Match

West Coast Eagles vs Fremantle

Commentary / 29 Apr 2017

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Domain Stadium for the West Coast Eagles v Fremantle Round 6 clash.
59:33
Outs for Eagles: W.Schofield, J.Nelson, J.Cripps
59:34
Ins for Eagles: K.Mutimer, J.Giles, S.Mitchell
59:35
Outs for Dockers: S.Hill
59:36
Ins for Dockers: H.Balic
59:40
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00:00
West Coast forward Josh Kennedy won the Ross Glendinning Medal when these two teams last met, kicking seven goals for the match. Kennedy kicked five or more goals eight times last season on the way to his second consecutive Coleman Medal.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:39
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
04:32
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Duggan)
05:06
The Eagles have kicked two goals from their two inside 50s, whereas Fremantle have not been able to manage a score from their four inside 50s.
06:53
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Hayden Crozier)
08:36
Jeremy McGovern is causing issues for the Fremantle forward line grabbing three intercept marks. McGovern has marked the ball from opposition kicks 14 times this season and is averaging a career-high 8.4 marks per match.
11:07
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
12:37
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
15:14
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
16:13
Eagles Interchange - Nathan Vardy off due to an injury.
16:49
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
16:58
After nine unsuccessful inside 50 entries for the Dockers, Cam McCarthy manages to boot the Dockers first goal from their tenth entry. Fremantle are ranked 14th in goals per inside 50 this year, going at 22.8 per cent.
18:26
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)
19:51
The Eagles have won six of the last seven clearances, and have kicked three goals from this source. Fremantle are ranked second in clearances averaging 40.4 per match, whilst the Eagles are ranked twelfth averaging 37.
20:10
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
21:46
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)
25:52
The Eagles are dominating the contested possessions, leading the differential by 11. This is an area the Eagles have been struggling in this season, averaging 10.8 less contested possessions than their opponents.
27:01
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
28:09
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
30:23
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
30:33
The Eagles recorded a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.79 in the first quarter, a major improvement of their 2017 average of 1.22. Alternatively, the Dockers have recorded a ratio of 1.15 and have six more handball receives.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:33
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
03:14
Josh Kennedy has been a focal point inside 50 for the Eagles, grabbing four marks inside 50 improving on his season average of 3.6. He has been the inside 50 target six times, three more than any other Eagles player.
05:33
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
06:46
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
06:59
The Dockers are beginning to capitalise on the dominance of Aaron Sandilands in the ruck leading the clearances this quarter four to one. Sandilands has won 19 hit-outs, with six of these to advantage.
09:31
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)
12:09
West Coast have booted six goals sourced from turnovers whilst in stark contrast, the Dockers are goalless from this source. Fremantle is yet to gain an inside 50 from a possession chain originating in their defensive 50.
13:20
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
15:42
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
17:42
Connor Blakely has been prolific in the first half, accumulating a game-high 17 disposals with nine of these contested. This is the most disposals Blakely has ever recorded in the first half of a match surpassing his 14 against Brisbane last year.
22:00
Fremantle is being let down by their kicking efficiency, going at just 48 per cent this quarter compared to the Eagles 71 per cent. West Coast have benefited by this poor efficiency grabbing 12 intercept marks.
25:29
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jonathan Giles)
25:39
West Coast has controlled the possession of the football this quarter, winning 20 more uncontested possessions and grabbing 19 more marks. Matt Priddis has a team-high 10 second quarter disposals.
29:19
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
29:29
After registering a goal with 63.6 per cent of their forward 50 entries in the first quarter, the Eagles were restricted to a conversion of just 16.7 per cent in the second term as the Dockers locked down defensively.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:29
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Brady Grey)
05:01
The opening goal of the second half goes to Fremantle with their first goal from a possession chain originating in their defensive half of the ground.
06:24
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
08:21
After trailing by 22 in contested possessions in the first half, the Dockers have came out strongly leading 16 to eight. They have won three more clearances and collected six more groundballs indicating a higher intensity.
10:51
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
13:03
In his 250th game, Aaron Sandilands continues to showcase his elite ruckwork around the ground. He has won 35 hit-outs, 19 more than the Eagles have collectively won, with 13 of these hit-outs directly to an advantage of a teammate.
13:35
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
15:18
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shane Kersten)
18:20
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shane Kersten)
20:04
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
21:13
The Eagles hold a 13 point advantage from scores sourced from stoppages. Sam Mitchell has been dominant at the stoppages, winning a game-high seven clearances to go with his four score involvements.
24:55
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
25:38
Josh Kennedy has now grabbed a massive seven marks inside forward 50 for the Eagles. This is the equal-most marks an individual player has taken in this zone this season matching the seven taken by Charlie Dixon earlier this round.
29:36
Elliot Yeo has been busy in the third quarter amassing 10 disposals at an impressive 100 per cent efficiency as well as grabbing three intercept marks. This is the fourth time Yeo has recorded 10 or more disposals in a quarter in his 90th career match.
29:42
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
29:52
The Dockers ended up winning the third quarter by a solitary point, despite having 40 less disposals and being plagued by a poor kicking efficiency going at 60 per cent compared to the Eagles 80 per cent.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
05:54
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Neale)
06:02
Fremantle have won the first five inside 50s for the final quarter with their fifth entry resulting in the first goal for the term. Both sides have now recorded 42 inside 50s yet the Eagles efficiency has been the difference.
07:06
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
09:21
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
09:46
Turnovers continue to haunt the Dockers, particularly in their forward half. The Eagles have had 11 scoring shots sourced from turnovers, with eight of these possession chains originating in their defensive half.
12:13
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Harley Balic)
15:49
West Coast have tackled strongly all game, laying 10 more tackles than the Dockers with Matt Priddis recording a game-high seven. Fremantle are ranked last for tackle differential, averaging 12.4 less than their opponents this season.
19:54
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shane Kersten)
19:58
The Eagles have now grabbed 21 intercept marks, led by a career-high eight for Jeremy McGovern. This is the third time the Eagles have taken over 20 intercept marks in a match this season, the most by any side.
23:14
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Matthew Priddis)
26:13
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Hayden Crozier)
26:55
Andrew Gaff has now amassed over 30 disposals for the fourth time this season. Coming into round 6, Gaff was ranked equal fourth in the league for disposals averaging a career-high 32 disposals per match.
27:08
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Tommy Sheridan)
28:15
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Johnson)
29:45
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark LeCras)
31:08
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Garrick Ibbotson)
32:10
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
32:24
The Eagles have set season-high totals in marks (137) and disposals (446) as they claim their fourth consecutive win over Fremantle. Their efficiency inside their forward half proved the difference as both sides finished with similar inside 50 totals.