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Pre Game
59:30
Welcome to MCG for the Collingwood v Geelong Cats Round 9 clash.
59:33
Outs for Magpies: B.Sinclair
59:34
Ins for Magpies: B.Reid
59:35
Outs for Cats: T.Lonergan
59:36
Ins for Cats: G.Horlin-Smith
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:10
In rounds 1-4 of the 2016 season the Magpies were ranked last in the AFL for both retention of possession from kicks and kicks resulting in a score inside forward 50. In rounds 5-8 they were ranked second and equal first respectively in these categories.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
03:06
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
05:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
06:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Steven Motlop)
07:28
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jesse White)
09:46
That goal to Jesse White broke a streak of five straight forward 50 entries to Geelong, from which they only registered 0.2 (2).
11:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Shane Kersten)
12:01
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
14:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
15:25
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Alex Fasolo)
17:00
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Alex Fasolo)
17:22
Geelong are playing well around the stoppages, leading the count for hitouts, first possessions and clearances, but Collingwood have scored the only two goals to be launched from stoppage clearances, both of which were launched by Jack Crisp.
20:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Varcoe)
22:03
Collingwood have locked the ball in their forward half in the last 10 minutes of the first quarter, recording nine of the last 10 forward 50 entries, and locking the ball in their forward half for 78 per cent of that time.
23:45
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
26:01
Collingwood clearly want to move the ball quickly, playing on from 21 of their 35 marks (60 per cent) compared to Geelong only playing on from eight of their 23 marks (34.7 per cent). In 2016, Collingwood are ranked 16th in the AFL for this category.
26:13
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
27:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
29:00
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jesse White)
29:08
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
29:18
Collingwood's 47 point first quarter is their second-best start to a match against Geelong since 1999. Their best start was a 50 point first quarter against the Magpies in Round 16, 2012.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
05:55
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Steven Motlop)
09:48
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Daniel Menzel)
10:23
That goal to Daniel Menzel is Geelong's first goal to be launched from an intercept possession in this match, compared to Collingwood's 4.4 (28). In the last four rounds, Geelong rank second in the AFL for points scored from this source per game (70.8).
11:38
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
13:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Ruggles)
15:18
After having the ball entrenched in their back half for 57 per cent of the first quarter, Geelong have regained some momentum in this category, with the ball staying in the Cats forward half for 60 per cent of the second quarter.
19:51
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Ben Crocker)
21:17
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
24:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
25:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
26:54
Collingwood and Geelong have had the exact same number of forward 50 entries as each other, but the former has been much more accurate than the latter, with Geelong kicking 2.5 (17) from set shots at goal, compared to Collingwood's 4.0 (24).
27:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Daniel Menzel)
27:45
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
27:55
In the 2016 season, Collingwood have averaged 69 uncontested marks per game, ranked 12th in the AFL. In the first half of this match, the Magpies have taken 57 uncontested marks.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:49
Cory Gregson has laid six tackles in this match so far, all in the second quarter. That is a new career-high mark for tackles in a quarter, eclipsing his previous best of four tackles which he recorded last round against Adelaide in the first quarter.
04:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
07:58
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Darcy Lang)
10:23
Geelong have made it much more difficult for Collingwood to retain possession from their kicks early in the third quarter, with the Magpies kicking efficiency dropping to 35 per cent for the quarter.
10:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Moore)
11:40
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
13:08
That mark to Jimmy Bartel was his seventh intercept possession of the game, which is the best mark of any player on the ground. He also has an equal game-high five score involvements.
14:18
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
16:54
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
19:34
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
21:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
24:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Varcoe)
26:12
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Josh Caddy)
28:08
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
28:18
Collingwood have been hunting the ball harder than their opponents in this match. In 2016, the Magpies average 98 groundball-gets per game, ranked sixth in the AFL. They have recorded 86 in the first three quarters of this match.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:51
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
02:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Steven Motlop)
04:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
04:52
The case could be made that this is Jack Crisp's best game for season 2016. He has game-high marks for groundball-gets (eight), tackles (eight), inside 50 entries (seven) score launches (three), and score assists (three) to go along with 21 disposals.
05:03
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
06:45
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
08:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
08:56
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)
10:15
Geelong have lifted at the stoppages in the final quarter, recording five clearances to zero and scoring 2.1 (13) to 0.0 (0) from this source in the final quarter. The Cats average 42.3 points per game from this source in 2016, ranked third in the AFL.
12:17
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Moore)
13:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
15:31
Geelong has won the contested possession count in six of its past eight games against the Magpies, winning the count by an average of eight per game. Collingwood currently lead the Cats in contested possessions in this match 135-122.
19:28
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
20:28
Collingwood has kicked the ball long 49 per cent of the time in the past three weeks – the equal highest percentage of any side in that time. In this match, they have kicked the ball long on just 22.5 per cent of their kicks.
22:39
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
24:22
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
25:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Josh Caddy)
25:47
In season 2016, Collingwood have scored a goal from 21.9 per cent of forward 50 entries, ranked ninth. In the match so far, they have scored a goal from 34.1 per cent of their forward 50 entries.
27:17
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)
28:57
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Zac Smith)
30:15
In the 2016 season, Collingwood average 3.1 points per game from scoring chains originating from a defensive kick in, ranked 14th in the AFL. They have scored 3.0 (18) from this source in today's game.
30:41
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
30:51
In his 150 games, Steele Sidebottom has only ever recorded 30-plus disposals against Geelong once before, in Round 8 2012.