AFL Live Updates: West Coast hope to continue winning ways as they face massive Sydney Swans test
West Coast are looking to win three straight games for the first time in more than five years, but will face a massive challenge as Chad Warner and Sydney land at Optus. Follow all the action live!
AFL: West Coast are looking to win three straight games for the first time in more than five years, but will face a massive challenge as Chad Warner and Sydney land at Optus.
The Eagles will be without Elliot Yeo and Deven Robertson, while Sydney will welcome back Isaac Heeney as Charlie Curnow returns to a ground he’s dominated as a Blue.
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Swans roll on
Lloyd has a second the margin is out to 86 points and there’s still nearly the entire second half to go.
Curnow has four
Amartey takes antoher clunk and handballs over to Curnow in the goal square.
Swans feeding it to Charlie. Tylar Young is being given a bath by Amartey.
Blakey nails another
West Coast win the cetnre clearance but Tom McCarthy shot sprays right.
Swans go end to end and Blakey sends through a low shot from outside 50.
Heeney has three
Reid is caught holding the ball trying to get out of defensive 50.
McCarthy gets stuck on Heeney who just gets a metre on him and then execute the snap.
Second half underway
Can West Coast find something?
It’s starts the same as the rest as Grundy wins the ball and sends the Swans foward where there’s a forward 50 stoppage.
Half Time SYD 13.5 (83) WCE 2.8 (20)
Heeney adds another to end the half. 18 touches and two goals.
Another dominant quarter from Sydney as the Eagles just can’t win the ball on the ground with Sydney just so much cleaner.
Brodie Grundy is absolutely dominating with 20 hit-outs and the Swans midfield is just operating at a different level.
The Eagles will do well to keep this under 100 points the way this is going.
Could be a very grim second half coming up.
Baker with a captain’s goal
Willem Duursma reels in a great grab and then goes aggressive to hit Liam Baker in the middle of the ground.
He gets 50m as the Swans don’t stand the mark and he converts from right on the paint.
Grundy restores order
Reid gives away 50m for not giving the ball back quick enough as Matt Flynn runs across the line,
Grundy converts from 40m.
WEST COAST HAVE A GOAL!
Harley Reid breaks two tackles gets the ball to Kelly and Waterman gets it on the bounce and snaps from a tight angle.
Cunningham continues Swans procession
West Coast somehow can’t lay a tackle inside 50 as the Swans break the ball out again despite the Eagles having the outnumber at the source.
Cunnigham who wasn’t playing until about two minutes before the first ball up.
