Match report: Dominant Eagles savage out-of-form Tigers
April 15, 2016 10:41 PM
A BLISTERING opening half from West Coast set up a crushing 68-point win over Richmond, a result certain to send the Tigers into further turmoil.
The Eagles celebrated the 30th anniversary of their first VFL game on Friday night in style, winning 18.17 (125) to 9.3 (57) at Domain Stadium.
The game was played almost exclusively in the Eagles' forward half in the opening term, as their pressure and precision ball use punished the Tigers time and time again as the visitors failed to run it out of defence by either hand or foot.
"We wanted to bring a lot of pressure to the game," Eagles coach Adam Simpson said post-match.
"We know teams that travel here really want to start well. That was a really important part of the game for us, to bring that pressure. We backed up with some contested ball. We got some good supply."
Richmond managed just eight inside 50s in the opening half. It was only the fourth time a team had been kept to single figures for inside 50s in an opening half since 2000.
Happy 30th birthday Eagles
By contrast, West Coast had 36 inside 50s and 23 scoring shots, and only the Eagles’ inaccuracy kept the half-time margin to 54 points.
Richmond lost the contested possession count by 22 in the first half.
"It all came down to contested ball," Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said.
"We were well beaten around the contest and we know how important clearance is against West Coast, especially early doors.
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