Match

Collingwood vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 22 Jul 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Etihad Stadium for the Collingwood v North Melbourne Round 18 clash.
59:33
Outs for Magpies: J.De Goey, B.Macaffer
59:34
Ins for Magpies: A.Fasolo, M.Williams
59:35
Outs for Kangaroos: J.Waite, C.Wagner
59:36
Ins for Kangaroos: T.Dumont, M.Daw
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
North Melbourne let slip a 39 point lead against Collingwood in their most recent clash in Round 9 last season, going down by 17 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:28
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
03:30
Ben Brown kicks the first goal of the game, directly from a free kick. North Melbourne has kicked 40 goals directly from free kicks this season, eight more than any other side.
03:46
Magpies Interchange - Ben Sinclair and is possibly out for the game.
04:56
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Dal Santo)
05:23
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Trent Dumont)
05:25
Andrew Swallow wins a hardball-get in forward 50 and launches North's second goal. Swallow has won 71 hardball-gets this season, the second-most at the club.
07:35
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
09:38
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jarryd Blair)
10:45
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
11:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
11:08
The Roos have scored nine points from forward 50 intercepts per game this season. They have booted two goals from this source already tonight.
13:00
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
14:14
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
14:16
Make that three goals to the Kangas from forward 50 intercepts.
15:59
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
16:01
Collingwood has conceded seven points per game from defensive 50 turnovers this season. It has already conceded 24 points tonight.
17:34
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jamie Macmillan)
18:41
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
20:48
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Levi Greenwood)
23:10
Daniel Wells is up to 11 disposals and he has gained 238 metres for his team.
25:03
Steele Sidebottom kicks the ball directly to Andrew Swallow, Collingwood's seventh clanger kick tonight. The Pies have recorded 20 clanger kicks per game this season, the tenth most in the competition.
27:16
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
28:09
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (James Aish)
31:44
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:54
North Melbourne dominated the first 18 minutes of the first quarter. It won six more clearances and recorded 31 more disposals, 11 more inside 50s and nine more scoring shots.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:07
Collingwood failed to lay a tackle in forward 50 in the first quarter. It has laid two already in this quarter.
02:08
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
04:42
Magpies Interchange - Adam Treloar off due to an injury.
07:35
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Moore)
07:37
Brayden Maynard wins an intercept possession in defensive 50 and launches his team's third goal from turnovers. The Pies have gone inside 50 twice from 17 chains originating in defensive 50 and scored from both of these.
10:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
13:04
Michael Firrito grabs his second intercept mark of the quarter to thwart another Collingwood attacking foray. Firrito has now grabbed 32 intercept marks this season, the second-most at the club.
15:13
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
15:15
North has won just two more clearances than the Pies, but they have generated four more scores from this source.
17:53
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
19:41
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jesse White)
19:43
North has conceded 10 points per game from forward 50 turnovers this season. They have conceded 12 points to the Pies from this source in this quarter.
20:50
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
20:52
The Roos win their eighth centre clearance tonight and Ben Brown boots their first goal from this source.
23:01
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jesse White)
25:05
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
25:07
North has scored 38 points from forward half intercepts. The AFL average is 29 points per team per game.
28:46
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
28:58
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
29:08
The Kangas extended their lead by 12 points in the second quarter to lead by 39 points at half time. Sound familiar? They won three more clearances and recorded 29 more dispsoals, four more inside 50s and two more scoring shots in the second quarter.
29:10
Sam Gibson recorded a quarter-high 11 disposals and he gained 164 metres, also a quarter-high.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:02
Robbie Tarrant grabs North Melbourne's 10 intercept mark tonight. The Kangas have grabbed 13 intercept marks per game this season, ranked 10th.
02:48
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
03:32
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Sam Gibson)
03:34
Brent Harvey is up to a game-high seven score involvements.
05:19
The Pies have recorded just one effective kick this quarter whilst North has grabbed four intercept marks.
06:08
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jarryd Blair)
06:10
Collingwood's third effective kick for the quarter results in its first goal.
08:44
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
08:46
North has scored 17 points per from chains originating in the forward 50 this season, the eighth-most in the competition. The have launched 44 points from this zone tonight.
09:51
Magpies Interchange - Taylor Adams off due to an injury.
10:45
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
11:53
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
11:55
Scott Pendlebury is up to an equal game-high seven score involvements, two more than any other Magpie.
13:55
North has now grabbed five intercept marks this quarter with Robbie Tarrant grabbing three of these. The Pies are up to 18 clanger kicks for the game, eight more than the Roos.
16:12
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Moore)
18:33
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Levi Greenwood)
20:15
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
20:17
North leads the centre clearance count 14-7 and they have outscored the Pies by 12 points from this source. North Melbourne has outscored its opposition by five points per game from this source this season, the third best differential in the AFL.
22:14
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
22:36
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
22:38
The Kangas have now scored 42 points from forward 50 intercepts, the second-most in a game this season by any team.
24:08
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
26:02
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jesse White)
27:45
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
27:47
Steele Sidebottom had been well held. He is up to four disposals this quarter and has a goal assist to go with that goal.
30:44
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
31:36
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
33:29
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
33:39
Collingwood won six more clearances and recorded six more inside 50s and two more scoring shots in the third quarter. Taylor Adams recorded 12 disposals, five more than any other player on the field and he gained a quarter-high 289 metres.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:59
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Alex Fasolo)
01:01
Alex Fasolo boots his first goal with just his second kick for the game.
02:44
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
04:22
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
05:01
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
05:47
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
07:20
Darcy Moore has grabbed the only two contested marks this quarter.
08:17
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jeremy Howe)
10:30
Magpies Interchange - James Aish off due to an injury.
10:35
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
12:05
Collingwood has recorded six scoring shots, four more than North Melbourne, directly from free kicks.
13:23
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Sam Gibson)
14:27
Trent Dumont has applied a team-high 20 pressure acts to go with his six tackles.
15:32
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
15:34
Brent Harvey is up to a quarter-high seven disposals, but North has retained possession from just two of these.
17:08
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
19:42
North has scored 11 fewer points this quarter from one more inside 50.
20:43
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ryan Clarke)
20:45
Ryan Clarke is up to eight disposals and three score involvements this quarter, both team highs.
23:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Trent Dumont)
23:24
North has scored 98 points from centre clearance and forward half chains.
26:01
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
26:03
Todd Goldstein has recorded an equal game-high four score launches.
27:51
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
29:17
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
31:06
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Moore)
31:11
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
31:21
North Melbourne finished the game like it started. In the last 18 minutes it won eight more clearances and recorded 26 more disposals, 10 more inside 50s and five more scoring shots.