West Coast Eagles v Melbourne – Preliminary Final 2018 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2018 AFLPreliminary FinalSat, 22 Sept, 3:20 pm AEST

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18.137.13

West Coast by 66

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
WCE	4.8 32	10.9 69	15.10 100	18.13 121
MEL	0.3 3	0.6 6	5.9 39	7.13 55

Optus Stadium, PerthMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 0

Recap

West Coast 18.13 (121) beat Melbourne 7.13 (55) at Optus Stadium in the Preliminary Final, a 66-point win.

West Coast led at every change.

Josh J. Kennedy kicked four goals for West Coast and Jack Darling three; Jake Melksham kicked two for Melbourne.

Jack Redden led the way with 31 disposals, a goal, 9 tackles and 13 marks.

A run of ten straight goals across the first and second quarters stretched the lead from 1 to 63.

West Coast won the clearances 40–32 and laid 59 tackles to 34.

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West Coast Eagles18.13121

Melbourne7.1355

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

1:08BehindW. RioliWCE0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
4:45GoalJ. KennedyWCE1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
7:16BehindJ. MelkshamMEL1.1 (7) – 0.1 (1)
8:22BehindJ. SmithMEL1.1 (7) – 0.2 (2)
9:08GoalJ. CrippsWCE2.1 (13) – 0.2 (2)
11:21RushedMelbourneMEL2.1 (13) – 0.3 (3)
14:23BehindJ. DarlingWCE2.2 (14) – 0.3 (3)
14:51RushedWest CoastWCE2.3 (15) – 0.3 (3)
16:21GoalJ. DarlingWCE3.3 (21) – 0.3 (3)
18:08BehindJ. DarlingWCE3.4 (22) – 0.3 (3)
19:23BehindD. VenablesWCE3.5 (23) – 0.3 (3)
21:08BehindM. LeCrasWCE3.6 (24) – 0.3 (3)
25:18RushedWest CoastWCE3.7 (25) – 0.3 (3)
27:17RushedWest CoastWCE3.8 (26) – 0.3 (3)
28:11GoalJ. CrippsWCE4.8 (32) – 0.3 (3)

0:47GoalJ. KennedyWCE5.8 (38) – 0.3 (3)
2:29GoalJ. KennedyWCE6.8 (44) – 0.3 (3)
6:48BehindW. RioliWCE6.9 (45) – 0.3 (3)
8:27GoalL. RyanWCE7.9 (51) – 0.3 (3)
10:13GoalM. LeCrasWCE8.9 (57) – 0.3 (3)
16:15BehindC. OliverMEL8.9 (57) – 0.4 (4)
18:43GoalJ. KennedyWCE9.9 (63) – 0.4 (4)
21:59BehindC. SpargoMEL9.9 (63) – 0.5 (5)
24:21GoalJ. DarlingWCE10.9 (69) – 0.5 (5)
29:11BehindC. PetraccaMEL10.9 (69) – 0.6 (6)

0:43GoalC. OliverMEL10.9 (69) – 1.6 (12)
2:36GoalM. LeCrasWCE11.9 (75) – 1.6 (12)
5:55GoalJ. MelkshamMEL11.9 (75) – 2.6 (18)
9:14GoalJ. CrippsWCE12.9 (81) – 2.6 (18)
11:18GoalM. HannanMEL12.9 (81) – 3.6 (24)
13:51BehindA. BrayshawMEL12.9 (81) – 3.7 (25)
15:12GoalJ. MelkshamMEL12.9 (81) – 4.7 (31)
17:53GoalD. VenablesWCE13.9 (87) – 4.7 (31)
19:32BehindM. HannanMEL13.9 (87) – 4.8 (32)
21:02BehindJ. CrippsWCE13.10 (88) – 4.8 (32)
22:10GoalM. LeCrasWCE14.10 (94) – 4.8 (32)
27:44BehindJ. SmithMEL14.10 (94) – 4.9 (33)
29:04GoalJ. DarlingWCE15.10 (100) – 4.9 (33)
30:31GoalJ. SmithMEL15.10 (100) – 5.9 (39)