Match

Sydney Swans vs Western Bulldogs

Commentary / 02 Jul 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to SCG for the Sydney Swans v Western Bulldogs Round 15 clash.
59:33
Outs for Swans: A.Aliir
59:34
Ins for Swans: J.Laidler
59:35
Outs for Bulldogs: F.Roberts, J.Dunkley, T.Campbell, M.Honeychurch, B.Williams
59:36
Ins for Bulldogs: E.Wood, C.Smith, L.Webb, W.Minson, J.Johannisen
59:40
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00:00
However going forward both teams can also lack potency. Sydney has scored from 45.3 per cent of forward 50 entries this season (ranked 13th) while Western Bulldogs have fared even worse, scoring from just 44.4 per cent of inside 50s (ranked 15th).

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:00
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Gary Rohan)
04:24
Following the season trend, both teams have been unable to fully capitalise on early chances. The Swans have kicked one behind from two marks inside 50 and the Bulldogs have not scored from their first five forward 50 entries.
06:30
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Shane Biggs)
08:04
Biggs has kicked the first goal of the game, from outside 50 metres. Western Bulldogs have kicked 17.4 per cent of their score from outside 50 metres this season, the highest percentage of any team in the league.
12:59
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Lin Jong)
13:13
Western Bulldogs have dominated field position in the early stages of the match. The Bulldogs have recorded 10 of the first 14 inside 50s of the match, and the ball has been inside the Bulldogs' forward half for 64 per cent of its duration.
15:42
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
16:38
Lance Franklin has kicked Sydney's first goal, this time sourced from a midfield clearance win. The Swans average 10 points per game more than their opponents from stoppages (ranked third in the league).
16:40
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
18:06
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
19:14
Dane Rampe has already won three intercepts, with all of them marks. Before this match he had won 106 intercepts this season, ranked fourth of all players in the league.
20:11
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
21:26
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Jarrad McVeigh)
24:52
Western Bulldogs are not finding marking options inside 50. The Bulldogs have taken the ball inside 50 on 15 occasions however are yet to take a mark in this zone. The Swans have taken four marks from 11 forward 50 entries.
25:36
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
27:12
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
27:22
Luke Parker has finished a big quarter by slamming the ball into the post from a scrap ten metres out from goal. The 2014 Sydney best and fairest winner recorded 12 disposals, four intercepts, two clearances and two inside 50s for the quarter.
27:24
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
27:34
Both teams were wasteful in a low-scoring first quarter, but Sydney enjoys a nine-point lead at the break. The Swans created five marks and seven shots from 13 forward 50 entries, but the Bulldogs took no marks and just three scores from 16 inside 50s.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:17
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Dean Towers)
02:45
Western Bulldogs' first quarter was just the fifth term this year across the league that a team has had more than 15 forward 50 entries without a mark in that zone.
03:34
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
04:54
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
04:58
Jake Stringer has kicked two goals in 80 seconds, the latter the first goal of the game derived from a centre clearance. Western Bulldogs average 5.6 points per game more than their opponents from centre breaks (ranked second in the league).
07:26
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
08:18
Western Bulldogs have kicked three goals in four minutes. In that time Sydney has just had three disposals.
12:39
There is yet to be a throw in this quarter, after 13 in the first quarter.
12:52
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
13:20
Sydney has already won six intercepts inside forward 50, and have now generated 2.3 (15) from them. The Swans average just 4.3 forward 50 intercepts per game this season, the fourth highest average across the league.
15:46
Josh Kennedy has been strong at the contest, winning five clearances including three at the centre bounce. He has recorded 16 disposals, however all four of his kicks have been ineffective.
17:14
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tory Dickson)
19:18
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
19:26
Lance Franklin has kicked his second goal for the match from his fourth mark inside 50. He has now kicked 49 goals for the season, the equal-most along with Josh Kennedy (West Coast).
21:04
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
21:26
With his fifth mark inside 50 and third goal, Lance Franklin has now reached 50 goals in eight of his past nine seasons.
23:04
The game has opened up in the second quarter. Both teams have been able to take the ball from defensive 50 to forward 50 on four from eight attempts (50 per cent), well above the league season average conversion of 21 per cent.
24:25
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Dan Hannebery)
27:20
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jordan Roughead)
27:24
Jordan Roughead has taken just the second mark inside 50 for Western Bulldogs and first score from a mark. The Bulldogs average 40.6 per cent of their points from marks this season.
28:35
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Callum Sinclair)
30:10
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
30:20
The second quarter was a more free-flowing affair, with the sides finding goals easier to come by. Both Sydney and Western Bulldogs kicked four goals, with the teams each kicking two majors from clearances and turnovers apiece.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:27
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
03:06
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
05:08
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jack Redpath)
05:51
In the first quarter Western Bulldogs took no marks inside 50 from 16 entries, but since then they have taken four marks from 15 inside 50s.
06:30
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
07:42
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
08:22
For the second straight quarter, the Bulldogs have kicked three consecutive goals in the early stages. They have done the damage forward of centre this term, with two goals from three forward half intercepts and one from their two centre clearances.
08:43
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Caleb Daniel)
11:58
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lin Jong)
12:28
Western Bulldogs are now finding options inside 50, scoring from all five forward 50 entries this quarter. This term the Bulldogs have recorded 31 disposals in their forward half (at 80 per cent efficiency), compared to just eight from the Swans.
15:00
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
15:18
Tom Liberatore has been very significant in the first 15 minutes of the third quarter, winning five disposals with two of them goals and two others goal assists.
17:42
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
22:12
The Bulldogs have restricted Sydney's ball movement out of defence. In the second term the Swans transitioned the ball from defensive 50 to forward 50 on four from nine attempts, but this quarter the Swans have done so just once from 10 attempts.
25:23
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
25:49
After 13 goalless minutes, Luke Parker has broken the drought with his second goal for the quarter. Three of his five disposals this quarter have been inside forward 50, after just six of his game-high 19 disposals were in the first half.
27:41
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lachie Hunter)
30:36
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
30:46
Western Bulldogs set up a six-goal quarter at the centre bounces, winning seven of the nine centre clearances. The Bulldogs kicked three goals from seven forward half intercepts and another three from 12 stoppages won in the centre or their forward half.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:58
This is just the second match this year Sydney has trailed at three-quarter time (the other was in Round 12 against Greater Western Sydney). Western Bulldogs have led at the last change eight times before his match in 2016, winning seven times.
05:20
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
06:01
Callum Mills has taken six marks for Sydney, five of which have been intercept marks (a team-high). For Western Bulldogs Easton Wood has done likewise, five intercepts marks from six in total. Both players have won a total of eight intercept possessions.
06:19
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
06:46
Sydney has hit the left post three times for the match, with two now by Luke Parker.
07:29
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Will Minson)
09:38
SCORE GOAL - Swans (George Hewett)
09:51
In his first game for the season, Will Minson has kicked his first goal at senior level since Round 9 2015 against Greater Western Sydney. The veteran ruckman has now kicked 81 goals from 190 career games.
11:25
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
13:23
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
13:46
In the past four minutes, Western Bulldogs have turned the ball over three times in the midfield zone and Sydney has taken all three resulting intercepts inside 50 for goals. Across the match the Swans have kicked 8.7 (55) from 66 intercepts.
18:36
Sydney has taken six contested marks this quarter, compared to none by Western Bulldogs. Across the match the tally is 21 to 11 in the Swans' favour.
19:54
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Jarrad McVeigh)
23:12
In Sydney's forward 50, the Swans have taken 14 marks and the Bulldogs have taken seven intercept marks. In Western Bulldogs' forward 50, the Bulldogs have taken just six marks but the Swans have taken 11 intercept marks.
24:16
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
26:00
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jack Redpath)
27:34
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)
27:42
Western Bulldogs took their only two marks inside 50 for the quarter in the last minute. In his first game since Round 4, Jason Johannisen has kicked the sealer with two seconds left. It is just the 16th goal in his 52-game career.
28:22
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
28:32
In a thrilling finish, Western Bulldogs have won their second straight match against Sydney at the SCG by four points. With six fewer scores than the Swans, the Bulldogs' accuracy helped them to victory with the last kick of the game.