Match

Melbourne vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 09 May 2015

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:49
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Aaron vandenBerg)
04:09
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Mike Pyke)
08:57
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
11:04
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Billy Stretch)
12:29
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Kurt Tippett)
14:15
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
15:44
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Kurt Tippett)
22:42
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Kurt Tippett)
27:11
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
28:08
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:32
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
04:56
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
07:52
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
08:24
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Ben McGlynn)
18:22
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lewis Jetta)
19:47
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Chris Dawes)
20:22
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
21:05
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
22:44
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
24:32
Swans Interchange - Isaac Heeney off due to an injury.
28:15
Swans Interchange - Jake Lloyd off due to an injury.
29:03
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:55
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
03:00
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
04:34
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
05:35
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Kurt Tippett)
11:46
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Dan Hannebery)
13:25
Sydney have kicked more goals (10) than Melbourne have had kicks in their forward 50 (8).
14:02
BEHIND - Swans (Gary Rohan)
16:15
BEHIND - Demons (Aaron Vandenberg)
18:44
Melbourne Interchange - Jack Watts was substituted into the game for Cameron Pedersen.
19:16
GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
24:25
Melbourne Interchange - Dom Tyson off due to an injury.
24:46
BEHIND - Demons (Jay Kennedy-Harris)
27:13
Sydney have 4 players with 20 disposals or more (Mitchell, Kennedy, Jack, Jetta). Melbourne's leading disposal getter is Salem with 19.
27:38
GOAL - Demons (Ben Newton)
29:15
Consecutive goals for Melbourne for the first time tonight! St Kilda came back from a similar deficit earlier today...
29:18
GOAL - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
30:16
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:29
BEHIND - Swans (Gary Rohan)
01:10
BEHIND - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
05:04
BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
07:22
BEHIND - Demons (Jay Kennedy-Harris)
07:44
The ball has been in Sydney's forward half for an impressive 61 per cent of the game so far. The number is 59 per cent for this quarter.
09:39
Lance Franklin has had a solid game with 20 disposals (15 kicks) and 5 inside fifties. But he is yet to kick a goal tonight.
10:24
GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
11:47
BEHIND - Swans (Mike Pyke)
13:25
BEHIND - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
14:05
Both teams have been wasteful this quarter. Sydney have kicked 0.3 (3) from 6 inside fifty entries, and Melbourne have kicked 1.3 (9) from 4 entries.
15:57
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
18:58
Sydney have lost some of their urgency. Melbourne have out-possessed them this quarter, with 20 more possessions as 76 per cent efficiency (to Sydney's 69 per cent efficiency).
20:13
BEHIND - Swans (Ted Richards)
21:14
GOAL - Demons (Jeff Garlett)
22:52
GOAL - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
23:56
BEHIND - Swans (Lewis Jetta)
24:22
Melbourne Interchange - Ben Newton replaces Aaron Vandenberg due to the blood rule.
25:59
Melbourne have saved some face in this last quarter. They now have 3.3 (21) to Sydney's 0.6 (6), although they have only had 6 inside fifties to Sydney's 12 for the quarter.
26:02
BEHIND - Swans (Mike Pyke)
27:09
GOAL - Swans (Adam Goodes)
28:18
Goodes has looked good since coming on as the substitude. He has picked up 11 disposals and kicked a goal.
28:54
Kennedy has put in a very good showing for the Swans, picking up 30 disposals, 7 clearances, 17 contested possessions, 3 inside fifties and kicking 2 goals.
29:52
The scoreboard probably did not reflect the one-sided nature of this game. Sydney never looked challenged. They had 30 more inside 50s, 38 more possessions, and the ball was in their forward half for 63 per cent of the game.
30:22
The siren has sounded to end Q4.