Match

Carlton vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 16 May 2015

Pre Game

00:00

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Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:30

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Devon Smith)

07:08

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

11:22

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Will Hoskin-Elliott)

13:32

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Cam McCarthy)

17:23

SCORE GOAL - Blues (Troy Menzel)

20:05

SCORE GOAL - Blues (Andrejs Everitt)

22:36

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Adam Treloar)

24:54

SCORE GOAL - Giants (James Stewart)

26:14

Blues Interchange - Marc Murphy off due to the blood rule.

27:37

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tomas Bugg)

28:46

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Will Hoskin-Elliott)

30:30

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:48

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Scully)

00:52

Blues Interchange - Chris Judd off due to an injury.

01:55

SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)

04:20

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Nick Haynes)

06:23

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Scully)

08:11

SCORE GOAL - Blues (Chris Judd)

11:39

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

13:02

SCORE GOAL - Blues (Cameron Wood)

17:21

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

20:07

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)

26:19

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

27:26

SCORE GOAL - Giants (James Stewart)

28:41

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (James Stewart)

29:47

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (James Stewart)

30:27

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:50

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Cam McCarthy)

04:01

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Cam McCarthy)

05:21

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Adam Treloar)

05:35

Blues Interchange - Andrew Carrazzo off due to an injury.

05:48

Giants Interchange - Ryan Griffen off due to an injury.

07:31

SCORE GOAL - Blues (Chris Judd)

13:10

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Callan Ward)

13:48

SCORE GOAL - Blues (Chris Yarran)

15:05

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

17:21

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

19:22

SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)

20:31

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

21:01

Cameron has kicked his third for the term with an incredible snap from 40 metres. He has now kicked 11 goals in the past two weeks, and 23 for the season (moving him into equal-second on the AFL leading goal kicker table this year).

21:49

BEHIND - Giants (Tomas Bugg)

23:21

BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

24:10

GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)

25:22

Greater Western Sydney is running away with the match, leading by 60 points. This term the Giants have won uncontested possessions 53-34, forced 14-7 turnovers, taken the ball inside forward 50 14-7 times, and have kicked 7.3 to 3.1.

26:04

BEHIND - Blues (Troy Menzel)

26:43

GWS Giants Interchange - Zac Williams was substituted into the game for Ryan Griffen.

27:02

BEHIND - Giants (Dylan Shiel)

29:44

BEHIND - Giants (Zac Williams)

30:35

GOAL - Giants (Adam Treloar)

30:57

Greater Western Sydney has kicked eight goals or more (8.5) for only the second time in a quarter in its history. The previous occasion was also in the third term in Victoria this year, against Melbourne in Round 2 (9.2.56).

33:31

GOAL - Blues (Zach Tuohy)

33:38

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:54

GOAL - Blues (Troy Menzel)

03:00

BEHIND - Giants (Dylan Shiel)

04:00

GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

04:08

Greater Western Sydney has a significant lead, but it could have been greater with more accuracy in shooting at goal. The Giants have kicked 15 goals straight from within 30 metres of the goal line, but only 2.13 from outside this distance.

06:21

In an otherwise down day for Carlton, Bryce Gibbs has shown his proficiency at the coal face. He has won 10 clearances for only the second time in his 184-game career (his personal best is 12, in the 2013 Elimination Final).

08:01

BEHIND - Blues (Tom Bell)

13:04

BEHIND - Giants (Cam McCarthy)

13:41

Greater Western Sydney has now taken the ball inside forward 50 63 times, to Carlton's 30. This is the most inside 50s the Giants have recorded in a match (previous best was 62 against Melbourne in Round 2).

17:37

Today's crowd of 16,676 is the lowest at a Carlton home game in Victoria since 16,371 at Carlton v Port Adelaide at the MCG, Round 19 2005.

19:35

GOAL - Giants (Joel Patfull)

21:25

BEHIND - Giants (Dylan Shiel)

25:34

BEHIND - Giants (Lachie Whitfield)

26:42

GOAL - Giants (Zac Williams)

26:55

Williams kicks Greater Western Sydney's eighth goal from a clearance. The Giants have kicked 3.2 from stoppages inside forward 50, and 8.7 for the game from 36 clearances. Carlton has directly scored 4.1 from 39 clearances.

28:25

BEHIND - Giants (James Stewart)

29:23

BEHIND - Giants (Adam Treloar)

29:31

The siren has sounded to end Q4.