RECAP: Waalitij Marawar (West Coast) Eagles face Collingwood as Scott Pendlebury breaks games record
West Coast will take on not just Collingwood at the MCG but also 90,000 Collingwood fans as Scott Pendlebury becomes the games record holder. Can the Eagles steal the show? Follow the action in our live blog.
AFL: West Coast nearly stole the show in one of their best performances of the decade.
However, the Pies tasted sweet relief as champion Scott Pendlebury claimed a victory on his milestone day.
Recap all the action from our blog below.
Key events
23 May 2026 - 06:14 PM
ANALYSIS
23 May 2026 - 05:22 PM
THREE-WORD ANALYSIS
23 May 2026 - 05:17 PM
FT: Collingwood 92, West Coast 82
23 May 2026 - 05:13 PM
Crowd
23 May 2026 - 04:37 PM
3QT: Collingwood 72, West Coast 61
23 May 2026 - 03:48 PM
BIG OUT!
23 May 2026 - 03:42 PM
HT: Collingwood 45, West Coast 35
23 May 2026 - 03:05 PM
QT: Collingwood 18, West Coast 20
Shanahaaaan!
It’s been a tough day for the young forward but he takes a great contested clunk just outside of the goalsquare after Waterman won a HUGE one-one-one.
He dobs through the major. Can the Eagles win this?
COLL 79, WCE 76
Hard work!!
The Eagles get an excoriating goal with Yeo on the end of it and they refuse to die.
Reid and Duursma were desperate and they kept the ball going forward.
Eagles now have four of the last five.
COLL 79, WCE 70
Stalemate
The Eagles are all over the ball at the moment but they just can’t get it on the scoreboard.
The Pies are flooding in defence but the decision making leaves some heads being scratched.
Nick Daicos has returned to the ground having limped off five minutes ago.
COLL 79, WCE 64
Time for trust
The Eagles have been caught sending to many at the ball and not trusting each other to do their jobs.
Ginbey needs to let himself off a touch and trust Young and Bazzo to kill the ball in the air so he can cover on the ground and potentially launch an attack.
The forwards also need to give themselves some more space.
It comes as Roan Steele gets one for Collingwood after he gets a throw from Josh Daicos.
COLL 78, WCE 62
3QT: Collingwood 72, West Coast 61
The Eagles were nearly down and out as the Pies shot out to a 29-point lead but fought it back to as narrow as 10 points.
Reid sparked some life in the back part of the quarter while Milan Murdock is giving them attack.
But Daicos is the man standing in their way.
He has 30 touches and two goals.
Also, Eagles fans may well be pointing to the free kick count here with it sitting at 21-13 after the Pies at one stage had more than double.
Door open?
Champion has his second major for the quarter and the Eagles are back in this contest.
West Coast are showing good maturity after the Pies got a hold of them for five minutes.
Reid has also lifted again in the last five minutes.
COLL 71, WCE 60
Yeo again
The Eagles get two in a row for the first time with Kelly delivering a brilliant kick forward to Yeo.
It’s pretty much the first good entry West Coast have had all day.
The vet duly sinks the set shot.
COLL 71, WCE 54
Even stevens
Almost all of the team metrics are neck-a-neck.
However, the big difference is inside 50 effciency.
West Coast sit at 36.2 per cent while Collingwood are at 62.9.
COLL 70 WCE 48
Cool head
Murdock wins the free kick for being tackled without the ball after dominating Josh Daicos all day.
He nails the set shot and gives the Eagles a way back into the game.
COLL 70, WCE 47
Danger time
The Pies are flying.
They’ve made the most of a soft free kick reversal in the goalsquare and have made the Eagles look as young as they are.
Pies fans are getting loud but the Eagles’ midfield need to get back in the game.
COLL 70, WCE 41
