West Coast Eagles vs Adelaide Crows how to watch live stream, results, stats, lineups, news, highlights, live blog

The West Coast Eagles and Adelaide go head-to-head as both clubs test their prospects ahead of a season that will see them attempt to climb the ladder.

The Eagles endured a disaster in 2022 marred by injuries and setbacks from Covid as they plummeted to 17th place with just two wins but are now bolstered by the return of multiple stars and an exuberance of youth.

But they face a Crows team that has been rebuilding at the bottom of the ladder for several years and will be looking to finally jump up behind their exciting young talents and star recruit Izak Rankine, who beat in last week’s match sim win over Fremantle has impressed .

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The game begins at 7:40 p.m. at Mineral Resources Park.

QUARTER-BY-QUARTER MATCH REPORT

The Crows showed some skillful ball movement in the opening minutes as they locked the ball in their front half.

It resulted in two goals for veteran Taylor Walker and rising star Darcy Fogarty as Adelaide held a 13-point lead.

Rory Laird then added another from a stop before Fogarty kicked his second as the Crows jumped out to a 25-point lead, with the Eagles yet to score.

“Adelaide would be absolutely blown away by how they turned out. They’ve been incredible with sales,” Premier Eagle Will Schofield told Fox Footy.

“Alternatively, West Coast would be really disappointed with their launch.”

Dockers legend Matthew Pavlich added: “It’s been a flawless start from the Crows… There’s not a single element of the game that’s out of sync at the moment.

“The Eagles are all at sea at the moment. They get squeezed in their back half far too easily.”

West Coast finally hit the scoreboard in the last five minutes of the quarter when Oscar Allen converted a hard set-shot goal thanks to a great pass from Luke Shuey.

But Fogarty soon had his third goal after West Coast veteran Shannon Hurn scored a free-kick and 50-yard penalty.

Eagle

B: S Hurn, T Barrass, T Cole

HB: L Duggan, J McGovern, J Hunt

C: A. Gaff, T. Kelly, D. Sheed

HF: X O’Neill, J Waterman, J Cripps

F: L Ryan, O Allen, J Jones

FOL: B Williams, E Yeo, L Shuey

I/C: Ginbey R, Hewett E, Chesser C, Petruccelle J, Witherden A, Rotham J, Clark G, Jamieson C

EMG: Petrevski-Seton S, West C, Edwards H, Long N

Crow

B: J Butts, T Doedee, P Parnell

HB: J Dawson, N Murray, B Smith

C: M. Hinge, R. Laird, R. Sloane

HF: L Pedlar, J Rachele, B Keays

F: I. Rankine, T. Walker, D. Fogarty

FOL: R. O’Brien, S. Berry, J. Soligo

I/C: W.Hamill, E.Himmelberg, M.Michalanney, H.Schoenberg, T.Brown, S.McAdam, R.Thilthorpe, M.Crouch

EMG: Murphy L, Borlase J, McHenry N, Jones C

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