RECAP: West Coast Eagles woeful goal kicking hands Richmond drought-breaking win at MCG
West Coast shot themselves in the foot to fall to defeat against Richmond for the fourth meeting in a row. Recap all the action here.
AFL: West Coast shot themselves in the foot to fall to defeat against Richmond for the fourth meeting in a row.
The Eagles enter the clash on a seven-game losing slide, with the second half of the season a tough stretch for fans to take after some promising results in the first half.
But Richmond were in an even more dire position. They had won just twice all season and were staring down the high likelihood of the wooden spoon if they didn’t win today.
Recap all the action below.
Key events
02 Aug 2026 - 02:24 PM
ANALYSIS
02 Aug 2026 - 02:03 PM
MATCH REPORT
02 Aug 2026 - 01:56 PM
THREE-WORD ANALYSIS
02 Aug 2026 - 01:48 PM
FULL TIME: West Coast 73, Richmond 84
02 Aug 2026 - 01:10 PM
THREE-QUARTER TIME: West Coast 5.18 (48), Richmond 9.6 (60)
02 Aug 2026 - 12:30 PM
Unwanted record
02 Aug 2026 - 12:23 PM
HALF TIME: West Coast 3.13 (31), Richmond 7.4 (46)
02 Aug 2026 - 12:07 PM
Harley’s free kicks
02 Aug 2026 - 11:44 AM
QUARTER TIME: Eagles 2.6 (18), Tigers 4.4 (28)
02 Aug 2026 - 10:34 AM
McQualter speaks
Tigers 76, Eagles 66
Johnston!!
The Eagles have two in a row from the next clearance.
The Tigers couldn’t clear the first inside 50 and Duggan got the ball back in for the visitors.
Johnston has had a poor day but he taps the ball away from his opponent and runs onto the loose ball before soccering it through.
Eagles 60, Tigers 76
And after the miss from Lynch, Jack Williams gives West Coast some hope.
They went end-to-end well with Kelly spotting up Waterman outside 50.
Williams dropped the mark but crumbed it and calmly kicked the major.
Eagles 54, Tigers 76
Lynch has produced one of the worst misses of the day to keep the Eagles alive.
He was 35 metres out dead in front and missed to the right. There is no breeze out there at all.
But the visitors’ skill errors are glaring and it’s only a matter of time before the Tigers put them away.
Eagles 54, Tigers 72
Duggan sneaks forward in the scrap and grabs a vital captain’s goal with left-foot snap.
The Eagles did every moment of it the hard way but they get the job done.
Can it spark something?
Eagles 48, Tigers 72
West Coast have made the worst start possible to the last term.
Williams gives away a ruck infringement and Nankervis slots the set shot.
Big hill to climb now.
Eagles 48, Tigers 66
Lynch gives the Tigers the perfect start and West Coast are going to have to turn it on from here.
The ball got locked in repeat stoppages but the Tigers finally got it clear and caused some chaos around the goal face to get three majors ahead.
THREE-QUARTER TIME: West Coast 5.18 (48), Richmond 9.6 (60)
The Eagles continue to dominate the play but their inability to find the big sticks has become farcical.
Waterman has 2.6, not to mention an out on the full or two, Reid has 0.3 and Shanahan has 2.2.
On the plus side, Herbert and Harley are the dominant forces on the ground approaching 30 touches while Reid has seven clearances.
Only Taranto has more with 10.
If the Eagles can find their radar they will win this match.
Eagles 41, Tigers 53
The Eagles finally have a major!
Waterman gets the easy goal from the goal line after Duursma crumbed a forward stoppage and fed him a handball.
About the only place the Eagles can kick a goal from really.
Eagles 35, Tigers 53
That one stings.
West Coast have finally been made to pay for terrible goalkicking as the Tigers go coast-to-coast and Sonsie snaps through a simple shot from the pocket.
The Eagles have no one to blame but themselves.
Eagles 35, Tigers 47
SHANAHAN MISSES AS WELL!
Jobe pushes a set shot wide right. 3.17.
West Coast have had EIGHT more scoring shots, and trail by 12 points...
