Match

West Coast Eagles vs Melbourne

Commentary / 23 Jul 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Domain Stadium for the West Coast Eagles v Melbourne Round 18 clash.
59:33
Outs for Eagles: W.Schofield, M.Brown, M.Hutchings, P.McGinnity
59:34
Ins for Eagles: E.Mackenzie, J.Nelson, L.Duggan, J.Giles
59:35
Outs for Demons: A.Vandenberg, J.Grimes, B.Kennedy, M.White
59:36
Ins for Demons: S.Frost, C.Dawes, B.Stretch, A.Neal-Bullen
59:40
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00:00
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.

Quarter 1

00:00
Melbourne conceded 60 inside 50s to the Saints last week - the second most it has conceded in a game this season.
02:03
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
04:52
The Eagles are trying to negate the ruck work of Max Gawn, Elliot Yeo has had four hitouts coming from third man up.
08:11
Melbourne has had the ball in its forward half for 72 per cent of the game so far.
11:59
The Eagles have the highest kick to handball ratio in the league and the Demons have the lowest. At the moment, Melbourne has a ratio of 0.86 kicks to handballs and the Eagles' ratio is 0.78:1.
12:08
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
14:12
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
14:55
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Matt Jones)
17:21
The Demons have dominated the game early, they lead inside 50s 13 to two, and have managed to win both the disposal count and tackle count.
19:13
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Matthew Priddis)
20:54
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Dom Tyson)
24:21
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Duggan)
26:21
In the last 10 minutes, the Eagles lead inside 50s seven to three and have kicked two goals to zero.
26:45
Eagles Interchange - Sharrod Wellingham off due to an injury.
28:11
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:02
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
05:42
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
06:01
The Eagles average a differential in scores from turnovers of plus 12, today the Demons have outscored the Eagles by 13 points from this source.
08:58
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Scott Lycett)
12:16
Both Matt Priddis and Nathan Jones are displaying their tackling prowess, Priddis has 10 and Jones has eight.
12:36
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
14:12
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
15:21
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
16:43
The Demons are starting to get on top in the clearances, they lead the quarter nine to five.
21:57
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
23:34
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
25:35
The Demons have had seven inside 50s to one in the last 10 minutes.
27:32
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bernie Vince)
30:28
The Demons lead inside 50s 35 to 18, 35 is Melbourne's second highest first half inside 50 count for the year.
32:06
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:52
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
04:54
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
07:15
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
09:38
West Coast lead clearances four to one in this term, the count is now 24 each for the game.
10:17
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Watts)
11:26
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Billy Stretch)
14:24
Melbourne lead tackles inside 50 12 to three.
16:18
The ball has been in the Demons' forward 50 for 26 per cent of the game compared to the Eagles' 14 per cent
18:19
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
19:44
The Demons have scored from just 13 per cent of chains starting in the attacking midfield, West Coast has scored from 33 per cent of these chains.
20:27
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
23:39
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
25:35
The Demons have continued to score from turnovers, they have now kicked 5.6 (36) from this source - 17 more points than West Coast.
27:04
Demons Interchange - Oscar McDonald off due to an injury.
27:13
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
29:03
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
29:45
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Dean Kent)
30:57
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:35
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Andrew Gaff)
05:05
Demons Interchange - Neville Jetta off due to an injury.
07:17
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)
09:55
The Eagles have taken 16 intercept marks to nine. Hurn leads the way with five.
11:55
The clearances have been even throughout the whole game, it is currently 35 to 33 in Melbourne's favour. Shuey and Stretch are the equal leaders with six each.
16:45
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Dean Kent)
18:07
The Eagles have scored 7.0 (42) from chains starting in the attacking midfield. They average 36.2 points - ranked first.
18:27
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Watts)
20:18
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
23:11
Matt Priddis has laid 14 tackles which is the most from an Eagle this year.
24:49
Despite leading the inside 50s by 30, amazingly the Demons are still behind. Melbourne are the third lowest ranked team for scores per inside 50 with a percentage of 44, today they have scored from 30 per cent of inside 50s.
26:04
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
29:00
The siren has sounded to end Q4.