Match

Adelaide Crows vs Geelong Cats

Commentary / 21 Jul 2017

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to Adelaide Oval for the Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats Round 18 clash.

59:33

Outs for Crows: J.Lever

59:34

Ins for Crows: A.Keath

59:35

Outs for Cats: B.Parfitt, S.Simpson

59:36

Ins for Cats: T.Stewart, S.Selwood

59:40

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

00:00

Across the past four weeks, Geelong has scored from 17 per cent of its defensive half intercepts, the highest percentage recorded by a side over this time period.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:25

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

03:01

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)

04:15

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mitch Duncan)

05:47

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)

06:02

Geelong has four of the first five inside 50s of the match, but Adelaide has kicked the only goal of the match, despite the Cats' having scored from three of its four forward 50 entries.

07:37

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)

09:01

Showing no ill-effects from last week's injury, Patrick Dangerfield has accumulated four disposals and kicked the team's first goal, pushing forward after attending the first two centre bounces of the match.

09:13

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)

12:58

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Richard Douglas)

13:07

Adelaide has three inside 50s for three goals. Two of Adelaide's three goals have come via intercept possessions in its forward 50.

14:53

Cats Interchange - Jed Bews off due to an injury.

15:24

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitch McGovern)

18:12

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)

20:52

Adelaide leads the contested possession count by one currently. This is significant, given they lost the count by 32 when the two teams met in Round 11, its worst result in this area this season.

21:12

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Richard Douglas)

24:36

Adelaide has been more effective by foot, kicking at an efficiency of 65 per cent, compared to Geelong's 50 per cent.

25:56

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)

28:39

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

29:55

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

30:05

The Crows efficiency going forward played a large part in the quarter time margin, kicking 5.2.32 from nine inside 50s, compared to Geelong's 1.4.10 from 10 entries.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

01:05

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Matt Crouch)

04:12

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Richard Douglas)

06:34

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mark Blicavs)

07:16

Both teams have kicked a goal via a forward half intercept possession this quarter. Both of Geelong's goals have come via forward half intercept possessions and four of Adelaide's six goals have come via this method.

08:52

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)

09:50

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)

10:06

Rory Sloane is showing no ill-effects from his concussion last week, having his best half of football in some time. He already has 11 disposals, seven contested possessions, three inside 50s, three clearances and two goals.

14:03

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Charles Cameron)

15:56

Adelaide has scored 5.2.32 from Geelong turnovers tonight. They only scored 29 points from this score source against the Cats in Round 11, its lowest tally for the season. They average 74 points per game from this score source, ranked No.1 in the AFL.

16:58

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

17:31

Adelaide has kicked 4.1.25 compared to Geelong's 1.2.8 from stoppages, including 2.1.13 from centre bounce clearances. They lead clearances by four and centre clearances by three.

18:34

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)

25:41

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)

27:32

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)

28:50

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jordan Murdoch)

29:02

The kicking efficiency is a clear area that Adelaide is on top, going at 68 per cent by foot for the match, compared to Geelong's 54 per cent. This is significant as Adelaide ranks last in the AFL for kicking efficiency, going at 64 per cent this season.

30:29

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)

31:51

Jed Bews has stopped Adelaide's margin from being a lot larger, taking five marks from opposition kicks this half and amassing a game-high seven possession gains for the match.

32:07

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

32:17

Rory Sloane has been superb this half with game-highs for disposals (16), contested possessions (10) and score involvements (8). He also has two goals to his name.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

03:34

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Luke Brown)

05:52

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)

07:40

Adelaide continues to do well in the contested footy, leading the contested possession count by nine. The Crows have only lost the contested possession count four times this year, losing two of these games.

09:06

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Daniel Menzel)

11:35

Adelaide leads the clearances nine to two this quarter. They lead this area comfortably 33 to 18 for the match and have outscored the Cats 4.3.27 to 1.4.10 from this score source.

12:50

Cats Interchange - Jed Bews off due to an injury.

13:53

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)

15:51

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Harry Taylor)

17:33

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)

17:49

Cats Interchange - Mark Blicavs and is possibly out for the game.

20:01

Geelong has scored just 10 points from stoppage chains tonight. They average 39 points per game from this score source, ranked second in the AFL.

21:17

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Richard Douglas)

21:31

Richard Douglas has a career-high four goals tonight. He has made the most of his 16 disposals, going at a kicking efficiency of 80 per cent for the match.

24:01

Hugh Greenwood (8), Brad Crouch (8), Rory Sloane (7), Matt Crouch (5) and Sam Jacobs (5) all have more clearances than Joel Selwood (4) and Cam Guthrie (4), Geelong's best in this area tonight. The Crows lead clearances by 18 for the match.

24:35

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

25:47

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)

27:39

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Atkins)

28:31

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (David Mackay)

30:15

Daniel Talia has 13 spoils tonight, eight more than the next highest player on the ground.

31:13

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Harry Taylor)

33:17

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Mitch McGovern)

33:21

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

33:31

Sam Jacobs has been influential with 15 disposals, nine contested possessions, 10 hit-outs-to-advantage and five clearances.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:52

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)

02:00

Crows Interchange - Riley Knight off due to an injury.

02:43

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)

03:32

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)

07:16

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)

08:38

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Harry Taylor)

09:56

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Harry Taylor)

10:10

Harry Taylor has been moved forward after half time for good effect. While he has only had four disposals (all kicks), he has kicked four goals.

14:13

SCORE GOAL - Cats (Harry Taylor)

14:25

Five second-half kicks. Five second-half goals for Harry Taylor. This includes the last four goals of the match.

15:53

Geelong has kicked the first three goals of the final term on the back of its contested possession, leading 22 to 15 in this area for the term. They have also gone at 77 per cent by foot, compared to just 59 per cent from Adelaide.

22:35

SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Zach Tuohy)

26:15

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)

27:08

Adelaide has won the clearances by 20 tonight, is best result in this area this season. The Crows previous best result in this area was against Richmond in Round 6, when they won clearances by nine.

27:19

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

27:29

Matt Crouch had another prolific game with 32 disposals, 18 contested possessions and eight clearances. It is the 11th time in 17 games that Crouch has had over 30 disposals this season. His season low in this area is a remarkable 27 disposals.