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Blog log from R2 of 2026: West Coast vs North Melbourne

Blog log for West Coast vs North Melbourne, R2 of 2026

Willem Duursma marks just inside 50m on a slight angle and roosts a lovely drop punt through for his debut goal in the seniors. (Q1 1:34)
Larkey marks a long Zurhaar pass over Ginbey to the pocket 20m and levels it up with his first goal. (Q1 3:34)
Zane Duursma’s smother on members wing sets up Davies-Uniacke to pass to the boundary for Larkey 25m out, Souva goals again with a curler. (Q1 8:11)
Larkey’s ground contest on the HFF sets up Curtis to rove and give to the outside for Powell who screws in a nice finish off the right from 20m in the pocket! (Q1 9:49)
Curtis receives from Zane Duursma for a quick snap across the body from 35m on a slight angle but it doesn’t curl and stays left. (Q1 12:18)
McCarthy’s blind handball over his head in the back pocket is straight to O’Sullivan who runs to 20m and checksides a cheeky goal! (Q1 12:47)
Shanahan’s kick clanger on a slow play sets up Dovaston to bounce thricely to the HFF, then a chain of handballs ends with a Joe the Goose to Zurhaar! (Q1 16:25)
Archer Reid leaps in front of Comben to mark Kelly’s kick from a stoppage on members wing to 35m out on the flank. He steers through a lovely drop punt. (Q1 19:12)
Curtis flashes through a stoppage at the hotspot and draws a high contact free on Davis, he pops through the goal. (Q1 22:50)
Sheezel runs around outer wing and kicks long to the square, Young holds Larkey to give away an obvious free and goal. (Q1 27:30)
Duff-Tytler roves with Pink on his hammer deep in the pocket but he puts on a left-foot step and snaps a fabulous goal! Two-metre blokes aren’t supposed to do that! (Q1 31:00)
Zurhaar roves a Larkey contest and rather falls into a high tackle by Baker, he converts the free from 30m on a slight angle. (Q2 1:04)
Waterman gets a holding free on McDonald in the pocket 15m out but misses to the left. (Q2 3:42)
Flynn takes a pack mark from a Willem Duursma speculator from members wing to 40m on a slight angle, but he shanks right and OOTF. (Q2 5:47)
Konstanty’s handball clanger at half back results, after a few more clangers from both sides, with Cripps sending Murdock to snap a goal from 15m in the pocket. (Q2 7:17)
McDonald drops an intercept mark on centre wing, Waterman stayed down to rove and complete the slingshot play with Archer Reid giving a Joe the goose to Cripps. (Q2 9:02)
Murdock flashes through the next centre contest to deliver another inside 50, goes to ground but eventually Waterman feeds Cripps to snap another one from 20m! (Q2 10:06)
Series of stoppages in the front half for the Eagles, Newton snaps wide left from the pocket. (Q2 14:01)
Waterman released Harley Reid to race through the paint and shoots on the burst from 45m on a slight angle, he celebrates but the goal umpire signals it nicked the right post. (Q2 15:33)
Shanahan passes from members wing to Archer Reid 40m out on a slight angle, North can’t rebound past halfway. This Reid shot is straight, Eagles back within a kick. (Q2 16:26)
Willem Duursma backs out of a stoppage on the HFF but blazes near side right. (Q2 19:16)
Harely Reid roves on the flank 30m out and snaps off a step, that one falls in to give West Coast a much-deserved lead after they dominated all of Q2. (Q2 22:33)
Ah but O’Sullivan’s claims of a touch off the boot are confirmed on review, just a behind and the Eagles still trail. (Q2 23:03)
North finally break through on a rebound around outer wing, Simpkin feeds Darling who kicks long to the behind line for Larkey to mark and boot his fourth goal. (Q2 28:32)
Duff-Tytler is paid a pack mark 20m out on a slight angle despite Comben having a hand on it in front. CDT kicks truly. (Q3 2:38)
Duff-Tytler roves at half forward despite Daniel’s lunge and feeds Cripps to run to the hotspot and finally put West Coast in front with the goal. (Q3 4:19)
Shanahan rolls through another one from a pack at the hotspot to an empty square, Eagles now running hot! (Q3 7:29)
Duff-Tytler again who contests 40m out then roves to reef out a handball to Yeo who curls in a quality snap from the flank, West Coast pumping! (Q3 10:15)
Larkey gives to Zane Duursma running hard to the pocket 20m out, on his wrong left side and he sprays it OOTF. (Q3 11:54)
Davies-Uniacke rumbles, bumbles and stumbles through heavy traffic from a stoppage on members wing then reefs out a handball to Dovaston for a big goal from the hotspot! (Q3 13:20)
Bakers gets pushed by Konstanty for a free on outer side and passes short to Waterman 40m out on the flank, who kicks across the face to the right. (Q3 18:13)
North can’t rebound past half back with Daniel’s kick in to a contest, Willem Duursma receives from Murdock and sails through the turnover goal from 45m on a slight angle! (Q3 18:55)
Darling marks a Stephens kick from outer wing to 40m near the boundary, Eagle fans boo lustily then cheer as he shanks… to Curtis 15m out! Curtis goals. (Q3 22:05)
Davies-Uniacke intercepts Baker’s rebound kick to outer side, he passes to the same spot Darling just had his shot from… Sheezel shanks the same way, no mark results. (Q3 24:00)
Shanahan marks a very short Cripps pass 40m out on the boundary, Pink dirty on the umpie decision. The set shot is a peach, that won’t improve Pink’s stink-up! (Q3 27:02)
Flynn follows up from Harley Reid’s centre clearance kick to receive from Willem Duursma at the hotspot, perform a right-foot step on Blamires and checkside an outrageous goal! (Q3 29:06)
Konstanty floats a snap across the face and OOTF to the left from a stoppage in the pocket. (Q3 30:23)
Yeo roves in the pocket and gets slung around the neck by Comben, free kick after the 3QT from 30m on the boundary. The drop punt is another cracker, eight goals for Q3 for WC! (Q3 30:34)
Huge melee involving almost every player after Harley Reid was dropped after that goal. (Q3 30:34)
Cripps bounces a behind on the run from outside CHF. (Q4 0:31)
Harley Reid is pinged for timewasting to bring McDonald from members wing to 40m on a slight angle. North needs this desperately… he delivers! (Q4 2:15)
Larkey misses a set shot from 25m in the pocket with a tentative drop punt. (Q4 4:52)
Curtis kicks to the fat side pocket for Larkey at much the same spot as the last one, Souva goes again with the drop punt and steers this over the goal umpire. (Q4 7:07)
A Waterman goal is nullified by a hold called earlier in the play, West Coast fans going ape droppings! (Q4 8:32)
Blamires mops up a dump kick on the rebound by Baker, he gives to Davies-Uniacke who blazes to the right from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 8:58)
Davies-Uniacke delivers a much better kick to Dovaston at half forward, he goes long to the square where Larkey juggles the mark over two talls and boots goal number six! (Q4 9:46)
Sheezel turns the ball over by foot on outer wing to Waterman, who is eventually the man who marks a Duggan tumbler to 45m on a slight angle and kicks straight. (Q4 13:01)
Daniel receives from Dovaston outside CHF and jinks a kick over traffic to Zurhaar 35m out in the corridor, who misses to the right. (Q4 13:01)
Waterman just nicks the left post with a snap from the pocket, we are in handy point territory now. (Q4 13:01)
Murdock is at the foot of the contest to rove Comben’s spoil and curl in the sealer from 25m on a slight angle! (Q4 21:03)
Konstanty’s desperate effort causes a spoil on the HBF, he receives back from Powell and settles over a running snap from the pocket 25m out… and dobs it! (Q4 21:03)
Darling is very unlucky to be pinged for a push at half forward on a play where he dribbled through a goal from 40m. (Q4 27:14)

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