Match

Collingwood vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 31 Mar 2018

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to MCG for the Collingwood v GWS Giants Round 2 clash.

59:33

Outs for Magpies: J.Smith, B.Reid, M.Cox

59:34

Ins for Magpies: M.Scharenberg, C.Brown, T.Broomhead

59:35

Outs for Giants: T.Greene

59:36

Ins for Giants: T.Scully

59:40

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00:00

Collingwood suffered their first ever loss to the Giants the last time these two teams met. The Pies enjoyed a 26 point lead at quarter time, but the Giants managed to fight back and win by three points thanks to a late Steve Johnson goal.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:40

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Scully)

02:05

In his return to the side, Tom Scully has kicked the opening goal of the match following a forward 50 stoppage. Scully booted 15 goals last season, his second-highest haul in a season.

03:18

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Crisp)

05:30

Since 2014, The Giants have won just 6 of the 14 matches that Toby Greene has been absent from their side.

06:44

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)

09:02

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Tom Phillips)

09:11

Giants Interchange - Zac Langdon off due to an injury.

09:41

Collingwood have started strongly at the contest. They lead clearances by three, have won four more contested possessions and are up by one in hardball gets.

11:13

Magpies Interchange - Tim Broomhead and is possibly out for the game.

15:17

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

16:15

Brodie Grundy is dominating at stoppages, winning seven hit-outs with three of these to advantage. The Giants are yet to win a hit-out.

17:11

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Moore)

19:26

All of the scoring from the Pies have been sourced from possession chains originating in their attacking half of the ground. They kicked the fifth most points in round 1 from chains starting in this zone.

20:31

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)

24:45

After a slow start, the Giants have won the last eight clearances. Deledio, Ward and Shiel have combined for six of these eight clearances.

26:43

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Adam Tomlinson)

28:08

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)

28:38

GWS has been the more efficient side when going inside 50, kicking four goals from their seven inside 50s (57 per cent efficiency). In contrast, Collingwood has been inside 50 10 times for just three goals.

30:52

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jonathon Patton)

32:17

It is now 10 straight clearances to the Giants after Collingwood won five of the first six. Rory Lobb has managed to bounce back after a slow start, winning three hit-outs to advantage to equal the output of his opposing number, Brodie Grundy.

34:41

Giants Interchange - Tom Scully and is possibly out for the game.

38:47

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

01:04

Dylan Shiel led the opening term for disposals with 10, whilst also leading the match in inside 50s (three) and score involvements (three). Shiel won 10 or more disposals in a quarter 14 times last season.

04:40

Collingwood has used the ball poorly by foot, kicking at just 52 per cent efficiency compared to 67 per cent by the Giants. The Pies have six players who are yet to register an effective kick.

07:10

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)

11:08

GWS grabbed 119 marks in their opening round win against the Bulldogs. The Giants averaged 89 marks in 2017, ranked 13th in the league. They have taken 10 more marks than Collingwood today.

11:25

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)

14:52

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)

15:58

Scott Pendlebury has won a quarter-high seven disposals to go with his five contested possessions. Pendlebury has only one centre-square involvement, well down on his 2017 average of 20.

17:29

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)

18:57

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)

20:56

The Pies are winning the territory battle this quarter, with the ball being held in their attacking half for 59 per cent of the quarter. In the last 10 minutes, 36 per cent of the play has been in their attacking 50 resulting in just the one goal.

25:24

Tom Langdon has grabbed a match-high three intercept marks, all of these being taken in the midfield zone. He also leads the match with eight intercept possessions, and leads the Pies in rebound 50s with four.

25:55

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Adam Treloar)

29:41

Collingwood has stepped up their pressure this quarter, laying 25 tackles compared to 17 for the Giants. Most impressively, 20 of these tackles have been laid in their forward half of the ground.

31:20

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

31:30

The Giants enter the main break leading by five points, the same margin as at quarter-time. The Giants did not lose a match in 2017 when leading at half-time.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

03:59

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Travis Varcoe)

05:01

The forward pressure of Collingwood continues to impress, with all six of their goals being sourced from their forward half of the ground. They lead forward-half tackles 27-17.

05:28

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Adam Treloar)

07:25

The Giants boast a clear advantage at stoppages, leading clearances 26-19. However they have not been able to take advantage of this dominance, with both sides kicking 3.1 (19) sourced from stoppages.

07:35

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Ben Crocker)

10:25

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Langdon)

11:35

The Magpies were ranked first for uncontested possessions last season, averaging 259.8 per match. They struggled in this stat last week against Hawthorn winning just 200 but have bounced back this week, leading uncontested possessions by 13.

13:22

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

13:50

GWS has been extremely efficient in front of goals today. They have not missed a shot on goal from within 40 metres out, and have kicked five goals straight from shots sourced from general play.

16:45

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)

18:12

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Varcoe)

20:23

Collingwood has kicked the ball inside 50 27 times, with only three of these resulting in a mark. They managed just six marks inside 50 last week v Hawthorn after averaging nearly 13 in 2017.

21:01

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)

23:38

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Matt de Boer)

23:50

Despite trailing hit-outs this quarter nine to four, GWS lead clearances by two and have kicked three goals to one from this source.

27:56

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Crocker)

29:11

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)

29:43

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Tom Phillips)

30:20

Collingwood again have won the territory battle this quarter, with the play being held inside their attacking half for 61 per cent of the quarter. They have struggled to make the most of their dominance, only leading the quarter by four points.

32:33

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

32:43

Josh Kelly has laid a career-high 12 tackles going into the three-quarter-time. This is the sixth time in his 86th career match that Kelly has laid 10 or more tackles in a match.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

02:14

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)

02:42

Collingwood gain the lead following their fifth goal sourced from a turnover. This source has been fruitful for the Pies today, with nine of their 17 scoring shots coming following intercepts.

04:31

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (James Aish)

04:47

The Pies have had nine of the last 10 inside 50s in the match, and have kicked three goals to none from these entries. The current lead of 11 points is now a match-high for the Pies.

08:55

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)

10:39

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)

11:28

Stephen Coniglio has booted three goals in a match for the first time in his career. Coming into 2018, Coniglio had only kicked multiple goals in a match five times throughout his 95 game career. He has achieved this feat twice now in 2018.

13:40

The Giants lead marks inside 50 nine to four. This is a much lower result than last week, where they grabbed 22 marks in this zone against the Bulldogs.

14:13

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)

15:50

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

17:45

Brodie Grundy has dominated the ruck battle today, winning 14 hit-outs to advantage. Only twice has he ever recorded a better output than this in a match.

17:53

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

18:31

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Langdon)

20:23

Tom Phillips has reached 30 disposals for the first time in his career. He has also a career-high for metres gained (602) and ahs equaled his career-best result for marks (10).

21:44

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)

23:12

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Lachie Whitfield)

24:34

GWS has dominated once the ball has hit the deck, leading groundball gets by 17. Callan Ward leads the way with 13 followed by Tim Taranto with 10.

26:44

Collingwood has struggled with their transition of the ball out of defensive 50, only registering a score from two per cent of their possession chains originating in this zone.

27:20

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)

29:38

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

29:48

GWS battle it out to record their second ever victory at the MCG. This is just the second time in their history the Giants have started the season with two wins from two matches.