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Pre Game
00:00
The Bulldogs have used 39 players across the season – the equal second-most of any side.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:21
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
02:37
Jake Waterman gets the first goal of the match, with Liam Ryan taking the goal assist. This match features two high-quality general forwards in Liam Ryan and Mitch Wallis who are two of just five players this season with at least 20 goals, 20 tackles, 10 contested marks, and 10 crumbs.
04:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
07:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Sam Lloyd)
08:07
17 of West Coast's 31 disposals thus far have been in the defensive 50. It has had just 28% of play in its forward half.
09:50
Eagles Interchange - Liam Ryan off due to the blood rule.
11:45
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
12:07
Jake Waterman nabs his second goal for the term and the second of the match as the defence is drawn towards Jack Darling.
14:22
The Bulldogs have a kicking efficiency of 54% so far, to the Eagles' 72%. This season the Eagles have a kicking efficiency if 67% - ranked second in the competition.
15:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
17:02
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
17:43
West Coast has kicked 3.1, including 2.0, from five inside 50s in this match. The opposition has kicked 0.3 from 11 inside 50s. West Coast kicks a goal from 25% of inside 50s this season - ranked second in the competition.
19:55
Will Hayes' defensive efforts have been strong early in this match. He has three forward half intercept possessions and two forward half tackles.
23:48
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
23:50
Liam Ryan kicks his first goal of the match at the end of the first quarter from a stoppage clearance. The Eagles lead effective clearances (8-4), marks from the opposition (6-2), and contested marks (3-0) at quarter time.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Josh Dunkley)
03:17
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Sam Lloyd)
03:59
Sam Lloyd kicks the first goal of the match for the Bulldogs after he missed a goal from within 30 metres in the first quarter.
05:31
The Bulldogs lead centre bounce hitouts four to two, but it is the Eagles who lead centre bounce clearances five to one.
05:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)
06:57
Eagles Interchange - Mark Hutchings and is possibly out for the game.
06:59
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
07:24
It's the Bulldogs general forwards who are getting them back in this game as Mitch Wallis converts his opportunity and bring the Bulldogs to within eight points.
09:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
10:43
Tim English has attended 20 of the 24 ruck contests so far, Josh Dunkley has attended just one, potentially indicating the experiment of Dunkley in the ruck is over. Since Round 12, Dunkley has attended 27 ruck contests per game, just eight fewer per match than English.
13:10
West Coast has taken just one mark in the second term, it took 23 in the first quarter.
13:30
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Josh Dunkley)
14:10
The Bulldogs have produced six scoring shots in this quarter from six inside 50s. The Eagles have gone inside 50 just once in this time.
16:14
Tim Kelly has five of West Coast's 12 contested possessions in this quarter.
18:10
The Bulldogs have eight players with a disposal efficiency of 100% to this point in the match.
19:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
21:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
23:24
Caleb Daniel's 19 disposals so far in the first half are the most he has had in the first half of a match this season.
25:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
25:29
West Coast had just 11 inside 50s in the first half, the lowest ever in Adam Simpson's time as Senior Coach.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
04:06
The Bulldogs have played on directly after a mark 67% of the time in their defensive half. In the past four rounds, the Bulldogs have played on directly after a mark 44% of the time in the defensive half – the highest percentage of any side.
07:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
09:39
All 12 of Josh Dunkley's possessions have been in the forward half of the ground, including his seven contested possessions - second-most for the Bulldogs.
10:51
All 11 of Toby McLean's disposals have been handballs potentially explaining why he has negative 18 metres gained.
13:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
15:00
West Coast has 63 fewer handballs than its opposition in this match, the largest handball differential in a match this season is 65.
17:05
West Coast has had just two disposals inside 50 since the first quarter. It has had 104 total disposals in this time.
19:16
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Dom Sheed)
19:45
Dom Sheed breaks the drought and kicks West Coast's first goal since the 24th minute of the first quarter.
21:43
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
21:55
It has been an average night for Jack Redden up to this point with a kicking efficiency of 36%, including two clanger kicks. To go along with this he has had a dropped mark and two missed tackles.
23:42
Both teams are sticking with their brand of footy so far with the Bulldogs leading handballs by 62, they average 143 handballs this season - second highest in the competition. Meanwhile, the Eagles lead uncontested marks by 22, they average 70 uncontested marks this season - ranked second in the competition.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:21
Josh Bruce has taken two contested marks early in this quarter but been wasteful with both subsequent disposals.
04:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
05:32
West Coast is yet to go inside 50 during the fourth quarter.
06:22
In the second half, West Coast has a kicking efficiency of 77% to the oppositions 50%.
06:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
08:45
The Bulldogs have 12 unforced turnovers in this match.
10:30
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
11:07
Josh Kennedy slots his second goal of the match to give West Coast the lead.
13:03
Tom Barrass has equal game-highs in marks from the opposition (three) and spoils (five).
13:45
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Roarke Smith)
14:07
It has been a quiet night for Roarke Smith but he has kicked his first goal of the match and re-gains the lead for the Bulldogs.
16:00
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
16:24
Aaron Naughton has kicked 0.2 so far and the Bulldogs have kicked 3.7 from set shots.
17:19
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Tom Cole)
17:38
Liam Ryan sets up a critical goal for West Coast, he takes a contested mark and then baulks Bailey Smith before finding an option in Tom Cole inside 50 who converts the goal. Ryan has one goal and three score assists in this match.
20:37
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
20:42
The captain steps up for the Bulldogs and kicks a goal from more than 50 metres from goal. It has been a poor kicking night for Marcus Bontempelli who has a kicking efficiency of 27% from his 11 kicks, but he has nailed his most crucial kick of the night to put the Bulldogs in front.
24:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
24:50
Jack Darling has failed to kick a goal at two crucial moments for West Coast in this match, kicking into the man on the mark after the siren in the third term and kicking a behind with just over a minute left in the match.
26:27
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BEHIND - Bulldogs (Toby McLean)
26:31
Josh Dunkley was important to the Bulldogs operation in the first half and finished the match with an equal game-high 12 contested possessions. He had five tackles in the last quarter to prove he is a two-way player.