9m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:34am<\/p>\n
Van Rooyen has a second<\/p>\n
Jacob van Rooyen marks on the lead before nailing his set-shot from deep inside the arc.<\/p>\n
Van Rooyen did well to get separation from Reuben Ginbey and mark strongly.<\/p>\n
He has two majors, and the Dees lead by 25.<\/p>\n
11m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:31am<\/p>\n
Cross doubles up for Dees<\/p>\n
Paddy Cross kicks his second consecutive goal, from an almost identical spot to his first.<\/p>\n
The Demons lead by 19 points.<\/p>\n
14m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:29am<\/p>\n
Demons have a third<\/p>\n
Paddy Cross positioned himself well as a target inside the Demons’ attacking 50 to mark in open space.<\/p>\n
His set-shot had just enough juice to give the Dees their third goal of the afternoon.<\/p>\n
16m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:27am<\/p>\n
Concern for Edwards<\/p>\n
A worrying moment for the Eagles, with Harry Edwards forced from the field with a bloodied forehead.<\/p>\n
We’ll keep you updated on Edwards’s condition.<\/p>\n
18m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:24am<\/p>\n
Demons on target with team goal<\/p>\n
Great work from the Demons, who forced a turnover inside their defensive 50 and almost went the length of the field to set Jacob van Rooyen for his first goal of the match.<\/p>\n
They stretched the Eagles’ defence to the extent that Kozzy Pickett was found on his own inside the attacking 50.<\/p>\n
Pickett went the selfless route and kicked to van Rooyen, who had a regulation set-shot.<\/p>\n
25m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:18am<\/p>\n
Demons reply through Langford<\/p>\n
Harvey Langford gets the Dees on the board.<\/p>\n
Max Heath sent the ball forward into the attacking 50.<\/p>\n
Langford may not have been the intended target, but he took an excellent contested mark.<\/p>\n
The set-shot wasn’t from the easiest angle, but Langford’s effort had the accuracy.<\/p>\n
29m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:14am<\/p>\n
Reid opens Eagles’ account<\/p>\n
It didn’t take long for the Eagles to kick a major!<\/p>\n
The honour went to Harley Reid, giving the Eagles an early seven-point lead.<\/p>\n
30m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:13am<\/p>\n
Eventful start<\/p>\n
Inside the first minute, Kysaiah Pickett appeared to make contact with Jake Waterman’s head inside the Eagles’ attacking 50.<\/p>\n
Waterman was groggy after the incident and was awarded a free kick.<\/p>\n
His set-shot went wide and through for a behind.<\/p>\n
34m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:08am<\/p>\n
Congratulations, Jordyn!<\/p>\n
35m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:07am<\/p>\n
Here we go!<\/p>\n
Thanks to Andrew McGarry for handling the pre-match!<\/p>\n
Play is underway at Docklands \u2014 who will come away with the victory?<\/p>\n
Let’s find out!<\/p>\n
38m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:05am<\/p>\n
Recent results between Melbourne and West CoastR22, 2025: Melbourne by 56 (Docklands_R9, 2025: Melbourne by 76 (Perth Stadium)R18, 2024: West Coast by 58 (MCG)R11, 2024: Melbourne by 105 (Perth Stadium)R4, 2023: Melbourne by 63 (Perth Stadium)R9, 2022: Melbourne by 38 (Perth Stadium)<\/p>\n
This is only the third time in 15 years that these two sides have played each other at Docklands.<\/p>\n
Last year the Demons made a mess of the Eagles with an 83-point win here, and they have won six of the last seven meetings.<\/p>\n
The last time West Coast beat Melbourne in Melbourne was back in 2014.<\/p>\n
All this to say, there’s a reason why the Dees are favourites for today’s match, but take a look at some of the much-closer-than-expected games this weekend, anything could happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"9m agoSun 10 May 2026 at 3:34am Van Rooyen has a second Jacob van Rooyen marks on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9734,77,3009,5064,9732,191,260,261,9733,5069],"class_list":["post-8325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-melbourne","tag-abc-live-afl","tag-afl","tag-crows","tag-demons","tag-eagles","tag-live","tag-melbourne","tag-sport","tag-tigers","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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R22, 2025: Melbourne by 56 (Docklands_R9, 2025: Melbourne by 76 (Perth Stadium)R18, 2024: West Coast by 58 (MCG)R11, 2024: Melbourne by 105 (Perth Stadium)R4, 2023: Melbourne by 63 (Perth Stadium)R9, 2022: Melbourne by 38 (Perth Stadium)<\/p>\n