Match

West Coast Eagles vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 19 Aug 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Domain Stadium for the West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn Round 22 clash.
59:33
Outs for Eagles: T.Barrass, S.Tunbridge
59:34
Ins for Eagles: J.Nelson, L.Jetta
59:35
Outs for Hawks: W.Langford
59:36
Ins for Hawks: J.Sicily
59:40
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00:00
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00:10
Jeremy McGovern has grabbed 41 contested intercept marks this season, ranked No. 1 in the competition and 18 more than any other player.
00:20
Hawthorn has won 27 intercept possessions in the forward half per game this season, the most of any side. Liam Shiels has applied 16 pressure acts per game in this zone, ranked No. 1. Paul Puopolo (15) and Cyril Rioli (14) also feature highly.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:09
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
02:11
A chain that began with a contested intercept mark by Jeremy McGovern ends in a behind to Elliot Yeo.
02:34
Shannon Hurn grabs West Coast's fourth contested mark early in the game. The Eagles have grabbed 12 contested marks per game this season, the sixth-most in the competition.
05:32
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
05:34
The Eagles boot the first goal of the game, sourced from an intercept in attacking midfield. West Coast has scored 25 points per game from this source this season, the second-most of any side.
07:12
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
10:54
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
10:56
The Hawks boot their first goal, sourced from a clearance. Hawthorn has scored 30 points per game from this source this season, the sixth-fewest in the competition.
13:03
Jonathon Ceglar applies his team's second tackle in forward 50. The Hawks have applied 13 tackles per game in this zone this season, the fifth-most of any side.
14:46
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
14:48
Luke Breust has been involved in both of his team's goals. He assisted the first and booted the second. Breust's scoreboard impact is up to 353 points for the season, ranked second at the Hawks.
17:46
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
18:22
Josh Kennedy has grabbed 26 contested marks inside 50 this season, the equal third-most of any player.
19:01
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
21:49
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Lewis Jetta)
21:51
Lewis Jetta applies a tackle in forward 50 and boots his team's third goal from the resultant free kick. The Eagles have applied 12 tackles in forward 50 per game this season, ranked ninth in the competition.
23:27
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
23:29
West Coast is dominating around the stoppages. It leads the clearance count 10-3 and it has launched four scores to one from this source.
25:25
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
26:56
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
26:58
Nic Naitanui has won seven hitouts with five of them going to the advantage of a teammate including his last which launched that goal to Jack Darling.
31:46
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:56
The Eagles won the time in forward half differential by three minutes and 59 seconds in the first quarter. They recorded 34 more disposals and won 17 more contested possessions in this zone, and they launched all of their goals from forward of centre.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
05:49
West Coast has had three shots-at-goal this quarter and failed to register a score from any of them.
07:50
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
07:52
Hawthorn has booted just two goals from 14 inside 50s. It has booted a goal from 26 per cent of inside 50s this season, the fourth-highest percentage of any side.
14:09
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
14:59
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
15:01
West Coast has won the last two clearances and generated a score from both.
16:54
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
16:56
Hawthorn has won five fewer centre clearances but both teams have scored one goal from this source.
19:19
Grant Birchall, Billy Hartung and Jordan Lewis have all recorded 10 disposals this quarter, double any other Hawk.
21:00
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
21:02
West Coast has grabbed nine marks inside 50. It has grabbed 14 per game in this zone this season, the third-most in the competition.
22:39
Jeremy McGovern has grabbed four intercept marks, one more than Hawthorn.
26:54
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
26:56
Josh Kennedy grabs his third contested mark and boots his fourth goal. Hawthorn has grabbed two contested marks and booted three goals.
28:08
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
29:09
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Sicily)
29:11
The Hawks have won two centre clearances this quarter and launched a goal from both.
29:56
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
30:06
The Eagles won the time in forward half differential by six minutes and 58 seconds that quarter. They won 25 more disposals and 16 more contested possessions in this zone, as well as recording seven more inside 50s and generating five more shots-at-goal.
30:16
Jeremy McGovern and Shannon Hurn have combined to grab 10 marks with seven of these coming from opposition kicks.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:07
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
01:26
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jackson Nelson)
04:05
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
04:07
Hawthorn launches its first goal from 44 chains originating in the defensive half.
06:18
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
07:18
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
07:20
West Coast has won five intercept possessions this quarter and launched a score from four of them including that goal to Jack Darling.
08:20
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
10:41
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
10:43
The Hawks have executed 25 effective kicks this quarter, 19 more than the Eagles.
14:12
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
14:14
Elliot Yeo has grabbed four marks inside 50, his equal career-high.
15:56
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Sicily)
15:58
Hawthorn has launched all three of its goals this quarter from as many chains originating in the defensive midfield. It launched just one behind from 15 chains originating in this zone in the first half.
17:22
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
19:23
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
19:25
West Coast has recorded six more inside 50s and four more shots-at-goal this quarter.
22:15
Hawks Interchange - Jonathon Ceglar and is possibly out for the game.
23:32
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
25:48
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Shannon Hurn)
28:01
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
29:34
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
29:44
Eagles Interchange - Nic Naitanui and is possibly out for the game.
31:08
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
31:18
West Coast dominated the third quarter but failed to convert its dominance on the scoreboard. It won the time in forward half differential by 12 minutes and 26 seconds and recorded nine more inside 50s and nine more scoring shots.
31:28
Andrew Gaff won a quarter-high 12 disposals and gained 245 metres for his team, also a quarter-high.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jordan Lewis)
00:54
The Hawks win the first two clearances of the fourth quarter and launch their fifth goal for the game from this source.
05:10
Jeremy McGovern has won 11 intercept possessions, seven more than any other Eagle. His six intercept marks is just one fewer than Hawthorn.
06:28
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
06:30
West Coast has outscored Hawthorn by 24 points from intercepts in the attacking midfield. Hawthorn has won this differential by 11 per points per game this season, the equal best differential in the competition.
09:22
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (James Sicily)
13:11
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
13:54
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
16:13
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
16:15
The Hawks have recorded 10 more inside 50s this quarter but lead it by just four points.
18:24
Jack Darling has attended five ruck contests this quarter and won four hitouts. Darling had attended just four ruck contests in his previous 125 games.
19:02
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Brendan Whitecross)
20:46
Eagles Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to an injury.
21:36
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
24:12
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
24:14
The Hawks have won one fewer clearance this quarter but have generated the only five scores from this source.
28:56
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
29:56
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
30:06
An emphatic victory by West Coast has been soured by a knee injury to Nic Naitanui. Andrew Gaff finished with a career-high 38 disposals, he had recorded 36 on four previous occasions. Jeremy McGovern won 18 possessions including 11 intercept possessions