AFL Live Scores: 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 will take on not just Collingwood at the MCG but also 90,000 Collingwood fans as Scott Pendlebury becomes the games record holder.
Bo Allan replaced Jack Hutchinson who was injured again last week while Collingwood get Darcy Cameron, Darcy Moore and Patrick Lipinski back.
However, West Coast, who have adopted the name Waalitij Marawar for Sir Doug Nicholls Round, will bring some confidence to the MCG after upsetting the Giants last week.
Can the Eagles steal the show? Follow all the action in our live blog to find out.
Key events
Just now - 05:22 PM
THREE-WORD ANALYSIS
18 mins ago - 05:17 PM
FT: Collingwood 92, West Coast 82
23 mins ago - 05:13 PM
Crowd
59 mins ago - 04:37 PM
3QT: Collingwood 72, West Coast 61
1 hour ago - 03:48 PM
BIG OUT!
1 hour ago - 03:42 PM
HT: Collingwood 45, West Coast 35
2 hours ago - 03:05 PM
QT: Collingwood 18, West Coast 20
Aaron Kirby is reporting live.
HT: Collingwood 45, West Coast 35
The sides went goal-for-goal for pretty much the whole quarter but Nick Daicos was the difference.
He has 21 touches, five more than anyone else on the field.
McCarthy leads the Eagles with 16 disposals while Bailey Williams has been huge.
The forward connection is a real problem for West Coast and they have wasted most of their inside 50s.
But McQualter will fancy his side’s chances of they can take the game deep.
Stretching
West Coast can’t afford to concede again here.
Collingwood have kicked back-to-back goals for the first time in the match and have a handy 10-point lead.
They have notched up their forward pressure and the Eagles are struggling to extract under the heat.
COLL 45, WCE 35
Waterman!
Williams wins the tap, takes the clearance and gets the ball towards Waterman who gets held.
And the big forward finds his radar and is on the board.
COLL 32, WCE 34
Daicos strike
Duursma is starting to get burnt in the contest by Daicos.
The Pies star kicks a smart goal and the young Eagle just allowed him too much room.
Duursma has been strong for West Coast in general play but the tag needs to go to Daicos pronto.
COLL 32, WCE 28
New role
Tom Cole is playing off half forward in a defensive role.
He’s had a mixed start giving up a couple turnovers but his tackling has been important a few times.
Davis is having a good day for the Eagles.
In a worrying sign for the visitors, Nick Daicos is now motoring with 14 touches.
COLL 26, WCE 28
Yips
Jack Crisp is still waiting to kick goal 100 after missing from dead in front.
He’s been waiting weeks for the milestone because he just can’t buy it.
COLL 19, WCE 22
QT: Collingwood 18, West Coast 20
The Eagles have won the first quarter for the first time this season!
It helps that Collingwood missed six times but this is huge for the young Eagles in front of hostile and seething crowd.
Reid has three clearances early and the Eagles are flying in the midfield as Bailey Williams follows up his good work from last week.
Hamish Davies has the most touches on the ground with eight while Duursma is relishing his first steps at the home of football.
Titanic start
Both teams are throwing themselves into this game and the Eagles look the sharper of the two teams.
The Pies have crafted more chances but have kicked four behinds but the visitors are finding a way to coast-to-coast regularly and lead the inside 50 count.
Their pressure is good but is yet to reach the heights of last week.
COLL 11, WCE 13
Statement made
Harley Reid isn’t over awed by the occassion.
Tighest of angles!
Lipinski has made sure the fans know he’s back.
Pinned against the boundary he somehow works the angle and drop punts through a goal.
It’s still be a very bright start from the Eagles. The Pies got some lucky bounces in defence.
COLL 7, WCE 6
