Match

Carlton vs Collingwood

Commentary / 06 Apr 2018

Pre Game

59:30
Welcome to MCG for the Carlton v Collingwood Round 3 clash.
59:33
Outs for Blues: C.O'Shea, C.Byrne
59:34
Ins for Blues: M.Kreuzer, M.Kennedy
59:35
Outs for Magpies: D.Moore, T.Broomhead
59:36
Ins for Magpies: B.Reid, M.Cox
59:40
Don't forget to enter your tips for this match, you have until the bounce to make your selection.
00:00
Carlton has shown a major improvement in their clearance work this season. They have averaged 39.5 clearances per match in their opening two matches, five more than their 2017 average. They kicked four goals from this source last week v Gold Coast.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:57
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Dale Thomas)
05:01
The Blues are dominating the territory battle early, recording the first five inside 50s of the match and enjoying the play being held in their attacking half for 80 per cent of the match so far.
05:24
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jarrod Garlett)
06:42
The first two goals of the quarter for the Blues have been sourced from stoppages. The Blues are smashing the Pies in clearances five-nil, with Marc Murphy already winning two of his own.
09:23
Carlton has won the first 10 hardball gets of the match. Key forward Charlie Curnow leads the way with three of his own to go with his four inside 50s.
13:07
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Levi Casboult)
14:18
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)
15:16
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
15:27
The first centre clearance of the match for the Pies results in their opening goal. This is the Pies first goal of the season sourced from a centre bounce.
18:20
Carlton are transitioning the ball impressively out of their defensive 50 zone. 50 per cent of their possession chains originating from this zone has resulted in an inside 50, and they have scored twice from these chains.
18:44
Blues Interchange - Caleb Marchbank off due to an injury.
20:56
The Pies have managed to rectify the early territory dominance by the Blues. In the last 10 minutes, the Pies lead the inside 50s seven to four, and have had the ball in their attacking half for 54 per cent of this time-frame.
22:06
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
25:00
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
27:17
Steele Sidebottom has accumulated the ball at will this opening term, amassing 15 disposals from 75 per cent time on ground. Sidebottom has only ever achieved 15 disposals in a quarter once, back in round 7, 2012 v Brisbane.
28:50
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Reid)
30:38
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
30:45
Collingwood dominated the final stages of the first quarter. They had 22 of the last 23 handball receives of the term, and won 33 more disposals in the final 10 minutes.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:21
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
00:51
Sidebottom finished the quarter with 15 disposals, his equal-highest disposal tally in a quarter in his 188 game career. Only Tom Mitchell has accumulated more disposals in a quarter this season.
04:44
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
05:07
Carlton has been poor by foot, kicking at just 57 per cent efficiency. Only four Blues players have 100 per cent kicking efficiency compared to six for the Magpies.
06:57
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
06:59
In complete contrast to the opening term, the Pies are dominating the territory battle and have benefited with the first six inside 50s of the term. 90 per cent of the quarter has been played in the attacking half of the ground for the Pies.
08:48
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
08:58
Sidebottom has now kicked the seventh consecutive goal for the Pies. Since the Blues kicked their third goal of the match, the Pies have laid six more tackles, won 45 more disposals and have been inside 50 nine more time than their opponents.
11:21
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Marc Murphy)
13:13
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Travis Varcoe)
13:33
Collingwood has kicked five of their seven goals sourced from stoppages. This is a remarkable improvement for the Pies, as they scored 5.6 (36) from this source in their first two matches this season.
13:37
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
15:36
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
16:57
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
17:33
Josh Thomas has kicked a match-high three goals, and is just the third time in his career he has achieved this feat in a single match. The last time he kicked three goals in a match came back in round 22, 2014 v GWS.
18:53
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Reid)
19:13
Blues Interchange - Caleb Marchbank and is possibly out for the game.
22:29
Scott Pendlebury has attended the most centre bounces for his side with 10 appearances. Pendlebury had only participated in 24 of these events in 2018 prior to this match, the sixth most for the Pies.
25:45
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jarrod Garlett)
27:25
Will Hoskin-Elliott has a match-high seven score involvements from his 10 disposals. He also leads his side in marks with five, and has the second most metres gained for the Pies with 229.
31:08
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
32:00
Carlton could not get their hands on the football in the second quarter, collecting just 63 disposals in the term. This is their lowest result this season, and their third worst result since the beginning of 2017.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:48
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Paddy Dow)
01:43
Carlton went inside 50 just seven times in the second quarter, the equal-second lowest result by any side this season. They got smashed in contested possessions (36-25) and turned the ball over on 16 occasions.
03:14
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
04:23
The forward pressure by the Pies has been first-class. They lead forward half tackles by 12, and lead clearances in this zone by six. They have kicked six goals sourced from chains originating in their forward half.
05:38
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)
07:13
Levi Casboult has booted the first goal for Carlton in over 53 minutes of playing time, and puts an end to a 10 goal streak by the Pies. This is the first time this season Casboult has kicked multiple goals in a match.
08:49
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)
09:52
Carlton have improved their kicking efficiency this quarter. After kicking at a poor 60 per cent in the opening half, they Blues are going at 93 per cent efficiency this quarter, which has resulted in two goals.
10:29
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
12:09
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
14:07
Brodie Grundy has been an influential figure on this match, leading the match in hit-outs to advantage (six) along with his six clearances and six score involvements. Carlton as a collective have only won five hit-outs to advantage.
17:38
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
18:11
Collingwood has now grabbed 11 marks inside their forward 50. The Pies came into tonight with only 11 marks taken in their attacking zone from their first two matches.
21:27
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)
23:11
Levi Casboult has booted three goals in a quarter for just the second time in his career. The only other time he has achieved this was during the second quarter of round 13, 2014 v Hawthorn where he kicked four for the match.
23:42
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (James Aish)
24:56
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Cameron Polson)
25:46
After trailing tackles by eight at half-time, the Blues have managed to improve their intensity this quarter, leading this stat by seven. However eight Blues players are still yet to lay a tackle tonight.
29:14
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
31:36
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Levi Casboult)
31:44
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
31:48
The Blues went inside 50 15 times in the third quarter and managed to kick a score on eight of these entries. This was a big improvement from the first half, where they scored seven times from 23 entries.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:36
Carlton has only conceded an average of 72.5 marks per game in their first two matches this season. The Pies are up to 92 marks tonight, after taking 85 for the entire match last week against GWS.
04:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
06:45
Steele Sidebottom has been a star tonight, leading the disposal tally with 32 and also kicking three goals. This is just the third time in his career he has accumulated over 30 disposals and kicked three goals in a match.
08:11
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Cameron Polson)
10:05
The Blues have been strong when the ball has been on the ground, leading groundball gets 79 to 72. Cripps, who amassed 25 groundballs in the first two rounds (most of any Blue), leads the way for the Blues tonight with eight.
10:32
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
12:00
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
14:21
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
14:33
Collingwood has been extremely accurate tonight, kicking 15 goals from their 19 shots at a conversion rate of just under 79 per cent. This is their highest accuracy rate in a match since round 17, 2001 where they kicked 19.5 (119) v Fremantle.
17:39
Blues Interchange - Matthew Kennedy off due to an injury.
18:28
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kreuzer)
19:13
The Blues poor inside 50 conversion trend continues tonight. They had 17 more inside 50s than Gold Coast last week in their 34 point loss and tonight lead inside 50s 51-48 but have kicked seven less goals from these opportunities.
21:32
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Reid)
23:25
Jack Crisp has reached 30 disposals for the fourth time in his career. Most impressively, he is going at 80 per cent disposal efficiency after starting the season averaging a poor 64.9 per cent.
26:42
Collingwood have kicked 6.1 (37) sourced from stoppages tonight. They kicked at least six goals from this source in just five matches last season, only losing one of these matches.
28:34
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Zac Fisher)
29:46
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
30:35
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
31:46
The 24 point win for the Pies comes on the back of dominating possession of the football. They won the disposal differential by 82, their best result of the season and their fifth best result since 2016.