Match

North Melbourne vs Geelong Cats

Commentary / 11 Jul 2015

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:54
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
04:50
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
06:42
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
08:13
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Atley)
09:50
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Josh Walker)
11:28
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Andrew Mackie)
14:57
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
17:00
Cats Interchange - Steve Johnson off due to a concussion.
19:12
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mathew Stokes)
22:56
Cats Interchange - Steve Johnson off due to a concussion.
26:16
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
29:52
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Steven Motlop)
29:59
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:34
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Andrew Swallow)
03:41
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Darcy Lang)
06:41
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Cory Gregson)
07:50
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
08:48
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
10:50
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
12:36
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
13:56
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
15:17
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Taylor Garner)
15:51
Kangaroos Interchange - Kayne Turner off due to an injury.
16:59
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
18:10
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Steve Johnson)
19:43
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Taylor Garner)
24:37
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
28:19
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
29:17
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
32:31
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Taylor Garner)
33:21
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:22
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jordan Murdoch)
00:34
Kangaroos Interchange - Andrew Swallow off due to an injury.
01:58
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Kayne Turner)
04:30
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Josh Caddy)
08:28
Kangaroos Interchange - Kayne Turner off due to a concussion.
09:05
Kangaroos Interchange - Kayne Turner off due to a concussion.
09:16
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
12:43
Kangaroos Interchange - Sam Gibson off due to the blood rule.
13:39
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Joel Selwood)
17:09
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
18:51
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
19:42
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Taylor Garner)
20:41
BEHIND - Cats (James Kelly)
24:50
GOAL - Cats (Josh Walker)
25:08
All three of Geelong's goals have come from clearances this quarter, an area that the Cats lead 11 to six this quarter.
25:13
North Melbourne Interchange - Ben Cunnington was substituted into the game for Brent Harvey.
26:36
Geelong Cats Interchange - James Kelly off due to an injury.
28:40
GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
29:27
North Melbourne has kicked its second goal as a result of a chain launched from its defensive 50. The Kangaroos are ranked No.1 in the competition for points scored from chains launched from their defensive 50, averaging 18 points per game.
31:20
GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
32:40
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:40
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Taylor Garner)
02:18
North Melbourne Interchange - Andrew Swallow off due to an injury.
04:11
GOAL - Cats (Josh Walker)
04:45
In a reversal of the early part of the third quarter, the Kangaroos have the first four inside 50s of the quarter for just one behind, while the Cats kick the first goal of the final quarter with their first entry.
05:23
GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
05:50
The Kangaroos have been more efficient in scoring from turnovers. The Kangaroos have generated 10 scoring shots from 48 Geelong turnovers, kicking 8.2.50, where as the Cats have generated 12 scoring shots from 48 North Melbourne turnovers, kicking 4.8.32.
07:40
GOAL - Cats (Andrew Mackie)
09:02
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
10:24
GOAL - Kangaroos (Sam Gibson)
12:06
North Melbourne has outscored Geelong 8.6.54 to 4.2.26 from stoppages tonight, kicking a season-best 6.3.39 from ball-up clearances.
12:24
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
13:07
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Dal Santo)
13:34
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
14:28
GOAL - Kangaroos (Andrew Swallow)
14:41
The Kangaroos have now kicked 9.7.61 from stoppages, its best result from this score source all season.
18:44
BEHIND - Cats (Mark Blicavs)
19:46
North Melbourne are leading contested possession 25 to 14 this quarter and after being down by 10 in this area at quarter time, it now leads 128 to 117 in this statistic.
20:59
GOAL - Kangaroos (Jamie Macmillan)
21:11
North Melbourne has kicked 7.0.42 from chains launched from its defensive midfield zone tonight, its second best result from this zone this season. Three goals have come from stoppages and four have come from intercept possessions.
24:56
BEHIND - Cats (Cory Gregson)
26:05
GOAL - Cats (Steve Johnson)
28:17
Geelong Cats Interchange - Jared Rivers off due to an injury.
30:50
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
31:37
The siren has sounded to end Q4.