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Pre Game
00:00
One of the clear indicators of improvement for the Eagles from last year to this year has been at the stoppages. They have won 42 per cent of the clearances recorded in their matches this year, ranked sixth in the AFL this season, after ranking last in this metric in 2023 at 35 per cent.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:55
The first possession is awarded to Isaac Heeney after winning a free kick from 2023 number one draft pick Harley Reid. Both these players had a positive free kick differential of five, ranking them equal seventh in the AFL prior to the start of Gather Round.
02:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
03:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Hayden McLean)
04:55
Sydney produce the first goal of the game courtesy of their fourth clearance of the game, without conceding a clearance to West Coast. This has been a strength of the Swans in 2024, recording a score from 38 per cent of their clearances won, ranked fourth in the AFL.
07:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
09:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)
09:33
Seven inside 50's to none to start the match for Sydney, however they are being aided by kicking with the wind. What is not being affected by the wind is their dominance in the contested possession count, which they lead 19-5.
13:44
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Harley Reid)
14:05
Harley Reid kicks the first goal of his career off the back of the Eagles hot pressure on the football. Their rating of 244 is well above their season average (163, ranked last in the league). As a result, the Swans disposal efficiency is well down as well (47 per cent, compared to 73 per cent season average).
14:09
Eagles Interchange - Luke Edwards off due to an injury.
15:44
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
16:31
Back-to-back goals sourced from forward half turnovers for the Eagles. The Eagles have been outscored by 21 points per game over their first three matches in 2024 from this source, ranked last in the AFL.
18:46
Liam Duggan has as many marks to this point of the match as the entire Swans team combined (four).
20:26
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
21:11
Errol Gulden helps the Swans retake the lead with Sydney's 33rd goal of the season from a set shot, which leads the league outright in this metric.
24:21
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Taylor Adams)
28:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
31:05
Despite losing the clearance count by 10 (7-17) for the term, when considering the Eagles have generated five inside 50's from their seven clearances compared to the Swans eight inside 50's from their 17 clearances, the Eagles have clearly been the more efficient side in this regard.
33:13
The Eagles would be happy with their first quarter effort to be just 11 points down kicking into the wind. Their desire to pressure relentlessly has been primarily responsible, as their 216 pressure rating in the first quarter is the first time in any match this season where they have rated over 200 for the term.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Noah Long)
03:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Justin McInerney)
04:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Noah Long)
06:36
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Noah Long)
07:02
A mirrored start to the second term from the first term, with West Coast winning the first two clearances of the term without conceding one and kicking the first goal of the term. Noah Long has taken two marks inside 50 this term, more than Sydney have for the match (one).
08:17
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
10:02
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Robbie Fox)
10:12
Back-to-back centre clearance wins for the Swans result in back-to-back goals. Prior to the start of this round, Sydney shared the lead for total scores generated from centre clearances with Melbourne and Port Adelaide (15) in 2024.
10:25
Eagles Interchange - Luke Edwards off due to an injury.
11:30
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
13:25
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
14:58
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Ryan Maric)
15:07
West Coast retake the lead after sourcing back-to-back goals of their own from centre clearance chains. They have scored 19 points from stoppage clearances in the second term after not registering a point from this source kicking into the breeze in the first term.
16:53
The contested possession count has swung in the favour of West Coast in the second term, as they lead 18-10 midway through the quarter. As a result, they have been able to generate five inside 50's from five clearance chains to surge back into the lead.
17:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Joel Amartey)
18:43
Luke Edwards (hamstring) has been replaced by the medical substitute Loch Rawlinson, who comes in for his AFL debut.
19:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Noah Long)
20:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
24:38
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
25:22
The Eagles have not struggled with converting their forward half dominance on the scoreboard in the second term as the Swans did in the first. They have scored from nine of their 15 inside 50's in the quarter. They average a score from 39.3 per cent of their entries inside 50 in 2024, ranked fourth-last in the AFL.
27:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
27:37
West Coast have outperformed their own score from the corresponding fixture in 2023, in which they totalled 34 points in their 171 point loss in Round 15.
28:32
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Chad Warner)
29:17
The Swans break a run of four straight goals for the Eagles. That goal to Chad Warner was the Swans' first of the match to be sourced from a possession chain launched in their defensive half for the match.
31:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
32:18
After the Swans were held to just 13 marks in the first term, their lowest total in any quarter this season, they have recorded 31 marks in the second term in an improved performance.
32:20
Sydney lead the pre-clearance contested possession count 35-25 at the main break, and consequently lead the scores from stoppages 26-21. However they have struggled to be efficient in this regard, generating just 10 inside 50's from 24 clearances wins.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:28
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
04:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
04:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Taylor Adams)
05:42
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
05:55
Sydney retake the lead with the wind at their back to begin the second half. All four of Sydney's inside 50 entries this quarter have been through the corridor. Prior to the start of the round, no team had entered inside 50 through the corridor in 2024 more than the Swans (88 corridor entries).
06:07
Eagles Interchange - Liam Duggan off due to an injury.
09:08
Tim Kelly has been blanketed by the Swans midfield in a team effort to quell his influence on the match. He has recorded just 10 disposals while his opponents (Chad Warner, James Rowbottom, Tom Papley and Isaac Heeney) have combined for 20 when directly matched up on Kelly.
13:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
14:45
West Coast are leading the post-clearance contested possession count 17-5 for the term and 61-47 for the match. They have lost this count by an average of 1.7 per game, ranked 12th in the AFL this year.
17:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
20:54
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
22:07
After providing the assist for three goals, Isaac Heeney kicks his first of the match. His six score involvements is equal with teammate Errol Gulden for the most in today's match. Only Melbourne's Christian Petracca (49) has more unique score involvements in 2024 than Heeney (42).
22:26
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jack Williams)
22:40
Eagles Interchange - Noah Long off due to an injury.
23:16
A quick answer back from the Eagles to keep the margin under 10 points in the shadows of three quarter time. Their work out of the centre bounce in today's match has been impressive, generating 10 inside 50's from 10 centre clearances for a return of 3.2 (20).
25:14
Eagles Interchange - Ryan Maric and is possibly out for the game.
29:36
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
31:39
Sydney were able to prevent the Eagles from scoring from intercept possessions in the third term. After averaging just under 20 turnovers per quarter in the first half, they committed just 11 turnovers in the third term. Sydney's 284 turnovers in 2024 is the fourth-highest tally of any side this year.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:02
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Matt Roberts)
01:56
Matt Roberts kicks the first goal of the final term and the Swans' third to be generated from a forward 50 clearance in today's match. The Swans have scored just 12 per cent of their total scores in 2024 from forward 50 chains, the second-lowest ratio of any side in this zone.
02:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
04:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
05:45
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Joel Amartey)
06:38
For the first time in today's match, a team is able to go coast-to-coast for a goal with the Swans kicking away now. Sydney have outscored their opponents by 10 points per game from defensive 50 chains in 2024, ranked third from this zone in the AFL.
06:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
09:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Tom Cole)
10:48
Sydney's ability to link possessions together has been influential in the final term, recording 22 uncontested possessions to West Coast's eight. This has led to five marks inside 50 for the quarter, after recording just four marks inside 50 prior.
12:00
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
12:43
The Eagles show signs of life with their first goal of the final term. Their forward half kicking efficiency of 64 per cent in the first half was influential in helping them establish a lead at the main break. But this has dropped to just 50 per cent since half-time which has let the Swans back into the match.
14:08
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
15:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Joel Amartey)
17:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Loch Rawlinson)
18:58
Harley Reid has completed seven tackles of his own to trail only Tim Kelly's nine tackles. More notably, he has broken seven tackles in today's match, the most by any player in any match since Luke Davies-Uniacke broke eight tackle attempts against the Suns in Round 23, 2022.
19:30
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
20:28
Isaac Heeney makes it two goals for himself to go with his four goal assists for the match. His combined six goals worth of scoreboard impact is his best this season and his fifth best return in any game since 2017. He had just under 10 goals of scoreboard impact against the Eagles in his career-best performance in this category last year.
20:42
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
22:38
A late goal for the Eagles from their 14th centre bounce clearance of the match, and their 13th they have generated an inside 50 from. Their 14 centre clearances for today's match is a new season record for them.
22:55
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Joel Amartey)
25:06
Taylor Adams has been replaced by the tactical substitute Caleb Mitchell.
25:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
27:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
27:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
28:50
The Swans have been clinical in the final term, recording just seven turnovers to this point and retaining 64 per cent of their kicks inside 50 for 11 marks in their forward zone.
29:09
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
30:06
Tom Barrass has tallied five one percenters in today's match, making this his 46th consecutive match with at least four one percenters. Only Harris Andrews has a longer active streak of this kind (68 matches) and Barrass' streak is now the fifth-longest since one percenters were first recorded.
31:06
Sydney score over 100 points for the third time this season and get their third win from these three matches, but the Eagles were in this match right into the final term and have firmly established, through their work around the stoppages, a base from which they are starting to show real improvement.