Match

West Coast Eagles vs Richmond

Commentary / 14 Apr 2024

Pre Game

00:00
The Tigers have won the last four games against the Eagles, with their biggest margin being 109 points back in Round 7, 2022.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:03
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mykelti Lefau)
01:22
Mykelti Lefau slots through the first goal of the game, with his goal being launched from a stoppage. The Tigers have struggled to score from this source this season, averaging just 25 points from clearances - ranked equal-third-last.
03:53
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
04:12
Maurice Rioli's mistake gets rectified by Shai Bolton as they score a goal generated from their defensive 50. The Tigers launch 4.2 scores from their defensive 50 this season - ranked equal-seventh with West Coast.
05:36
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
06:32
Richmond has defended the first few opposition inside 50s well, taking two intercept marks in their defensive 50 already. The Tigers average 8.4 intercept marks in this zone - ranked fourth in the competition.
06:57
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
08:49
The Eagles have had four of the last six inside 50s, and have been able to retain three of those. Despite this, they have only managed one scoring shot so far.
10:47
Ben Miller has been well in this contest to start, already having a game-high five disposals and five marks.
11:59
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
12:12
Shai Bolton becomes the first multiple-goal scorer of the game. He has kicked multiple goals in four of the five games he has played this year.
15:17
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Liam Baker)
15:32
Liam Baker has been impressive on his return, already collecting seven disposals, of which three were won in a contested manner, two clearances and topping it off with a goal.
17:35
67% of Richmond's inside 50 entries have resulted in a mark. Normally, the Tigers find a mark from a kick inside 50 15.6% of the time - ranked fifteenth.
19:26
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Maurice Rioli)
20:25
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jayden Short)
21:00
When it comes to ball use in the forward half, the Eagles have been lacklustre. They have a disposal efficiency of 44% in comparison to Richmond's 60%, as well the Eagles having one more turnover from 18 fewer disposals in the forward half.
25:05
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
25:13
Jack Darling gives the Eagles a late goal, with it being launched from a stoppage. The Eagles have been outscored by 20 points on average from clearance - ranked second-last in 2024.
26:45
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Harley Reid)
28:34
The Eagles have got their game going, with three stoppage goals in a row to cut the margin down to eight points. Jake Waterman's goal was launched from a centre clearance - which sees the Eagles score 13.2 points on average this year - ranked fourth in the AFL.
29:48
Richmond's inside 50 method in the first quarter was very efficient, as they retained 11 of their 14 entries, took six forward 50 marks and scored from 50% of their entries.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:29
The last five inside 50s have gone the way of the Eagles. The Eagles have broken even for inside 50s in each of the last two rounds against the Bulldogs (51) and Swans (53).
02:26
Eagles Interchange - Reuben Ginbey off due to an injury.
02:34
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Williams)
03:04
Jack Williams brings the margin back to the closest it has been since the first minute of the game. His goal was generated from the defensive 50, which the Eagles have been the worst in the league for generating scores from - only generating two goals for the season from this zone.
04:05
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
06:43
Since West Coast's first goal of the game, the Eagles have had five inside 50s and have managed to score a goal from all of those. Normally, the Eagles score a goal from 12% of their inside 50 entries - the worst of any team this year.
06:52
Tigers Interchange - Jayden Short off due to an injury.
08:41
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
09:14
Shai Bolton scores his third for the match, stopping a run of five goals from the Eagles. There have been eight stoppage goals in this game already (five for the Eagles and three for the Tigers).
12:20
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
12:29
Jamie Cripps causes the fourth lead change of the game with a goal generated from West Coast's defensive 50. The Eagles have had 13 chains start in their defensive 50, with the latest being the only one that has led to an inside 50.
14:35
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
15:52
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
17:37
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Hugo Ralphsmith)
18:42
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
19:09
Elliot Yeo is having a stellar performance, collecting 13 disposals, of which 10 were won in a contested manner, five clearances and a neat goal.
21:13
The Eagles are currently leading the contested possessions by six and clearances by one. 60% of teams this season that have won both of these stats at the end of a game have won.
21:23
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
21:49
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
23:05
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Liam Baker)
24:03
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tyler Sonsie)
24:50
A third goal from turnover for Richmond brings the margin back to 12 goals. The Tigers are outscored from this source by an average of 10 points this year - ranking them inside the bottom six.
25:45
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Maurice Rioli)
26:32
Another stoppage goal for the game puts the overall stoppage goal count for the game up to 10. The average amount of stoppage goals per game is nine.
28:12
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
29:35
Jake Waterman has been electric, kicking four goals and taking five forward 50 marks. This becomes the equal highest amount of forward 50 marks in a first half by an individual this year.
32:47
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
36:57
In this term, the Eagles lead the inside 50 count 15-13 and have been extremely damaging from their entries, kicking 8.1 (49) to Richmond's 3.4 (22). The Eagles have taken seven forward 50 marks and have kicked 6.0 (36) from those marks this quarter.
38:18
The Eagles lead by 19 points at the main break. They kicked 68 points in the first half - their highest since Round 7, 2021. In the second quarter, West Coast's ball movement improved drastically, as they kicked three goals generated from their defensive 50.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:13
Toby Nankervis has won the hitout battle against Bailey J. Williams 22-10 but is losing the hitout-to-advantages 3-2, as well as West Coast winning the clearances 17-11 and kicking three more stoppage goals when these two have been ruck opponents.
01:55
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
03:51
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
04:17
Elliot Yeo adds to his virtuoso performance with a goal from a repeat inside 50. The Eagles have scored two goals from seven repeat entries, while the Tigers have scored 2.2 (14) from eight repeat entries.
06:16
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
07:34
The pressure in this game has been red hot from both teams, with Richmond's and West Coast's pressure factors being 201 and 190 respectively - well above the AFL average of 180.
10:13
10 minutes into this quarter and Richmond are yet to have an inside 50. The Eagles have had the ball in their forward half for 89% of the quarter, have had nine inside 50s and had four shots at goal.
11:13
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
11:27
Jake Waterman kicks a career-high six goals. He has taken eight marks inside 50 today - one behind the most forward 50 marks in a game this season (Joe Daniher in Round 4 against the Kangaroos).
13:06
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
15:57
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
16:13
The stoppage dominance continues as Jake Waterman kicks his sixth. The Eagles have kicked 62 points from clearance today - already the most in a game this year by any team and their equal-highest since Round 15, 2016.
20:07
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
21:02
West Coast's stoppage work has been a work of art today. They are currently 17 for clearances for the game - their fourth equal-biggest clearance differential in the last 10 years.
22:50
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
24:12
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
24:58
Dustin Martin kicks Richmond's first goal of the quarter from their second inside 50. They have only had five disposals in their forward half this term as well as the quarter only spending 17% of time in this zone.
27:19
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tom Cole)
28:58
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tyler Brockman)
30:09
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Mykelti Lefau)
31:30
A dominant quarter from the Eagles puts them 42 points up at the final break. The Eagles owned the ball and territory, having 78% of the quarter being spent in their forward half, having 16 more inside 50s, eight repeat entries and seven forward 50 marks.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:33
Harley Reid's third term was immense. He collected 13 disposals, of which six were won in a contested manner, five clearances three inside 50s and two score assists.
02:55
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mykelti Lefau)
03:19
Mykelti Lefau kicks the first goal of the term, with it being another goal generated from a defensive 50 chain. They have launched 3.2 (20) from this source today.
06:00
From the 27 minute mark of the second quarter until the first minute of the fourth quarter, the Eagles led the clearances 22-3, the inside 50s 27-3 and the contested possessions 53-26.
08:23
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Seth Campbell)
09:01
In 1v1 marking contests, the Eagles have been flying, winning 43% of these compared to Richmond's 9%. Jake Waterman has been the standout, being involved in four contests and winning all four of them. This year, the Eagles have only won 20.5% of all their 1v1 marking contests - ranked second last in the competition.
10:40
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Campbell Chesser)
13:12
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
14:10
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Elliot Yeo)
14:36
West Coast has scored 3.0 (18) from kick-ins today - their equal-third-most in the last 10 years.
14:42
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
16:45
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Mykelti Lefau)
17:38
34 inside 50s currently sits at Richmond's second-lowest inside 50s count in the last 10 years (excluding 2020).
23:00
West Coast has had eight more inside 50s than Richmond this quarter, although, they have turned over 31% of their kicks inside 50 this term - an increase of 16% from the first three quarters.
23:29
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
25:22
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Mykelti Lefau)
27:23
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
28:43
A disappointing defeat for Richmond. They were unable to take territory in the second half, only having 34% of this time spent in their forward half, as well as having 26 fewer inside 50s, 27 fewer contested possessions and nine fewer shots at goal in the second half.