AFL: The Hawks fell just short of third but sealed top four with a big win over the Eagles to round out the home-and-away season.
The Eagles were hoping to avoid an 11-game losing streak to end what was once a season of promise but didn’t come close to troubling the visitors.
Co-captain Liam Duggan missed for the Eagles with injury while premiership hero Jamie Cripps was given a farewell at halftime after calling time on his decorated career.
Recap all the action from our blog below.
That’s a wrap
The season is done for the Eagles but it is just ramping up for the Dockers.
They will face the Hawks in the qualifying final in Perth we just await a time and day.
However, we will be bringing you all the action live and don’t miss The West Australian each day or online for everything Dockers in the lead up!
Goodnight!
Final ladder
See where every team finished.
P W L D For Agst % Pts
Fremantle 23 19 4 0 2286 1666 137.2 76
Sydney 23 18 5 0 2543 1869 136.1 72
Brisbane 23 16 7 0 2499 2054 121.7 64
Hawthorn 23 15 6 2 2260 1881 120.1 64
Geelong 23 15 8 0 2355 1925 122.3 60
Adelaide 23 15 8 0 2169 1849 117.3 60
Melbourne 23 15 8 0 2301 2099 109.6 60
Western Bulldogs 23 13 9 1 1901 1992 95.4 54
Collingwood 23 12 9 2 2021 1974 102.4 52
Carlton 23 12 10 1 2007 1978 101.5 50
St Kilda 23 10 13 0 2030 1974 102.8 40
GWS Giants 23 10 13 0 2073 2095 98.9 40
Gold Coast 23 9 14 0 2011 2128 94.5 36
North Melbourne 23 9 14 0 1932 2175 88.8 36
Port Adelaide 23 7 16 0 1804 2048 88.1 28
West Coast 23 4 19 0 1615 2333 69.2 16
Richmond 23 3 20 0 1483 2373 62.5 12
Essendon 23 2 21 0 1601 2478 64.6 8
Coleman sealed
Charlie Curnow claims the Coleman after leaving the Blues for Sydney.
Jack Gunston needed 15 to pass him and he looked on after kicking three in the first term and having another turned over on review.
However, Tylar Young found a way to clamp down after halftime and he ended with five for the day.
WILDCARD FINALS
The AFL has released the details for next weeks inaugral Wildcard round.
Friday, 28th August
Wildcard Final Two
Western Bulldogs v Collingwood
MCG, Friday 28 August, 7.40pm AEST
Saturday, 29th August
Wildcard Final One
Melbourne v Carlton
MCG, Saturday 29 August, 7.35pm AEST
MATCH REPORT
The Eagles have a long summer ahead.
“Lot of improvement”
Jack Graham says the Eagles have improved this year.
“These younger fellas are going to have to drive the standards as well as us older guys,” he told Seven.
“But, back to work.”
FT: West Coast 45, Hawthorn 107
The home-and-away season is over and for West Coast fans they will breathe a sigh of relief.
The Eagles finish the year with 11 straight losses and never looked like troubling the top-four Hawks.
Murdock and Kelly get a tick for today but the rest of the team didn’t show much and will be in for a big pre-season.
For the Hawks, they came close to the big win they needed to jump into third but will now come back to Perth and take on minor premiers Fremantle in the first week of finals.
It’s off
The Hawks miss and now need four goals in four minutes without the Eagles getting another major to jump into third.
It appears they will be coming back to Perth for a qualifying final.
WCE 39, HAW 107
Brave fans
Despite the terrible weather, and game, the Eagles fans have shown up in numbers with 43,066 in Optus Stadium.
Their team have not given them much to cheer though and the Hawks’ cue is in the rack.
WCE 39, HAW 99
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