Match

West Coast Eagles vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 26 Mar 2023

Pre Game

00:00
West Coast has lost 13 of their last 14 matches at Optus Stadium by an average losing margin of 46 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:59
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
04:44
The Eagles have won four of the first five clearances. The Eagles lost clearances by 15 last round against North Melbourne.
07:29
Stephen Coniglio has already laid four tackles for the Giants in a ferocious start to the match. Last round against the Crows, the Giants only had one player to register more than four tackles for the entire match (Brent Daniels with five).
07:40
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
08:54
The Giants have scored the opening goal of the game, launched from a defensive midfield stoppage. This is just the second clearance won by the Giants, compared to six clearances for the Eagles.
09:11
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Campbell Chesser)
11:50
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Rowston)
13:16
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
13:25
Tim Kelly has scored West Coast's first goal of the match, converting a set shot from near the boundary. Kelly has been busy early, amassing a game-high seven disposals, five contested possessions, three clearances and 190 metres gained.
15:29
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
17:21
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Cooper Hamilton)
19:05
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
20:35
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
20:40
The Eagles have only managed one intercept mark so far, compared to four for the Giants. The Eagles completed 19 intercept marks last round against North Melbourne, with Jeremy McGovern and Tom Barrass combining for 10 between them.
24:37
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
26:36
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
27:07
Toby Greene has scored his second goal of the match following a 50 metre penalty. This is the second goal the Eagles have conceded from 50 metre penalties. The Eagles conceded three goals from free kicks last round against North Melbourne.
29:42
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
29:54
Giants Interchange - Finn Callaghan off due to an injury.
32:46
Stephen Coniglio finished the quarter with seven tackles - the equal-most tackles ever laid in a single quarter by a Giant. Coniglio holds the record for the most tackles applied in a match by a Giant, laying 17 tackles in Round 15, 2015 against St Kilda.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:14
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
02:25
The Eagles were the worst second-quarter team in 2022, winning just four of these quarters for the season. The Eagles were outscored by 20 points in the second quarter last week against North Melboure.
03:30
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
04:05
Jamaine Jones has generated a game-high five inside 50s, his most recent resulting in a goal to Jamie Cripps. Jones' career-best inside 50s is six (Round 11, 2018).
07:36
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
08:42
Jamie Cripps has scored his second goal of the quarter and has now taken three of the four marks inside 50 for the Eagles. Cripps scored multiple goals in six of his 17 matches last season.
09:20
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
11:50
Giants Interchange - Jacob Wehr and is possibly out for the game.
12:13
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
13:06
The Eagles have all the momentum in the second quarter, leading inside 50s eight to four and outscoring the Giants three goals to none in the term. 58% of the play has been held in West Coast's forward-half this quarter.
14:37
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
17:54
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
18:11
Tom Green has won a team-high seven disposals this quarter, with six of his contested possessions accumulated in this time being won pre-clearance. Green won a game-high 11 pre-clearance contested possessions last round against the Crows.
22:06
Jamie Cripps has now scored three goals in the quarter. This is just the fourth time in his career that he has achieved this feat, with the last time this occurred coming in Round 4, 2018 against the Suns. Cripps has never scored four goals in a quarter.
22:24
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
24:24
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
26:00
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
27:55
West Coast has now outscored the Giants seven goals to one this quarter. The last time the Eagles outscored their opposition by more than 30 points in a quarter was in Round 8, 2020.
29:55
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
32:44
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
34:30
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
34:34
The Eagles scored an impressive 8.3 (51) in the second quarter - their highest-scoring second quarter since Round 4, 2018. 53 points is West Coast's fourth-highest-scoring quarter ever against the Giants and their second-highest-scoring quarter ever at Optus Stadium.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:18
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Luke Shuey)
00:57
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
02:08
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
02:45
Jack Darling has scored the opening goal of the second half, his second goal of the match. Darling has finished goalless just once in his last 14 games at Optus Stadium – averaging 1.5 goals and 1.3 contested marks here in 2022.
05:40
The Giants scored six goals in the third quarter last week - a significant improvement on their 2022 form. The Giants only won eight third quarters last season, being outscored by 25 goals in these terms.
05:57
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
07:16
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
07:45
Jake Waterman has scored a career-high four goals this evening, with all four coming after quarter-time. Waterman scored a career-best 18 goals last season from his 20 matches. Waterman has now scored 10 goals against the Giants in his career - his best result against any side.
11:22
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
13:30
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
14:05
Jesse Hogan has scored three goals and three behinds today, matching his three goal output he scored in the opening round last weekend. Hogan has only been targeted four times inside 50 today despite his six scoring shots.
17:25
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (James Peatling)
18:56
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
19:31
The Giants have only laid six tackles inside their forward 50, with James Peatling applying two in the last three minutes of play. Peatling scored a career-high three goals as well as collecting career-highs in disposals (23), marks (11) and goal assists (two) in the last encounter between these two sides.
20:10
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
21:04
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
23:10
Jack Buckley has won a team-high seven disposals in the third quarter, with a disposal efficiency of 86%. Buckley played his first match since Round 16, 2021 last week – defending a team-high six one-on-one contests.
24:11
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Brent Daniels)
24:55
The Giants have scored consecutive goals for the first time in the match. They have converted three of their 10 inside 50s this quarter into goals.
27:02
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
28:01
The Giants have generated an inside 50 from two of their nine kick-ins (22% conversion) compared to the Eagles who have gone inside 50 from three of their eight kick-ins (38% conversion).
29:15
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
30:32
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
30:35
The Eagles continue to control the game at stoppages. In the first half, they led clearances 24 to 19, and won four more clearances than the Giants in the third quarter. Despite this dominance, they only lead scores from stoppages by six points (36 to 30).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:38
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jake Riccardi)
03:51
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
04:19
West Coast has now generated four inside 50s from their 10 kick-ins - scoring 1.1 (7) from this source. West Coast generated an inside 50 from 6.7% of its kick-ins last week – ranked last.
08:27
Jeremy McGovern has been the leading interceptor in the game, winning 10 intercept possessions and five intercept marks - both game-highs. McGovern had a game-high six intercept marks and 12 intercept possessions last week against the Kangaroos – also amassing 22 disposals.
08:52
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
10:22
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
10:55
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
11:45
The Eagles have conceded 60 points to the Giants today, a dramatic improvement from 2022. Last season, the Eagles conceded an average of 108.6 points per match - ranked second-last defensively.
11:58
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
13:28
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
14:05
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Finn Callaghan)
14:44
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
15:25
After 15 minutes, the Eagles have finally scored the opening goal of the final quarter - the second goal and fourth scoring shot sourced from a kick-in for the Eagles. The Eagles won the final term just five times last season – ranked 17th in the league.
16:20
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
18:00
West Coast lost the contested possession count by 37 last time they played against the GWS Giants – its worst equal second-worst differential since 2014. Tonight they lead the contested possession count by seven.
19:43
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
21:03
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Callan Ward)
22:49
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
23:43
Jamaine Jones has enjoyed one of his most prolific games of his career. Jones has generated a career-high 11 score involvements and 776 metres gained as well as also setting an equal career-high for score involvements with nine.
24:32
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
25:29
A late goal to the Giants is their first goal of the match launched from defensive 50. In comparison, the Eagles have eight scoring chains originating from their defensive 50.
26:34
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
29:32
After losing the contested possession count by 37 and clearances by 15, the Eagles have had a strong response tonight. They won contested possessions by seven as well as clearances by four.