Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles
Date: Saturday 16 May
Time: 7.10pm
(Gates open at 5.00pm, the Choirboys will perform at 6.40pm)
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Tickets available from www.ticketek.com.au
The match-day sponsor for this game is Australia Post.
Reserves - round seven
Sydney Swans Reserves v Ainslie
Date: Sunday 17 May
Time: 2.00pm
Venue: Ainslie Oval
Broadcast information
This match will be broadcast in Sydney on a half-hour delay from 7.30pm AEST on Network Ten. For additional broadcast information, click here.
Head to head
The Sydney Swans have won 20 of their 39 games against West Coast for a winning percentage of 51.28%
Last three years
Round 15, 2006 Sydney Swans 9.11.65 defeated by West Coast 9.13.67 @ Subiaco Oval
Quarter Final, 2006 Sydney Swans 13.7.85 defeated West Coast 12.12.84 @ Subiaco Oval
Grand Final, 2006 Sydney Swans 12.12.84 defeated by West Coast 12.13.85 @ MCG
Round 1, 2007 Sydney Swans 10.13.73 defeated by West Coast 11.8.74 @ ANZ Stadium
Round 16, 2007 Sydney Swans 15.10.100 defeated by West Coast 16.16.112 @ Subiaco Oval
Round 4, 2008 Sydney Swans 16.11.107 defeated West Coast 5.15.45 @ ANZ Stadium
Round 11, 2008 Sydney Swans 12.11.83 defeated West Coast 11.12.78 @ Subiaco Oval
Last time they met
The Sydney Swans came into their round 11 clash with West Coast looking to add to their three game winning streak. The match didn’t start off too smoothly for the Swans as they trailed by three goals with just five minutes played in the first quarter. It got worse, with the team facing a 33-point deficit at quarter-time and a 36-point margin at the main break.
The Swans improved their slow start in the second half of the game as Adam Goodes, Nick Malceski and Jarrad McVeigh found plenty of the ball to supply the forwards with the delivery they needed. The margin was cut to 16 points at the end of the penultimate quarter. Two late goals from Buchanan and Malceski in the fourth quarter saw the Swans down by one point with not long left in the contest.Jude Bolton’s fierce attack on the footy was rewarded when he was given a free kick for a high contact from Eagles defender Adam Hunter. Bolton delivered the goal to give the Swans a hard-fought come-from-behind five point victory over West Coast.
Brownlow Medal Votes: 3 – Adam Goodes (Syd), 2 – Darren Glass (West), 1 – Brett Kirk (Syd)
Fast footy facts
The Swans have won two of their past three matches at ANZ Stadium against West Coast.When the Swans won the grand final by four points in 2005, they lost to West Coast in the qualifying final by four points.When West Coast won the 2006 grand final by one point, they lost to the Swans in the qualifying final by one point.
In 2006, the score in the qualifying final between the two sides was 84 to 85. This was exactly the same score as the grand final. In both games the losing side kicked 12.12.84.Over the past four seasons, the Swans and West Coast have played 11 times with the Swans winning five of these contests.
From the qualifying final in 2005 to the round one clash in 2007 only 13 points has separated these two sides.The Swans and West Coast have never drawn in their 39 game history.
