Match

West Coast Eagles vs Western Bulldogs

Commentary / 12 May 2017

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to Domain Stadium for the West Coast Eagles v Western Bulldogs Round 8 clash.

59:33

Outs for Eagles: J.Giles, M.Hutchings

59:34

Ins for Eagles: F.McInnes, L.Duggan

59:35

Outs for Bulldogs: R.Murphy, J.Stringer, J.Dunkley

59:36

Ins for Bulldogs: J.Redpath, L.Webb, B.Dale

59:40

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

00:00

The Western Bulldogs have taken a mark and immediately played on 39 per cent of the time this season, ranked No.1.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:36

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Andrew Gaff)

02:43

The Bulldogs are trying to move the football by hand to begin this match with seven kicks and 14 handballs. West Coast have dominated territory with 93 per cent time in forward half to begin the match.

04:28

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jack Redpath)

07:37

The Bulldogs currently lead contested possession 14 to seven. They average two more contested possessions per game than their opposition this season, ranked ninth, after leading this differential in 2016, averaging 17 more contested possessions per game.

08:21

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Adams)

09:18

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jack Macrae)

12:52

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Dom Sheed)

14:03

West Coast's entire score of 1.1.7 has come from chains launched from inside its forward 50. They rank third in the AFL for scores from forward 50 chains, averaging 21 points per game from this launch zone.

16:24

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Matthew Suckling)

17:08

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

17:54

West Coast gets its second goal of the game via a kick-in chain. This is their sixth goal for the season from this score source for the season.

19:21

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

20:28

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

21:14

Coming into the game, the Eagles had generated a score from 69 per cent of their forward 50 chains, ranked No.1. They have three scores from four inside 50 chains in the first quarter, a scoring rate of 75 per cent.

23:03

The Eagles currently have a kicking efficiency of 73 per cent and a disposal efficiency of 81 per cent. The Bulldogs are tracking at 58 per cent and 72 per cent respectively.

25:59

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Duggan)

26:24

From the 11-minute mark of the first quarter, the Eagles have reversed the contested possession trend, leading this area 21 to 12. They have kicked 4.0.24 to 0.2.2 over this time period.

28:30

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Dom Sheed)

28:33

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

28:43

The Eagles lead uncontested possession 84 to 66 at the first break, with nine of Sam Mitchell's 11 disposals coming via an uncontested possession and Andrew Gaff having 10 uncontested possessions himself as well.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

02:10

The Bulldogs have laid eight tackles in the opening two minutes of the second term.

03:00

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lukas Webb)

04:49

The Bulldogs have 213 metres gained for the term, the Eagles have just two metres gained.

06:02

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

06:23

The Eagles kick their second goal of the game directly from a kick-in. Before tonight, the Bulldogs had only conceded two goals from kick-ins for the season.

08:13

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

10:06

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Adams)

11:07

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

14:26

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jack Redpath)

15:22

The Bulldogs lead the inside 50s nine to four this quarter and have enjoyed 68 per cent time in forward half. They have only a one goal advantage for the term to show for it though.

16:17

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)

18:43

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

20:23

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Andrew Gaff)

22:40

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Nathan Vardy)

23:47

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Dom Sheed)

23:54

The Eagles have generated seven scores from nine inside 50 entries this term, a scoring rate of 78 per cent. The Bulldogs have generated five scores from 12 entries a scoring rate of 41 per cent.

26:08

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jack Redpath)

27:55

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jack Redpath)

28:40

Three of the Bulldogs' four goals this term have come from stoppages. They lead clearances nine to seven for the term.

29:31

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

30:25

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

30:35

The Eagles have scored 4.5.29 from 37 Bulldogs turnovers, with the Bulldogs scoring 1.6.12 from 31 West Coast turnovers.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:09

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Shannon Hurn)

03:18

West Coast is controlling the football to start the third term, leading uncontested possession 17 to three. For the match they have won 43 more uncontested possessions than the Bulldogs.

03:46

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

05:36

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Caleb Daniel)

09:21

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Lukas Webb)

11:58

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

12:09

The Western Bulldogs have won six of seven third quarters this season, averaging 15 more points per game than its opposition in this quarter. They trail 0.2.2 to 1.2.8 so far in tonight's game.

14:20

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Adams)

15:46

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

19:08

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Kurt Mutimer)

20:45

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Clay Smith)

22:11

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Toby McLean)

23:20

West Coast leads the clearances eight to three this quarter, but neither team has generated a score from a stoppage this term.

27:06

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

27:16

Sam Mitchell has been prolific with 29 disposals, 21 coming via an uncontested possession. He has recorded a kicking efficiency of 77 per cent and has a team-high five inside 50s.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

03:59

The Bulldogs have enjoyed 73 per cent time in forward half to start the term, recording the first four inside 50s of the term. They failed to record a disposal once inside 50 though.

04:35

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

06:04

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

08:05

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

09:11

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Easton Wood)

09:31

Josh Kennedy had kicked 20.9 from set shots this season prior to tonight. He has kicked 2.5 from set shots tonight, including three behinds in the final quarter.

10:24

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark LeCras)

13:06

The Bulldogs lead the contested possession count 17 to 10 for the quarter and have all four clearances for the term.

14:51

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lukas Webb)

15:31

Both teams have been inaccurate when capitalising from opposition turnovers, with West Coast kicking 5.12.42 from this score source and the Bulldogs kicking 3.9.27.

18:06

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Adams)

18:36

The Bulldogs are 19 for disposals this quarter, 9 for contested possessions, 7 for clearances, but have translated this dominance into just 9 on the scoreboard.

22:16

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)

25:11

Jack Macrae has been valiant for the Bulldogs in the final quarter, with 12 disposals, eight contested possessions and five clearances.

26:52

Elliott Yeo has been equally superb for West Coast in the final quarter with 13 disposals, five contested possessions and seven possession gains.

27:40

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Kurt Mutimer)

27:43

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

27:53

Caleb Daniel also had a huge final term to no avail, with 15 disposals, 10 uncontested possessions and three inside 50s.