Greene is over the back on his own in the square for the first goal fed by Lloyd after the Giants burst through traffic in the centre. (Q1 7:52)
Chesser receives from Petrevski-Seton and blazes wide from 40m on the flank. (Q1 9:11)
Callaghan feeds Rowston for a running shot from 45m on the flank that flies wide left. (Q1 11:50)
Kelly has started like a house on fire, he marks 40m out near the boundary and slots the first goal for the Eagles. (Q1 11:50)
Hogan storms onto a long Rowston speculator to the hotspot to mark but then miss badly. (Q1 15:17)
Duggan ragdolls Hogan after Hamilton gets a contact free on Barrass on the HFF, ump pays 50m to gift the goal from the line. (Q1 17:32)
Green passes to Hogan at the hotspot after the next centre bounce, Hogan again sprays it badly. (Q1 18:52)
Darling gets a rather obvious contact free on Riccardi in ruck 40m out on the flank. He punches low and to the right. (Q1 20:17)
Shuey almost gets caught by Wehr on a fast break up the guts after Ryan smothers Haynes in the centre, the ball squirts to the line where Waterman goals. (Q1 24:47)
Barrass is pinged for deliberate rushing under Greene pressure, plus a 50m penalty for McGovern giving lip to the ump to ensure the Greene goal. (Q1 26:36)
Greene roves a stoppage in the pocket and feeds inside to Hogan who snaps wide off the right from 20m. (Q1 29:42)
Alle4n receives a handball 35m out on a slight angle and has a moment to measure a snap but kicks limply and is picked off by Buckley in the square for no score. (Q1 32:18)
Ryan chips a pass to Cripps 45m out on a slight angle, who just misses to the right. (Q2 1:55)
Long roves his own contest near the hotspot and feeds Cripps who snaps truly across the body off the right. (Q2 3:30)
After Ward engineers the next clearance, Lloyd pokes a pass to Greene 30m out on the flank who shanks the kick for no score. (Q2 4:45)
Cripps marks over Cumming 40m out on the flank and steers through another good finish. (Q2 7:36)
Himmelberg leaps high with a ride to mark a Green clearance kick in front of McGovern and Barrass 40m out on a slight angle, but he misses. (Q2 9:20)
Gaff centres from the pocket to the top of the square where Ryan pinches the mark off Hunt for the goal. (Q2 11:55)
Darling snaps in a pack 20m but too high and not long enough, off hands on the line for a point. (Q2 14:47)
Cripps roves a ball in 15m out and threads the needle for his third goal of the quarter! (Q2 17:54)
Sheed passes to Waterman on the boundary 25m out who screws through a professional set shot for his first goal. (Q2 22:24)
Allen marks a Shuey pass in front of Taylor at the hotspot and kicks another one for the Eagles, who are drawing away now. (Q2 24:11)
Hamilton feeds Greene who jinks on the flank 45m out and wobbles through a much-needed Giants goal. (Q2 26:00)
Waterman hangs on to a Petrevski-Seton pass 40m out on a slight angle despite having Haynes draped all over him. He goals again. (Q2 27:31)
Kennedy ins pinged for a rather red hot HTB free right in the teeth of the Eagles goals, Waterman boots his third goal of the quarter as well! (Q2 29:41)
Ward clears with a high kick from half forward, Hogan marks on his chest 20m out on a slight angle and plays on for the goal. (Q2 32:44)
Waterman marks a Ryan pass on the lead 35m out on the flank. This for four big ones for the quarter, siren goes… he misses. (Q2 34:06)
The Eagles run in a convoy from the first centre bounce of Q3, Kelly feeds Shuey who blazes wide from 35m on a slight angle. (Q3 0:18)
Buckley turns the ball over running out of the backline to the wing, Hunt passes to his man Darling 20m out for the opening goal of the second half. (Q3 1:50)
Waterman marks a Sheed pass 50m out on a slight angle after McGovern intercepts at half back. He loads up for bear and bangs through his fourth goal! (Q3 5:57)
Callaghan kicks long to the top of the square, Stone taps the ball from the behind line backwards for Hogan to volley home! (Q3 7:16)
Allen dives in front of Taylor to mark a nice Ryan pass to the pocket 30m out, he punches the set shot low and straight for his second goal. (Q3 11:22)
Chesser’s kick clanger in the back pocket under pressure leads to a contact free by McGovern on Hogan near the behind line, which he converts for goal number three. (Q3 13:20)
Peatling can’t mark a Coniglio pass near the hotspot but tackles McGovern and then Cole in possession to win a HTB free… but he misses, disappointingly. (Q3 17:00)
Allen has nobody in front of him running to half forward on a fast break with Idun closing so he shoots on the lope from 60m… wide left. (Q3 19:12)
Greene beats McGovern to mark a Riccardi long ball 40m out on a slight angle, but he also hooks to the left. (Q3 19:45)
After a few repeat inside 50s for GWS, Ash passes to Daniels 45m out on a slight angle who bangs through the goal. (Q3 23:50)
Greene soccers across the face from the boundary 20m out. (Q3 26:24)
Greene passes to Riccardi 45m out on the flank. This just has to go through for GWS… tugged left. (Q4 2:24)
The Eagles go coast to coast from the kick in ending with a pass to Waterman 40m out on the flank, he also tugs it left. (Q4 3:29)
Jones is on the last line to rush a grubber by Stone from the pocket. (Q4 8:50)
Ryan dives to draw a very soft free on Taylor 30m out on the flank, but misses. (Q4 10:10)
Petrevski-Seton passes to Allen to mark in front of Haynes 40m out on the flank. This is ice it… pushes right. (Q4 11:50)
Coniglio feeds Hogan at a ball up in the pocket 20m out but the snap is narrow off the right. (Q4 13:28)
Daniels feeds Callaghan for a shot on the run from 40m on a slight angle but it flies wide right. (Q4 13:56)
Himmelberg spoils at the Eagle hotspot but the crumb falls for Hunt in the pocket who seals the deal with a lovely finish across the body off the left. (Q4 14:44)
Ward roves a stoppage near the hotspot and feeds Lloyd who snaps across the body, Riccardi shepherds it through on the line. (Q4 16:20)
Cripps bounces a snap from deep in the pocket into the post. (Q4 19:55)
Ward hits the post with a close-range snap from a stoppage. (Q4 20:57)
Darling passes to Gaff diving to 30m on the flank. The game was already shot by this stage, the set shot is short and rushed. (Q4 22:49)
Himmelberg has had a dirty day but he gets some junk with a snap from the top of the square fed by Greene. (Q4 24:50)
Hogan feeds Greene for some more garbage from 15m out. (Q4 26:34)
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