West Coast coach John Worsfold acknowledged it was a good bonus for his team to earn the right to contest the grand final, but was more pleased with the way they got their way there with the win over St Kilda.

“My reaction is probably around the performance and I thought it was really impressive across a lot of areas,” Worsfold said.

“That’s what we were looking at measuring. The fact that the players have earned the opportunity of playing in a NAB Cup grand final is excellent, but it’s more about what we were aiming to get out of the game and we were really pleased with that.”

St Kilda coach Scott Watters said it felt like a first hit-out of the year for his team following last week’s non-appearance by Essendon and he was looking for a full dress rehearsal for the season proper on Friday against Collingwood at Visy Park.

“It was a start for us,” he said.

“There were obviously a lot of areas to still improve and we are desperately in need of getting some match conditioning in and I think that showed.”