West Coast Eagles v Sydney Swans – Round 1 2018 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2018 AFLRound 1Sun, 25 Mar, 7:20 pm AEDT

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86115

13.818.7

Sydney by 29

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
WCE	4.2 26	5.3 33	10.7 67	13.8 86
SYD	5.1 31	9.5 59	11.6 72	18.7 115

Optus Stadium, PerthMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 5

Recap

Sydney 18.7 (115) beat West Coast 13.8 (86) at Optus Stadium in Round 1, a 29-point win.

Sydney led at every change.

Lance Franklin kicked eight goals for Sydney and Will Hayward two; Mark LeCras kicked three for West Coast.

Lance Franklin led the way with 21 disposals and eight goals.

A run of five straight goals across the second and third quarters turned a 1-point deficit into a 30-point lead.

Sydney won the clearances 47–38 and won the contested ball 161–138.

Milestones: Daniel Venables’s 1st game, Liam Ryan’s 1st game, Jake Waterman’s 1st game.
First game for West Coast: Daniel Venables, Liam Ryan, Jake Waterman.
Milestone: Dean Towers’s 50th game.

Best on ground

More from Round 1

West Coast Eagles13.886

Sydney Swans18.7115

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

0:29BehindL. ShueyWCE0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
3:40GoalJ. LloydSYDLead change0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
4:40GoalL. FranklinSYD0.1 (1) – 2.0 (12)
6:20BehindS. HurnWCE0.2 (2) – 2.0 (12)
8:57GoalM. LeCrasWCE1.2 (8) – 2.0 (12)
13:45GoalL. FranklinSYD1.2 (8) – 3.0 (18)
15:13GoalJ. DarlingWCE2.2 (14) – 3.0 (18)
18:20GoalS. HurnWCELead change3.2 (20) – 3.0 (18)
20:50BehindI. HeeneySYD3.2 (20) – 3.1 (19)
25:35GoalD. TowersSYDLead change3.2 (20) – 4.1 (25)
27:28GoalL. FranklinSYD3.2 (20) – 5.1 (31)
30:34GoalM. LeCrasWCE4.2 (26) – 5.1 (31)

0:37GoalC. MastenWCELead change5.2 (32) – 5.1 (31)
3:19GoalI. HeeneySYDLead change5.2 (32) – 6.1 (37)
6:14GoalL. FranklinSYD5.2 (32) – 7.1 (43)
7:56GoalK. JackSYD5.2 (32) – 8.1 (49)
13:17BehindL. RyanWCE5.3 (33) – 8.1 (49)
16:51GoalL. FranklinSYD5.3 (33) – 9.1 (55)
19:09BehindT. PapleySYD5.3 (33) – 9.2 (56)
21:33BehindL. FranklinSYD5.3 (33) – 9.3 (57)
22:48BehindD. TowersSYD5.3 (33) – 9.4 (58)
25:19BehindJ. KennedySYD5.3 (33) – 9.5 (59)

0:23BehindG. HewettSYD5.3 (33) – 9.6 (60)
3:18BehindM. LeCrasWCE5.4 (34) – 9.6 (60)
6:17BehindJ. NelsonWCE5.5 (35) – 9.6 (60)
7:58BehindM. LeCrasWCE5.6 (36) – 9.6 (60)
8:48GoalL. FranklinSYD5.6 (36) – 10.6 (66)
13:38GoalL. DugganWCE6.6 (42) – 10.6 (66)
16:03GoalL. FranklinSYD6.6 (42) – 11.6 (72)
18:12GoalL. RyanWCE7.6 (48) – 11.6 (72)
20:23BehindN. NaitanuiWCE7.7 (49) – 11.6 (72)
25:40GoalJ. DarlingWCE8.7 (55) – 11.6 (72)
29:35GoalN. NaitanuiWCE9.7 (61) – 11.6 (72)
31:05GoalM. LeCrasWCE10.7 (67) – 11.6 (72)