Match

West Coast Eagles vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 12 Sep 2015

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to Domain Stadium for the West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn Round 1 clash.

59:34

Changes for Eagles Ins: P.McGinnity, W.Schofield, S.Selwood Outs: M.Priddis, C.Masten, J.Nelson

59:36

Changes for Hawks Ins: L.Breust, L.Hodge, C.Rioli Outs: J.Sicily, D.Howe, A.Litherland

00:00

In Round 19, Hawthorn won the tackle count against the Eagles by 33, its largest differential this season. The Hawks average four more tackles per game than their opposition, ranked ninth, with the Eagles averaging 15 fewer tackles per game, ranked 18th.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:58

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)

03:26

Sam Mitchell has five disposals already, but is going at just 40 per cent efficiency. In Round 19 against the Eagles, Mitchell led all comers with 36 disposals at 67 per cent efficiency.

04:19

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)

07:20

West Coast are narrowly on top in contested possession early, leading 12 to eight. All three of Nic Naitanui's disposals have come via a contested possession, with Josh Kennedy also taking two contested marks.

09:16

The Eagles have six of the first eight inside 50s of the match, enjoying 66 per cent time in forward half so far.

09:27

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)

10:58

Josh Hill from the Eagles kicks the first goal of the match as a result of an intercept possession inside forward 50. The Eagles average 23 points per game from chains launched inside forward 50, ranked No.1 in the competition.

14:28

Eagles Interchange - Jeremy McGovern off due to an injury.

14:30

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)

18:43

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)

21:13

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)

21:49

Cyril Rioli boots Hawthorn's second goal with his eighth disposal of the quarter, equaling his highest disposal tally in any quarter this season.

22:59

Now Rioli has nine disposals at 78 per cent efficiency, his highest disposal tally in any game this season. Rioli also leads the Hawks with three tackles.

25:58

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

26:05

Sam Mitchell is now up to a game high 11 disposals, with nine coming via an uncontested possession. Despite this, he is only going at a disposal efficiency of 55 per cent.

28:02

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)

29:31

Hawthorn is enjoying territorial dominance in the last 10 minutes enjoying 73 per cent time in forward half, controlling the football with 23 uncontested possessions to eight over the time period.

30:04

All in all, a very even first quarter, as evidenced by the one point lead to the Hawks. Hawthorn leads contested possession by one, clearances by one with inside 50s level at 11 apiece and kicking efficiency all square at 65 per cent for both teams.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:31

With the first centre bounce clearance of the second quarter going Hawthorn's way, the Hawks have now won all five centre bounce clearances for the match.

02:25

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

03:40

Five goals in total have been scored for the match, two of which have come as a result of 50m penalties - one to the Hawks and now one to the Eagles.

06:34

The Hawks have won the first five clearances of the second quarter, including two centre bounce clearances. They now lead centre clearances six to zero for the match, and total clearances 17 to 11.

09:40

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

09:57

The Eagles have kicked the first two goals of the quarter, both of them coming from opposition turnovers in the midfield. The Eagles have outscored the Hawks 3.3.21 to 2.1.13 from this score source so far.

12:00

The clearances are now nine to one in Hawthorn's favour this quarter and 21 to 12 for the match. Despite this, the Eagles have outscored the Hawks 1.0.6 to 0.3.3 from this score source for the match.

13:03

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Dom Sheed)

15:01

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Luke Shuey)

18:40

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

18:58

West Coast has outscored Hawthorn 3.2.20 to 0.0.0 from turnovers this quarter, with 2.2.14 being launched from behind centre.

21:42

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

21:58

Coleman Medalist Josh Kennedy has three of West Coast's four goals this quarter. Kennedy has seven disposals and a game-high seven marks, three more than anyone else on ground. He has four marks inside forward 50, Hawthorn has one.

25:43

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)

25:54

West Coast has now kicked 4.3.27 to 0.0.0 from opposition turnovers this quarter. Two of their goals have been launched from defensive 50, with three of the four goals being launched from the defensive half of the ground.

27:47

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

28:14

Luke Shuey has been enormous in the contest this quarter with nine disposals at 78 per cent efficiency, seven coming via a contested possession, and three clearances for the quarter.

30:39

After losing nine of the first 10 clearances of the quarter, the Eagles have won eight of the next 13 clearances. Despite trailing the clearances 27 to 20, the Eagles have outscored the Hawks 2.1.13 to 0.3.3 from clearances for the match.

33:21

This season, the Eagles average 33 points per game from chains launched in the defensive half, ranked 10th. Already tonight, West Coast has scored 4.2.26 from chains launched in its defensive half.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:20

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

02:45

Hawthorn have started the third term well, leading contested possession eight to three, uncontested possession seven to one and clearances two to nil.

03:09

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)

08:16

Hawthorn is leading the clearances five to one this quarter. Sam Mitchell has three of them.

09:32

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)

09:54

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Liam Shiels)

11:07

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Sam Butler)

11:50

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)

12:01

Very much a turnover game in the third quarter, Hawthorn kicking its entire score of 1.3.9 from turnovers and West Coast kicking its entire score of 1.1.7 from this score source.

15:10

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (David Hale)

15:31

All four of Hawthorn's goals for the match have come from intercept possessions in the defensive midfield zone. In total, the Hawks have forced 16 turnovers in this zone, resulting in five inside 50s and 4.1.25 on the scoreboard.

16:35

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

17:32

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

18:15

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

18:41

Both of West Coast's goals this quarter have been launched from intercept possessions in its attacking midfield zone. In total, the Eagles have launched 12 chains from opposition turnovers in the attacking midfield zone for 10 inside 50s and 3.4.22.

21:38

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)

22:37

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)

24:00

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

25:04

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)

27:25

West Coast has outscored Hawthorn 3.3.21 to 0.4.4 from clearances. The Hawks average 41 points per game from clearances, ranked second, with 16 points against in Round 14 its lowest score from this source this season.

29:25

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Matthew Suckling)

30:44

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)

30:49

After being outscored by 20 points from clearance chains in the corresponding Round 19 encounter, the Eagles have limited Hawthorn to 0.4.4 from clearances, scoring 3.3.21 themselves.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:39

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)

04:07

Hawthorn are making one last effort, leading uncontested possession 17 to four and clearances three to zero to start the final quarter.

06:52

It's all Hawthorn in the final quarter, leading uncontested possession 28 to seven, inside 50s four to zero and kicking the first two goals of the quarter.

08:46

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

09:52

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)

10:04

Hawthorn has kicked the first three goals of the final quarter, all launched from the attacking midfield zone. Two goals have come from intercept possessions and one from a stoppage, its first from this score source for the match.

14:10

Hawks Interchange - Jack Gunston and is possibly out for the game.

16:40

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Isaac Smith)

17:04

Hawthorn's last two goals have come from clearances, now giving them 2.4.16 for the the match from this score source, equaling it's previous lowest total from this score source for the season.

22:28

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark Hutchings)

25:05

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)

25:40

The Eagles have outscored 10.9.69 to 6.5.41 from turnovers. This represents the equal-sixth best score from turnover chains all season for the Eagles and the fourth-worst score for the Hawks from this score source.

29:22

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Hodge)

30:57

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)

31:03

Hawthorn finished with 74 turnovers for the match, its second highest tally all season, from which the Eagles scored 10.9.69, its third highest score conceded. The Eagles only had 53 turnovers for the match, from which the Hawks scored 7.6.48.