Match

North Melbourne vs St Kilda

Commentary / 30 Jul 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Etihad Stadium for the North Melbourne v St Kilda Round 19 clash.
59:33
Outs for Kangaroos: M.Daw
59:34
Ins for Kangaroos: J.Waite
59:35
Outs for Saints: J.Sinclair
59:36
Ins for Saints: D.Minchington
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
Jack Steven had a personal season low of 15 disposals for St Kilda the last time they played North Melbourne in Round 7

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Trent Dumont)
02:09
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Blake Acres)
04:45
Acres' goal for St Kilda was sourced from a centre clearance and a mark inside forward 50. Both of the game's goals have been sourced in this way
06:15
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
08:20
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
09:23
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Nick Riewoldt)
10:47
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
12:00
All of North Melbourne's seven tackles have been laid inside their forward 50. St Kilda only have two in total and none inside their forward 50
15:43
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dylan Roberton)
15:56
St Kilda has had the last four inside forward 50 entries, but Roberton's behind was their first score during this period
17:31
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jamie Macmillan)
18:36
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
19:33
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Josh Bruce)
20:49
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
24:34
North Melbourne has had the last six clearances of the game, leading this statistic 9-2 overall and 5-1 in the midfield zone. Cunnington has had four to have the most clearances on the ground
27:00
St Kilda has had 15 disposals inside their forward 50 to North Melbourne's eight in this zone
27:01
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:43
All four of North Melbourne's centre clearances have resulted in forward 50 entries. Their last centre clearance was Cunnington's fifth clearance for the match
03:29
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Josh Bruce)
05:49
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
08:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
08:40
Brown's goal was the Kangaroos second sourced from a stoppage, they lead 14-4 in the match for total clearances
10:19
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Maverick Weller)
12:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Mullett)
13:59
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
17:22
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Andrew Swallow)
19:33
North Melbourne has had the last eight inside forward 50 entries, scoring only 1.2 (8) during this period
21:50
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
22:55
St Kilda has had 13 intercept possessions inside their defensive 50, leading North Melbourne in this category who have had eight
23:32
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
27:28
North Melbourne has had 21 hit outs to St Kilda's 11. Goldstein has had 19 of these and eight have been to advantage (both game highs)
27:34
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:22
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
04:17
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jarrad Waite)
04:39
Kangaroos Interchange - Jarrad Waite and is possibly out for the game.
06:28
St Kilda have won six of the last seven clearances, but still trail in this category 12-20
08:59
Jack Steven has had just nine disposals so far, after having just 15 the last time St Kilda played the Kangaroos in round 7 this season. This is well below his season average of 29.2 disposals per game
09:32
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dylan Roberton)
13:09
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
15:44
St Kilda has laid 32 tackles in the midfield zone compared to North Melbourne's 21, but trail 39-44 overall
17:31
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Nick Riewoldt)
18:23
St Kilda has had nine scoring shots sourced from Kangaroos' turnovers, but these have all been behinds. Meanwhile, North Melbourne has scored two goals from four scoring shots sourced from turnovers
21:57
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
23:09
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Leigh Montagna)
23:38
St Kilda have dominated the inside forward 50s in the third quarter with 14 compared with the Kangaroos' five. North Melbourne have outscored St Kilda though, 3.0 (18) to 1.3 (9)
26:29
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
27:40
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:18
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
01:20
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Darren Minchington)
02:42
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
03:54
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tom Hickey)
05:47
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
07:27
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
07:56
Brown's third goal was North Melbourne's seventh sourced from a stoppage, above their season average of 5.6 goals per game
09:42
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
10:30
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Nick Riewoldt)
10:45
Kangaroos Interchange - Bradley McKenzie off due to an injury.
11:41
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
13:01
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
14:56
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Luke Dunstan)
15:45
Dunstan's first goal was St Kilda's third (from 12 scoring shots) sourced from a North Melbourne turnover
17:09
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Nathan Wright)
17:47
Nathan Wright's set shot behind means that St Kilda has scored 2.8 (20) from this shot type, whilst North Melbourne has scored 7.5 (47) from the same method
18:19
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Maverick Weller)
19:43
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Aaron Mullett)
21:21
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jamie Macmillan)
22:50
Brent Harvey has had 22 disposals at 82 per cent efficiency, above his season averages of 21 disposals and 75.1 per cent efficiency respectively. He has gained 274 metres for North Melbourne tonight with a retention rate of 74 per cent
24:29
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
26:01
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Nick Riewoldt)
27:05
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Bruce)
27:56
Macmillan leads the disposal tally on the ground with 30 at 90 per cent efficiency, eight contested possessions and seven inside forward 50 entries. He has gained 502 metres (second highest in game) for the Kangaroos and a retention rate of 50 per cent
28:58
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Bruce)
30:50
The siren has sounded to end Q4.