10	9	343	182	161	72	36	49	40	54	20	17	42	47

D. McGinnity replaced M. Nicoski.

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

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	31	W. Schofield	23	D. Glass (c)	25	S. Hurn	12	T. West	28	A. Christensen
	27	M. Stokes	31	J. Podsiadly	5	T. Varcoe	45	C. Ling (c)	9	J. Kelly
FORWARD							35	P. Chapman	6	B. Ottens
HALF-BACK									22	M. Duncan
	37	A. Selwood	16	E. Mackenzie	8	B. Waters
	11	J. Corey	26	T. Hawkins	20	S. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	32	A. Embley	11	M. Priddis	10	S. Selwood
	14	J. Selwood	4	A. Mackie	3	J. Bartel	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	D. Cox	26	S. Butler
HALF-FORWARD							4	D. Kerr	3	A. Gaff
	2	M. LeCras	17	J. Kennedy	7	C. Masten	13	L. Shuey	6	M. Nicoski
	40	D. Wojcinski	7	H. Taylor	44	C. Enright			35	D. McGinnity
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	9	N. Naitanui	21	Q. Lynch	27	J. Darling
	13	T. Lonergan	30	M. Scarlett	8	J. Hunt
BACK
West Coast							Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Travis Varcoe goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:22
	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	05:02
	GEEL	Allen Christensen goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	06:03
	GEEL	James Podsiadly goal	3.1.19	-	0.0.0	07:55
	WCST	Will Schofield behind	3.1.19	-	0.1.1	11:51
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	3.2.20	-	0.1.1	12:57
	GEEL	Trent West behind	3.3.21	-	0.1.1	14:13
	GEEL	Trent West goal	4.3.27	-	0.1.1	16:21
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	4.3.27	-	1.1.7	19:37
	GEEL	Rushed behind	4.4.28	-	1.1.7	22:20
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	4.5.29	-	1.1.7	23:52
	GEEL	James Kelly behind	4.6.30	-	1.1.7	24:15
	GEEL	James Podsiadly behind	4.7.31	-	1.1.7	24:42
	WCST	Andrew Embley behind	4.7.31	-	1.2.8	25:17
	WCST	Andrew Embley behind	4.7.31	-	1.3.9	27:31
	GEEL	David Wojcinski goal	5.7.37	-	1.3.9	30:49
	WCST	Nic Naitanui goal	5.7.37	-	2.3.15	32:32
Q2	WCST	Mark LeCras goal	5.7.37	-	3.3.21	01:50
	GEEL	James Podsiadly behind	5.8.38	-	3.3.21	05:42
	WCST	Rushed behind	5.8.38	-	3.4.22	06:54
	WCST	Luke Shuey goal	5.8.38	-	4.4.28	08:09
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	5.9.39	-	4.4.28	10:45
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	6.9.45	-	4.4.28	12:12
	GEEL	Joel Selwood goal	7.9.51	-	4.4.28	15:43
	GEEL	Travis Varcoe behind	7.10.52	-	4.4.28	24:15
	WCST	Jack Darling goal	7.10.52	-	5.4.34	24:55
	GEEL	Travis Varcoe behind	7.11.53	-	5.4.34	26:54
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	8.11.59	-	5.4.34	28:34
Q3	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	9.11.65	-	5.4.34	01:31
	GEEL	Joel Corey behind	9.12.66	-	5.4.34	04:19
	GEEL	James Podsiadly goal	10.12.72	-	5.4.34	08:03
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	11.12.78	-	5.4.34	11:22
	WCST	Daniel Kerr goal	11.12.78	-	6.4.40	13:33
	GEEL	James Podsiadly behind	11.13.79	-	6.4.40	17:09
	GEEL	James Podsiadly goal	12.13.85	-	6.4.40	18:37
	WCST	Daniel Kerr behind	12.13.85	-	6.5.41	22:51
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	12.13.85	-	7.5.47	23:58
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie behind	12.14.86	-	7.5.47	26:22
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	13.14.92	-	7.5.47	27:06
	GEEL	Josh Hunt goal	14.14.98	-	7.5.47	28:30
	GEEL	Allen Christensen goal	15.14.104	-	7.5.47	30:09
	WCST	Scott Selwood behind	15.14.104	-	7.6.48	32:35
Q4	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	16.14.110	-	7.6.48	01:10
	WCST	Josh Kennedy goal	16.14.110	-	8.6.54	04:06
	WCST	Nic Naitanui goal	16.14.110	-	9.6.60	07:28
	GEEL	Travis Varcoe goal	17.14.116	-	9.6.60	13:54
	WCST	Rushed behind	17.14.116	-	9.7.61	16:25
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes behind	17.15.117	-	9.7.61	18:09
	WCST	Scott Selwood goal	17.15.117	-	10.7.67	21:14
	WCST	Jack Darling behind	17.15.117	-	10.8.68	25:32
	WCST	Daniel Kerr behind	17.15.117	-	10.9.69	28:22

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