AFL

Brisbane
12.10.82
West Coast
20.11.131
Full Time

Match Tracker

Brisbane
West Coast
Q1
4.2.26
4.3.27

    Brisbane Events

  • 12 mins - Goal, J.Walker
  • 15 mins - Behind, L.Taylor
  • 25 mins - Behind, L.Taylor
  • 25 mins - Goal, J.Schache
  • 27 mins - Goal, L.Taylor
  • 30 mins - Goal, P.Hanley

    Brisbane and West Coast Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, J.Cripps
  • 8 mins - Goal, M.LeCras
  • 14 mins - Behind, M.Hutchings
  • 19 mins - Behind, E.Yeo
  • 21 mins - Goal, J.Cripps
  • 23 mins - Goal, M.LeCras
  • 32 mins - Goal, J.Giles
Q2
5.6.36
11.6.72

    Brisbane Events

  • 12 mins - Goal, P.Hanley
  • 13 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 19 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 23 mins - Behind, D.Zorko
  • 30 mins - Behind, J.Schache

    Brisbane and West Coast Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, J.Kennedy
  • 2 mins - Goal, C.Masten
  • 4 mins - Goal, J.Kennedy
  • 6 mins - Behind, B.Sheppard
  • 7 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 16 mins - Goal, M.LeCras
  • 18 mins - Goal, J.Hill
  • 24 mins - Goal, J.Cripps
  • 27 mins - Goal, J.Kennedy
  • 31 mins - Behind, J.Darling
Q3
7.8.50
14.11.95

    Brisbane Events

  • 9 mins - Behind, J.Schache
  • 15 mins - Behind, R.Lester
  • 17 mins - Goal, M.Robinson
  • 24 mins - Goal, J.Walker

    Brisbane and West Coast Events

  • 2 mins - Behind, M.LeCras
  • 6 mins - Goal, J.Kennedy
  • 7 mins - Behind, J.Cripps
  • 12 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 21 mins - Behind, J.Darling
  • 23 mins - Behind, J.Cripps
  • 25 mins - Goal, L.Shuey
  • 30 mins - Goal, J.Darling
Q4
12.10.82
20.11.131

    Brisbane Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Schache
  • 18 mins - Behind, J.Schache
  • 22 mins - Goal, J.Walker
  • 24 mins - Behind, L.Taylor
  • 27 mins - Goal, J.Walker
  • 31 mins - Goal, R.Bastinac
  • 32 mins - Goal, E.Hipwood

    Brisbane and West Coast Events

  • 5 mins - Goal, M.LeCras
  • 9 mins - Goal, E.Yeo
  • 15 mins - Goal, J.Darling
  • 17 mins - Goal, J.Kennedy
  • 20 mins - Goal, J.Darling
  • 25 mins - Goal, J.Darling

Scorers

Brisbane
West Coast
Goal Scorers Brisbane West Coast
Goals and Behinds Walker (4.0), Schache (2.3), Hanley (2.0), Taylor (1.3), Bastinac (1.0), Hipwood (1.0), Robinson (1.0), Lester (0.1), Zorko (0.1) Kennedy (5.0), Darling (4.2), LeCras (4.1), Cripps (2.3), Yeo (1.1), Giles (1.0), Hill (1.0), Masten (1.0), Shuey (1.0), Hutchings (0.1), Sheppard (0.1)

Team Statistics

Brisbane
West Coast

Statistics

Brisbane West Coast
Goals 12 20
Behinds 10 11
Scoring shots 25 30
Goals/scoring shots 48 67
Disposals 445 335
BrisbaneGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
R.Bastinac 29 13 1 16 12 3 1 2 0 6
C.Beams 18 14 9 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
R.Bewick 22 12 5 10 5 2 1 0 0 0
T.Cutler 24 13 2 11 8 1 2 0 0 0
D.Gardiner 17 10 7 7 4 2 0 0 0 0
P.Hanley 36 21 12 15 7 1 1 0 0 1
R.Harwood 3 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
E.Hipwood 9 6 2 3 5 3 2 0 0 0
J.Jansen 19 5 2 14 9 3 0 0 0 3
B.Keays 13 2 0 11 3 3 0 1 0 0
R.Lester 6 2 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0
S.Martin 17 6 3 11 10 3 2 1 51 5
S.Mayes 23 13 8 10 4 2 0 2 0 1
D.Merrett 11 5 3 6 9 0 2 5 0 2
M.Paparone 18 11 6 7 1 4 0 3 0 0
D.Rich 20 16 9 4 6 3 2 3 0 4
M.Robinson 39 15 2 24 15 6 4 1 0 10
T.Rockliff 38 15 2 23 18 10 1 1 0 8
J.Schache 15 13 9 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
L.Taylor 21 9 5 12 7 2 1 0 0 3
J.Walker 16 11 9 5 2 2 1 0 5 0
D.Zorko 31 19 11 12 6 8 0 0 0 1
West CoastGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
T.Barrass 11 7 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
S.Butler 13 6 4 7 3 3 3 0 0 1
J.Cripps 14 9 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
J.Darling 12 6 5 6 2 2 0 0 0 0
A.Gaff 28 15 3 13 4 0 2 0 0 2
J.Giles 6 3 2 3 4 4 1 0 18 1
J.Hill 11 8 4 3 7 1 1 0 0 2
S.Hurn 16 12 5 4 6 1 0 0 0 1
M.Hutchings 13 8 4 5 5 7 1 2 0 2
L.Jetta 15 7 2 8 5 0 1 1 0 3
J.Kennedy 10 6 1 4 7 3 3 1 1 0
M.LeCras 15 13 5 2 7 5 4 2 0 1
C.Masten 21 10 5 11 4 2 0 1 0 2
J.McGovern 16 9 5 7 6 2 0 2 0 0
F.McInnes 9 2 0 7 3 1 0 4 6 3
M.Priddis 16 4 3 12 9 9 0 0 0 3
J.Redden 16 6 1 10 11 7 1 2 0 3
W.Schofield 9 4 3 5 3 1 0 1 0 0
B.Sheppard 18 11 5 7 7 2 0 0 0 0
L.Shuey 25 14 4 11 7 7 2 2 0 4
S.Wellingham 20 11 4 9 9 3 1 1 0 0
E.Yeo 21 16 2 5 11 11 1 2 0 4

Match Details

Brisbane
West Coast
START TIME
1:40PM
WEATHER
Shower or two
VENUE
Gabba
Umpires
David Harris, Justin Schmitt, Simon Meredith, Sam Hay

Brisbane Lions v West Coast Eagles: Visitors from the west mow down battling Lions

Brisbane Lions 4.2 5.6 7.8 12.10 (82)
West Coast
4.3 11.6 14.11 20.11 (131)
Brisbane Lions – Goals:
Walker 4 Hanley 2 Schache 2 Taylor Robinson Bastinac Hipwood. West Coast: Kennedy 5 LeCras 4 Darling 4 Cripps 2 Giles Masten Hill Shuey Yeo.
Best – Brisbane Lions: Robinson Zorko Hanley Martin Schache. West Coast: Le Cras Kennedy Cripps Shuey Gaff Yeo.
Injuries – Brisbane Lions: Harwood (knee). West Coast: Matt Priddis (broken nose)
Umpires: Schmitt Hay Meredith Harris.
Crowd: 12,777 at the Gabba.

For the second week in a row, the Brisbane Lions played a team from the west on their home deck. And for the second week in a row, they started in competitive fashion, only to mown down in a barely competitive second quarter. History has a way of repeating itself.

Lions v Eagles
Gotcha: Eagle Jeremy McGovern keeps tabs on Eric Hipwood of the Lions. Photo: Getty Images

It was, perhaps, what happened from there that mattered most – for the crowd, for the club's pride, and certainly for the coach. With the Lions six goals down at half-time, the result was already all but assured but no one at the club can afford more performances as uncompetitive as last week's second half.

They were able to hold the Eagles up somewhat, although the method was less than convincing. The Lions had a whopping 109 more disposals for the game – pity that most of them were across half-back or kicks backwards. It spoke of a side that is not predictable to each other, and has no confidence in its ability to retain possession.

Lions v Eagles
Hang in there: Josh Kennedy of the Eagles and Lion Stefan Martin compete. Photo: Getty Images

Which they didn't. The final margin of 49 points, marking the Lions' 12th loss in 13 games and ninth in succession, tells you as much. The Lions also held an advantage in clearances, but none of it adds up to a hill of beans if you keep giving the ball back to your opponents and your teammates are caught out of position as a result.

Josh Kennedy kicked five for the Eagles, and Mark LeCras was arguably best afield with four in an otherwise even team performance. Jack Darling kicked four, three of them in the last quarter, in a late cameo. Jamie Cripps by contrast had a big impact when the game was there to be won from just 14 disposals.

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Several Lions had twice that many without being remotely as effective, with due respect to Mitch Robinson, who kept Matt Priddis to 16 touches while having 38 himself. Tom Rockliff had 38 touches, too, but he is a superstar in fantasy leagues only.

Things hadn't started well for the home side: in the eighth minute, Cripps strolled into goal, sizing up his options. He could have gone to Brad Hill close to goal, given off to Lewis Jetta by his side, or centred the ball to LeCras. He sensibly chose the last option.

At least Brisbane had glimpses of a brighter future: 202-centimetre Eric Hipwood, on debut, marked cleanly with his second touch, turned around and roosted a ball close to 60 metres to Josh Walker. Hipwood is light and gangly and didn't have much impact from there but knows his way around the field.

Josh Schache, the Lions' better-known forward prospect, soon followed with another and Lewis Taylor, who had set Schache up, then dribbled through a pearl of his own from the boundary line. Pearce Hanley won a 50-metre penalty for the Lions' fourth to take a short-lived lead.

In between, the Eagles had scored through Cripps and LeCras again, and Jonathan Giles, filling in for Nic Naitanui and Scott Lycett in the ruck, gave the visitors a one-point lead at quarter time. From the first 20 seconds of the second quarter, though, when Kennedy kicked his first, it was pretty much game over.

The game threatened to blow out again in the last quarter, the margin ballooning to 68 points before the Lions kicked four of the last five goals to spare some blushes. Everyone in the Lions hierarchy is preaching the need for patience. But you have to wonder if they will be given as much time as some of their players.

VOTES

LeCras (WC) 7

J Kennedy (WC) 7

J Cripps (WC) 7

L Shuey (WC) 7

M Robinson (BL) 7