Pre Game
00:00
The Tigers had 10 individual goalkickers last round against the Swans – only the third time this year they have reached double figures.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:17
Richmond wins the first centre bounce of the afternoon as it leads to a score launch. Although Richmond loses the centre bounce clearance count by 2.1 to their opponent on average (ranked second-last), they had 12 more than Sydney last round - their best differential for the season.
00:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
02:00
Eagles Interchange - Jeremy McGovern off due to an injury.
05:36
West Coast has won four of the first five clearances for the match, contrary to their trend for the year where they average a losing clearance differential of 5.1 - the worst differential in the competition.
07:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
09:04
Richmond has already had four shots on goal but only for a return of two points on the scoreboard. Richmond ranks fifteenth for shot accuracy in the AFL - averaging an accuracy of 45.3%.
09:20
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Bailey J. Williams)
09:24
Bailey J. Williams kicks the first goal of the game, with the goal sourcing from a turnover. The Eagles average only 27.8 points from this source - ranked last in the AFL, although last week kicked 37 points from this source in the first half against Saint Kilda.
12:43
Eagles Interchange - Reuben Ginbey and is possibly out for the game.
13:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
13:14
The Tigers have had seven of the first nine inside 50s as they dominate territory early in the piece but are still yet to score a goal. This season, they record 3.5 fewer inside 50s than their opponent - ranked fourth-last in the AFL.
14:48
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
14:53
Marlion Pickett converts Richmond's first goal of the occasion, with the goal coming from an attacking midfield turnover. The Tigers only register a score from 24.7% of these chains - ranked fourteenth in the competition.
16:35
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
16:47
Back-to-back goals for Richmond as Shai Bolton slots his first goal for the match, with it being launched from a forward 50 stoppage. The Tigers score 10.2 points from this zone on average - ranked third in the AFL.
17:39
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
22:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
23:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
23:57
Richmond's inaccuracy in front of goal continues as they have only registered 2.5 (17) from their 10 shots in this quarter. They only scored 1.3 (9) from set shots, a problem for them this year as they have only converted 49.7% of their set shots for the year - ranked fifteenth.
27:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Ivan Soldo)
28:40
A good result for the Eagles as they concede their equal second-lowest opening quarter score for the season (their lowest was also against Richmond earlier this year in Round 8), although have been unable to score for themselves as they only registered two scoring shots (their equal second least amount of scoring shots in an opening term) from their six inside 50s.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:48
Eagles Interchange - Oscar Allen off due to an injury.
02:07
There has been a clear motive from the Eagles to try to get the ball into motion by foot. They are playing on from their marks 23% of the time in comparison to Richmond's 4%, as well as registering a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.72 - well above their average of 1.29 where they rank second-last in the AFL.
02:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
04:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
05:55
The Tigers are bringing pressure to the contest. They are registering a pressure factor of 190 - a fair amount above their average for the season of 179.
06:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
07:10
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Ryan Maric)
07:28
Ryan Maric kicks a goal from a forward 50 turnover. The Eagles only register 2.7 points from this zone on average - ranked last. All goals in this game have been launched in the forward half.
09:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Williams)
09:33
The Eagles have had the last seven inside 50s after conceding 18 of the first 22 inside 50s for the game. The ball has lived in their forward half this term, having a time in forward half of 70% - contrary to the first quarter where Richmond had the territory dominance and recorded a time in forward half of 72%.
11:41
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
13:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
16:01
Tim Kelly is leading the way for the Eagles in the contest, having 11 disposals, of which seven were won in a contested manner, as well as five clearances. He also has an equal game-high five groundball gets, which he averages 9.9 a game this year - ranked sixth in the competition.
18:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Elijah Hewett)
18:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
18:55
Daniel Rioli has been magnificent when he has had possession of the ball. He has had a game-high 15 disposals, which he has disposed of at 100%, as well as having a game-high 323 metres gained.
22:38
Jack Riewoldt has been targeted seven times inside 50, the most of any player in this game and has retained the ball from 71% of those targets (usually, he only retains the ball 32.7% of the time). Despite this, he has only scored one goal and had two shots not registering a score.
26:27
Noah Balta gets another important intercept possession deep in Richmond's defensive 50, as he adds to his game-high tally of five intercept possessions. He averages 7.8 intercept possessions this season - ranked fourth in the AFL.
27:43
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Liam Baker)
30:29
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Ivan Soldo)
30:35
West Coast challenged hard in the second quarter, as they were able to win the territory battle by having time spent in their forward half for 54% of the quarter as well as winning the inside 50 count by four. Despite this, they only managed to score from 31% of their entries in comparison to Richmond's 50%.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
00:38
Ivan Soldo has edged the rucking contest against Bailey J. Williams by leading the hitout count 14-6 and the hitout-to-advantage count 4-1. Additionally, the Tigers are leading the clearances by one and have scored 13 more points than the Eagles when these two have been rucking opponents.
02:11
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Ross)
03:32
Another goal launched from the attacking midfield zone for Richmond, making it three for the match. Last time they met in Round 8, they scored their most goals from this zone for the season, scoring seven goals launched from the attacking midfield.
05:55
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Ben Miller)
07:04
Ben Miller's goal becomes the first goal launched from the defensive half for the game, with it being launched from Richmond's defensive 50. Richmond score the fourth-most points launched from this zone - averaging 14.7 points this season.
07:11
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Tim Taranto)
08:20
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
09:11
A four-goal blitz from the Tigers, with three of their goals this term coming from stoppages. They have retained and scored from all five of their inside 50 entries this quarter, contrary to their first half where they only retained 33% and scored from 47% of their inside 50 entries.
12:24
Richmond has won six of their nine games where they have been leading at halftime whereas the Eagles have only won a single game from the two times they have been ahead at the main break.
13:30
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
13:59
Oscar Allen slots his first goal from his first touch of the game. He has scored a goal in every game this season.
15:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Liam Baker)
18:50
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Noah Long)
19:45
Noah Long converts the Eagles' first goal from a stoppage for the game. The Eagles have been outscored from stoppages by an average of 31 points this season - the worst differential in the league.
20:06
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Maurice Rioli)
23:43
West Coast is currently leading the contested possession count by two, but has only won this count once since Round 4 (they won the contested possession tally by eight against Collingwood in Round 12) and have lost the count by an average of 24.5 - the worst differential in the league (the next worst is 10.1 from North Melbourne).
24:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
27:00
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
27:44
Dustin Martin finally gets his goal after being inaccurate in front of goal in today's clash, with the goal sourcing from a defensive 50 chain. Richmond has scored two goals from their 27 chains from this zone, whereas the Eagles have only scored two points from their 37 chains in this zone.
28:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
29:35
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
30:45
Jack Darling scores to become the third Eagle to score 500 goals for the club. They only average 1.6 goals from this zone each game (the least in the AFL), but two of the three goals the Eagles have scored in the third term have come from their defensive midfield.
31:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
32:55
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
34:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
34:21
Oscar Allen was finally able to get involved in the play, scoring 2.1 (13) from his three disposals as well as taking three marks inside forward 50. The Eagles were also able to get their pressure going, registering a pressure factor of 190, miles above their first-half pressure factor of 172.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Sam Petrevski-Seton)
02:22
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
02:49
Another stoppage goal from the Tigers. They have kicked 7.5 (47) today from stoppages, currently their second-highest score from this source this season. Their highest is 54 points which came against GWS in Round 12.
04:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Campbell Chesser)
06:41
Tim Kelly has had a game-high 10 inside 50s (next best for West Coast is three), with eight of those being kicks retained at 63%. He has the best inside 50 kick retention out of the top five players at the West Coast with the most inside 50 kicks for the season, with a retention rate of 50%.
07:03
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Liam Duggan)
08:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Sam Petrevski-Seton)
11:08
West Coast has won 47% of their 1v1 marking contests in today's battle, proving why they are the second-best team in these circumstances as they average a 1v1 contest win percentage of 25.1% for the season.
11:20
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
13:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
14:10
The Eagles are threatening by gaining territory from their intercepts. They are averaging 54 metres gained from possession gains (they normally average 43.1 - ranked last in the AFL) in the final term in comparison to Richmond's four metres gained on average from possession gains (they normally average 49.4 - ranked third in the AFL).
15:41
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
19:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
21:12
Richmond has scored four goals straight sourced from throw-ins. They normally only average 1.8 goals from this source this season.
25:09
The Tiger's pressure has been effective as they have forced the Eagles to have 17 forward half turnovers. The Tigers force their opponent to have 12.7 forward half turnovers on average - ranked third in the AFL.
29:42
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
33:26
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
33:32
Although they did not win, the Eagles brought plenty of effort but fell short by 38 points. They were able to win the tackles, clearances and contested possessions counts. They were also able to match the Tigers and kick six goals launched from the midfield zone (excluding centre bounce goals) but were unable to generate scores from inside the arcs.