Match

West Coast Eagles vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 10 Aug 2025

Pre Game

00:00
Adelaide has won its last six games against West Coast by an average margin of 63 points - scoring 125 points per game.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:28
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Campbell Chesser)
04:38
The Eagles kick the first goal of the match from their first inside 50. Adelaide has conceded a goal from 9.9% of opposition entries this season - ranked No.1 defensively.
06:41
SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Peatling)
06:51
James Peatling boots the Crows' first goal, sourced from a forward 50 stoppage. Adelaide has scored 9.7 points per game from this source this season.
08:43
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
08:53
Adelaide has won the last four clearances, kicking two goals from these.
10:36
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Campbell Chesser)
13:09
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jobe Shanahan)
13:19
The Crows lead the clearance count 6-5, scoring two goals to the Eagles' one from this source. Adelaide has outscored its opposition by seven points per game from clearances - the fourth-best differential in the competition.
15:01
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
20:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Luke Pedlar)
21:09
Adelaide has won six forward half intercepts, kicking one goal from these. The Crows have won 24.1 forward half intercepts per game this season - ranked No.1 in the AFL.
23:00
This is a high-pressure game, with West Coast recording a pressure factor (pressure points per pressure chance) of 2.03 to the Crows' 2.14. The AFL average is 1.80.
24:20
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
24:30
Adelaide now leads the clearance count by two (10-8), and it has outscored the Eagles by 13 points from this source.
26:11
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Luke Pedlar)
26:21
The Crows have won six centre clearances to the Eagles' one, with that goal to Luke Pedlar coming from this source. Adelaide's 25 points from clearances are a season-high in a first quarter for the club.
28:18
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Zac Taylor)
29:57
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Baker)
30:07
West Coast has recorded four scores from just five inside 50s (80%). It has recorded a score from 39.8% of its entries this season - ranked last.
32:30
Adelaide won the contested possession count by 12 in the opening quarter (41-29), with all but two Crows winning at least one, while six Eagles failed to win a contested possession.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:09
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jobe Shanahan)
02:19
West Coast has won six forward half intercepts, scoring 2.1 (13) from these. The Eagles score 22.1 points per game from this source.
03:31
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
06:01
The Eagles have already generated five inside 50s this quarter, after recording just five entries in the first term.
07:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
09:07
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Campbell Chesser)
12:00
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
12:10
Both teams have combined to apply just four tackles this quarter after recording 41 in the first term.
14:01
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jobe Shanahan)
14:35
Eagles Interchange - Liam Ryan off due to an injury.
15:39
West Coast has taken 15 uncontested marks this quarter, which is three more than it did in the first term. As a result, Adelaide's pressure factor has fallen from 2.02 to 1.61.
16:16
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jobe Shanahan)
20:33
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
20:43
The Eagles have been first to the ball in the second quarter, leading the contested possession count by three (25-22). Despite this, they also lead the tackle count (11-7), and they have applied a pressure factor of 1.80 to the Crows' 1.61.
23:12
Eagles Interchange - Matt Flynn off due to an injury.
24:20
Crows Interchange - James Peatling off due to an injury.
24:34
Adelaide has generated just six inside 50s this quarter. Its season-low in any complete quarter is seven.
26:41
West Coast has restricted the Crows to just two marks inside 50 to half-time. The Eagles concede 15.3 marks per game in this zone - ranked 18th defensively.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:40
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Alex Neal-Bullen)
01:35
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Hamish Davis)
01:45
West Coast has kicked the first goal of each quarter.
03:23
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jobe Shanahan)
03:27
Adelaide has conceded six goals in a row for the first time this season. It is the last club to do so.
05:28
Crows Interchange - Riley Thilthorpe off due to an injury.
09:11
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jake Soligo)
09:21
The Jake Soligo goal was the Crows' first in 42 minutes and 11 seconds.
14:48
The Eagles are absorbing the Crows' attack, conceding just two scores this quarter from eight Adelaide entries.
20:18
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Zac Taylor)
20:28
Adelaide has applied 12 tackles this quarter, with four of these being rewarded with a holding the ball free kick.
22:23
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Luke Pedlar)
22:33
The Crows lead the clearance count 11-7 this quarter, with their last two goals coming from this source.
24:47
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
24:57
Another goal from a clearance to the Crows. Seven of their nine goals are from this source.
26:34
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
26:44
West Coast has won two centre clearances this quarter, scoring a goal from both.
30:55
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
31:05
West Coast has booted four goals this quarter from eight inside 50s (50%).
33:26
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
33:35
Eagles Interchange - Ryan Maric off due to an injury.
34:08
The Eagles took just eight uncontested marks in the third term - their equal fewest in any quarter this season.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:15
Tim Kelly just won his ninth clearance for the match - a season-high for any Eagle.
01:12
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
01:22
With that goal from Tim Kelly, West Coast has now kicked the first goal in all four quarters.
04:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
05:46
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
05:56
Adelaide has scored 3.3 (21) from intercepts. It recorded a season-low 3.9 (27) against Hawthorn in Round 14.
09:53
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Clay Hall)
10:58
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
12:16
West Coast has allowed the Crows to take just four marks inside 50. The fewest marks the Eagles have conceded inside 50 in any complete game this season is seven.
16:35
The Eagles have applied a pressure factor of 2.23 this quarter. They have recorded a pressure factor greater than 2 in just four complete quarters this season, with a season-high 2.04.
18:40
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
18:50
Izak Rankine is up to 17 disposals, 12 contested possessions, eight inside 50s, five clearances, and five score involvements in the second half.
18:59
Eagles Interchange - Ryan Maric and is possibly out for the game.
21:04
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
22:26
Jordan Dawson has laid 14 tackles for the match - a career-high. He has attempted 18 tackles - 10 more than any other Crow.
24:25
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
24:35
Adelaide has kicked an equal season-high eight goals from clearances.
26:10
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Chris Burgess)
27:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Chris Burgess)
30:14
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Tyler Brockman)
32:09
Adelaide survives a scare from West Coast to record its 16th win for the season and move one win clear at the top of the ladder. Jordan Dawson led from the front, with an equal team-high 26 disposals and a game-high 14 tackles, while Tim Kelly was the Eagles' best with 19 contested possessions and 10 clearances - both season-highs for any Eagle.