Match

North Melbourne vs Melbourne

Commentary / 10 Apr 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Blundstone Arena for the North Melbourne v Melbourne Round 3 clash.
59:33
Outs for Kangaroos: L.Hansen
59:34
Ins for Kangaroos: S.Thompson
59:35
Outs for Demons: J.Garlett, C.Pedersen, C.Garland, A.Brayshaw
59:36
Ins for Demons: L.Dunn, B.Stretch, S.Frost, J.Wagner
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
Jarrad Waite has been involved in 37 per cent of North Melbourne's scoring chains this season, the highest percentage at the club and ninth in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:03
North Melbourne source the opening goal of the game from a turnover won in its attacking midfield. It has launched 36 points per game from the attacking midfield this season, ranked third in the competition.
05:51
North Melbourne has sourced both of its goals from turnovers in the attacking midfield. It has launched 23 points per game from turnovers in the attacking midfield this season, ranked 10th in the competition.
09:08
After conceding the first three forward 50 entries of the game, North Melbourne has recorded the last six.
09:38
Make that seven forward 50 entries in a row for the Roos. They have scored a goal ffrom 31 per cent of forward 50 entries in 2016, ranked second in the competition.
11:09
North Melbourne has won four turnovers in the attacking midfield and launched a goal from all of them. Melbourne has failed to score from four turnovers in the same zone.
12:37
Todd Goldstein's second goal was launched from a centre bounce clearance. The Roos have scored 12 points per game from this source in 2016, ranked 11th in the competition.
15:35
North Melbourne has recorded 21 effective kicks, 15 more than Melbourne.
18:28
North Melbourne has launched all six of its goals from chains originating forward of centre.
20:58
North Melbourne has gone inside forward 50 from all four of its centre bounce clearance wins and booted a goal from two of them.
23:09
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
24:05
Melbourne source its first goal of the game from a turnover won in the attacking midfield. It has scored 22 points per game in 2016 from chains launched in the attacking midfield, ranked 16th in the competition.
25:01
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
26:09
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
28:48
Melbourne lead the clearance count 17-11 and that was its first score launched from this source. North Melbourne has launched four scores from clearances.
32:00
North Melbourne has grabbed six marks inside 50 and booted four goals from marks. The Roos have grabbed 15 marks per game inside 50 this season, the fifth-most in the competition.
34:33
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Dean Kent)
35:31
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
35:33
Melbourne won the ball at the contest in the first quarter. It won 12 more groundball-gets and eight more clearances, but it struggled to retain possession, recording 19 fewer effective kicks than North Melbourne.
35:35
Todd Goldstein was a standout in the first quarter. He won a team-high five clearances with four of these launching scores for his team.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:47
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Dean Kent)
02:14
Melbourne has recorded seven of the last eight forward 50 entries and outscored North Melbourne by eight points during this period.
04:25
Melbourne has won two clearances this quarter and launched a goal from both.
07:25
Nine of North Melbourne's 19 marks have come from Melbourne kicks.
08:23
After launching just two scores from eight turnovers in the attacking midfield in the first quarter, the Dees have launched two scores from two turnovers in this zone in the second quarter.
11:26
Max Gawn has won five hitouts-to-advantage this quarter with two of them launching goals for his team, including the last to Dom Tyson.
13:11
With that goal to Clayton Oliver, Melbourne has launched 32 points from chains originating in the attacking midfield. It had launched just 28 points per game from chains originating in the attacking midfield in the first two rounds.
15:14
The Dees lead the inside 50 count 11-1 this quarter and they have outscored the Roos by 37 points. Max Gawn has recorded a quarter-high four score involvements including two score launches, one score assist and one score.
19:33
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
20:39
Melbourne has booted seven goals this quarter whilst North Melbourne has recorded just four effective kicks.
22:41
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Taylor Garner)
23:01
Jack Ziebell has laid a quarter-high four tackles but failed to win a disposal.
24:20
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
25:12
Jesse Hogan misses a shot-at-goal at one end and the Roos boot a goal at the other. The Roos have sourced 19 points per game from kick-ins in 2016, ranked No.1 in the competition.
27:07
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
29:49
Despite winning 15 fewer clearances than the Dees, the Roos have generated as many scores (five) from this source.
31:59
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
34:18
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Lynden Dunn)
35:34
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
35:36
Melbourne continued to win the ball at the contest in the second quarter. It won four more groundball-gets and eight more clearances, but unlike the first quarter it was able to retain possession, recording 20 more effective kicks than North Melbourne.
35:38
If Todd Goldstein was a standout in the first quarter, his direct opponent, Max Gawn, was in the second quarter. Gawn won 10 hitouts-to-advantage to go with four disposals, two clearances and a goal.
35:40
Bernie Vince was also good for the Dees. He recorded quarter-highs for disposals (11), contested possessions (eight), clearances (six) and score assists (three).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:58
Kangaroos Interchange - Jack Ziebell off due to an injury.
02:21
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
05:08
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
07:15
Melbourne has recorded nine more disposals and two more inside 50s than North Melbourne this quarter, and it leads the quarter by one point.
08:34
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
11:37
Luke McDonald has won four intercept possessions with two of them launching goals for his team.
13:25
Melbourne continues to dominate the clearances and is leading that count 5-3 this quarter with both if its goals being launched from this source.
14:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
14:51
Despite winning three fewer centre clearances, the Roos have outscored the Dees by 13 points from this source.
15:55
Melbourne scored a total 13 points from turnovers in the forward 50 in the first two rounds. It was scored 12 points from this source today.
18:04
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
19:44
Both teams have scored four goals from free kicks.
21:21
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
22:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jamie Macmillan)
25:01
Both teams have won seven clearances this quarter and launched two goals from them.
28:00
Brent Harvey has recorded three kicks this quarter with all resulting in a goal.
29:00
Kangaroos Interchange - Taylor Garner and is possibly out for the game.
33:25
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Nathan Jones)
34:26
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
34:28
Max Gawn won five hitouts-to-advantage in the third quarter and is up to 20 for the game, a career-high. His previous high was 19 against the Giants in round 23, 2015.
34:30
Jack Ziebell finished with four tackles in the third quarter and is up to 14 for the game, a career-high. His previous high was 11 which he had laid on two occasions.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:30
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Dean Kent)
02:03
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ben Kennedy)
03:20
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jesse Hogan)
05:45
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
06:36
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
07:28
Max Gawn is up to 23 hitouts-to-advantage with five of them launching goals for his team.
08:39
North Melbourne has conceded 63 points from clearances. It conceded 62 points in total from this source in the first two rounds.
10:23
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
14:34
Todd Goldstein has now booted five goals which equals his career-high, achieved against the Dees in round 19, 2009.
15:44
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
17:52
Jarrad Waite has been involved in 35 per cent of North Melbourne's scoring chains.
18:59
North Melbourne has scored 31 points from centre bounces, the third-most by any team in 2016.
24:59
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
26:12
Max Gawn is up to 25 hitouts-to-advantage, the second-most won in a game since 1999. Todd Goldstein holds the record with 27. Seven of Gawn's hitouts-to-advantage have launched scores for his team.
27:25
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
31:14
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Aaron vandenBerg)
33:21
Jack Ziebell is up to 19 tackles for the game which equals the record set by Jude Bolton for the Swans against the Eagles in round 3, 2011.
33:42
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Dean Kent)
34:20
Kangaroos Interchange - Drew Petrie off due to the blood rule.
35:18
The siren has sounded to end Q4.