Match

Adelaide Crows vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 10 Sep 2016

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to Adelaide Oval for the Adelaide Crows v North Melbourne Round 1 clash.
59:33
Outs for Crows: R.Henderson, C.Ellis-Yolmen
59:34
Ins for Crows: B.Smith, R.Sloane
59:36
No changes for Kangaroos.
00:00
North Melbourne enters the elimination final on the back of four consecutive losses to finish the season. During this time the Kangaroos have averaged a goal from just 17 per cent of entries (ranked last) and only 61 points per game (ranked 17th).

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:36
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Charles Cameron)
00:42
Adelaide has struck first with Charlie Cameron on the end of the Crows' first possession chain, launched from a midfield intercept by Rory Atkins. The Crows average 48 points per game from midfield intercept score launches (ranked first).
03:16
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)
08:56
North Melbourne is attempting to quell Adelaide's potency by controlling ball possession. The Kangaroos have already registered 18 more uncontested possessions and 10 extra short kicks than the Crows.
09:17
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jarryd Lyons)
10:28
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jarryd Lyons)
11:35
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
11:39
Tom Lynch has taken Adelaide's second mark inside 50 and converted truly. The Kangaroos are yet to record a mark in that zone from their four entries. Lynch has now kicked 37 goals for the year, a career-high across his seven seasons.
13:36
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
14:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
15:08
Lindsay Thomas has put North Melbourne on the scoreboard on the receiving end of the Kangaroo's fifth forward half intercept. This season North Melbourne averages 23 forward half intercepts per game (ranked 10th).
16:27
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
17:24
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
19:02
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
20:18
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
20:24
Adelaide has managed its first successful defensive 50 to forward 50 transition from its tenth attempt (10 per cent), however Walker has missed the resulting shot. This is well below the Crows' season transition rate of 24 per cent (ranked first).
22:28
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
23:11
Both teams have found goals hard to come by from scoring shots. From general play Adelaide has kicked one from four attempts, while North Melbourne has kicked three behinds from within 40 metres.
23:48
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
25:31
Richard Douglas has played a key role in Adelaide's forward press, winning three intercepts in the forward half of the ground. All of these have resulted in scores, with two converted as goals.
26:04
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
26:49
Jack Ziebell has been the most prolific player on the ground in the first term. The North Melbourne midfielder has had eight disposals and gained a team-high 199 metres for the Kangaroos. He caps off his quarter with North Melbourne's second goal.
27:36
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Charles Cameron)
28:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
29:00
Eddie Betts had been restricted to just one disposal until the final play of the term, but the All-Australian forward has punctuated the Crows' first quarter with a spectacular mark and then kicked truly.
29:04
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
29:14
Adelaide has taken a 14-point lead to quarter time, capitalising heavily on North Melbourne's turnovers out of the back half. Outside of their own defensive 50, the Crows have won 12 intercepts and generated 25 points from the resulting possession chains

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:44
Adelaide is starting to find forward targets, now with six marks inside forward 50 from 16 entries. North Melbourne has just taken two marks from its 12 inside 50s.
05:35
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Atkins)
06:38
Adelaide has managed just 2.4 (16) from seven marks inside 50. The Crows average 14.4 marks inside forward 50 per game this season (ranked second in the league).
09:32
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
09:38
North Melbourne has kicked the first goal of the term via a brilliant individual effort from Todd Goldstein, snapping truly from out of the stoppage. The Kangaroos average 16 points per game source from forward half stoppages this year (ranked fifth).
10:10
Kangaroos Interchange - Lindsay Thomas off due to an injury.
10:39
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
11:01
Eddie Betts has only had three kicks but has now kicked the last two goals for Adelaide. His season tally is up to a career-high 58 goals for the year.
13:48
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
15:27
Adelaide is dominating field position this quarter, with ten forward 50 entries to just three by North Melbourne. Despite this disparity, the Crows have recorded just four disposals inside 50 and both teams have managed just one goal for the term.
20:27
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
20:39
In the past ten minutes the Adelaide forward press has been effective in setting up repeated inside 50s. The Crows have recorded the last nine forward 50 entries of the game.
21:28
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
21:49
North Melbourne has hit back immediately from the centre bounce, with the clearance to Anderson leading to a quick goal to Higgins. The Kangaroos have launched 14 per cent of their scores from centre clearances this season (ranked fifth).
23:05
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
23:14
Make that two from two, as North Melbourne find another avenue to goal directly from its second successive centre clearance. This term the Kangaroos have kicked 3.0 (18) from just five forward 50 entries.
28:25
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:06
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
30:16
North Melbourne has found the transition from its back half to inside 50 very difficult in the first half. The Kangaroos have created 39 possession chains launched in this zone but have taken just six of these (15 per cent) inside forward 50.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:29
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
01:51
Adelaide has taken now taken 12 contested marks, with Taylor Walker now taking the fifth of these inside forward 50 and converting for his 300th AFL goal. North Melbourne has taken six contested marks but none of these have been inside 50.
05:48
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jake Lever)
06:06
Adelaide has dominated the opening stages of the second half, winning three of the four clearances, having seven more disposals and still laying five extra tackles than North Melbourne. The ball has been in its forward half for 87 per cent of the quarter
08:26
All three goals this term to Adelaide have been launched from around the ground clearances. Two of these clearances have been won by David Mackay.
09:48
Crows Interchange - Josh Jenkins off due to an injury.
09:54
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
10:43
North Melbourne still look threatening away from the centre bounce. The Kangaroos have won 10 of the 15 centre clearances and from these they have generated a third of their forward 50 entries for the game (seven of 22).
11:56
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Matt Crouch)
12:41
Adelaide has cashed in on another North Melbourne turnover from the backline with the fourth goal of the quarter to Matt Crouch. The Crows have won 17 forward half intercepts compared to just nine by the Kangaroos.
13:13
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
14:38
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
19:36
Brodie Smith has been a damaging weapon for Adelaide off half back. He averages 528 metres gained per game this season (ranked fifth in the league) but has already record a game-high 610 metres from 19 disposals.
22:01
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
23:16
With a second to Eddie Betts, Adelaide has now shown its aerial supremacy with seven contested marks inside forward 50 while North Melbourne has taken none. This season the Kangaroos average 4.2 and the Crows average 4.0 per game.
23:39
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
25:51
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
25:55
Todd Goldstein has kicked multiple goals in a game for the first time since Round 9 this season. The North Melbourne ruckman has been effective with a game-high 11 hitouts to advantage, two clearances, five score involvements and two goals.
29:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jarryd Lyons)
30:08
Adelaide has been irresistable this quarter with seven goals from 18 forward 50 entries. The Crows are working both ways, with 14 extra tackles (18 to 4) even with 34 more disposals (115 to 81) than the Kangaroos.
31:33
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
32:31
Make that eight for Adelaide for the quarter as Eddie Betts kicks his third individual goal for the term (and fifth for the match). The Crows have had the quarter their own way and have launched seven of their eight goals for the term from the midfield.
33:14
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
33:24
Adelaide has blown North Melbourne away in the third term, completely dominating all aspects of the game. The Crows were on top in the midfield zone, with six extra intercepts, 18 more disposals and 32 per cent better kicking efficiency in that zone.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:50
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
01:48
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
04:36
Eddie Betts has become just the seventh Adelaide player to kick a bag of six goals or more in a final. Andrew McLeod holds the club record with seven goals in the 1998 Preliminary Final against the Western Bulldogs.
04:58
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
05:16
Majak Daw has kicked his third goal from a set shot following a mark inside forward 50. This is the second biggest bag of goals he has kicked in a game, only behind the six he kicked against Western Bulldogs in Round 7 2013.
06:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
08:21
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
10:13
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
10:46
Taylor Walker has become Adelaide's fourth multiple goal kicker with his second. The Crows' offence has looked more dominant as the game has gone on, now with 23 more forward 50 entries (57 to 34).
11:28
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitch McGovern)
13:59
Majak Daw has now kicked his fourth goal, all from marks and set shots inside 50. Before tonight he had managed just five goals from eight games for the season.
15:44
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
17:04
The sting has come out of the game and North Melbourne is capitalising, finding easier passages to score. This quarter the Kangaroos have managed seven forward 50 entries but have kicked 4.1 (25) as a result.
18:02
With a game-high 28th disposal, Matt Crouch has surpassed his season average of 27 disposals per game. The Adelaide midfielder has been damaging on the outside, winning 17 handball receives and has gained 356 metres.
19:32
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jarryd Lyons)
19:42
With Jarryd Lyons becoming Adelaide's ninth individual goal kicker, the Crows have kicked now 8.6 (54) from their 38 clearances. This is the largest return Adelaide has scored from clearances this season.
21:00
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
22:46
Adelaide averages 8.8 goal kickers per game this year, the highest average of any team in the league. The Crows have eclipsed this mark with nine goal kickers tonight.
23:02
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
23:20
Kangaroos Interchange - Aaron Mullett off due to an injury.
23:55
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
24:07
Tom Lynch has provided great output in his third career final, following his career-best season. Tonight he has had 21 disposals, five marks and 11 score involvements including four straight goals.
26:27
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
27:32
With his 11th effective long kick of the game, Brodie Smith has joined the party and become the Crows' tenth goal kicker. He has won 28 disposals, an equal-personal best for the season.
29:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
30:31
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
31:18
With his second goal late in the game, Brodie Smith has now recorded 926 metres gained, the most ever recorded by a player in a final.
33:22
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
33:32
Adelaide has demolished North Melbourne after half time to run out 62 point winners and will play Sydney in next week's semi final. In the second half the Crows took the ball inside 50 on 38 occasions for a return of 15.5 (95).