Match

West Coast Eagles vs Fremantle

Commentary / 01 May 2021

Pre Game

00:00
David Mundy has recorded 25.5 disposals, 11.5 contested possessions and 5.8 clearances per game this season – his best returns since 2015.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:18
It has been a wasteful start by the Dockers, who are kicking at a poor 29 per cent efficiency. In comparison, the Eagles have recorded a kicking efficiency of 71 per cent to start the match.
05:30
Andrew Brayshaw for the Dockers has started in imposing form this afternoon, with a match-high five disposals at 80 per cent efficiency, including three handball receives and 78 metres gained.
05:32
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
10:10
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
14:21
Andrew Gaff 180, David Mundy 129 and Jack Redden 117 are leading the way in terms of metres gained.
15:50
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamaine Jones)
17:35
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
19:42
Zac Langdon - West Coast (2.90km) and Reece Conca - Fremantle (2.71km) are leading the way for their respective teams in terms of kilometers covered in the match so far.
22:00
With more than 22 minutes gone in this quarter, Vardy for the Eagles and Frederick for the Dockers are the only players who haven't recorded disposals yet. Redden (Eagles) and Brayshaw (Dockers) are the current equal leading disposal-getters with 11 each.
23:33
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
25:46
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
27:33
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Rory Lobb)
28:41
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
30:07
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
31:43
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
32:18
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:26
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
04:27
The Dockers have put on more pressure inside their forward 50 across the entire match - 10 to 6. Nat Fyfe is leading the way with two each.
05:10
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
06:04
Matt Taberner, Rory Lobb and Griffin Logue (Dockers) and Brad Sheppard and Jack Darling (West Coast) have all played 100 per cent of the match so far.
06:30
Dockers Interchange - Ethan Hughes and is possibly out for the game.
06:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
08:51
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Andrew Gaff)
09:03
Fremantle has outscored West Coast 3.0 18 to 2.0 12 from attacking 50 chains in the match so far.
10:28
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
10:48
The Dockers have started the second quarter strong winning contested possession 10 - 7 and handball receives 12 - 5.
12:26
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
13:35
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
15:21
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nathan Wilson)
16:03
Andrew Gaff has led from the front for the Eagles this afternoon with 15 disposals at 69 disposal efficiency, 261 metres gained, five contested possession, three ground ball gets and one goal for the half.
16:17
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
18:45
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
20:45
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Zac Langdon)
20:58
Eagles Interchange - Jarrod Brander off due to an injury.
23:06
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
24:18
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
27:48
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Travis Colyer)
29:44
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
32:15
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
33:28
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
33:30
Nat Fyfe has led from the front for the Dockers this afternoon with 17 disposals at 88 disposal efficiency, 130 metres gained, eight contested possessions, four clearances and three inside 50's.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:29
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
02:25
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Tobe Watson)
03:50
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
04:17
In the 25 ruck contests that Nic Naitanui and Sean Darcy have contested against each other, Darcy has won the hitouts-to-advantage 6 to 3, but Naitanui has won the clearances 14 to 9.
04:27
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Rory Lobb)
06:19
Dockers Interchange - Andrew Brayshaw off due to an injury.
07:37
Nathan Wilson 395, David Mundy 313 and Dom Sheed 285 are leading the way in terms of metres gained in the match.
09:46
West Coast have slightly covered more kilometres 166.11km to Fremantle's 164.08km (2.71km) so far in the match. Matt Taberner 9.04km has covered the most distance out of all players.
11:17
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
12:09
West Coast has outscored Fremantle 6.2 38 to 3.4 22 from intercept possessions
13:24
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamaine Jones)
15:54
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Zac Langdon)
16:56
Jack Redden has applied 23 pressure acts so far in this match, 9 of these coming in the forward half of the ground for the Eagles.
17:11
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
18:31
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Nathan Vardy)
26:19
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
27:19
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
29:25
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
30:45
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jarrod Brander)
31:56
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:29
Tim Kelly has led from the front for the Eagles this afternoon with 28 disposals, 328 metres gained, 16 contested possessions, 10 clearances and 10 handball receives.
02:51
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
03:29
West Coast are well on top in contested possession, 107 to 98. Tim Kelly is leading the Eagles in this department with 17 of his 30 disposals coming via an contested possession.
05:33
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Zac Langdon)
06:10
The tackle count is 35 apiece, but West Coast leads forward 50 tackles 20 to 14.
07:44
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
08:03
Jack Darling has kicked the only goal in the fourth quarter to take his tally to 3.2 he has been used as the inside 50 target 13 times and has 10 scoring involvements for the match.
13:22
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Zac Langdon)
15:48
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
17:08
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
20:59
Tim Kelly has had a career-high 37 disposals, 510 metres gained, 20 contested possessions, 12 clearances, 15 handball receives, 8 tackles and 12 scoring involvements.
21:00
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jarrod Brander)
24:08
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
24:37
Eagles Interchange - Jamie Cripps off due to an injury.
26:04
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Travis Colyer)
29:52
The siren has sounded to end Q4.