MATCH CENTRE: Eagles v Tigers scores, stats and more<\/a><\/p>\n IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE BUYING INSTEAD. Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n In a match dubbed the \u201cbattle of the rebuilds\u201d, it was Richmond who were a class above – inspired by the early \u201cSuperman\u201d acts of Maurice Rioli Jnr.<\/p>\n Eagle Harley Reid was best on ground in the first half, but Tiger Jack Ross put the clamps on him in the third – leaving West Coast coach Andrew McQualter to go directly to his young star at three quarter time.<\/p>\n Alarmingly, it\u2019s now the 10th time this season that the Eagles have coughed up triple figures – continuing their run as the 18th ranked defensive outfit in the AFL.<\/p>\n The only sour note for the Tigers was a concussion to Seth Campbell in a bout of friendly fire.<\/p>\n THE 3-2-1…<\/p>\n 3. \u2018BACK TO THEIR PREMIERSHIP YEAR\u2019 IN BRUTAL BLITZ<\/p>\n It was dubbed the battle of the rebuilds, but clearly Richmond are a class above judging by Saturday night\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n The Tigers were inspired by two \u201cSuperman\u201d acts from star Maurice Rioli Jnr in the first half, before a third quarter blitz really broke the match open at Optus Stadium.<\/p>\n Fox Footy\u2019s Matthew Pavlich said the visitors were \u201cback to their premiership year best\u201d when they nailed 6.2 (38) from turnover for the third quarter alone.<\/p>\n West Coast simply couldn\u2019t \u201clay a glove\u201d on the Tigers as they streaked out of their defensive half with ease.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve been brilliant with their ball movement,\u201d Pavlich praised.<\/p>\n \u201cWest Coast can\u2019t get defensive side and also can\u2019t protect the corridor so it\u2019s coming through with multiple options,\u201d Nick Dal Santo added.<\/p>\n Stats showed that midway through the third term, West Coast had conceded seven goals from their defensive half.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a side, they weren\u2019t going to win a game this year and they\u2019ll win a fifth game,\u201d Will Schofield said of Richmond.<\/p>\n \u201cRichmond when they go from their back half look unbelievable. West Coast cannot keep up \u2013 they are so quick.<\/p>\n \u201cThey basically win the footy back and they\u2019re gone.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking from the boundary, the premiership Eagle said West Coast coach Andrew McQualter was \u201csteaming\u201d when he made his way down to the bench in the third term.<\/p>\n \u201cThey blitzed them. They absolutely took them to town,\u201d Pavlich said of the Tigers.<\/p>\n Crucial to the win was the shutdown role Jack Ross played on Harley Reid after half time.<\/p>\n The prized Eagle had been the number one ranked player on the ground with 20 touches at half time before the Ross \u201cbackpack\u201d was applied.<\/p>\n Reid could only manage four third quarter disposals at a time when the Tigers put on a clinic.<\/p>\n 2. \u2018SUPERMAN\u2019 ACTS SPARK TIGERS<\/p>\n Take a bow, Maurice Rioli Jnr.<\/p>\n West Cast had all the momentum in the first term before Rioli nailed a brilliant chase down diving tackle on Brady Hough after running at least 100m to get to him.<\/p>\n The resulting turnover landed Tim Taranto a goal \u2013 but Rioli wasn\u2019t done there.<\/p>\n Again with West Coast building, Rioli opted for the full-body dive across Eagle Harry Edwards\u2019 boot to effect the smother.<\/p>\n He then regathered the footy and dished off to skipper Toby Nankervis in the square to land another body blow on the Eagles.<\/p>\n And from there, West Coast were never in the hunt.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had the chase down of the year; perhaps we\u2019ve had the smother too,\u201d Adam Papalia said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is what forward 50 pressure looks like.<\/p>\n \u201cThe composure to lay it off to a teammate \u2026 absolutely outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe is absolute Superman tonight,\u201d Nick Dal Santo added.<\/p>\n \u201cWe saw him dive for that chase, dive for the smother. We speak about moments\u2026 You chase no matter what and you dive on boots no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat chase from Roli was unbelievable,\u201d Pavlich said. <\/p>\n \u201cHe started so far back. It was like when Cathy Freeman was given the handicap at the Stalwell Gift all those years ago … he flashed home.\u201d<\/p>\n Dal Santo credited that brilliant chase down as the moment that brought Richmond back into the match in the first term.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s possibly chase of the year,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cWe saw Libba chase down Brad Hill earlier this year – I reckon this one has topped them all.\u201d<\/p>\n 1. CALLS TO SCRAP \u2018WORST RULE IN FOOTY\u2019<\/p>\n The protected zone needs to come under immediate review by incoming AFL footy boss Greg Swann, Fox Footy\u2019s Will Schofield believes after a string of tough 50m penalties on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Eagle Tyler Brockman can probably feel the most hard done by.<\/p>\n He was pinged when he appeared at least 10 metres to the side of Maurice Rioli Jnr.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s got to be the worst rule in footy this one, this protected area,\u201d Will Schofield said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve lost complete common sense feel of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to get it right out.\u201d<\/p>\n Follow West Coast v Richmond in our live blog below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richmond has claimed back to back wins for the first time in more than two years after demolishing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,7490,8406,64,63,689,55,639,8407,8408,8402,8405,2105,8401,7484,647,677,6082,672,765,8400,1124,85,8404,660,7067,8403],"class_list":["post-6509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-airplane-celebration","tag-andrew-mcqualter","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-bottom-finish","tag-clubs-clash","tag-consecutive-wins","tag-eagles-v","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-jack-ginnivan","tag-ken-hinkley","tag-melbourne","tag-oceania","tag-port-adelaide","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-run-home","tag-sam-banks","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-tim-kelly","tag-victoria","tag-west-coast-eagles","tag-winnable-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
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