Match

Sydney Swans vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 22 Apr 2017

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to SCG for the Sydney Swans v GWS Giants Round 5 clash.

59:33

Outs for Swans: A.Aliir, R.Fox, O.Florent, N.Newman

59:34

Ins for Swans: L.Melican, G.Rohan, I.Heeney, K.Tippett

59:35

Outs for Giants: T.Taranto

59:36

Ins for Giants: S.Johnson

59:40

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00:00

Alternatively the Giants are ranked third for kicking efficiency, going at 68.3 per cent. They are also ranked first for contested possession differential winning the count on average by 17.3 per game.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:45

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)

02:30

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Kurt Tippett)

02:40

The first two goals of the game for the Swans have been sourced from stoppages. They have won the first two clearances of the match and are up by five in contested possessions.

03:47

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)

05:08

Amazingly, the Swans fourth goal of the match has come in just the first five minutes of the match. The Giants are yet to register a disposal by the time that the Swans have booted through their fourth goal.

06:54

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

08:18

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Nathan Wilson)

11:25

The Giants are dominating the hit-outs, with Shane Mumford winning eight hit-outs compared to the Swans one. Tom Scully has been the beneficiary of this dominance, collecting three clearances.

14:06

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

15:33

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

16:40

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

17:16

GWS are beginning to assert themselves after a slow start, recording the last four inside 50s and winning 12 more contested possessions than the Swans in the last 10 minutes.

17:49

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jonathon Patton)

19:45

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)

21:02

George Hewett has been busy early, collecting a team-high four contested possessions. Hewett averages 10.3 contested possessions per game in 2017, up from 5.1 last year in his debut season.

22:44

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Devon Smith)

25:11

Dylan Shiel has been uncharacteristically quiet in the first term being one of only four players yet to register a disposal. Shiel has averaged 27 disposals and has been dominant at clearances with a career-high seven per game this season.

25:16

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Rory Lobb)

27:46

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Steve Johnson)

30:02

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

30:11

The Giants have now booted 10 of the last 11 scores in a complete turnaround from the start of the quarter. They average 12.8 marks inside 50, ranked tenth, yet have already managed to grab seven in this zone tonight.

32:13

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

02:08

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)

03:21

The Giants have now kicked six unanswered goals and their fourth sourced from a stoppage. They now lead the clearances by six, assisted by seven hit-outs to advantage from Shane Mumford.

07:52

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)

08:43

GWS have been more efficient when entering their forward 50. Both sides have recorded 16 inside 50s, yet the Giants have managed to boot 12 scores from these entries at a 75 per cent score conversion rate. Their average is 51.6 per cent, ranked fifth.

10:50

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)

16:29

The Giants are controlling the play in the last 10 minutes, with the ball staying in their forward half for 83 per cent of the time. In this time-frame they have recorded eight inside 50s, yet have not been able to impact the scoreboard.

19:23

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)

20:13

The Swans have not kicked a goal since the sixth minute mark of the first quarter. Since then, the Giants have booted eight to extend their margin to 26 points. The Swans have only managed 13 inside 50s since their last goal compared to 25 for GWS.

20:47

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Steve Johnson)

22:16

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Devon Smith)

25:56

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)

26:09

The second quarter has been dominated by GWS. They have recorded 11 more inside 50s, five more clearances, 10 more contested possessions, and have won 10 more hit-outs. They lead the quarter time in forward with 61 per cent.

28:39

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

28:49

GWS co-captain Callan Ward has been instrumental in the first half, winning 12 disposals at 92 per cent efficiency. He had the most clearances (three), contested possessions (six) and score involvements (three) in the second quarter than any other player

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

00:56

Swans Interchange - Heath Grundy off due to an injury.

02:19

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Gary Rohan)

02:32

Gary Rohan breaks the nine goal streak of the Giants to bring the margin back to 26 points. Rohan last year kicked a career-high 25 goals at 61 per cent accuracy.

03:56

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Callum Sinclair)

05:11

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Adam Tomlinson)

06:33

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Kieren Jack)

06:56

Sydney has come out to start this second half full of run, leading handball receives 11 to just the two for the Giants. Dan Hannebery has dished out the most handballs for the Swans, recording nine for the match.

08:21

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)

10:15

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)

11:01

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)

11:32

Toby Greene extends the margin out to 31 points with his third goal with a scoring chain originating following a kick-in. The Swans have not registered a score sourced from a kick-in for the entire season.

11:58

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Callan Ward)

15:01

Sydney has managed to equal the contested possession count this quarter with both sides winning 16 apiece. This came after the Giants won the first half differential by 17.

16:38

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)

19:14

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Matthew Kennedy)

21:10

Matthew Kennedy has had an influential third quarter with a team-high six disposals as well as being the only GWS player with multiple clearances. He has also been involved in three scoring chains for the Giants this term.

23:47

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

24:51

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zac Williams)

26:03

Eight of the Giants scores have been sourced from forward half turnovers. Their 5.3 (33) from turnovers in this zone is in complete contrast to the Swans who have only managed three behinds from the same source and zone.

26:17

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)

29:24

Swans Interchange - Dan Hannebery off due to an injury.

30:56

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)

31:31

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

31:41

Sydney managed to reduce the margin by 10 points in the third quarter. This came despite recording two fewer inside 50s and having the same amount of scoring shots as GWS. All four of the Swans goals came from set shots sourced from forward 50 marks.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

02:34

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Williams)

03:20

The Giants have booted four goals from boundary throw-ins to comfortably lead this sources scoring differential by 19 points. The Giants lead boundary throw-in hit-outs by 15 and have recorded seven hit-outs to advantage from this stoppage type.

04:19

Swans Interchange - Josh P. Kennedy off due to the blood rule.

07:36

Giants Interchange - Josh Kelly off due to an injury.

08:04

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Sam J. Reid)

09:16

Lewis Melican has had a solid debut, grabbing a game-high three intercept marks. He has collected 12 disposals at 83 per cent efficiency, and also has been involved in five scoring chains for his side.

11:31

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Steve Johnson)

12:41

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

13:40

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rory Lobb)

14:18

GWS are closing out this match strongly having 10 of the last 12 inside 50s. They lead the clearances nine to one for the quarter and have won 16 more contested possessions.

16:38

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Harrison Marsh)

18:51

The Giants lead the contested possession differential by 30. Sydney has lost the contested possession count in three of their first four games this season, with their worst differential coming in round 1 where they recorded 22 less than Port Adelaide.

19:15

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)

21:46

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

22:18

GWS have dominated the clearances tonight leading 42-24. In 2016, the Swans lost the clearances by 10 or more only once (vs Western Bulldogs, round 15). This will be the second time this season that this has occurred.

25:04

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)

26:53

The third goal for Lance Franklin takes his career goal tally to 800, equal with Richmond great Matthew Richardson. He now sits equal 11th on the all-time goal kicking list from his 251 career games.

31:00

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

31:04

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

31:14

A behind after the siren to Jeremy Cameron gives the Giants a 42 point win, their equal highest winning margin against the Swans. Cameron was targeted inside 50 eight times and finished with six scoring shots resulting in two goals.