Match

West Coast Eagles vs Melbourne

Commentary / 19 May 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Since Round 6, Waalitj Marawar have taken a mark from 20.6% of their defensive one-on-one contests – ranked No.1.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:38
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
02:48
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
05:45
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Caleb Windsor)
07:36
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
07:59
After having a quiet game against Collingwood last weekend, Tim Kelly has made a strong start today with seven disposals, three handball receives and three score involvements.
08:35
Demons Interchange - Jake Lever and is possibly out for the game.
09:52
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
12:18
Kysaiah Pickett kicks his first goal of the evening, his 14th for the season. He has kicked eight goals from four matches in his career when playing against Waalitj Marawar.
13:05
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
14:11
Waalitj Marawar has lost the contested possessions by 6.8 in first quarters this season - ranked last. But they are on top early in this measure - leading the count 22-11.
16:15
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
17:23
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Harley Reid)
19:15
We have seen a good spread of scores from all zones for Waalitj Marawar this evening - booting at least one goal from every zone except defensive midfield. Their most productive scoring source is turnovers 3.1 (19).
22:02
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Ryan Maric)
22:51
Both teams are applying strong pressure so far in the match with Naarm leading 220 to Waalitj Marawar's 185. This is above the season average of 181.
26:46
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Harrison Petty)
32:08
Kysaiah Pickett has had a strong start to the match. He had eight disposals at 75% efficiency, four contested possessions, four ground ball gets and one goal.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:03
Harley Reid has been everywhere to start the match with seven disposals. He has been involved in a game-high four scoring chains, three insides 50's, one goal and has gained 236 metres.
03:28
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
05:49
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
06:30
Waalitj Marawar has been strong in the territory battle - winning the inside 50 count 16-9. They have had 61 disposals inside 50 compared to Naarm's 30.
07:48
Liam Duggan is at his running and rebounding best so far tonight. Duggan has 286 metres gained from his 13 disposals, kicking at 80% efficiency.
08:47
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
09:15
Waalitj Marawar are on top in the clearances in the match (15-11). Reuben Gibney has had four clearances, while Bailey Williams has eight hit-outs (four to advantage).
10:16
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Shane McAdam)
11:12
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kade Chandler)
13:38
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Ben Brown)
15:44
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
17:14
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Luke Edwards)
19:09
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Ryan Maric)
21:04
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
22:20
Christian Petracca has helped Naarm fight their way back into the contest. He has had seven disposals at 86% efficiency, three contested possessions, four score involvements and one goal.
26:51
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
29:27
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
29:30
Jack Viney has applied an equal game-high 17 pressure acts so far in this match, with 13 of these coming in the defensive half of the ground. He also has a tackle efficiency of 75% (6 tackles from 8 attempts).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
03:08
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
03:43
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Reuben Ginbey)
07:55
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ben Brown)
09:17
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Alex Neal-Bullen)
11:15
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
13:53
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
15:51
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
17:42
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
18:15
Jake Waterman has been the forward 50 targets on four occasions in the match so far, taking a mark inside 50 on four occasions he has been kicked too. He has impacted the scoreboard with 3.1 (19) he also has five score involvements.
19:53
Naarm's centre bounce ball movement has been strong this evening - with 40% of its chains resulting in a score compared to Waalitj Marawar's 18%.
21:40
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
22:04
It has been an intriguing contest in the ruck this evening between Max Gawn and Bailey Williams with Waalitj Marawater in front in clearances 20-14, when they have been rucking opponents. Gawn has had five more hitouts-to-advantage from their 43 ruck contests.
22:59
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
26:32
Waalitj Marawar has outscored the Naarm on turnovers 9.4 (58) to 1.5 (11). Naarm ranks third in the competition for defending scores from turnovers, conceding only 38.2 points per game, the league average is 46.2.
27:21
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Tom Sparrow)
28:27
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Billings)
29:34
Waalitj Marawar has a better kicking efficiency by 13% throughout the match, they rank 15th in the competition in differential across the season, losing by 1.1% on average.
30:49
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Harley Reid)
32:26
Naarm has outscored the Waalitj Marawar at stoppages 8.1 (49) to 2.4 (16), the league average is 32.6. Naarm's season high is 56 which they achieved against Hawthorn in Round 2.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:35
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
03:01
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
04:42
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
06:25
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
06:47
The Waalitj Marawar forward half game has been on full display today - winning 22 attacking midfield intercepts to Naarm's 13. But Waalitj Marawar has scored 6.3 (39) from that source to 1.6 (12).
08:45
Liam Duggan has worked hard all evening - hitting the target 78% of the time from his 27 disposals. He has also had a game-high 14 handball receives and has a game-high 25 uncontested possessions as well.
11:37
Waalitj Marawar's forward half pressure has been immense in the match - leading the tackle count tonight 27-21, Jack Darling has led the way with seven tackles.
13:13
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
14:25
Waalitj Marawar has been deadly from general play - scoring 5.3 (33) from that source and already has seven individual goalkickers for the match.
18:59
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
20:18
Naarm has been effective from centre bounces 4.1 (25) compared to 1.1 (7). Waalitj Marawar's most effective zone has been forward 50 with 5.3 (33).
21:02
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Shane McAdam)
27:39
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
30:03
Liam Duggan had his third-highest amount of uncontested possessions in a match in his career with 26. His two highest were 27 in Round 11 against Essendon last year and 29 in Round 5 against Collingwood in 2021.