Match

West Coast Eagles vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 02 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00
A critical match for the Eagles today who are in danger of losing touch with the top eight with another loss. The Eagles have struggled to score this year with the second-lowest goals per inside 50 percentage in the league and the third-lowest average goals per game.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:27
SCORE GOAL - Swans (George Hewett)
04:52
A relatively even start to this match, with both sides going inside forward 50 on three occasions, the Eagles leading the clearances 3-2 including the first two centre clearances of the match. The Swans with the only score so far.
05:40
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
08:07
The Swans are dominating the mark count early in the match leading the total count 15-3, and leading marks inside 50 3-0.
11:06
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
11:34
A very costly turnover by hand by Shuey through the midfield results in a goal to Heeney for the Swans. The Eagles have committed 12 turnovers to the Swans' seven. All of the Swans' scores so far (2.2 - 14) have originated from turnovers.
13:02
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
16:58
McLean kicks a goal from a contested mark in the goal square, that is subsequently advanced to the goal line via a 50 metre penalty. The Swans have taken five contested marks the Eagles zero so far.
19:44
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
20:45
The Eagles have won every ruck contest so for in this quarter, leading hit outs 11-0. Naitanui has won nine of the hit outs with four to advantage.
21:16
Swans Interchange - Lewis Melican off due to an injury.
21:33
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Nick Blakey)
24:11
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
26:36
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
26:45
It was an arm-wrestle of a first quarter with momentum moving between both sides throughout. A goal to Waterman from beyond 50 after the siren leaves the Eagles 2 points adrift at the first break. Shuey (Eagles) and Kennedy (Swans) were joint leading possession winners with seven apiece.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:52
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
04:13
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
04:39
No goals kicked in the first five minutes of this quarter however the Eagles have kicked 2 behinds from their two inside 50s. The Swans have gone inside 50 on one occasion for no score. The Eagles are leading the disposal count this quarter 11-8 and contested possessions 6-4.
06:07
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Dom Sheed)
08:20
Eight minutes into the second quarter and the Swans win their first hit out for the match through McLean. The Eagles leading the total count 17-1 and lead clearances 12-4.
11:10
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (James Rowbottom)
12:50
Florent for the Swans the first player for the match to get to double figures for disposals, now up to 11, including six this quarter. Florent is also the leading clearance player for the Swans with two while Yeo for the Eagles leads all players with three.
14:13
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
17:05
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
17:50
Darling kicks the Eagles' second goal from a free kick, with Hayward being penalised for holding the ball. The Swans are yet to kick a goal from a free kick. The Eagles lead the free kick count 8-6.
19:06
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
21:24
Another evenly matched quarter with the disposal count marginally in the Eagles' favour 66-65, however the Swans are going at a better efficiency percentage of 77 per cent to 72 per cent. The Eagles are leading inside 50s 9-7.
23:18
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
23:22
A 2.3 (15) to 1.2 (8) quarter has seen the Eagles claw into the lead by 5 points at the main break. The Eagles lead inside 50s 20-19 and clearances 15-9, while the Swans lead total disposals 155-139 and total marks 43-36.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:00
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Nic Naitanui)
03:16
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Jordan Dawson)
04:48
Kelly for the Eagles with an early inside 50 for the quarter taking his tally up to four for the match, which is a game-high. Parker leads the Swans count with three.
05:30
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
07:57
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
08:14
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Redden)
08:26
A wasteful start to the third quarter by the Eagles who have now kicked four behinds from four inside 50s. The Swans have only gone inside 50 on one occasion this quarter so far for one behind of their own.
09:44
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Oliver Florent)
12:24
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
12:37
Darling with his second goal of the match and his fourth score involvement. Waterman with his first goal assist of the match by foot which was also his fourth score involvement.
14:22
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
16:33
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
16:52
Cripps with two goals in two minutes for the Eagles who have now had the last five inside 50s of the match. Cripps has had three scores (2.1) from his seven disposals. All seven disposals have come from a contested possession.
19:58
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamaine Jones)
22:17
Kennedy for the Swans lays his fourth tackle of the match to earn a free kick against McGovern who was adjudicated holding the ball. The Swans lead the total tackle count for the match 35-31.
24:34
With his second inside 50 of the match Mills breaks a streak of 10 consecutive insides 50s for the Eagles going back to the 11 minute mark of the quarter.
26:51
A strong surge that quarter by the Eagles saw their half time lead extend out to 21 at the last break. The Eagles won inside 50s 15-5, clearances 12-5, and contested possessions 34-23. Lloyd for the Swans stood tall with a quarter-high eight disposals to lead all players across the match with 21.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:33
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
04:08
Allen kicks the Eagles' second goal originating from a stoppage, with the Swans only kicking one goal of their own from this source. 11 of 14 goals kicked today have originated from turnovers.
06:21
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
09:06
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
10:26
From the restart the Eagles win their 12th centre bounce clearance for the match, doubling the Swans' count of six. The Eagles have kicked 1.1 (7) to 0.0 (0) from centre bounces today.
11:20
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
13:17
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
15:53
Cripps denied his third goal of the match, with his goal overturned on review having been deemed to have hit the post. Allen for the Eagles is the leading goal kicker for the match with three to his name from 10 disposals. Allen is the fourth highest-ranked player on the ground.
17:13
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
20:20
Eagles Interchange - Jamaine Jones and is possibly out for the game.
20:49
Each team has taken one intercept mark each this last quarter to take the total count to 11-10 in the Swans' favour. Barrass leads all players with three to his name.
25:58
An impressive win for the Eagles who were tested early but pulled away over the course of the match to run out 34 point winners. Yeo was the best player for the victors with 21 disposals including 12 contested possessions and nine clearances.