Pre Game
00:00
West Coast has recorded just 38.6 inside 50 entries per game this season, which is the second-lowest average on record (excluding 2020), and only ahead of the Giants in their inaugural season (2012) when they recorded 38.2 per game.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:15
Jacob Wehr makes his AFL debut today for the Giants. Wehr has averaged 21 disposals, four intercepts, and four score involvements in his six VFL games this season.
00:48
The first centre bounce clearance of the game was won by the Giants, but they failed to convert this into a score. GWS is ranked fourth in centre bounce clearances this season, while West Coast is ranked 17th.
03:07
The first goal of the game to Toby Greene and the Giants was sourced from a forward half stoppage. GWS averages 14 points per game from this source, but in its two wins has scored 28 points from forward half stoppages.
04:25
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GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
05:12
A pair of early goals to Toby Greene, with the second coming from a centre bounce clearance. GWS is ranked third for differential in points scored from centre bounces.
06:06
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GOAL - Giants (Tom Green)
06:42
A fast start from the Giants who lead 5-1 in clearances, and have scored all three goals from this source. GWS averages 31 points per game from stoppages.
07:24
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BEHIND - Giants (Matt de Boer)
09:31
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GOAL - Giants (James Peatling)
09:52
Another forward half clearance and goal for the Giants, this time to James Peatling for his first AFL goal. GWS is ranked in the bottom-4 at scores per inside 50 entries this season but has five scores from five entries to start today.
12:32
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GOAL - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
12:42
The first goal to the Eagles has also come from a forward half stoppage. This season teams have generated an average of 29 percent of their score from stoppages, but the first six scores today have all come from this source.
14:14
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GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
15:02
GWS has averaged 20.6 points and West Coast 10.7 points in the opening quarter this season. Both teams have already passed their season averages in a frantic start to the game.
15:48
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GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
16:37
Jamie Cripps has matched Toby Greene with a pair of early goals, and his second goal was the first score of the game to come from an intercept. The Eagles average 14 points per game from forward half intercepts (ranked last).
18:45
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GOAL - Giants (Matt de Boer)
19:12
GWS has an early 16-4 lead in tackles, with West Coast struggling to disrupt the ball movement of the Giants. The Eagles have recorded a tackle efficiency of just 58.6 percent this season (ranked 17th).
21:34
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BEHIND - Giants (Matt Flynn)
22:44
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BEHIND - Eagles (Isiah Winder)
23:45
GWS has already had seven different players attend centre bounces, with Harry Perryman at five. The versatile Perryman has only attended seven centre bounces in his career before today.
23:58
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GOAL - Giants (Jarrod Brander)
25:41
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GOAL - Giants (Matt de Boer)
26:08
The Giants have already scored more points from stoppages today (38) than their season average (31). This is the first time that GWS has kicked seven goals in any quarter against West Coast.
30:10
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GOAL - Eagles (Hugh Dixon)
30:28
The goal to Hugh Dixon was sourced from a forward half intercept. West Coast has now scored 13 points from this source today and averages 14 points per game.
34:18
West Coast has kicked only four goals in total during opening quarters across its past five games. Despite kicking four goals today in the opening quarter, the Eagles still find themselves three goals behind in an unusually high scoring game.
34:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
35:19
GWS was able to convert a dominance in effective clearances (13-6) onto the scoreboard (38-12 points scored from stoppages) in the opening quarter. The efficient Giants generated ten scores from just 13 inside 50 entries.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:41
The move of Harry Perryman into a central midfield role proved effective in the opening quarter. Perryman won a game-high seven contested possessions, three clearances and three score involvements, while also being the No.1 pressure player for the Giants.
00:46
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BEHIND - Eagles (Connor West)
02:37
Harry Himmelberg has recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 81 percent this season, which is ranked No.1 in the competition. In another positional move of note, Himmelberg has been used in defence to start the game today.
03:30
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GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
04:01
GWS has now scored 4.0.24 from just five forward half clearances. On average this season, teams have scored from 39 percent of such clearances and scored 137 points per 100 forward half clearances.
06:46
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GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
07:26
The Giants average 11 points per game from defensive 50 chains this season but have already scored two goals today from such chains displaying more aggressive ball movement.
08:41
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GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
09:16
Connor West won a career-high 29 disposals last round, eclipsing his previous best tally of 21, and has been busy again today. West is the No.1 ranked Eagle today for disposals, score involvements, metres gained and inside 50 entries.
13:41
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (James Peatling)
14:21
Another goal to the Giants from a defensive 50 chain (their third), and GWS now has its highest-ever first-half score against West Coast.
14:53
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BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
15:24
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GOAL - Giants (Jake Riccardi)
16:01
A kick-in chain goal for the Giants who now lead 24-0 in points scored from defensive 50 chains. GWS had scored 26 points in the past month from such chains.
17:07
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BEHIND - Eagles (Patrick Naish)
19:51
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GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
20:06
GWS has now scored an accurate 8.1 from set shots at goal and 10.1 from shots beyond 30 metres from goal.
22:35
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GOAL - Giants (Zach Sproule)
22:46
The Giants average nine forward 50 marks per game this season, and have already matched that total today. GWS has now scored 56 points from stoppages, and the previous most in the first half of any game this season was 45.
24:45
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GOAL - Giants (Tanner Bruhn)
25:32
West Coast has recorded a tackle efficiency today of 61 percent, compared to GWS 87 percent. This has contributed to the Giants moving the ball with ease and scoring five goals from defensive 50 chains.
30:47
A powerful first half from the Giants who have only once scored more than 87 points in the first half of a game (94 points in Round 4, 2016). GWS won effective clearances 22-13, points scored from stoppages 56-20, and kicked five goals from defensive 50 chains.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:08
GWS had never kicked seven goals in a quarter against West Coast before today but did it twice in the first half.
00:21
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BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
02:05
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BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
02:17
GWS recorded tackle efficiency in the first half of 88 percent, which is the highest by any team in the first half of a game this season. West Coast recorded tackle efficiency of 62 percent.
04:39
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Zach Sproule)
05:02
The Giants have taken a mark and immediately played on from only 22.1 percent of marks this season, which is the lowest percentage of any team. Today GWS has played on from 41 percent of its marks in the defensive half increasing its speed of ball movement.
06:03
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Isiah Winder)
06:17
The first goal of the quarter to Isiah Winder and the Eagles again came from a forward half intercept. Both teams have generated nine such intercepts, and West Coast leads 20-7 in points scored from this source.
09:34
West Coast has lost the contested possession count by 17.7 per game this season (ranked last). The Giants currently lead the contested possession count by 19, with the Eagles again struggling to match their opponents in this area.
10:24
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GOAL - Eagles (Isiah Winder)
10:42
A classy goal from Isiah Winder gives the Eagles back-to-back goals. The second Winder goal came from a forward 50 stoppage. West Coast has scored 13 points today from this source and averages just three points per game from such stoppages.
12:22
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GOAL - Giants (Tanner Bruhn)
12:47
Another accurate kick from the Giants, who have now scored 11.1 from set shots, gives GWS a 20-8 lead in points scored from centre bounce clearances despite West Coast leading 10-9 in such clearances.
16:49
While the inside 50 count is relatively even (GWS leads 32-27), the Giants lead 15-6 in forward 50 marks and it was the last of these that led to a goal on debut for Jacob Wehr. GWS has now scored an accurate 12.1 from set shots at goal.
19:17
Sydney scored a season-high 70 points from stoppages in Round 7 against Brisbane. GWS has already matched this season-high half-way through the third quarter in an impressive display from a new midfield combination.
20:58
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GOAL - Eagles (Greg Clark)
21:12
Greg Clark joins the group of players today with a first AFL goal and it came from a forward 50 stoppage. West Coast had scored 28 points in total this season from such stoppages but has scored 19 points today from its forward 50 stoppages.
23:42
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BEHIND - Giants (Bobby Hill)
25:26
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BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
25:57
Stephen Coniglio has been prolific today with his game-high 28 disposals including four score assists and resulting in a game-high 361 metres gained.
28:09
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GOAL - Giants (Tom Green)
28:43
GWS now leads 36-0 in points scored from defensive 50 chains. West Coast had not conceded more than three goals in a game from such chains this season before today.
31:36
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GOAL - Eagles (Liam Duggan)
32:03
West Coast has averaged 14 points from 18 forward half intercepts per game this season. Today the Eagles have scored 26 points from 11 such intercepts.
34:47
A better quarter from the Eagles who outscored the Giants by three points. West Coast last won a quarter in Round 5 against Sydney, and on that occasion, it also won the third quarter after trailing by more than 50 points at half-time.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
02:02
West Coast has conceded seven final quarter goals in each of its last five games and has been outscored by an average of 24 points in this period.
02:33
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BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
04:18
The Giants have used Zach Sproule as its secondary ruck today. He has been involved in 28 ruck contests and only won one hitout, but GWS has still won the clearances from these stoppages involving Sproule.
04:58
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (Harry Perryman)
05:49
The move of Harry Perryman into the midfield has been a success for the Giants. Perryman is the No.1 ranked Giant for contested possessions and pressure, won six clearances and has been involved in nine scores.
06:37
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GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
07:46
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GOAL - Giants (Zach Sproule)
07:59
Both teams have now won 13 centre bounce clearances, and the Giants lead 27-15 in points scored from this source and 78-40 in points scored from all stoppages.
09:49
SCORE
GOAL - Giants (James Peatling)
10:46
A third goal for the impressive James Peatling who has been involved in 11 scores for the Giants today. GWS now has its highest ever score against West Coast and its highest score in more than three years.
11:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
13:51
The AFL average tackle efficiency this season is 62 percent with a season-high of 76 percent (by the Bulldogs in Round 3). The Giants are on track to record the highest tackle efficiency of any team this season by some margin (currently 86 percent).
15:21
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BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
16:51
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BEHIND - Eagles (Hugh Dixon)
17:46
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GOAL - Eagles (Hugh Dixon)
18:30
Following the goal to Hugh Dixon, West Coast now leads 33-20 in points scored from forward half intercepts, despite the Giants leading 17-14 in such intercepts.
21:24
Harry Perryman has recorded career-highs today for all of disposals (30), contested possessions (16), clearances (7), and score involvements (10).
23:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Giants (Jake Riccardi)
24:01
GWS has missed five of its last six set shots at goal after kicking 12.1 from its first 13 shots. The Giants lead 21-11 in forward 50 marks, which is their season-high, and 11 different players have taken such a mark.
24:39
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BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
26:01
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GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
29:22
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GOAL - Giants (Bobby Hill)
31:29
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GOAL - Eagles (Isiah Winder)
31:32
A comprehensive win for the Giants who dominated contested possessions (141-112) and scored 79 points from stoppages (the most in a game this season). Six consecutive losses by more than 50 points now for West Coast, and a first-up win under new coach Mark McVeigh for GWS.