Match

North Melbourne vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 26 Mar 2016

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to Etihad Stadium for the North Melbourne v Adelaide Crows Round 1 clash.

59:40

Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.

00:00

Adelaide skipper Taylor Walker had eleven scoring shots that night - his most for the 2015 season - resulting in six majors. 2013 All-Australian defender Scott D. Thompson will be aiming to limit Walker's output tonight.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:54

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Dal Santo)

04:30

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

04:36

The opening goal for both sides for season 2016 originated from the intercept of an opposition disposal.

05:38

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)

06:00

North's Jack Ziebell has started the game with the opening three clearances. His career average is 4.2 per game.

07:32

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)

11:11

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Matt Crouch)

13:13

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)

15:46

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)

17:02

After Ziebell extracted four of the game's first five clearances, the Crows have responded with the next six.

19:47

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)

20:28

Not especially known for his tackling, North big man Todd Goldstein leads all players on the ground with four in the early going.

22:45

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

24:03

Kangaroo Michael Firrito has taken three marks directly from Adelaide player's kicks. Only two other players on the ground have taken even one under the same circumstance.

25:07

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)

26:05

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

27:27

After missing the corresponding game last year, North Melbourne's Robbie Tarrant is doing the team things to try and get a different result. He has three one-percenters for the Roos.

27:44

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)

28:49

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)

28:56

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:12

Crow Eddie Betts has the most disposals on the ground thus far with nine, and has also laid four tackles. However, his two early scoring shots have only registered behinds for the visitors.

01:12

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)

01:49

Roo Jarrad Waite becomes the game's first multiple goal scorer. In his first season with North Melbourne last year, Waite produced 42 goals from 23 games.

03:08

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

08:03

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)

09:09

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

10:30

Kangaroo ruckman Goldstein averaged 44.1 hitouts per game in 2015. He has carried that form into the first half tonight, where he already has 18 hitouts less than half way through the second term. His Crow counterpart Sam Jacobs has ten for Adelaide.

11:20

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)

12:22

SCORE GOAL - Crows (David Mackay)

12:41

The clearance count for the second term favours the Crows nine to two so far. North won this statistic ten to nine in the first quarter.

13:51

Kangaroos Interchange - Jed Anderson and is possibly out for the game.

15:08

Kangaroos Interchange - Lindsay Thomas off due to an injury.

17:42

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)

20:07

Jack Ziebell has ten first-half contested possessions for North, equalling his average for the 2015 season. He and teammate Ben Cunnington (eight) lead all players on the ground in this category.

20:15

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Sam Jacobs)

21:13

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)

23:38

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

24:38

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)

25:26

The third goal for Josh Jenkins equals the tally he scored against the Kangaroos last season. His career best is six against West Coast in Round 22, 2015.

27:38

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)

29:45

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

31:53

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)

33:02

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:01

While Jack Ziebell leads all players on the ground with 16 disposals (eight in each quarter), his efficiency dropped from 75 per cent in the first term to 38 per cent in the second.

02:14

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

04:00

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)

05:14

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)

05:43

After two behinds in the first half, Lindsay Thomas has a third quarter goal. The North forward scored 34 goals in his 21 games last year.

07:50

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

09:45

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Scott Thompson)

11:17

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)

12:28

Kangaroos Interchange - Andrew Swallow off due to an injury.

12:49

Crow backmen Daniel Talia and Kyle Cheney have combined for 12 spoils, helping Adelaide lead this category 29 to 23.

13:46

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

18:18

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)

21:15

Adelaide's Scott Thompson has averaged over 20 disposals for the last ten seasons. His 15 so far tonight suggest an eleventh consecutive season may be a possibility.

23:32

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)

24:59

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)

25:09

Three straight majors to veteran Brent Harvey mark the first time tonight that North Melbourne have kicked three consecutive goals.

27:36

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Richard Douglas)

29:12

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Taylor Garner)

33:10

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Robbie Tarrant)

35:38

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:06

North Melbourne's Andrew Swallow has laid ten tackles tonight, to lead all players on the ground. His 2015 average of 7.5 per game was his best since his career year in 2010 when he averaged 8.3. The best tackling Crow tonight is Brad Crouch with nine.

02:12

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)

03:02

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)

03:19

With five of the last six goals, the Kangaroos have taken the lead for the first time since the 11 minute mark of the first term.

04:50

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Dal Santo)

05:58

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)

07:37

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

08:10

Just two of Adelaide's goals tonight have been kicked from a distance of greater than 40 metres. This compares to the Roos with five from this far out.

09:20

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

12:22

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke McDonald)

14:26

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)

14:45

In his first game since Round 2 of 2015, Roo Daniel Wells has 17 disposals at 82 per cent efficiency, including a game-high eight inside 50s. He has also laid five tackles and provided two goal assists.

16:48

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitch McGovern)

22:57

SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Taylor Garner)

23:21

The Sam Gibson clearance broke an Adelaide run of five, and the end result was a goal to Taylor Garner.

23:59

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitch McGovern)

25:43

SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)

28:17

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitch McGovern)

28:28

Three scoring shots on debut for Mitch McGovern. Unfortunately for he and the Crows, they resulted in only minor scores.

28:42

The siren has sounded to end Q4.