Match

West Coast Eagles vs St Kilda

Commentary / 01 Apr 2017

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Domain Stadium for the West Coast Eagles v St Kilda Round 2 clash.
59:33
Outs for Eagles: E.Mackenzie, L.Jetta, D.Petrie
59:34
Ins for Eagles: T.Barrass, D.Sheed, J.Giles
59:35
Outs for Saints: D.Armitage, N.Riewoldt, N.Wright
59:36
Ins for Saints: L.Montagna, P.McCartin, B.Acres
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
West Coast had an equal round high 19 marks inside their forward 50 last week, their highest in this category since round 16 last season against Gold Coast when they took 21

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:30
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Paddy McCartin)
02:41
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Sebastian Ross)
03:29
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
05:59
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Bruce)
08:33
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Billings)
09:01
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
09:13
St Kilda has had 36 disposals overall compared to the Eagles' 23
09:44
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Chris Masten)
11:23
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)
13:03
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Luke Dunstan)
13:46
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Blake Acres)
13:59
Two of the Saints' three goals have come from intercepts inside their forward 50
19:00
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Luke Dunstan)
21:02
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
23:03
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Lonie)
24:28
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Maverick Weller)
26:59
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Matthew Priddis)
29:12
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
31:01
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Paddy McCartin)
31:04
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:58
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
04:41
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Sebastian Ross)
06:10
St Kilda has had 12 intercept possessions in their forward half compared with West Coast's six
06:56
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
09:23
Josh Kennedy for West Coast is the only player on the ground yet to have a disposal
11:14
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
13:18
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
14:11
LeCras' first goal was West Coast's fourth from the mark source in their total of five for the match
14:48
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
15:51
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Paddy McCartin)
18:32
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
20:28
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
22:15
Hickey's clearance for St Kilda broke a streak of five West Coast clearances. Sam Mitchell had two of them and is equal leader on the ground with three in this category
22:22
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Leigh Montagna)
25:07
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Maverick Weller)
26:37
Tim Membrey has gained 290 metres for the Saints, the most of any player on the ground, to go with his 12 disposals and one score assist
27:16
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Nathan Vardy)
29:13
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
30:48
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)
31:52
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:55
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
02:49
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
03:09
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Andrew Gaff)
03:33
St Kilda leads West Coast in the ground ball get category 52-37 (30-18 in the respective defensive halves)
04:58
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
06:59
West Coast had laid nine tackles in their forward half, whilst St Kilda has had double that with 18 in this category
07:11
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Maverick Weller)
08:32
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
13:01
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Bruce)
15:03
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Paddy McCartin)
15:48
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
18:38
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Steven)
19:05
St Kilda has had 10 of the last 11 inside forward 50 entries, outscoring the Eagles 3.3 (21) to 1.0 (6) during this period
22:58
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jonathan Giles)
26:49
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
27:49
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
28:30
Cripps' first goal was West Coast's second as a result of a chain from their defensive 50
29:05
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Lonie)
31:54
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
31:56
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
32:00
Shuey's second goal was West Coast's eighth from a mark, St Kilda has scored six goals from this method

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:57
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
09:25
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Lonie)
11:27
Tom Hickey has had all of St Kilda's 39 hitouts (10 to advantage), five clearances and six first-possessions
12:48
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
14:20
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh Hill)
15:19
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
16:40
West Coast has had eight of the last nine inside forward 50 entries, outscoring St Kilda 2.1 (13) to 0.1 (1) during this period
16:56
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Paddy McCartin)
20:37
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)
20:45
Josh Hill's third goal of the match for West Coast has resulted in the Eagles being in front on the scoreboard for the first time tonight in over 113 minutes of game time
23:12
Saints Interchange - Jack Steven off due to an injury.
23:25
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jonathan Giles)
25:46
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
27:44
Gaff from West Coast leads the disposal winners on the ground with 35, most metres gained with 476 and has also had two score assists and two clearances
28:29
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jackson Nelson)
29:06
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Chris Masten)
31:14
West Coast has had 67 disposals in their attacking half compared to St Kilda's 21 in their forward half in the final quarter
31:54
The siren has sounded to end Q4.