Langdon receives in the pocket and centres for Fritsch to mark on his knees near the hotspot for the first goal. Long afternoon ahead for Eagles fans, you’d suspect. (Q1 0:59)
Edwards feeds Ginbey who snaps wide from CHF. (Q1 2:44)
Langdon gathers deep in the pocket and misses from 15m. (Q1 5:49)
Grundy to Pickett at a stoppage on outer wing, pass to McDonald is marked cleverly in front of Barrass 40m out on a slight angle, goal Melbourne. (Q1 10:49)
Darling gathers on the HFF and centres for Long to mark in front of Viney 30m out on a slight angle. Long kicks the first goal for West Coast. (Q1 13:44)
Culley blazes OOTF off the left after a stoppage from 30m near the boundary. (Q1 16:03)
Gaff kicks towards Allen 10m out, Hibberd is outsized and gives away a holding free for Allen’s first goal to level the scores. (Q1 17:00)
McDonald marks a Viney kick up the guts to the hotspot, beating Yeo and Barrass in the air. He slots goal number two. (Q1 19:12)
Williams gets a contact free on McDonald 50m out on the flank, but his kick is short for no score. (Q1 22:01)
Grundy blocks Waterman off a marking contest to concede a free 45m out on the flank. This to tie the scores again… touched on the line by May. (Q1 27:10)
Fritsch has two Demons running back to the square against one Eagle on the end of a coast to coast rebound, Petty drops it over Cole but Spargo mops up the goal. (Q1 29:15)
The Demons work the ball through heavy traffic on members wing on a rebound from the back pocket, McDonald has Fritsch 30m out on the flank just before the QT siren. Fritsch goals. (Q1 32:15)
Langdon roves a van Rooyen spoil on the boundary 30m out, Hurn corrals so Langdon tries a Daicos special… rolls across the face. (Q2 4:14)
Chandler roves a McVee inside 50 kick at the hotspot, rides a tackle and gives to Fritsch who snaps truly off the left with some class. (Q2 6:23)
After a chaotic attack around outer wing by West Coast, Hunt feeds Clark for a quick snap that goes wide from 45m on a slight angle. (Q2 9:15)
Pickett sees that Viney’s inside 50 kick to the boundary 40m out is falling short before Cole does, he marks then plays on but snaps narrow. (Q2 10:28)
Oliver kicks short from a stoppage on the HFF to Van Rooyen 45m out on a slight angle, who misses. (Q2 12:29)
Pickett misses a mid-range set shot. (Q2 18:29)
Kelly sails through a set shot from just inside 50m on the flank after a 50m penalty on Langdon for some late contact after a mark on the wing. (Q2 20:22)
Jones sprays a set shot from the HFF, that one is OOTF, crowd goes aww. (Q2 22:29)
Fritsch gathers a Petracca kick to the pocket and bounces a centring ball for Neal-Bullen to snaffle for the goal from 20m. (Q2 25:39)
West converts a set shot from the HFF after a contact free on Lever 40m out to give the Eagle fans something to cheer nearing HT. (Q2 28:49)
Spargo marks a Viney kick deep in attack in front of Jones, plays on and kicks his second goal to nullify that West one. (Q2 30:59)
Darling is behind the Demon defence but West’s kick from the pocket bounces up and through for a behind, unluckily. (Q3 2:20)
Allen blazes wide from the hotspot after some more higgledy-piggledy-play in attack for the Eagles. Pressure is high from both sides, skills not perfect. (Q3 4:12)
Darling hits the post from a set shot from 30m on a slight angle, disappointingly. (Q3 5:26)
Pickett receives from Fritsch outside a pack 30m out on a slight angle but snaps wide across his body off the left. (Q3 6:44)
After a Hurn rebound kick to no one, Petracca juggles a mark near the hotspot, plays on and snaps across his body for a bouncing goal to shut the crowd up. (Q3 9:49)
Another Eagle turnover on rebound, Fritsch gathers in midfield, fends off Jones and passes to Viney 35m out in front who converts. (Q3 12:09)
Petrevski-Seton kicks very high towards Allen who outjudges Lever to mark 20m out on a slight angle for his second goal. (Q3 15:11)
Petty sets up Chandler outside a pack near the hotspot to give McDonald a Joe the Goose special. (Q3 18:44)
Grundy engineers an attack out the front of the next bounce, bit untidy but Pickett gives to the pocket for Chandler who slots a nice snap from 25m. (Q3 20:29)
McDonald sails through another snap from CHF after running forward from the bounce to receive from Pickett, his fourth goal. This is almost literally a procession. (Q3 22:14)
Pickett misses from near the behind post after another Melbourne centre clearance. (Q3 22:57)
Sparrow feeds Pickett for another miss from 30m on the flank. (Q3 23:43)
Hunt misses a rather easy snap on an overlap play from the pocket. (Q3 24:41)
Van Rooyen storms up from the square to mark a Hibberd ball to the hotspot in front of Waterman, he kicks truly. (Q3 27:19)
Petty gives to the pocket from a pack for Spargo to miss off the left. (Q3 30:21)
Allen marks 45m out on the flank just before the 3QT siren, his set shot is a peach. (3 Qtr Time)
Petracca marks 45m out on a slight angle and sneaks the set shot inside the left goalpost… or did he? Reviewed…
(Q4 4:33)
Yes, nothing on Edge so it’s a junk time goal. (Q4 5:13)
Hunt marks a high Duggan speculator from the HFF to the hotspot for a rare goal. (Q4 7:38)
Langdon gives outside to Jordon who snaps well wide right from near the hotspot. (Q4 10:57)
Jordon plays for and gets a holding free on Duggan in a pack 40m out in front, he gives off and the May pass goes to McDonald 20m out in the pocket who misses. (Q4 14:24)
Barrass is pinged for contact on Van Rooyen going for a Petracca ball near the behind post, the kid goals again. (Q4 16:59)
Melbourne rebounds around outer wing, Pickett is over the back to waltz into the open goal exploiting a two-on-one. (Q4 19:13)
Darling marks a Petrevski-Seton pass at the hotspot for some junk but misses. (Q4 20:39)
Petracca wins a free 30m out on the flank for some more junk, he has really filled his boots. (Q4 23:14)
Waterman sets up Petrevski-Seton to mark 40m out in the corridor, he kicks truly. (Q4 25:39)
Gaff releases Kelly to run from the centre through CHF to kick his second goal from 40m. (Q4 26:56)
After McVee intercepts Williams in the centre, Pickett marks a Jordon pass 30m out on the flank and converts. (Q4 28:11)
Fritsch marks a Jordon pass 45m out on the flank and shoots for his fourth goal on the final siren… just short and touched for a behind. (Q4 30:49)
