Match

Sydney Swans vs Collingwood

Commentary / 26 Mar 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to SCG for the Sydney Swans v Collingwood Round 1 clash.
59:40
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00:00
Collingwood has won nine out of past 11 games against Sydney outside of Victoria, by an average margin of 19 points. However, all of these matches, bar the most recent encounter, an encounter the Magpies lost, were at Stadium Australia not the SCG.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:39
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
04:00
Luke Parker has already won four contested possessions. Collingwood has won just three.
04:31
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Callum Mills)
08:33
Magpies Interchange - Dane Swan and is possibly out for the game.
08:48
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
10:49
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
11:16
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
11:36
Sydney has nine of the first 12 inside 50s for the match, but have kicked a wasteful 1.4.10 to 0.0.0 thus far.
13:39
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jarryd Blair)
13:59
Collingwood is dominating uncontested possession 34 to 14, led by Steele Sidebottom with six uncontested possessions.
16:14
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Callum Sinclair)
16:59
Both teams have been ineffective by foot with both teams recording a kicking efficiency of just 53 per cent.
18:23
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Mitchell)
19:28
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
21:03
All three of Sydney's goals have come from stoppages, with two coming directly from centre bounce clearances. Conversely, they have been wasteful punishing Collingwood turnovers, kicking 0.5.5 from this score source.
23:21
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Kurt Tippett)
24:01
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
24:41
Collingwood kicks its first goal for the match from a kick-in chain. It is only the second chain out of 15 defensive 50 chains that has resulted in an inside 50 for the Magpies.
27:06
Magpies Interchange - Alex Fasolo off due to an injury.
27:48
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Kieren Jack)
28:58
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Harry Cunningham)
29:33
Collingwood won the clearance battle 12 to five for the term, but were outscored 3.1.19 to 0.0.0 from this score source.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:17
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
02:43
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (George Hewett)
03:49
SCORE GOAL - Swans (George Hewett)
04:06
Sydney has picked up in the second quarter where it left off from the first, leading disposals 18 to five and kicking 2.1.13 from its first three inside 50s of the term.
06:29
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
08:52
Collingwood has a kicking efficiency of just 51 per cent for the match, recording a kicking efficiency of only 33 per cent in the second term. Only wasteful kicking of 1.9.15 from turnover chains is keeping the margin as close as it is (at 40 points).
10:26
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
11:37
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Ben Sinclair)
15:05
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
15:12
Sydney has double Collingwood's disposals this quarter, leading 63 to 31 in this area and is going at 70 per cent by foot compared to the Magpies' 44 per cent, kicking 4.2.26 to 0.2.2 for the quarter.
16:33
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
19:44
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Dean Towers)
20:03
Sydney has outscored Collingwood 6.2.38 to 0.0.0 from stoppages tonight, including 4.0.24 from centre bounce clearances, a tally the Swans only bettered twice last season.
21:44
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
25:44
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jarryd Blair)
28:26
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
28:53
Magpies Interchange - Jarrod Witts off due to the blood rule.
29:08
Sydney has recorded a staggering 39 inside 50s in the first half. Last season its best effort in a half was 36 inside 50s. The Swans recorded 70 inside 50s on two occasions last season, against GWS in Round 21 and Gold Coast in Round 23.
29:24
Collingwood's -25 in contested possession differential is its worst result in a first half in this area since Round 17, 2000 and its third worst first half in this area ever.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:07
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Harry Cunningham)
02:50
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Dan Hannebery)
03:27
The Swans have scored from 24 per cent of chains launched from their defensive 50 tonight. Last season they scored from 10 per cent of these defensive 50 chains.
04:43
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Callum Sinclair)
07:32
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Dan Hannebery)
08:07
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
09:26
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (George Hewett)
10:46
The Swans have now scored 5.1.31 to 0.0.0 from centre bounce clearances, their best result from this score source since Round 11, 2014.
11:51
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
13:53
Swans Interchange - Dan Hannebery and is possibly out for the game.
14:20
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Callum Mills)
16:45
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Mitchell)
18:13
The Swans have generated seven scores from nine chains launched from within their forward 50, a strike rate of 78 per cent. Last season they scored from 56 per cent of forward 50 chains, ranked 15th in the competition.
18:40
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
20:42
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Mitchell)
22:08
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Moore)
22:38
Three of Collingwood's four goals have been launched from its defensive 50. Last season the Magpies averaged just 11 points from chains launched in their defensive 50, ranked 17th in the AFL.
24:51
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
25:58
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Alex Fasolo)
26:51
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
28:42
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
30:38
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
30:53
Magpies Interchange - Brayden Maynard off due to the blood rule.
31:53
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
33:07
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Mitchell)
33:11
Sydney continue to dominate the inside 50s and contested possessions, leading the inside 50s 21 to 10 for the quarter and contested possessions 46 to 35. For the match, the Swans are up by 36 in contested possession and 30 in inside 50 entries.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:16
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
01:27
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
02:29
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Harry Cunningham)
04:03
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
08:04
The Swans are now up to 65 inside 50s for the match. The AFL record for inside 50s is 83.
08:58
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Zak Jones)
09:04
The Swans have been outstanding from the stoppages tonight, winning the clearances 33 to 25 and outscoring Collingwood 9.7.61 to 1.2.8 from this score source.
14:28
Luke Parker has amassed a career-high 37 disposals, 17 contested possessions, six clearances and a goal. Parker's previous best disposal tally was 35 disposals, achieved twice.
15:22
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
16:23
Jake Lloyd has also amassed a career-high in disposals with 32 disposals at 69 per cent efficiency, eclipsing his previous best haul of 29 disposals against Brisbane in Round 7, 2014.
16:51
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
18:03
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
20:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brayden Maynard)
20:45
Sydney would be happy with its three debutants tonight. George Hewett has recorded 15 disposals, seven contested possessions, six tackles and a goal. Tom Papley has kicked three goals from 11 disposals and Callum Mills has recorded 18 disposals.
22:49
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
23:30
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
23:47
Magpies Interchange - Marley Williams and is possibly out for the game.
24:55
Swans Interchange - Michael Talia and is possibly out for the game.
26:43
Kieran Jack is the next Swan midfielder to have recorded a career-high for disposals with 35 at 63 per cent efficiency, eclipsing his previous best of 34 disposals recorded in Round 18, 2011 against the Western Bulldogs.
27:33
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
28:18
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
29:19
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
31:30
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brent Macaffer)
32:03
The Swans kicked 10.8.68 from stoppage chains tonight, its best result in this area since Round 19, 2013 against the Western Bulldogs.