Match

Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 26 May 2018

Pre Game

59:30

Welcome to Gabba for the Brisbane Lions v Sydney Swans Round 10 clash.

59:34

No changes for Lions.

59:35

Outs for Swans: C.Mills, G.Rohan

59:36

Ins for Swans: H.Marsh, R.Stoddart

59:40

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

00:00

Sydney score a goal 24.9 per cent of time their inside 50 - ranked 3rd across the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

05:20

Brisbane have brought good pressure to start off the match leading the tackle count by six for the quarter (8-2). Dayne Zorko has two tackles so far to lead the way early for the Lions.

07:33

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)

08:13

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)

10:42

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jarrod Berry)

11:05

Sydney has dominated inside 50's early on this match 9 - 3 but have failed to capitalise on the scoreboard with only 1.0 to Brisbane's 1.1

14:14

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Ben Ronke)

15:04

Josh Kennedy has had a strong start to the match with eight disposals, two handball receives, three contested possessions and two clearances.

16:32

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)

20:26

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Jarrod Berry)

22:53

Brisbane has dominated the hit outs for the quarter 14-1. Stef Martin 10 and Oscar McInerney four have totally out pitted their opponents to start the match.

27:12

The two sides have been evenly matched in the clearances with Brisbane holding a slight advantage 11 - 9 this quarter with Dayne Beams leading the way for Brisbane with four clearances and four first possessions.

28:18

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Beams)

31:29

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

02:05

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Oliver Florent)

04:11

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)

05:47

Sydney has been strong when the ball has been on the ground tonight, leading groundball gets 47 to 28. Josh Kennedy 6, Tom Papley 5, Jake Lloyd and Luke Parker 4 lead the way for the Swans tonight.

07:53

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)

12:10

Sydney has had the past five inside 50's for the quarter. But have failed to capitalise on their dominance only scoring one goal for the quarter.

12:25

Lions Interchange - Matt Eagles and is possibly out for the game.

15:18

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)

19:18

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)

20:03

Sydney's lead of 17 is the largest lead that either side has had throughout the match.

22:30

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)

23:11

Dayne Beams has had a strong first half of the match with 15 disposals, three handball receives, 10 contested possessions and five clearances and one goal.

24:48

Sydney's disposal efficiency of 69 per cent is slightly down on than their season-average of 72.6, they are ranked 9th across the season.

27:16

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

00:47

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Daniel McStay)

02:11

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)

03:28

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Ryley Stoddart)

06:53

Sydney forward pressure has been far better than Brisbane's, applying 19 tackles to 14 inside in the forward half of the ground.

09:15

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Daniel McStay)

10:20

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)

11:22

Oliver Florent has gained 467 metres for the match, 50 more than any other player on the ground. Mitch Robinson is the next best with 417 and then Isaac Heeney with 322.

11:28

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)

13:36

Sydney has been able to hit the scoreboard from turnovers today outscoring Brisbane, 4.3 (27) - 2.2 (14) from this area.

16:37

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Ben Ronke)

18:02

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

18:54

Brisbane's Darcy Gardiner and Sydney's Heath Grundy both have played 96 per cent of the game this evening, the most out of everyone on the field.

19:43

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)

22:09

Sydney has focused on Lance Franklin as its key target inside 50 this afternoon, targeting him a team-high seven times. He has failed to heavily impact the scoreboard with only one goal but has four scoring involvements.

25:06

Lions Interchange - Mitch Robinson off due to the blood rule.

28:21

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)

29:36

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

32:15

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Harry Cunningham)

33:15

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:55

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

02:26

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Tom Cutler)

03:25

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Ben Ronke)

06:01

Sydney has kicked 8 out of the last 12 goals of the match to take the lead out to 22 points.

09:40

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Allen Christensen)

10:00

Brisbane has dominated the clearances 8 - 3 this quarter. Mitch Robinson is leading the way with three.

10:35

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Beams)

14:26

Sydney has 18 more effective disposals than Brisbane for the match so far. Jake Lloyd (20), Josh Kennedy (13) and Luke Parker (13) have been the most prominent on the ground.

14:40

SCORE GOAL - Swans (Kieren Jack)

16:43

Stef Martin has won the hit outs 40-20 when he has been opposed to Callum Sinclair in the ruck and 15 hit outs to advantage. He has been excellent around stoppages with eight first possessions and seven clearances.

19:06

Mitch Robinson has surpassed his career-high for contested possessions with 23 this evening. He previous best of 20 was achieved against GWS in Round 6 this year.

23:18

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

27:27

SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)

29:03

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Daniel McStay)

30:44

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

33:03

Dayne Beams has had a dominate game today with 38 disposals, 18 handball receives, 434 metres gained, 16 contested possessions, five inside 50s, nine clearances, four tackles, six scoring involvements and one goal.