GWS Giants vs West Coast Eagles: JLT Community Series live scores, blog

Editor

18th February, 2017

Where: Narrandera Sports Ground
When: 2:05pm AEDT
TV: Fox Footy
Betting: GWS $1.34, West Coast $3.25

GWS Giants
8. Callan Ward, 10. Devon Smith, 11. Will Setterfield, 12. Jonathon Patton, 13. Isaac Cumming, 14. Tim Taranto, 15. Matthew Kennedy, 16. Nathan Wilson, 18. Jeremy Cameron, 19. Nick Haynes, 20. Adam Tomlinson, 21. Matthew Buntine, 22. Josh Kelly, 25. Tendai Mzungu, 26. Dawson Simpson, 27. Harrison Himmelberg, 28. Zach Sproule, 29. Zac Williams, 30. Matthew Flynn, 31. Jeremy Finlayson, 33. Lachlan Tiziani, 35. Aidan Corr, 36. Harry Perryman, 37. Rory Lobb, 38. Daniel Lloyd, 39. Tim Mohr, 42. Jake Stein, 44. Tom Downie, 50. Sam Reid

West Coast Eagles
4. Dom Sheed, 5. Brad Sheppard, 6. Elliot Yeo, 7. Chris Masten, 8. Jack Redden, 10. Tom Lamb, 12. Sharrod Wellingham, 15. Jamie Cripps, 16. Eric Mackenzie, 19. Nathan Vardy, 23. Lewis Jetta, 24. Luke Partington, 28. Tom Cole, 30. Jackson Nelson, 31. Will Schofield, 33. Josh Hill, 34. Mark Hutchings, 35. Josh Rotham, 36. Fraser McInnes, 37. Tom Barrass, 38. Kurt Mutimer, 39. Malcom Karpany, 40. Tom Gorter, 41. Jordan Snadden, 42. Tarir Bayok, 43. Matthew Allen, 45. Jake Waterman, 46. Paddy Brophy, 47. Francis Watson

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Tim Taranto with Leon Cameron. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins)

Connor Bennett

Editor

18th February, 2017

Match result:

A GWS Giants team missing a large number of stars was still able to comfortably defeat the West Coast Eagles, who were also short on talent.

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Final score
GWS Giants 10.10.70
West Coast Eagles 5.7.37

Match preview:

The GWS Giants will look to start their 2017 on a winning note when they host the West Coast Eagles at Narrandera in the first week of the JLT Community Series. Join The Roar for live scores from the match and a live blog of the game, starting from 2:05pm AEDT.

Both sides are taking in relatively inexperienced teams to this match with a lot of their top-line, older talent sitting on the sidelines.

The Giants for example are missing the likes of Phil Davis, Stephen Coniglio, Toby Greene, Tom Scully, Dylan Shiel, Steve Johnson, Heath Shaw, Ryan Griffen and Shane Mumford – almost half of their best side.

On top of that, they’re also leaving new recruit Brett Deledio in the cotton wool for this one. However, they will show off draftees Will Setterfield, Isacc Cumming, Tim Taranto, Zach Sproule, Lachlan Tiziani and Harry Perryman.

Similarly the Eagles have left behind some of their biggest names – Matt Priddis, Luke Shuey, Josh J Kennedy, Mark LeCras and Jack Darling – and have also left their two biggest recruits from other clubs, Sam Mitchell and Drew Petrie, at home in Perth.

However they will have Nathan Vardy fit to suit up for the first time as an Eagle, and will show off a few draftees – Josh Rotham and Jake Waterman the most notable of them. Top pick Daniel Venables won’t play.

As a result there’s not a whole lot of new faces here so the interesting points of the match will be to see how well the Giants perform when their depth is tested, and who can stand up in the Eagles’ forward line with Kennedy, Darling and Petrie all absent.

Prediction
A Giants team with no veterans and a host of new draftees might be a bit nostalgic for some long-term GWS fans. The Eagles are missing a lot of star power too though, and GWS probably get over the line.

GWS Giants by 18.

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