GWS Giants vs West Coast Eagles Highlights: AFL Finals live scores, blog

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16th September, 2017

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Where: Spotless Stadium
When: 7:25pm AEST
TV: Seven, live, Fox Footy, live
Betting: GWS $1.42, West Coast $2.95
Head-to-head: GWS 2, West Coast 5
Last five: GWS 2, West Coast 3
In finals: Never previously met

GWS Giants
IN: Tim Taranto, Steve Johnson
OUT: Jeremy Cameron (Hamstring), Shane Mumford (Foot)

B: Nick Haynes, Aidan Corr, Zac Williams
HB: Heath Shaw, Phil Davis, Lachie Whitfield
C: Nathan Wilson, Josh Kelly, Tom Scully
HF: Jacob Hopper, Jonathon Patton, Tim Taranto
F: Matt de Boer, Harrison Himmelberg, Toby Greene
FOL: Rory Lobb, Stephen Coniglio, Callan Ward
I/C: Adam Tomlinson, Dylan Shiel, Steve Johnson, Brett Deledio
EMG: Dawson Simpson, Harry Perryman, Sam J Reid

West Coast Eagles
IN: Sharrod Wellingham
OUT: Luke Partington (Omitted)

B: Tom Barrass, Eric Mackenzie, Brad Sheppard
HB: Elliot Yeo, Jeremy McGovern, Shannon Hurn
C: Lewis Jetta, Matt Priddis, Andrew Gaff
HF: Jack Redden, Jack Darling, Dom Sheed
F: Mark LeCras, Josh J. Kennedy, Jamie Cripps
FOL: Nathan Vardy, Sam Mitchell, Luke Shuey
I/C: Sharrod Wellingham, Liam Duggan, Drew Petrie, Mark Hutchings
EMG: Chris Masten, Luke Partington, Will Schofield

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Eagles players celebrate their win over the Giants in the dying seconds of the round 21 AFL match between the Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants and the West Coast Eagles at Spotless Stadium in Sydney, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts)

Liam Salter

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16th September, 2017

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Match result:

The GWS Giants have joined Geelong as semi-final winners in what should be proclaimed as the redemption weekend, savaging a brave but largely outmatched West Coast side by 67 points, and locking in their second consecutive preliminary finals appearance.

» Click here to read the full match report

Final score
GWS Giants 19.11.125
West Coast Eagles 9.4.58

Match preview:

The GWS Giants and the West Coast Eagles have a spot in a preliminary final on the line, but only one can go through to face the Richmond Tigers for a shot at the big dance.

Join The Roar for live scores from the match and a live blog of the first semi-final on Saturday evening at Spotless Stadium, starting from 7:25pm AEST.

Last week GWS got beat up quite badly at Adelaide Oval – the Crows kicked a mountain of goals on them in the second quarter and after that the second half was yawn-inspiring.

Injury was added to insult during the week when it was confirmed that both Jeremy Cameron and Shane Mumford were ruled out for the year due to injury – a more important pair of Giants you would struggle to find.

As for West Coast, a few weeks ago none though they would make finals, but twice in a row they have just narrowly scraped through.

They finished in the top eight by a margin of just 0.2 per cent, and then last week won through over Port Adelaide in an elimination final only following an after-the-siren goal from Luke Shuey, which itself came after an extra-time period.

It wouldn’t be a shock for the Eagles, after living on the edge so long, to come into this one a bit flat – of course, if they can maintain their intensity and desire to survive, then just about anything could happen.

Prediction
There’s every chance the Giants come out and, with the home ground advantage on the side, simply mop the floor with their opponents. That said… I like to live dangerously.

West Coast Eagles by 5.

Join The Roar for live scores from the match and a live blog of the first semi-final between the GWS Giants and the West Coast Eagles on Saturday evening at Spotless Stadium, starting from 7:25pm AEST.

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