Match

West Coast Eagles vs Richmond

Commentary / 13 Jun 2021

Pre Game

00:00
The Eagles outscored Carlton by 30 points from intercept possessions last round – their second-biggest differential in any game this season.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:47
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
04:46
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
06:57
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Nic Naitanui)
08:21
Richmond has started strongly around the contest, leading contested possessions 14-8 and clearances 4-2. Dustin Martin already has two contested possessions and one clearance.
12:45
Eagles Interchange - Dom Sheed off due to the blood rule.
14:30
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
14:53
The Tigers are controlling the play, leading disposals 70-43 and inside 50s 11-6, but they have only scored 1.2 from these entries.
15:31
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
16:50
Kane Lambert is currently the leading disposal winner on the ground with seven. He has been involved in 30.6% of all scoring chains in the games he has played this season – ranked No.1 at the club.
18:13
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
20:33
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
25:59
West Coast has gained the ascendancy around the stoppages and now lead clearances 13-7. Nic Naitanui has recorded four of them.
29:02
Both of Richmond's goals have come from intercept possessions in the forward half. It has scored 35.2 points per game from forward half intercept possessions – ranked No.1 in the competition.
30:45
The Eagles won clearances by five and outscored the Tigers by 12 points from clearance chains that quarter. In the past four weeks, the Tigers have been outscored by 13.6 points per game from this source – ranked 17th in the competition.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:14
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
02:32
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
04:48
Eagles Interchange - Jamie Cripps off due to an injury.
07:17
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
07:57
Both of West Coast's goals this quarter have come from chains originating in the defensive 50 from Shannon Hurn.
09:24
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
11:53
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Callum Coleman-Jones)
13:41
It's been a high-scoring start to the second term, with both teams kicking multiple goals from just five (Eagles) and six (Tigers) inside 50s. Dustin Martin has been involved in three of his team's four scores this quarter.
16:58
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
18:46
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
19:55
Richmond kick its fourth consecutive goal through Kane Lambert. In that time they've been on top with ball movement, leading disposals 38-23 with a superior efficiency difference of 17 per cent.
20:47
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamaine Jones)
23:38
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
25:38
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
27:46
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
31:16
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
32:17
Both teams have been great at cutting off opposition chains in the air, recording 12 intercept marks each. Nick Vlastuin leads the statistic with five.
32:27
The Tigers scored 25 of their 33 points that quarter from intercept possessions. In the past four rounds, they have outscored their opponents by 24 points per game from this source – ranked No.1 in the competition.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:12
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Zac Langdon)
05:55
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
07:06
The Eagles have started this quarter strongly, leading disposals 37-24 and inside 50s 4-1. Dom Sheed and Andrew Gaff lead with four each.
07:38
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Callum Coleman-Jones)
09:48
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
12:35
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
13:13
Nic Naitanui leads hitouts-to-advantage with four from 11 hitouts. He has recorded a career-high hitout-to-advantage rate of 40.1% this season – ranked No.1 in the AFL.
13:49
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Callum Coleman-Jones)
17:44
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
19:19
Richmond continues to dominate scores from intercept possessions, outscoring the Eagles 14-1 this quarter. It has now had the last five scores.
21:41
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
23:51
Kamdyn McIntosh has had a strong third quarter, leading score involvements (4) and metres gained this term, as well as recording six disposals and two intercept possessions.
24:15
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
25:54
The third quarter ends as a stalemate for most key indicators, with Richmond just ahead on disposals (93-90), contested possessions (33-32) and inside 50s (11-8). Shai Bolton had a quarter-high three inside 50s.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:18
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
03:17
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
06:12
West Coast has recorded the first four inside 50s of the last term with a long kick inside from Jamie Cripps. The Eagles have retained possession from 63.6% of his kicks into the forward 50 this season – ranked fifth of the top-75 kicks in the AFL.
06:42
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
08:06
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Kane Lambert)
10:13
Richmond kick two goals in the space of 90 seconds against the run of play, which makes it two goals straight from just two inside 50s this quarter. The Eagles have scored 1.1 from six entries this term.
11:25
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
14:21
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
15:15
Shai Bolton gets on the end of a nice transition goal which started in Richmond's defensive 50. He leads score assists for the match with five, three more than any other player on the ground.
16:26
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
20:55
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
23:16
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
24:24
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Nic Naitanui)
25:05
West Coast has had five of the last six scores, but accuracy is costing them with only two being goals. Oscar Allen has kicked 0.2 this quarter.
25:26
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
29:01
The Eagles have been surging in the last ten minutes, recording 6-0 inside 50s, 9-6 contested possessions and 3-1 intercept marks in this time. Elliot Yeo has had four of those contested possessions.
31:36
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
33:16
Dustin Martin had a huge impact in a losing side, recording team-highs for contested possessions (12), clearances (6) and metres gained, as well as 23 disposals and two goals.