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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Key events
1 hour ago - 06:39 PM
END of Q3 SYD 20.10 (130) WCE 3.11 (29)
2 hours ago - 05:08 PM
END of Q1 SYD 6.2 (38) WCE 0.5 (5)
2 hours ago - 05:03 PM
Isaac Heeney with a huuuge grab
3 hours ago - 04:36 PM
Swans score inside the first minute
3 hours ago - 04:30 PM
A late change
3 hours ago - 04:00 PM
Can Eagles stop Curnow the Swan?
4 hours ago - 03:42 PM
Welcome
Jake Santa Maria is reporting live.
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.
Warner too strong
A double fend off for the Swans star on Kelly and Hamish Davis and Tom Papley is out who then goes over the top to Curnow who grabs his third.
10 straight goals.
Reid his the post
Eight striaght behinds for the Eagles as Archer Reid after Malakai Champion had a great moment to show off his speed to breakthough the contest.
Still no goals for the Eagles with more just over five minutes to go in the second quarter.
Curnow has another
West Coast just can’t cacth a break, missed kicks missed tackles and the Swans are just owning the football.
Nick Blakey could shoot for goal or pass to about three different players but hits Curnow in the pocket and he has a second goal.
Nine goals to zip.
Swans make it 8 straight
Antoher rebound 50 entry from the Swans as the defend the repeast forward 50 stoppage.
An aggressive kick finds Cunningham on the wing and McInerney gets on the end of the loose ball inside 50 and kicks another.
