West Coast Eagles v Richmond – Round 8 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 8Sat, 2 May, 4:15 pm AEST

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8899

13.1015.9

Richmond by 11

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
WCE	2.2 14	6.6 42	9.9 63	13.10 88
RIC	3.3 21	8.4 52	10.7 67	15.9 99

Optus Stadium, PerthMostly sunny, 19°Lead changes 13

Recap

Richmond 15.9 (99) beat West Coast 13.10 (88) at Optus Stadium in Round 8, a 11-point win. The lead changed 13 times.

Richmond led at every change.

Seth Campbell kicked three goals for Richmond and Noah Balta three; Jake Waterman kicked three for West Coast.

Noah Balta led the way with 20 disposals, three goals and 6 clearances.

A run of four straight goals across the second and third quarters turned a 2-point deficit into a 21-point lead.

West Coast won the inside-50 count 64–48 but couldn’t convert it.

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More from Round 8

West Coast Eagles13.1088

Richmond15.999

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

0:25BehindM. OwiesWCE0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
1:01GoalH. ReidWCE1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
5:09BehindS. CampbellRIC1.1 (7) – 0.1 (1)
7:18GoalS. CampbellRICLevel1.1 (7) – 1.1 (7)
13:36BehindH. SchoenbergWCE1.2 (8) – 1.1 (7)
14:37GoalJ. FaullRICLead change1.2 (8) – 2.1 (13)
18:17GoalM. OwiesWCELead change2.2 (14) – 2.1 (13)
20:32BehindT. LynchRICLevel2.2 (14) – 2.2 (14)
23:42BehindT. SonsieRICLead change2.2 (14) – 2.3 (15)
27:20GoalM. LefauRIC2.2 (14) – 3.3 (21)

0:16GoalH. ReidWCE3.2 (20) – 3.3 (21)
1:25RushedWest CoastWCELevel3.3 (21) – 3.3 (21)
5:42GoalM. ChampionWCELead change4.3 (27) – 3.3 (21)
10:46GoalJ. WatermanWCE5.3 (33) – 3.3 (21)
12:31GoalJ. FaullRIC5.3 (33) – 4.3 (27)
15:26BehindT. LynchRIC5.3 (33) – 4.4 (28)
18:57GoalJ. FaullRICLead change5.3 (33) – 5.4 (34)
21:36BehindW. DuursmaWCELevel5.4 (34) – 5.4 (34)
22:44BehindE. YeoWCELead change5.5 (35) – 5.4 (34)
24:32GoalT. LynchRICLead change5.5 (35) – 6.4 (40)
26:03GoalR. MaricWCELead change6.5 (41) – 6.4 (40)
28:09BehindH. ReidWCE6.6 (42) – 6.4 (40)
30:10GoalN. BaltaRICLead change6.6 (42) – 7.4 (46)
32:18GoalN. BaltaRIC6.6 (42) – 8.4 (52)

1:11BehindJ. ShanahanWCE6.7 (43) – 8.4 (52)
3:52RushedRichmondRIC6.7 (43) – 8.5 (53)
4:49GoalS. GreenRIC6.7 (43) – 9.5 (59)
8:46RushedWest CoastWCE6.8 (44) – 9.5 (59)
12:12GoalK. McAuliffeRIC6.8 (44) – 10.5 (65)
13:31GoalT. KellyWCE7.8 (50) – 10.5 (65)
17:16BehindM. OwiesWCE7.9 (51) – 10.5 (65)
18:54BehindS. CampbellRIC7.9 (51) – 10.6 (66)
20:21GoalJ. ShanahanWCE8.9 (57) – 10.6 (66)
23:07BehindM. LefauRIC8.9 (57) – 10.7 (67)
27:43GoalJ. WatermanWCE9.9 (63) – 10.7 (67)