Match

West Coast Eagles vs Collingwood

Commentary / 29 Sep 2018

Pre Game

00:00
The Eagles have not lost in 2018 when taking over 90 marks in a game. They have lost six of nine matches when not reaching this number.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:24
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
04:58
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Travis Varcoe)
04:59
The opening goal in the 2018 AFL Grand Final goes to Collingwood's Travis Varcoe. This goal represents his 13th major for 2018 in his 20th game of the season.
08:13
Early disposal efficiency favours the Magpies 81 per cent to 56.
10:36
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
10:37
Collingwood has five of the last six inside 50s, kicking goals from two of these entries.
12:33
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
14:51
Despite trailing on the scoreboard, the Eagles are leading the time in possession 40 per cent to 32.
16:29
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
17:18
Magpie Tom Langdon's match-leading six disposals have come at 83 per cent efficiency.
20:30
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Lewis Jetta)
20:42
West Coast has won six of the last seven clearances.
22:03
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
22:40
Collingwood is kicking the ball inside its forward 50 zone with 63 per cent efficiency. This compares to 40 per cent for West Coast.
25:22
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
26:57
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Willie Rioli)
29:13
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
31:13
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:14
Despite two late majors to the Eagles, the first quarter scoreline is dominated by Collingwood, where three of the Magpies five goals were the final result of a disposal chain that began with a West Coast turnover.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:31
The Magpies won the tackle count by eight per game this season, second-best in the AFL. Early into the second term today, they are playing true to form in this measure, where the tackle count currently sits at 34 to Collingwood, 20 to West Coast.
02:32
Eagles Interchange - Liam Ryan off due to an injury.
04:02
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Mark Hutchings)
06:45
Collingwood has not scored from its last six inside 50s.
09:09
Dom Sheed is leading the West Coast disposal tally with 13. However, his disposal efficiency of 54 per cent is well down on the Eagles percentage as a team, 72 per cent.
13:38
Of the eight free kicks conceded by West Coast, four have been for holding the ball.
15:07
Magpies Interchange - Brayden Maynard off due to an injury.
16:59
Marks taken in Collingwood's forward 50 zone for the second quarter favour the Eagles five to zero.
17:45
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
19:26
Magpies Interchange - Brayden Maynard off due to an injury.
20:25
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
20:26
The opening goal of the second term came after the two sides combined for 21 inside 50 entries.
22:10
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Mark Hutchings)
23:25
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Varcoe)
25:50
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
28:49
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
28:50
Both backlines held sway during the second quarter. However, West Coast's superior inside 50 disposal efficiency for the term (55 per cent to 35), saw the Eagles win the quarter 2.1 to 1.2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:45
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
02:01
Collingwood big man Mason Cox has been targeted a team-high seven times inside 50. However, he has yet to take a mark in this zone for the Magpies.
04:53
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
05:43
West Coast leads the intercept mark count 13 to nine, with the most being three each to Tom Barass and Jeremy McGovern.
07:33
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
08:42
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
08:43
The Magpies have scored goals twice from just the four third-quarter inside 50 entries.
10:42
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Scott Lycett)
13:25
West Coast's Luke Shuey has gained a match-leading 431 kick metres. Of these disposals by foot, West Coast is retaining possession 33 per cent of the time.
15:03
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
17:36
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
17:37
A big third term so far for Eagles forward Jack Darling. For the quarter he has five disposals, five marks (three contested) and a goal.
18:53
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Willie Rioli)
19:19
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
20:26
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
20:27
Elliot Yeo puts the Eagles in front for the first time since the fifth minute of the opening quarter.
21:43
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
22:31
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
23:25
Eagles Interchange - Liam Ryan off due to an injury.
27:01
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
28:29
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
31:06
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
31:07
West Coast with the honours for the third quarter, winning the disposal count 97 to 80, marks 28 to 20, inside 50 entries 20 to 11, and outscoring Collingwood 4.4 to 2.4.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:34
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
01:36
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
02:20
Collingwood's Brody Mihocek has contributed eight score involvements for the Magpies.
03:12
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Nathan Vardy)
04:15
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
06:54
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
07:38
Chris Mayne's season average over 20 games heading into today was 3.5 tackles per game. With 12 tackles today, he easily has the most of any player on the ground. His Magpies teammate Adam Treloar has next most with nine.
08:26
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
11:38
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
11:40
Steele Sidebottom has led the Magpies with 99 disposals across the three finals leading into today. So far today he has been held in check by West Coast, with just 12 disposals to this point.
13:10
West Coast has nine of the last ten inside 50s.
15:13
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
16:51
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
17:05
The Magpies have not been inside their forward 50 zone for over ten minutes of play.
19:19
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Chris Masten)
20:14
Fourth quarter time in possession favours West Coast 46 per cent to 32.
21:38
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
22:46
Eagles Interchange - Shannon Hurn off due to the blood rule.
24:29
West Coast defender Will Schofield is the man on the ground to have played 100 per cent game time.
28:25
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Dom Sheed)
30:09
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
31:50
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
31:51
The Eagles are premiers for 2018 on the back of a dominant performance by Luke Shuey. The West Coast midfielder has contributed 34 disposals at 74 per cent efficiency, eight tackles, 19 contested possessions, eight clearances, and kicked 1.1.