Match

GWS Giants vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 30 Apr 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Spotless Stadium for the GWS Giants v Hawthorn Round 6 clash.
59:33
Outs for Giants: R.Griffen, D.Smith
59:34
Ins for Giants: R.Palmer, N.Haynes
59:35
Outs for Hawks: B.Hartung, W.Langford
59:36
Ins for Hawks: K.Lovell, D.Howe
59:40
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00:00
However, Hawthorn has won the inside 50 count in all four of its games against the Giants, winning the count by an average of 21 per game.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:00
Giant Zac Williams has laid three tackles in the opening two minutes.
03:39
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
04:13
First goal scorer Paul Puopolo has now kicked 11.1 for the season.
04:55
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rory Lobb)
09:42
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
13:13
Tom Scully is averaging a career-high 28 disposals per game this season, six more than his previous best in his debut season in 2010. So far today he has just the one handball.
15:33
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Steve Johnson)
18:14
GWS is dominating the disposal count 73 to 45. They are also getting rid of the football with slightly better efficiency than the Hawks, 78 per cent versus 73 per cent.
19:02
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
20:43
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Scully)
21:53
Dylan Shiel has 11 first term possessions (five contested, six uncontested), the most of any player on the ground. However, his disposal efficiency is just 64 per cent, and he has committed three clangers.
22:07
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
23:56
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
25:35
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rory Lobb)
26:57
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zac Williams)
27:23
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
28:35
With five goals straight in his season debut last week, and a further two in today's opening stanza, Giant Jeremy Cameron has not scored a behind since Round 23 last year against Melbourne, when he registered 2.2.
29:12
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rory Lobb)
30:24
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Steve Johnson)
30:52
Giants Interchange - Nathan Wilson off due to an injury.
35:14
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:46
In his first season with GWS after 253 games with Geelong, Steve Johnson has scored a goal in his opening six games as a Giant.
02:42
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Steve Johnson)
05:56
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)
07:24
The Giants lead the hitout count marginally 24 to 20. However, they are dominating the hitouts to advantage, nine to just two for Hawthorn. The majority of these hitouts to advantage (six) are coming from the taps of Shane Mumford.
08:15
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
10:21
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
11:17
Greater Western Sydney has won 11 of the last 12 clearances.
11:39
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rory Lobb)
13:45
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jordan Lewis)
14:04
Giants Interchange - Heath Shaw off due to the blood rule.
15:11
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rory Lobb)
16:33
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
17:29
With a career goal accuracy of 65.8 per cent, Jack Gunston has started the season poorly by his standards, kicking 7.6 (53.8 per cent) before today's game. However, three goals straight so far in this match suggests he is back in form.
17:35
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
18:36
Paul Puopolo had a career best game last week, finishing with 23 disposals, a game- and career-high 17 contested possessions, an equal career-high five goals and a game-high 10 scoring involvements. He has just the two kicks today, for two goals.
19:35
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
20:43
The Hawks have the last four inside 50s, three of which have resulted in goals.
21:50
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Steve Johnson)
24:08
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Lachie Whitfield)
25:12
Four of the Giants five second term goals have been the result of a chain that commenced with an intercept of a Hawthorn disposal.
25:24
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
26:31
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
30:42
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Steve Johnson)
32:28
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:00
Before today, the Hawks have averaged 84 tackles per game this season, the most of any side and nine more per game than any other side. In the first half today, they comfortably lost the tackle count to GWS, 29 to 38.
01:24
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
03:19
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Daniel Howe)
03:26
Hawthorn's Daniel Howe has kicked his first career goal in his seventh AFL game.
06:41
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rhys Palmer)
08:20
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
09:14
Giant Stephen Coniglio has a career average of 4.2 tackles per game over 66 AFL games. He has laid nine tackles already today, after amassing 12 total in his previous four games this season.
09:30
For the Hawks, Liam Shiels has laid seven tackles per game this season, the third-most of any player to have played more than one game. However, today he has just the one tackle so far in 59 minutes of time on the ground.
10:04
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rhys Palmer)
11:29
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Dylan Shiel)
12:48
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rhys Palmer)
15:46
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
17:50
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
18:33
Four goals today represents a seasons best so far for Jack Gunston. His previous 2016 high was in Round 1 when he kicked 3.1 in a loss to Geelong.
19:15
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
20:55
Hawks Interchange - James Frawley and is possibly out for the game.
21:49
Hawks Interchange - Sam Mitchell off due to the blood rule.
22:03
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (James Sicily)
26:02
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
27:35
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jonathon Ceglar)
27:49
Of the last six inside 50s, five have been for Hawthorn. However, they have not scored from any of these entries, whereas the Giants were able to generate a goal.
29:06
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
29:36
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Scully)
31:10
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rory Lobb)
32:22
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:13
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Sam Mitchell)
02:36
Leading into today's game, Hawthorn won two more free kicks than their opposition per game this season, the fifth-highest differential of any side. Today's count currently favours the Giants slightly, 16 to 15.
03:08
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Callan Ward)
03:57
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
04:41
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
06:24
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
06:51
Hawks Tim O'Brien and James Frawley have each had eight spoils today to be the leading players on the ground. Phil Davis has been best for GWS, with five.
09:11
In the past three weeks, the Hawks have conceded 411 disposals per game, the second-most of any side. Consistent with this, they are comfortably losing the disposal count today, 267 to 345.
09:19
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
10:49
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Callan Ward)
13:08
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
13:33
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Scully)
14:45
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
16:11
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Cyril Rioli)
16:56
Last week against St Kilda, Heath Shaw finished with a game-high seven intercept marks, the second-most of his career. Even though he has zero intercept marks today, he still has 29 disposals at 72 per cent efficiency, along with eight rebound 50s.
17:51
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
19:16
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rhys Palmer)
22:28
Hawk key position players Ben Stratton and Josh Gibson are the only players on the ground to have played 100 per cent game time.
22:34
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
24:42
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tom Scully)
25:30
Hawthorn debutant Kieran Lovell is nearing the end of his first game with 11 disposals, one mark, one tackle and two clearances for the defending premiers.
25:42
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
27:14
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Lachie Whitfield)
28:05
Five goals straight to Steve Johnson represents a new personal best as a Giant. It follows on from his 4.1 in victory against the Saints last week.
29:54
The siren has sounded to end Q4.