Match

Collingwood vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 30 Jul 2016

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to MCG for the Collingwood v West Coast Eagles Round 19 clash.

59:33

Outs for Magpies: B.Sinclair, J.Blair, A.Fasolo

59:34

Ins for Magpies: B.Crocker, J.De Goey, R.Wills

59:35

Outs for Eagles: E.Yeo, J.Nelson, J.Redden, J.Giles, T.Barrass

59:36

Ins for Eagles: W.Schofield, S.Tunbridge, M.Hutchings, D.Sheed, M.Karpany

59:40

Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.

00:00

Although West Coast has practically broken even with its opposition in number of clearance wins this year, from stoppage wins the Eagles outscore their opposition by an average of 15 points per game (ranked first in the league).

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

02:53

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Cloke)

05:01

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Moore)

05:30

Collingwood has won three of the first four clearances of the match, directly converting its third into a major score. Brodie Grundy has won four hit outs already, with three of those to a teammate's advantage.

06:24

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)

07:17

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

12:34

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Moore)

15:35

Darcy Moore has been the most prominent forward on the ground in the first quarter. He has already taken three marks, including two contested. From his three set shots he has been wasteful, returning just 1.2 (8).

16:10

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Moore)

17:20

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

18:45

Both sides are struggling to transition from defensive 50 to forward 50, with Collingwood successful once from seven attempts (14 per cent) and West Coast unsuccessful from eight attempts. The league season conversion rate is 21 per cent.

19:31

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

21:41

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)

22:11

Collingwood has turned the ball over now on 19 occasions, with West Coast taking the resulting possession chain inside 50 ten times. The Eagles have now converted three of these intercepts into goals.

23:35

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Levi Greenwood)

23:57

Both teams have taken four marks inside 50, but three of Collingwood's have been won in contests. Greenwood has converted the first resulting set shot after Moore's two misses.

25:21

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

26:31

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

26:39

All scores for both sides for the game (excluding rushed behinds) have come from set shots. West Coast returned 4.0 (24) from its set shots, while Collingwood has been more wasteful and scored 2.3 (15).

27:56

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)

28:01

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

28:11

Both Sidebottom and Gaff gained 168 metres for their respective teams in the first quarter as they won team-high disposal tallies. Sidebottom recorded 10 disposals and three inside 50s while Gaff won 11 disposals and three score involvements.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

02:53

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Moore)

02:59

Only in the early stages of the second quarter, Darcy Moore has now taken a career-high four contested marks. The Collingwood forward has taken four of his five marks inside 50, also a personal best.

03:54

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jesse White)

04:53

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)

05:11

West Coast has taken six kick-ins and now taken two of them (33 per cent) end-to-end for direct goals. This season the Eagles average a score from 10.7 per cent of kick-ins, ranked fourth in the league.

07:03

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Travis Cloke)

09:14

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (James Aish)

09:18

Collingwood has been stronger in the contest winning 24 more (55-31) contested possessions than West Coast, including 11 more ground ball gets.

12:36

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Moore)

12:44

Moore has taken his fifth contested mark, four of which have come inside forward 50 and converted the resulting set shot. Collingwood has taken six contested marks inside 50, the most by any team in a first half this season.

15:50

The Magpies have had an ascendancy at the stoppages, winning nine of the past ten clearances, including four by Taylor Adams. Adams has won a game-high seven clearances, helped by the ruck dominance of Grundy with 18 hit-outs and six to advantage.

18:20

Magpies Interchange - Darcy Moore and is possibly out for the game.

22:47

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

24:27

Since the last goal of the quarter to Moore at the 13-minute mark, Collingwood has won five of the seven clearances and generated five more forward 50 entries than West Coast. The Magpies have only recorded one rushed behind in that period.

26:42

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (James Aish)

27:08

As well as its dominance at the stoppages, Collingwood's forward press is paying dividends. The Magpies have won eight forward half intercepts for the quarter, in turn directly kicking 3.2 (20) from the resulting possession chains.

28:31

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

28:41

Collingwood's 26-point turnaround in the second quarter was driven by ten more clearances (14-4), ten more inside 50s (17-7) and an effective forward press. The ball was inside the Magpie forward half for 61 per cent of the term.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

04:13

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

05:10

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

05:26

West Coast has now kicked three goals (from eight kick-ins) following Collingwood's behinds, the most by the club since Round 1 2015. The Magpies concede a score from 12.3 per cent of opposition kick-ins this season, ranked 17th in the league.

07:47

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

09:42

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

10:16

West Coast's efficiency inside forward 50 has helped it hit back this term, with two goals from three entries. This year the Eagles average a goal from 28.4 per cent of entries, ranked first in the competition.

11:41

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Levi Greenwood)

13:05

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

13:47

West Coast's ball movement by foot has been excellent this term, with a kicking efficiency of 82 per cent. Across the first half the just 65 per cent of the Eagles' kicks were effective.

15:02

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)

15:32

Collingwood has again been prolific at the stoppages this term, winning double the clearances of West Coast (8-4). When winning the clearance the Eagles have been more effective, taking three of their four clearance chains inside 50 for two goals.

18:01

West Coast has gained the ability to use the ball effectively away from congestion. In the second quarter the Eagles recorded 28 fewer uncontested possessions than the Magpies, but this term they are 17 to the good in this measure.

19:19

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)

21:01

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)

24:49

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Chris Masten)

25:51

Both teams have scored on five occasions this quarter, with West Coast's accuracy helping it to four goals while Collingwood has just managed one. This season 64.1 per cent of the Eagles' scores have been goals, the highest accuracy in the league.

30:03

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

30:13

West Coast hit back that term with better ball use in space. The Eagles won 23 more uncontested possessions than the Magpies and their kicking efficiency was superior (70 per cent compared to just 53 per cent).

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

02:21

Since Darcy Moore went off in the 19th minute of the second term, Collingwood has lost its forward structure. The Magpies took 10 marks inside 50 from 22 entries before that point and just one mark inside forward 50 from the 14 entries since.

02:50

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)

06:45

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)

06:54

Led by Grundy (with 42 hit-outs, including 13 to advantage) Collingwood has had double the clearances of West Coast (42-21). Forward of the centre bounce the Magpies have won 15 clearances and scored nine times for 34 points.

08:34

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jesse White)

09:10

Collingwood wins its fourth consecutive clearance and goals from the centre bounce for the second time in the match. This year the Magpies have launched just 8 per cent of their score from centre clearances, the third lowest rate in the league.

10:30

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Adam Treloar)

11:54

Collingwood has completely owned possession of the ball in the final quarter. The Magpies have recorded 54 disposals compared to just 12 by the Eagles. Collingwood has also had nine more tackles than West Coast this term.

14:18

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brayden Maynard)

14:35

Collingwood has dominated field position in the last ten minutes, with the ball inside its forward half for 81 per cent of that period. The Magpies have had six forward 50 entries in that time, with three of their four goals launched from that zone.

16:32

Magpies Interchange - Nathan Brown off due to the blood rule.

16:59

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)

17:33

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh Hill)

20:52

Josh Kennedy has taken five marks inside 50, but the West Coast full-forward has been wasteful with four misses and only 2.2 (14) from eight shots.

20:57

SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Josh Hill)

22:13

SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Josh Hill)

25:40

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

26:38

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)

27:56

Collingwood has laid 116 tackles, led by captain Scott Pendlebury with 12. This is a club record since records were kept in 1999, with its previous high being 108 tackles against Geelong in the 2011 Grand Final.

28:09

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Cloke)

29:37

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

29:47

Collingwood has kicked five of the final six goals of the game to win after trailing early in the last quarter. The Magpies were very effective in their forward half, launching 35 possession chains in this zone for a return of 11 goals.