Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Carlton

Commentary / 09 Apr 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Metricon Stadium for the Gold Coast Suns v Carlton Round 3 clash.
59:33
Outs for Suns: C.Ah Chee
59:34
Ins for Suns: M.Rosa
59:35
Outs for Blues: S.White, A.Everitt, J.Lamb
59:36
Ins for Blues: C.Byrne, D.Buckley, M.Whiley
59:40
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00:00
Carlton is ranked number seven for conceding scores from clearances in the first two rounds. This could be exploited by Gold Coast, who has launched a score from 30.4 per cent of clearances in rounds one and two.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:02
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Wright)
04:15
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Clay Cameron)
05:37
Carlton is winning the disposal 23 to 13 and have had five inside 50's to 1, but their kicking efficiency is just 22 per cent in their forward half. Alternatively, Gold Coast has converted their only inside 50 from the forward half into a goal.
08:41
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
09:45
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
11:01
Carlton has launched four inside 50's from six intercepts in their midfield. However, Gold Coast has created an intercept on each occasion. As a result, Carlton's first goal has been launched from a clearance.
11:56
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
13:12
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Dylan Buckley)
14:50
Suns Interchange - Gary Ablett off due to the blood rule.
15:05
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Levi Casboult)
15:11
The difference between the two sides has been the ball use from intercepts. Although, Gold Coast has had two less intercepts, they have converted each from their midfield into an inside 50 and 50 per cent of those into a goal.
16:44
Ed Curnow has dominated in the middle early on and may require attention. He has six contested possessions, two clearances, three intercepts and two score involvements.
17:31
Suns Interchange - Trent McKenzie and is possibly out for the game.
19:32
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Malceski)
20:11
Carlton is benefiting from prolific ruck work. They have four hit-outs-to advantage and have won the last three clearances. The have generated a score from each one, but despite having as many scoring shots as the Suns, they trail by ten points.
21:25
Suns Interchange - Dion Prestia off due to an injury.
23:27
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brandon Matera)
23:45
Since the 10th minute mark, Gold Coast has had ten inside 50's to 3. This is primarily due to creating repeat entries from generating six intercepts in their attacking midfield.
27:17
The key to Carlton's game plan has been scoring from their attacking midfield. In that half, they created just three inside 50's and managed one behind from this zone. Whilst Gold Coast, generated seven inside 50's and two goals from this source.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:49
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)
02:27
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ryan Davis)
04:25
Suns Interchange - Alex Sexton off due to an injury.
04:39
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
04:47
All four of Gold Coast's goals have come from intercepts. Primarily, this is due to their kicking efficiency, which is 9 per cent higher in their attacking half. Alternatively, Carlton has scored both their goals from stoppage situations.
07:33
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Zach Tuohy)
07:47
Aaron Hall has come into the game since the latter stages of the first quarter. He know is leading the disposals with 12 and has created run and carry with nine handball receives and four inside 50's.
09:06
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Sam Day)
11:19
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Sam Kerridge)
12:38
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Gary Ablett)
13:11
Gold Coast has been able to generate a score from each of their three clearances in the midfield this half, however they have been inefficient scoring three behinds from set shots.
16:23
Gold Coast continue to dominate the clearances 14-8 and find targets with ten marks inside 50 to five. But their kicking efficiency in the attacking half has dropped by 11 per cent.
17:32
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Hall)
21:01
Zach Tuohy has an extremely high 253 metres gained for the quarter, but just 13 per cent of these disposals have been retained. Carlton has been unable to generate a score from nine chains beginning in their defensive half.
23:05
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
23:47
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
23:58
Gary Ablett has had a big quarter and now has 17 disposals, five clearances and a game-high seven score involvements.
25:42
Both teams have struggled with their efficiency in the attacking half, They have both had six unforced turnovers and their disposal efficiency is just 54 and 45 per cent for the Gold Coast and Carlton in their attacking half.
25:45
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
28:08
Despite having a similar number of intercepts, Gold Coast were more proficient scoring all five goals from intercepts compared to two goals for Carlton.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:16
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Wright)
03:20
Carlton are ranked second last in the competition for generating scores from their defensive midfield. But have been efficient in this game, scoring two of their three goals from this source.
05:21
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
05:44
Aaron Hall has had an influential five minutes with six disposals, two clearances at 100 per cent kicking efficiency.
07:06
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Sam Day)
07:38
Before this game, Gold Coast launched 29.9 per cent of their scores from their attacking midfield. Today, they have generated 50 per cent of scores from this zone.
09:19
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Aaron Hall)
10:10
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Brandon Matera)
11:50
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
12:24
Despite Gold Coast winning the last five clearances, Carlton has launched the first goal of the half from a stoppage situation. They have been more proficient from this source, scoring three goals from 14 clearances.
16:13
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Martin)
17:29
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
19:56
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
21:57
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
23:02
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Martin)
23:33
Gold Coast has continued on from their form in round 1, where they were ranked number two for generating scores from intercepts. Today, they have launched all nine of their goals from intercepts.
24:48
Suns Interchange - Rory Thompson and is possibly out for the game.
24:57
Gold Coast's disposal efficiency has been 13 per cent higher this half and as a result they have converted 25 per cent of intercepts into goals. However, Carlton have been unable to find a key figure inside 50 with zero marks inside 50.
29:14
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
30:05
In that quarter, Gold Coast had five less intercept and four less clearances. But, generated two more goals as a result of their ability to create four markets inside 50. Jack Martin kicked two goals and Aaron Hall had a phenomenal 14 disposals.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:30
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
03:40
Ed Curnow has 403 metres gained, eight intercepts and 28 disposals. He is just four away from a career high. Whilst with his 33rd disposal, Aaron Hall is just 3 disposals away from his career high.
04:20
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brandon Matera)
05:52
Blues Interchange - Charlie Curnow off due to an injury.
06:33
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Martin)
06:58
That goal to Jack Martin is the Gold Coast's tenth from an intercept possessions, they have created 42 per cent of scores in their attacking midfield.
08:00
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
09:57
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
10:03
Gold Coast have simply been more efficient in the forward 50, creating 20 marks inside 50 to Carlton's five. Their kicking efficiency is also 15 per cent greater in this zone.
11:16
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ryan Davis)
11:46
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jesse Lonergan)
13:07
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Levi Casboult)
13:23
Gold Coast has won four of the past five clearances and generated eleven of the last fourteen inside 50's. Carlton's kicking efficiency is 23 per cent lower in the midfield, where Gold Coast has created three goals from intercepts.
14:28
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Dale Thomas)
16:49
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
19:33
Gary Ablett and Tom Lynch are currently sharing a game-high ten score involvements, whilst Ablett continues to show his class around the stoppages with six centre clearances.
21:49
Aaron Hall has now surpassed his career high with 37 disposals to go with 24 handball receives and nine score involvements.
21:57
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
23:04
Ultimately, Gold Coast has been more efficient today. Their disposal efficiency of 76 per cent has allowed them to convert 19 per cent of intercepts into goals compared to just 7.5 per cent for Carlton.
24:32
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Sam Day)
25:31
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
26:25
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Aaron Hall)
26:28
The siren has sounded to end Q4.