Match

Richmond vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 08 Apr 2017

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to MCG for the Richmond v West Coast Eagles Round 3 clash.

59:33

Outs for Tigers: S.Edwards, B.Griffiths

59:34

Ins for Tigers: K.McIntosh, T.Elton

59:35

Outs for Eagles: D.Sheed

59:36

Ins for Eagles: L.Jetta

59:40

Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.

00:00

After six years and 95 games as a Sun, Richmond recruit Dion Prestia is giving the Tigers exactly what they expected. His 26.0 disposals at 63.5 per cent efficiency in his first two games at Tigerland are similar marks to his last year with Gold Coast.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:34

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

01:39

Eagles Interchange - Jack Darling off due to an injury.

04:11

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)

06:14

In spite of barely trailing in the disposal count, 24 to 25, West Coast comfortably leads the tackle count in the early going, eight to two.

08:57

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

09:00

It took West Coast until its sixth inside 50 to score the opening goal. The Tigers have been inside 50 four times for just one behind.

11:44

Richmond leads the clearance count six to four, with Dustin Martin doing the majority of the damage. He has four clearances of his own.

12:10

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)

13:01

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

14:02

Tigers Interchange - Jason Castagna off due to the blood rule.

15:29

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Kane Lambert)

17:25

West Coast defender Tom Barrass has four first term spoils, matching the total of the entire Richmond side.

20:44

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dan Butler)

23:43

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark Hutchings)

25:06

Dustin Martin opened the season with six clearances against Carlton in Round 1, followed by three against Collingwood last weekend. With seven clearances in the first term today, he has already achieved a season high.

26:21

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

28:12

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Chris Masten)

29:04

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

30:04

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:50

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh Hill)

01:08

West Coast has 13 of the last 14 inside 50s.

03:30

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)

04:15

Four of the seven West Coast Eagles free kicks received have been for a push in the back.

05:22

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

06:11

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

08:08

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark Hutchings)

08:46

With his 15 disposals, Dustin Martin has gained a game-leading 374 metres. Next best on the ground is his Richmond teammate Alex Rance with 206 metres gained.

10:38

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

10:39

With his first goal of the day, West Coast forward Josh Kennedy extends his streak of games with at least one major to 26. The last time he went goalless in an AFL game was the 2015 grand final against Hawthorn.

12:06

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

13:30

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Bachar Houli)

14:52

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

15:26

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)

18:07

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

19:15

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

20:27

West Coast leads the hit-out count 18 to 13, yet Tiger Toby Nankervis has the most of any one player with ten. This includes four to the direct advantage of a teammate.

21:52

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)

24:11

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)

24:52

After 12 first quarter disposals, Eagle Sam Mitchell has been restricted to a solitary handball in the second, despite seeing 85 per cent game time for the term.

27:02

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

28:32

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)

29:08

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:27

Seven of the combined ten goals produced by both teams have been the result of a disposal chain that began with an opposition turnover.

04:01

Leading disposal winner on the ground is Dustin Martin of Richmond with 20, although they have come at just 40 per cent efficiency. Best for West Coast is Andrew Gaff with 18 at a far superior efficiency rate of 78 per cent.

07:25

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Reece Conca)

08:04

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)

08:05

After kicking 13.6 over 18 games in his debut season in 2016, Tiger Daniel Rioli has opened 2017 with four goals straight.

11:30

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Reece Conca)

14:02

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)

15:32

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

16:55

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

18:38

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shaun Grigg)

22:12

Alex Rance is doing the little things to help his side. He has eight one-percenters, equal-most on the ground with Eagle Tom Barass.

25:18

Although he has 13 clearances for the game, Dustin Martin has just the two in the third quarter, and none in the last ten minutes.

25:46

Tigers Interchange - Nick Vlastuin and is possibly out for the game.

29:37

While the Tigers have six of the last seven inside 50s, they have just the one goal to show for this dominance.

31:07

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dan Butler)

34:13

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)

34:18

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:56

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

01:25

The Eagles disposal efficiency is just 47 per cent in their forward 50, compared to 75 per cent over the entire ground.

05:34

The most intercept marks on the ground have been taken by Richmond's Alex Rance with three. However, West Coast comfortably leads this statistic 19 to 12, with 13 Eagles registering at least one.

08:57

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)

11:40

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

12:38

Eight tackles today represent a new personal best for Tiger Jason Castagna, after 14 with a high of four over the previous seven games of his career.

16:59

The only two players with 100 per cent game time today are Eagles forward Josh Kennedy, and his direct opponent David Astbury.

17:45

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

18:22

Eagles Interchange - Mark LeCras off due to the blood rule.

20:16

Chris Masten already has nine fourth-quarter disposals after 16 in the first three.

20:32

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dan Butler)

22:32

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)

26:29

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)

27:39

Eagles Interchange - Nathan Vardy off due to the blood rule.

28:17

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

30:41

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

30:51

With a career-average of 2.4 goals per game over 204 AFL games, Richmond's Jack Riewoldt finishes the second of three games in 2017 with a solitary major. However, the Tigers have won all three to open the season.