SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23 2018 SPORT 73 EAGLES 4.8 10.9 15.10 18.13 121 DEMONS 0.3 0.6 5.9 7.13 55

MATCH IN A MINUTE (right) rushes to Q1 West Coast congratulate Mark burst out of the LeCras after he blocks and applied kicked a goal manic pressure, forcing yesterday. Picture: Melbourne into turnover GETTY IMAGES after turnover. Jeremy McGovern copped a hit from and spent time off the ground, but returned. Josh Kennedy, , and Mark LeCras were all dangerous as the Demons sent Tom McDonald into defence to try and stem the flow. Q2 Six goals to zero in a scintillating quarter from West Coast all but sealed its spot in the Grand Final before halftime. Melbourne was held goalless in the first half — the first time a team hasn’t kicked a goal in the opening half of a final since Richmond in 1927. left the field with an ankle injury, but returned to continue his starring role in the midfield. Q3 A much better quarter from the Demons. They booted five goals after Clayton Oliver finally slotted their first in the opening minute. The bad news was the Eagles also kicked five to lead by 61 points at the final change. The sting went out of the game a bit as the West Coast players undoubtedly started thinking about next week and went into self- preservation mode. FAN FRENZY Q4 With the result beyond doubt both sides THINGS THAT SENT YOU CRAZY - SAM LANDSBERGER were basically just playing out time. Shuey finished the game on the bench CAN WILLIE JOIN RIOLI HOW MUCH SHOULD WEST IS THE 19th EAGLES WITH HORSE with ice on the ankle he MAN REAL? POWER DYNASTY? injured in the second COAST PAY ? Maurice Rioli, , Whatever it takes for him to 2West Coast entered 3Formula One ace Dan 4 term, but declared himself 1 yesterday with a free kick Ricciardo’s trademark smile barely … Willie Rioli? After a certain starter for the stay. Perhaps the Eagles should teaching Daniel to kick with a coke hand manager Colin Young a blank differential of +85 at Perth left his face as he watched the Grand Final against Stadium. Well, that rose to +87 Eagles smash Melbourne. Former bottle in the Tiwi Islands, it would Collingwood in a post- cheque. Free agent Lycett has be fitting if the Eagles goalsneak lifted the Eagles to a Grand Final yesterday. Although the noise of foreign minister Julie Bishop was game interview. Melbourne affirmation wasn’t really at play, it also lapping up the big win. added his name to the honour roll. laid only 34 tackles for the in ’s absence. Tom THE VERDICT: Kennedy and Hickey and Jordan Roughead aren’t was simply down to total THE VERDICT: Sadly for game, with seven players, annihilation. Ricciardo, the Russian Grand Darling might get the including co-captain quite in the same league. attention but Rioli-Ryan- THE VERDICT: Expect him to THE VERDICT: Umpires Prix will scupper any chance of Nathan Jones, failing to lay irrelevant in this one. being at the MCG on Saturday. LeCras could well decide the a single . be at Port Adelaide. Grand Final.

DISPOSALS BALL USE POSSESSIONS SCOREBOARD RANK DISPOSALS BALL USE POSSESSIONS SCOREBOARD RANK MELBOURNE Involvements Marks Clearances Pressure Pts Goals Average Kicks H/balls Metres Disp Eff % Contested Uncontested Marks Inter. Marks Intercepts Clearances Tackles Pressure Pts Goals Behinds Assists ToG % Total Average Kicks H/balls Metres Contested Uncontested Inter. Marks Intercepts Tackles Behinds Assists Involvements ToG % Total 1 2 3 4 T 1 2 3 4 T Disp Eff % J.Cripps 6 8 8 2 24 14 10 327 75 12 14 3 0 5 5 6 41 3 1 1 9 87 148 83 C.Oliver 6 7 5 9 27 5 22 250 70 15 13 4 0 3 3 3 29 1 1 0 6 80 102 114 J.Redden 9 8 7 7 31 19 12 374 84 8 22 13 0 3 5 9 57 1 0 2 9 88 147 99 T.McDonald 8 0 1 4 13 9 4 238 77 3 10 5 2 4 0 2 18 0 0 0 4 91 93 98 S.Hurn 5 6 8 5 24 21 3 446 79 5 12 8 5 8 1 3 30 0 0 0 4 91 126 97 A.Brayshaw 7 8 3 11 29 18 11 630 66 7 23 6 0 3 2 2 27 0 1 1 8 75 89 95 J.Kennedy 3 8 0 2 13 10 3 399 77 8 6 7 0 3 0 4 17 4 0 0 6 79 122 77 J.Harmes 8 7 4 5 24 13 11 426 46 13 11 4 1 2 4 3 25 1 0 0 5 86 88 86 J.Darling 4 2 4 7 17 14 3 351 65 9 7 7 0 0 0 1 19 3 3 3 9 89 112 88 C.Petracca 5 3 8 5 21 11 10 277 67 13 9 1 0 4 2 2 26 0 2 2 8 86 88 82 T.Barrass 1 3 4 5 13 12 1 239 85 5 8 7 5 8 0 2 22 0 0 0 2 86 109 74 O.McDonald 4 0 3 4 11 6 5 165 91 8 4 4 2 10 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 94 83 57 D.Sheed 8 8 5 6 27 13 14 245 78 14 14 7 0 4 5 1 21 0 0 1 8 89 105 78 M.Gawn 1 2 3 5 11 9 2 195 55 7 3 3 1 3 3 0 14 0 1 0 2 85 79 125 L.Ryan 4 5 6 3 18 14 4 448 72 10 8 4 0 2 3 2 28 1 1 1 9 80 95 64 C.Salem 5 1 7 6 19 13 6 402 74 3 15 3 1 2 0 1 39 0 0 2 5 80 76 83 L.Shuey 8 3 5 5 21 18 3 518 57 10 10 3 0 4 4 1 42 0 0 2 4 75 91 91 A.vandenBerg 4 1 7 7 19 11 8 358 74 8 11 3 0 1 3 3 32 0 1 0 4 82 72 67 M.LeCras 5 2 4 1 12 8 4 248 58 6 6 3 0 2 1 3 24 3 2 2 9 88 88 71 J.Smith 3 6 2 1 12 6 6 187 50 9 5 1 1 5 1 3 29 1 2 0 3 87 67 56 J.McGovern 5 4 5 3 17 13 4 330 59 9 8 4 2 9 1 0 12 0 0 0 4 66 84 89 A.Neal-Bullen 2 4 5 1 12 7 5 198 50 4 9 4 0 0 0 6 47 0 0 2 6 81 65 76 E.Yeo 8 7 4 4 23 15 8 441 57 11 13 6 1 3 4 6 55 0 0 0 6 85 83 108 J.Lewis 7 3 4 4 18 10 8 262 67 4 12 3 1 6 0 1 22 0 0 0 3 82 63 82 L.Duggan 4 3 7 5 19 15 4 286 84 4 15 8 1 5 1 3 34 0 0 1 5 85 82 70 M.Hibberd 3 6 2 3 14 8 6 322 71 5 9 1 1 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 3 89 55 74 D.Venables 4 4 5 4 17 8 9 262 71 12 5 2 0 2 0 2 21 1 1 2 6 77 82 51 S.Frost 2 2 2 1 7 6 1 174 100 1 6 3 3 5 0 1 13 0 0 0 1 85 54 59 T.Cole 3 4 1 2 10 6 4 84 100 3 7 4 1 4 0 4 29 0 0 0 2 90 72 61 D.Tyson 4 2 2 6 14 3 11 78 79 7 8 2 0 4 1 1 19 0 0 0 5 64 51 72 C.Masten 4 2 7 4 17 8 9 214 71 6 11 6 0 3 0 1 15 0 0 1 5 83 66 75 J.Viney 3 7 8 3 21 4 17 211 62 17 5 2 0 2 11 2 34 0 0 0 6 81 48 91 M.Hutchings 4 3 2 3 12 6 6 195 58 4 9 2 0 1 2 6 60 1 0 0 1 89 60 65 J.Melksham 2 0 6 2 10 8 2 261 60 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 11 2 1 0 8 89 48 71 L.Jetta 6 5 1 2 14 10 4 458 71 5 11 4 2 5 1 0 12 0 0 0 6 75 60 64 N.Jones 2 3 3 10 18 10 8 301 78 5 12 2 0 3 2 0 14 0 0 0 4 79 47 81 W.Rioli 4 3 3 4 14 10 4 258 64 4 10 6 0 1 2 0 30 1 2 1 9 76 45 59 N.Jetta 5 1 0 4 10 4 6 131 70 5 4 0 0 5 0 3 17 0 0 0 3 86 40 58 S.Lycett 3 2 2 0 7 3 4 98 29 6 1 1 0 0 2 3 23 0 0 0 1 69 45 79 M.Hannan 3 0 6 2 11 6 5 190 45 3 9 3 0 1 0 0 18 1 1 0 5 81 33 58 W.Schofield 3 2 1 2 8 4 4 45 87 3 6 4 0 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 1 91 42 46 S.Weideman 1 2 1 3 7 5 2 80 43 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 3 64 29 57 N.Vardy 1 1 0 3 5 2 3 30 80 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 15 0 0 1 3 61 40 62 C.Spargo 3 2 1 4 10 5 5 150 40 2 8 4 0 0 0 1 15 0 1 0 2 73 25 57 TOTALS 102 93 89 79 363 243 120 6305 72 158 204 110 17 72 40 59 18 13 TOTALS 88 67 83 100 338 177 161 5498 65 145 196 65 13 67 32 34 7 13 DIFFERENCE 14 26 6 -21 25 66 -41 807 6 13 8 45 4 5 8 25 11 0 DIFFERENCE -14 -26 -6 21 -25 -66 41 -807 -6 -13 -8 -45 -4 -5 -8 -25 -11 0 HITOUTS (ADV) FREES TOT D50 MID F50 IN50s 1 2 3 4 TOT FWD HALF % TIME MARK I50 % GOAL I50 PRESSURE 1 2 3 4 MATCH SHOTS Acc % Exp Act WCE 31 (7) Lycett 20 (3) WCE 23 5 13 5 WCE 18 15 7 12 52 WCE 47% 14 35% WCE 169 194 201 181 185 WCE 36 50 125 121 MEL 42 (15) Gawn 36 (12) MEL 21 5 10 6 MEL 9 11 21 12 53 MEL 53% 9 13% MEL 153 148 155 155 153 MEL 23 30 77 55 Metres: Metres gained; Disp Eff%: Disposal efficiency; Intercepts: Possessions won from the opposition; Inter. Marks: Marks from opposition 30% above 2017/2018 AVG 10+ KPI 5+ KPI 30% below 2017/2018 AVG kicks; Assists: Goal/Behind assists; Involvements: Involvements in scoring chains; ToG%: Match time on ground; Ave: Season averages; Shots: Disposals, Metres, Contested, Qtr disposals, Intercepts, Intercept Marks, Disposals, Metres, Contested, Includes missed shots; Exp: Expected scores based on shot types; Act: Actual scores; Pressure Factor: Pressure points per pressure chance; Uncontested, Tot Ranking Tackles, Involvements Clearances, Goals, Assists Uncontested, Tot Ranking Pressure Points Impact of pressure acts; V1 - NTNE01Z01MA