2019 AFL Semi Final 1: Geelong v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 2019 between Geelong and West Coast in the first semi final of the 2019 AFL season. Geelong hosted West Coast at MCG. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Shannon Hurn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

Geelong
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, M. Blicavs, J. Henry
Half-back: M. O'Connor, H. Taylor, T. Stewart
Centre: C. Guthrie, P. Dangerfield, J. Selwood (capt.)
Half-forward: G. Ablett, E. Ratugolea, T. Atkins
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, T. Hawkins, J. Bews
Follower: R. Stanley, S. Menegola, T. Kelly
Int.: G. Miers, Q. Narkle, B. Parfitt, Z. Tuohy

West Coast
Back: T. Barrass, J. Nelson, B. Sheppard
Half-back: S. Hurn (capt.), J. McGovern, L. Jetta
Centre: J. Redden, E. Yeo, A. Gaff
Half-forward: J. Cripps, J. Darling, C. Masten
Forward: J. Waterman, J. Kennedy, L. Ryan
Follower: N. Naitanui, L. Shuey, M. Hutchings
Int.: T. Hickey, J. Petruccelle, W. Schofield, D. Sheed

Geelong (13.10.88) defeated West Coast (10.8.68).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (4), E. Ratugolea (3), T. Kelly (2), T. Atkins, J. Bews, L. Dahlhaus, J. Selwood
West Coast: J. Darling (3), A. Gaff (2), T. Hickey, J. Kennedy, C. Masten, J. Petruccelle, L. Ryan

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Richmond in the second preliminary final and West Coast were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Geelong v West Coast
Date: Friday 13 September 2019
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,813

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. West Coast
Score: 13.10.88 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
West Coast 1 . 1 5 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin GEEL by 25 GEEL by 10 WCST by 4 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 20
Duration 29:56 29:16 31:26 27:20 1:57:58

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Shannon Hurn (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), M. Nicholls (#15), A. Stephens (#12)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Cameron Guthrie GEEL 29 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jake Kolodjashnij GEEL 8 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Esava Ratugolea GEEL 17 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Andrew Gaff WCST 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Luke Shuey WCST 13 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ablett, Gary HFFL 85% 0 1 14 10 4 4 0 5 0 5 2 4 0 2
30 Atkins, Tom HFFR 87% 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 8 0 0 2 0 1 1
24 Bews, Jed FPR 78% 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
46 Blicavs, Mark FB 81% 0 1 14 4 10 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1
40 Dahlhaus, Luke FPL 80% 1 1 15 7 8 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
35 Dangerfield, Patrick C 86% 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 4 5 4 1 2 1 7
29 Guthrie, Cameron WL 62% 0 0 33 16 17 7 0 5 8 2 2 1 4 4
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 91% 4 1 13 11 2 6 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
38 Henry, Jack BPR 87% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 4 6
11 Kelly, Tim RO 92% 2 0 18 12 6 6 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 5
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 87% 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 1
27 Menegola, Sam RR 84% 0 1 18 10 8 4 0 3 3 7 2 3 2 5
32 Miers, Gryan INT 77% 0 2 16 10 6 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 2
19 Narkle, Quinton INT 57% 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 2
42 O'Connor, Mark HBFL 89% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 5 1 2 0 1 2 2
3 Parfitt, Brandan INT 76% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 3
17 Ratugolea, Esava CHF 74% 3 0 12 8 4 5 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 2
14 Selwood, Joel (c) WR 80% 1 0 26 13 13 11 0 4 3 4 2 2 1 7
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 87% 0 0 12 7 5 1 12 3 2 1 0 1 0 4
44 Stewart, Tom HBFR 88% 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 1
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 81% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 2
2 Tuohy, Zach INT 89% 0 0 27 21 6 8 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 10 371 223 148 98 14 61 31 53 17 25 35 60

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Barrass, Tom BPL 77% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 0
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFL 88% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2
27 Darling, Jack CHF 98% 3 0 9 9 0 5 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 2
3 Gaff, Andrew WR 90% 2 0 30 22 8 7 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 5
16 Hickey, Tom INT 57% 1 0 9 6 3 3 12 2 2 0 1 0 0 3
25 Hurn, Shannon (c) HBFL 80% 0 0 23 18 5 14 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 0
34 Hutchings, Mark RO 86% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
23 Jetta, Lewis HBFR 84% 0 0 20 18 2 7 0 1 0 4 1 1 5 2
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 83% 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1
7 Masten, Chris HFFR 94% 1 0 13 7 6 6 0 3 2 2 0 2 5 0
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 91% 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 1
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 62% 0 1 14 9 5 3 29 5 7 3 0 0 2 2
30 Nelson, Jackson FB 86% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 1
21 Petruccelle, Jack INT 73% 1 1 9 8 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3
8 Redden, Jack WL 76% 0 0 18 7 11 0 0 5 4 2 6 2 1 3
1 Ryan, Liam FPR 75% 1 1 9 8 1 1 0 3 0 3 3 2 2 3
31 Schofield, Will INT 90% 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0
4 Sheed, Dom INT 72% 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 2 4
5 Sheppard, Brad BPR 93% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 0 6 0 1 3 2
13 Shuey, Luke RR 77% 0 0 26 19 7 6 0 2 4 2 1 0 4 1
2 Waterman, Jake FPL 84% 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
6 Yeo, Elliot C 85% 0 2 25 12 13 4 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 10 8 304 209 95 92 43 47 31 48 25 17 45 45

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:40
GEEL Tom Atkins goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 03:50
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 06:04
GEEL Tim Kelly goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 09:40
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 16:40
WCST Nic Naitanui behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 18:11
WCST Jack Darling goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 19:10
GEEL Esava Ratugolea goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 25:33
GEEL Esava Ratugolea goal 5.2.32 - 1.1.7 28:38
Q2 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 6.2.38 - 1.1.7 01:33
WCST Jack Petruccelle goal 6.2.38 - 2.1.13 03:01
GEEL Tim Kelly goal 7.2.44 - 2.1.13 08:05
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 7.3.45 - 2.1.13 10:27
WCST Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 2.2.14 11:12
WCST Jack Petruccelle behind 7.3.45 - 2.3.15 15:05
WCST Liam Ryan goal 7.3.45 - 3.3.21 16:32
WCST Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 3.4.22 19:48
WCST Jack Darling goal 7.3.45 - 4.4.28 21:13
WCST Chris Masten goal 7.3.45 - 5.4.34 26:50
WCST Liam Ryan behind 7.3.45 - 5.5.35 28:38
Q3 GEEL Esava Ratugolea goal 8.3.51 - 5.5.35 01:14
WCST Jack Darling goal 8.3.51 - 6.5.41 02:51
WCST Andrew Gaff goal 8.3.51 - 7.5.47 04:06
WCST Andrew Gaff goal 8.3.51 - 8.5.53 06:39
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 8.4.52 - 8.5.53 07:53
WCST Tom Hickey goal 8.4.52 - 9.5.59 09:14
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus behind 8.5.53 - 9.5.59 10:53
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 9.5.59 - 9.5.59 11:52
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 9.5.59 - 10.5.65 13:36
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 9.6.60 - 10.5.65 17:09
GEEL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 10.5.65 18:20
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 9.8.62 - 10.5.65 19:50
GEEL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 10.5.65 20:53
WCST Elliot Yeo behind 9.9.63 - 10.6.66 24:24
WCST Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 10.7.67 25:39
Q4 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 10.9.69 - 10.7.67 01:25
GEEL Jed Bews goal 11.9.75 - 10.7.67 07:22
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 12.9.81 - 10.7.67 12:45
WCST Elliot Yeo behind 12.9.81 - 10.8.68 14:02
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus goal 13.9.87 - 10.8.68 15:03
GEEL Rushed behind 13.10.88 - 10.8.68 24:47