It was virtually the miracle at Marvel for West Coast.
Instead it was heartbreak for the Eagles, who fell agonisingly in need of the upset of the season in opposition to Essendon.
And it got here from probably the most unlikely of heroes in mid-season draftee Ryan Maric, who put the Eagles in entrance with simply 100 seconds left on the clock.
Darcy Parish (33 disposals and 9 clearances) would win an important of clearances for the Bombers with the chain ending in Kyle Langford working into an open objective to kick his fifth and win the sport for Essendon 10.13 (73) to 11.6 (72).
Hot off breaking a 16-game dropping streak, the Eagles confirmed loads of enchancment, placing in a aggressive three quarters, nevertheless it was a second time period lapse – the place Langford would kick 4 objectives – that might be the distinction.
Down by 29 factors early within the third time period, the Eagles would kick seven of the final 9 objectives to offer the Essendon followers loads of nervous moments.
Tim Kelly had an unimaginable outing with 30 touches and 5 clearances, whereas Liam Duggan’s transfer from defence to the midfield was a hit, with 29 touches and 5 clearances.
West Coast have been on from the beginning, turning round a development of a number of disastrous first quarters away from residence, kicking the primary objective after a 16-minute grind.
Essendon would reply by way of an opportunistic objective from Sam Durham, however their very own inaccuracy would price them, kicking only one objective from 17 inside 50s.
First-year star Elijah Hewett made them pay with a terrific solo effort late within the time period to win a gap quarter exterior of WA for simply the second time this season.
Essendon rectified their woes in a dominant second time period, taking away the Eagles’ skill to take management the ball with uncontested marks throughout the bottom.
On assault they started to dominate on the centre clearances to place strain on the Eagles backline.
Langford was the beneficiary with 4 of their six objectives within the second time period as they opened up a helpful 23-point break at half-time.
Essendon threatened to run away with it when Peter Wright kicked the primary objective of the second half inside a minute.
West Coast confirmed the maturity they’d been on the lookout for, not letting the horror recollections of earlier disastrous away losses hang-out them, preventing again to place the sport again within the stability.
The Eagles went on all-out assault, with the leaders of Kelly, Duggan and Andrew Gaff lifting one other degree with the sport on the road.
Their environment friendly ahead line was capable of capitalise and with minutes left on the clock Jack Darling kicked his second objective to attract inside a kick.
Essendon first-gamer Elijah Tsatas missed a possibility to finish the Eagles’ hopes when his kick on the run light proper, with West Coast going coast-to-coast the place Oscar Allen (two objectives) would put the margin to some extent.
Maric would then give the Eagles the lead for the primary time because the first time period, however Langford would have the ultimate say, his fifth objective sealing an essential win for the house facet.
SCOREBOARD
ESSENDON 1.6, 7.8, 8.10, 10.13 (73)
WEST COAST 2.2, 4.3, 6.5, 11.6 (72)
Goals – ESSENDON: Okay Langford 5 S Durham D Parish A Perkins M Redman P Wright WEST COAST: O Allen 2 J Cripps 2 J Darling 2 R Maric 2 E HewettJ Petruccelle J Williams
Best – ESSENDON: N Hind A McGrath D Parish Z Merrett S Durham Okay Langord. WEST COAST: T Kelly J Hunt L Duggan A Withderden A Gaff L Edwards.
Umpires: J Dalgleish N Brown A Adair M Young. Crowd: TBD at Marvel Stadium.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
