Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Collingwood

Commentary / 30 Jun 2018

Pre Game

00:00
Collingwood's Jeremy Howe has won 84 defensive half intercepts this season, fourth best in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:00
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Martin)
01:01
Opening goal scorer Jack Martin has his 13th major for the season in his 13th game.
04:13
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jarryd Lyons)
06:00
Gold Coast has controlled the opening six minutes, with five inside 50s to nil. They are also kicking the ball with 64 per cent efficiency compared to the Magpies 40.
06:20
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
08:47
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
09:33
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Wil Powell)
09:34
Suns debutant Wil Powell kicks a goal with his first disposal in AFL football.
13:58
After Gold Coast started the game with the opening five inside 50s, the Magpies have hit back with five of the next six.
14:33
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
15:47
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
17:45
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
19:47
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
19:48
First year Magpie Brody Mihocek has kicked at least one goal in each of his four career games.
23:03
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
23:40
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
24:49
The Suns Touk Miller leads the disposal count with eight, but has zero in the last ten minutes.
25:53
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Crocker)
31:50
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:51
Five first quarter clearances for Gold Coast's Jarryd Lyons almost matches his per-game average of 6.5 across his first 11 games. Lyons also has 12 first term disposals at 58 per cent efficiency along with eight contested possessions.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:11
The Magpies have won the disposal count by 37 per game this season, best in the AFL. Tonight they are not having it all their own way, where the Suns actually lead the disposal count at present, 106 to 95.
03:21
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
04:06
Of the six free kicks that Gold Coast has conceded, three have been for a push in the back.
04:11
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
05:49
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Martin)
09:10
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)
09:56
The Magpies have produced seven of the first nine inside 50s of the second term, including three to Steele Sidebottom.
10:10
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
12:11
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
15:18
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (David Swallow)
16:43
In terms of hitouts, Collingwood's Brodie Grundy is well in front of his Gold Coast counterparts with 22. However, he has only directed five of these to a teammate. Gold Coast's Jarrod Witts has fewer hitouts (14) but six have been to advantage.
17:12
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
18:43
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)
19:58
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
19:59
Four of the Magpies' five second quarter goals have been the result of a disposal chain that began with a Gold Coast turnover.
22:28
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brayden Maynard)
23:02
Gold Coast has had just three kicks (all ineffective) in it's forward 50 for the entire second quarter.
23:34
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jacob Dawson)
31:52
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
31:53
After losing both the disposal and contested possession counts in the first quarter, the Magpies asserted their dominance in the second. They won the disposal count for the term 94 to 82, as well as the contested ball 45 to 35.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:41
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
02:59
Gold Coast has won five of the last seven clearances, yet 11 of the last 14 inside 50s have been to Collingwood.
03:35
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
06:00
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
07:51
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
09:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
09:48
Not surprisingly, the three leaders in terms of metres gained are all Magpies, debutant Brayden Sier with 357, Jack Crisp with 319, and Scott Pendlebury with 311.
11:54
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Touk Miller)
12:00
The Suns have laid just a solitary tackle in the first twelve minutes of the third quarter.
14:34
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
17:16
The Suns have scored from just 38 per cent of their inside 50 entries this season, last in the AFL. They are unlikely to improve on this ranking tonight, where their scores from inside 50 conversion is only 22 per cent for the game.
18:45
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
19:35
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Josh Schoenfeld)
19:36
Gold Coast's Josh Schoenfeld kicks his first goal for the season in his third game for 2018.
21:13
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Brayden Crossley)
22:05
Magpies Interchange - Lynden Dunn and is possibly out for the game.
22:59
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
24:16
In the last ten minutes Gold Coast has scored 3.0 to 0.2 while kicking the ball with 85 per cent efficiency compared to 60 per cent for Collingwood.
25:09
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Tom Phillips)
26:02
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Crossley)
27:25
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Crossley)
28:33
Suns Interchange - Sean Lemmens off due to an injury.
28:51
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
28:52
Gold Coast closed the third quarter with the last six inside 50s, but could only kick 0.3 during this period of dominance.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:55
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Young)
04:23
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Nick Holman)
04:29
Michael Rischitelli has averaged 17 disposals per game against Collingwood across his career, his third-lowest average against any side. With just seven disposals so far tonight, the former Brisbane Lion is having another quiet night against the Magpies.
06:21
Collingwood's Matthew Scharenberg does the little things to help his team. His ten one percenters is the game high for either side.
08:12
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
10:17
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Chris Mayne)
12:22
Gold Coast has dominated the second half inside 50 count, 28 to 16. However, Collingwood's better ability to convert their entries into scores (38 per cent to 29) has seen Gold Coast make very little progress in reducing the scoreboard deficit.
13:49
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
14:12
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
15:28
The Magpies have not kicked a goal since the tenth minute of the third quarter.
16:54
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
18:26
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Aaron Young)
20:25
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
21:43
Jarrod Harbrow has taken a match best five intercept marks for Gold Coast. The next most of any man on the ground is three from Collingwood's Chris Mayne.
24:29
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Josh Schoenfeld)
25:37
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Ben Crocker)
26:10
A dominant display from Collingwood midfielder Taylor Adams. His output for the match so far has included an equal season-high 28 disposals at 57 per cent efficiency, 16 contested possessions, eight clearances and four marks.
27:52
The siren has sounded to end Q4.