Match

Hawthorn vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 03 Oct 2015

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to MCG for the Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles Round 4 clash.
59:34
Changes for Hawks Ins: J.Gunston Outs: B.Hartung
59:36
No changes for Eagles.
00:00
West Coast has been first to the ball in 2015. They have won the contested possession count by 11 per game, ranked No.1, but it has has laid 15 fewer tackles per game than its opposition, the worst differential of any side.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:11
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
02:04
The Eagles have won the first three clearances of the game and both their scores have come from this source.
03:35
Brian Lake's intercept mark launched the first goal of the game for his team. The Hawks have converted 26 per cent of their opposition turnovers into scores this season, ranked No.1.
06:02
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
07:27
Luke Shuey kicks a behind at one end and Ben McEvoy boots a goal from the kick-in at the other end.
10:42
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
11:45
The Hawks have now kicked two goals from kick-ins.
13:08
The Eagles are dominating the stoppages winning seven clearances to two. They have generated three scores to none from this source.
13:56
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Nic Naitanui)
17:37
Six of the Eagles 15 marks have come from Hawthorn kicks.
20:10
Hawthorn force a turnover in forward 50 and score its second goal from turnovers.
22:00
The Hawks have won the last four clearances.
26:10
Hawthorn has recorded six of the last eight inside 50s but has just one goal to show for it.
26:22
Hawks Interchange - Taylor Duryea off due to an injury.
28:18
Taylor Duryea wins the Hawks' seventh clearance and launches their first goal from this source.
30:11
The Eagles won the clearance count by four and generated three more scores than the Hawks from stoppages.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:10
The Hawks have scored two goals from six forward half turnovers. The Eagles have scored two behinds from the same number of forward half turnovers.
03:12
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
04:40
Will Schofield just recorded the first effective kick for his team this quarter. Hawthorn has recorded 12.
05:40
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Shannon Hurn)
06:21
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
06:28
Scoring inaccuracy continues to plague the Eagles. The Hawks have now booted three goals from kick-ins.
08:30
Hawthorn has won the last four clearances.
09:51
Cyril Rioli is up to a game-high six score involvements including two goals, two goal assists and one goal launch.
11:54
The Hawks have taken three marks from opposition kicks this quarter. The Eagles have grabbed just four marks.
12:42
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
12:43
Hawthorn has created five turnovers in attacking midfield this quarter and booted three goals from them.
14:22
Despite winning nine more contested possessions than the Eagles this quarter the Hawks have laid four more tackles.
15:17
West Coast boot their first goal of the quarter from a kick-in. Both of its scores this quarter have come from defensive 50 chains.
18:57
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
19:29
The Hawks have recorded 26 more effective kicks than the Eagles this quarter.
21:40
Jack Darling, Xavier Ellis, Chris Masten and Nic Naitanui are yet to win a disposal this quarter.
24:21
Hawks Interchange - Ben McEvoy off due to the blood rule.
25:52
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Sam Butler)
26:09
The Eagles have recorded seven disposals in forward 50 this quarter, 10 fewer than the Hawks.
29:12
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Matthew Priddis)
30:38
West Coast has outscored Hawthorn by seven points this quarter from three fewer clearances.
30:44
Andrew Gaff won a quarter-high 11 disposals and gained a team-high 226 metres to go with an equal quarter-high three inside 50s and three rebound 50s.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:41
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
04:45
Both teams have grabbed six marks in forward 50 with the Hawks booting three goals to two from them.
08:00
West Coast lead the inside 50 count 7-1 this quarter but have scored just the one goal to show for it.
08:40
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
09:24
Ben Stratton has won 10 possessions with six of them coming from West Coast disposals.
10:22
Brian Lake has grabbed an equal game-high four intercept marks with two of them launching goals for his team.
13:04
West Coast lead the clearance count 6-1 this quarter and has scored the only goal from this source.
16:10
James Frawley is up to five intercept possessions. His fifth launched Hawthorn's seventh goal from 49 turnovers.
18:43
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
18:50
Cyril Rioli is up to eight score involvements including two goals, two goal assists and two goal launches. Rioli has won two intercept possessions with both launching Hawthorn goals.
21:10
The Eagles lead the clearance count 10-4 this quarter but both teams have booted one goal from stoppages.
24:02
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
24:12
Jack Gunston has grabbed a quarter-high three marks in forward 50 and been involved in five of his team's six scores.
27:07
Sam Mitchell has won two clearances this quarter with both launching goals for the Hawks.
28:51
Five of Brian Lake's nine marks have come from West Coast kicks. Hawthorn has taken 17 intercept marks to nine.
29:57
West Coast has generated a score from 25 per cent of its opposition’s turnovers this season, ranked second. It has generated a score from just 11 per cent of Hawthorn's turnovers in this game.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:38
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
02:40
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarryd Roughead)
03:00
The Hawks have now scored four goals from kick-ins.
04:17
The Hawks have converted 26 per cent of their opposition turnovers into scores this season, ranked No.1. They have converted 22 per cent of the Eagles' turnovers into scores in this game.
05:54
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh Hill)
08:17
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
09:20
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
11:06
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Ben Stratton)
11:57
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Liam Shiels)
16:02
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Matt Rosa)
17:31
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
18:01
Luke Hodge is up to six disposals at 100 per cent efficiency this quarter as well as three inside 50s and two clearances.
22:07
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
22:16
That was just the Eagles' second goal from 54 turnovers.
23:46
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
24:34
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Sam Mitchell)
25:15
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jeremy McGovern)
25:16
West Coast has scored two goals from defensive 50 chains, both from kick-ins.
27:06
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jeremy McGovern)
28:23
The siren has sounded to end Q4.