Round 8 - West Coast

[10Totti10]

Swans line-up as named:

Sydney Swans
B: Craig Bolton, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Martin Mattner
HB: Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Paul Bevan
C: Adam Goodes, Brett Kirk, Amon Buchanan
HF: Ryan O?Keefe, Ted Richards, Kieren Jack
F: Jarred Moore, Barry Hall, Michael O?Loughlin
Foll: Darren Jolly, Jarrad McVeigh, Jude Bolton
I/C: Brett Meredith, Luke Ablett, Craig Bird, Jesse White

Changes to the selected side
Nil

West Coast
B: Darren Glass, David Wirrpanda, Mitch Brown
HB: Shannon Hurn, Eric Mackenzie, Brett Jones
C: Andrew Embley, Matt Priddis, Matt Rosa
HF: Sam Butler, Josh Kennedy, Ben McKinley
F: Chris Masten, Quinten Lynch, Mark LeCras
Foll: Dean Cox, Adam Cockie, Adam Selwood
I/C: Mark Nicoski, Jamie McNamara, Mark Seaby, Scott Selwood

Changes to the selected side
Nil

[Bloody Hell]

Swans-Eagles: the birth of a classic - AFL.com.au

Amazing sequence in retrospect. It was pretty special at the time, but I was too busy hoping for a massive blowout in the Swans favor.

How a rivalry was born

2004
Elimination final: Sydney Swans 11.9 (75) d West Coast 4.10 (34), ANZ Stadium

2005
Round 6: West Coast 15.14 (104) d Sydney Swans 8.11 (59), Subiaco
Round 17: Sydney Swans 13.10 (88) d West Coast 9.13 (67), SCG
Qualifying final: West Coast 10.9 (69) d Sydney Swans 10.5 (65), Subiaco
Grand final: Sydney Swans 8.10 (58) d West Coast 7.12 (54), MCG

2006
Round 15: West Coast 9.13 (67) d Sydney Swans 9.11 (65), Subiaco
Qualifying final: Sydney Swans 13.7 (85) d West Coast 12.12 (84), Subiaco
Grand final: West Coast 12.13 (85) d Sydney Swans 12.12 (84), MCG

2007
Round 1: West Coast 10.13 (74) d Sydney Swans 11.8 (73), ANZ Stadium

That was the eighth time in the past 10 meetings between the teams that a match was decided by less than one goal.