West Coast fans will be left in the lurch on Saturday, with the Eagles' game against the Tigers telecast on free-to-air TV around the time the final siren will be sounded.

The Eagles take on Richmond at the MCG at 12.10pm Perth time, but the game won't be shown on 7mate until 2.55pm.

Dockers and Eagles' fans have come to expect, and begrudgingly accept, a 30-minute delay to home games at Domain Stadium in previous years, but have always enjoyed live games when the two WA-based teams played interstate.

But a 165 minute delay for an away game is just ridiculous.