Richmond with many out, most notably Lynch, Balta, Prestia and Taranto, with Baker returning. Could a win be on the cards for West Coast here. Lefau kicks the opener for the Tigers, the Eagles going backwards and turning it over as usual. Barrass poor early, Maurice Rioli having a shocker. Darling gets West Coast on the board late in the term and Reid adds another and then Waterman, Richmond up 8 at quarter-time. Kelly doing well getting it forward late in that term for the Eagles. Jack Williams takes a nice grab in the 2nd and converts from distance. Yeo and Reid having influence at the clearances. Bolton kicks his third, from the angle. West Coast kicks ahead, Yeo killing them. Waterman get his third, but Bailey Williams misses a gimme right in front, the Eagles lead by 19 at the half. West Coast continues to play well, Yeo another goal. Waterman marking well and the Tigers can't win a clearance. Waterman slots his sixth, the Eagles dominating field position, smashing it in fact, the margin 42 at 3-quarter time. Record-setting score reviews... Richmond makes no inroad in the 4th, West Coast register their first win of the season. The Tigers dominated the hit-outs, the Eagles +23 in the clearances and had more of the footy. West Coast with 21 more inside 50's, for 8 more scoring shots and had good conversion. Yeo best afield and back to his best, with 27 disposals, 19 contested, 15 clearances, 5 inside 50's, 2 goals and 2 assists. Waterman 18 disposals, a crazy 8 contested marks and a career-high 6 goals. Reid 27 disposals, 7 clearances, 6 inside 50's, 531 metres gained, an assist and a goal. For Richmond, Bolton started like he was gonna repeat last week, ending with 21 disposals, 5 clearances, an assist and 3 goals.
3. (Wce) E. Yeo, 2. (Wce) J. Waterman, 1. (Wce) H. Reid.
3. (Wce) E. Yeo, 2. (Wce) J. Waterman, 1. (Wce) H. Reid.