Match

Gold Coast Suns vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 23 Apr 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Metricon Stadium for the Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne Round 5 clash.
59:33
Outs for Suns: K.Brooksby, S.May, T.Nicholls, D.Prestia, R.Davis
59:34
Ins for Suns: T.McKenzie, P.Wright, J.Grant, D.Currie, L.Russell
59:35
Outs for Kangaroos: M.Wood
59:36
Ins for Kangaroos: K.Turner
59:40
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00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
The Kangaroos score from 28 per cent of intercept possessions, ranked second.
00:50
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
04:59
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
06:19
Suns Interchange - Gary Ablett off due to an injury.
07:15
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
08:43
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
09:07
North Melbourne has had 20 forward half disposals, the Suns have had just five.
10:31
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
11:44
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jesse Lonergan)
12:43
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
13:59
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Martin)
15:04
North Melbourne with the early lead, it is using the ball better by foot, recording a kicking efficiency of 72 per cent to 50 per cent so far.
15:53
Nick Malceski is busy early with six disposals, two intercept possessions and two score assists.
15:59
Suns Interchange - Adam Saad off due to an injury.
17:18
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
17:27
All four goals have been kicked by 200cm plus players. Ben Brown has two, Goldstein has one and Wright has one for the Suns.
18:57
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
20:10
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
20:42
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
21:48
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jarrad Grant)
22:13
Gold Coast has had three chains starting in the attacking midfield, scoring from all three of these.
23:20
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
24:51
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
25:03
The Kangaroos have won eight clearances for the game, scoring a total of 3.1 from these.
28:49
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Sam Gibson)
29:03
North Melbourne winning the ball out of the centre with a centre bounce clearance differential 6-1.
30:20
The Suns win their second centre clearance of the game which results in a goal to Tom Lynch. They have scored directly from both centre clearances kicking 1.1 (7) from this source.
30:21
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
31:26
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:54
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
03:51
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
05:28
North Melbourne has turned the ball over four times in its defensive half and Gold Coast has punished them with a score all four times.
07:11
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Dal Santo)
08:46
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
11:32
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
11:49
There are two types of groundball-gets, Hardball and looseball. North are winning the hardball-get count in close 19-10 but the Suns are winning the looseball-get count 22-12, winning the contested ball in space.
13:44
Jarrad Waite continuing his good form, he has nine disposals and a team-high three score assists so far in the game.
14:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
15:37
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
16:15
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Alex Sexton)
16:44
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
16:49
Gold Coast winning the inside 50 count 11-6 for the quarter. It has scored just 2.5 from its entries.
18:24
Both teams have won 10 free-kicks for the game. The Suns have won seven in their forward half and the Kangaroos just three.
18:56
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Michael Rischitelli)
19:10
Gold Coast is winning the time in forward half 64 per cent to 36 per cent so far this quarter. It has kicked four of the last five goals of the game.
20:07
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
23:11
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
25:27
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jamie Macmillan)
25:55
North Melbourne is tackling stronger today. It leads the tackle count 29-21 and has a tackle efficiency of 64 per cent - 15 per cent higher than the Suns.
26:30
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
28:45
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
30:26
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
31:05
North Mlebourne winning the inside 50 count 9-3 in the past 10 minutes.
31:30
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
31:40
North Melbourne is leading the scoring shots 18-16 for the game. North Melbourne getting more assisted scores with 16 score assists to Gold Coast's six.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:42
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
04:49
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Kade Kolodjashnij)
05:50
The Kangaroos have had 70 effective forward half disposals, Gold Coast has had just 38 .
09:19
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Gary Ablett)
09:30
Gold Coast has kicked 4.6 (30) from forward half intercepts. The score would be closer if they can capitalise on these.
10:30
Daniel Currie has fought well tonight. He and Goldstein have 15 hitouts each, but Currie leads the hitouts-to-advantage 6-5. Currie has also applied 10 pressure acts, the equal most for his side.
11:33
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
13:01
North Melbourne are ganging up on Tom Lynch in the air. Gold Coast have targeted him eight times for the game, but only two of these have been one-on-one contests.
14:28
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
15:59
Peter Wright has three goals and an equal team-high four intercept possessions for the match.
16:14
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
17:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
19:39
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
21:14
Kangaroos Interchange - Ben Jacobs off due to an injury.
22:30
North Melbourne still dominating out of the centre winning the centre bounce clearances 16-6. It has scored five goals from centre bounce clearances.
23:39
Nick Dal Santo sets up a Shaun Higgins shot at goal with his 10th disposal for the quarter.
24:00
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
25:33
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Daniel Currie)
27:17
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
27:27
Andrew Swallow has 22 disposals for the game. He has game-highs of 15 contested possessions, 11 groundball-gets and five score launches.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:40
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
04:04
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
04:46
Drew Petrie kicks his second goal for the night and his 408th of his career, giving North Melbourne a lead of 28 points, the largest margin of the match.
05:31
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Touk Miller)
06:14
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
06:46
The Kangaroos have kicked two goals for the quarter, both from Gold Coast defensive half turnovers.
08:04
The last two North Melbourne goals have come from Gold Coast turnovers from handballs in the defensive 50.
08:20
Suns Interchange - Adam Saad off due to an injury.
09:45
North Melbourne are winning the contested possessions in the midfield 85-68. Andrew Swallow has won a game-high 14 contested possessions in the midfield tonight.
10:36
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
11:07
In the first half North Melbourne kicked 4.5 from set shots, it has been more accurate after half time, scoring 4.1 from set shots in the second half.
13:44
Kangaroos Interchange - Robbie Tarrant off due to the blood rule.
15:44
A huge discrepancy in usage by foot this quarter. North Melbourne has a kicking efficiency of 88 per cent and Gold Coast is going at just 47 per cent.
18:37
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Gary Ablett)
21:23
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
24:31
Brent Harvey continues to defy his age, with a team-high nine disposals here in the final quarter. He has also launched two scores.
25:12
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
28:06
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Peter Wright)
28:37
The siren has sounded to end Q4.