Match

GWS Giants vs Richmond

Commentary / 14 Jul 2018

Pre Game

00:00
Jack Riewoldt has taken 47 marks inside 50 this season, the equal-highest of any player in the AFL, and only Ben Brown and Tom Hawkins have kicked more goals from marks than Riewoldt in 2018.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:24
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
02:09
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
02:35
Josh Kelly gets the first goal of the game to get the Giants off to a good start. They will need to start well against the Tigers. When Richmond have lead at quarter time this season, they are 10-1. When they trail at quarter time, the Tigers are 2-2.
05:58
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Ryan Griffen)
06:20
GWS have recorded three forward half possession gains, and two of them have resulted in their first two goals for the night. They average three points per game more than their opponents from this source in 2018, the 10th-highest average of any side.
07:40
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Ryan Griffen)
08:32
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
10:48
Richmond have recorded twice as many pressure acts as the Giants early in the first term (31-15). It largely hasn't phased the Giants as they are using the ball at 76 per cent efficiency and have recorded 20 more disposals than the Tigers.
12:19
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
14:05
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rory Lobb)
14:30
The Giants have scored from six of their 10 inside 50's in the first term. On the season the Giants have scored from 47f their inside 50 entries this season, the highest scoring rate of any side in the AFL.
16:06
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Langdon)
16:58
Nick Vlastuin is playing well for Richmond in the first quarter. His four disposals, 124 metres gained and three marks, including two intercept marks, are all the best numbers for any Richmond player.
17:06
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Trent Cotchin)
23:27
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shane Edwards)
24:53
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
25:20
Kane Lambert has helped the Tigers slowly get back into this game. He has a team-high eight disposals and two clearances from seven contested possessions, the most of all players on the ground.
26:17
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
26:58
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
28:27
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
29:46
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
30:29
Both Richmond (2.3.15) and GWS (2.2.14) scored the majority of their points from general play in the first term. In 2018 they respectively rank second (49 points per game) and fourth (48 points per game) among the AFL clubs for points from this source.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:16
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
01:17
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
04:30
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
05:16
Jack Riewoldt takes a big pack grab and kicks truly to get the Tigers off to a good start in the second term. He has been very important to the Tigers in the first half, as he also provided both assists for each of Daniel Rioli's goals in the first term.
06:41
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Langdon)
09:14
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
10:05
Richmond have been much more clean with their disposal in the second quarter. In the first 10 minutes of the opening term, Richmond's disposal efficiency was at 59 per cent. After 10 minutes gone in this term, it is at 82 per cent efficiency.
11:04
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
16:22
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
19:30
GWS have recorded 20 marks to 16 for the Tigers in the second quarter. Since Round 9 the Giants have recorded 76 marks per game, the lowest-average of any side in the AFL in this time.
21:02
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
22:38
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
24:13
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
25:27
Heath Shaw's game-high 448 metres gained in the first half surpasses the highest mark in this category for any GWS player in a first half this season (415 metres gained for Josh Kelly against Essendon in Round 10).
26:19
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
28:37
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
29:50
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
30:50
Dion Prestia has enjoyed the best first half of his injury-interrupted season. His 17 disposals and five inside 50's are both team-high measures for the first half, and he was rewarded with a goal just before half time.
31:00
Both teams in tonight's match have recorded four first half rushed behinds. This is no surprise as both Richmond and GWS rank first and second respectively for rushed behinds scored in 2018, and are the only two teams who average over three per game.
31:02
GWS have launched 4.1.25 from their attacking midfield zone in the first half of tonight's match. The Giants average 24 points per game launched from this zone, the sixth-lowest average of any side in the competition this year.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
05:13
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
06:40
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Ryan Griffen)
07:13
After kicking at 53 per cent efficiency in their attacking midfield zone in the second term, they are going at 83 per cent by foot in this zone early in the third term, allowing them to lock the ball in their forward half for 75 per cent of this quarter.
07:29
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
10:39
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Langdon)
10:48
Zac Langdon gets the first goal of the quarter after six inside 50's to the Giants without a major. The Giants have scored eight goals to six from four less inside 50's than the Tigers.
12:15
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
13:56
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)
14:59
GWS have been tackling at 78 per cent efficiency in tonight's match so far. On the season they have recorded a tackle efficiency of 68 per cent, the second-highest tackling efficiency rate of any side in 2018.
16:11
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)
17:14
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
19:16
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
21:52
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Callum Moore)
23:09
Alex Rance and Phil Davis are tied at the top with 11 possession gains each so far in tonight's match. Rance holds the edge as he has launched a goal for the Tigers where as Davis has not launched any scores.
24:49
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
25:28
David Astbury has been very important to keeping the Tigers in the match this term. He has a team-high seven disposals, three tackles and three marks to go with seven pressure acts.
27:15
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Corey Ellis)
28:12
The Tigers have outscored their opposition by 202 points in fourth quarters this season, the highest total of any side this season and 108 points better than the next best side.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:04
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
02:47
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
05:07
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Toby Nankervis)
05:41
After being outscored 19-4 in the third term from possession gains, the Tigers have kicked both of the first two goals of the quarter from this source. The Tigers average 19 points per game from this source in final quarters.
06:15
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
12:54
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
15:07
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jayden Short)
15:21
That long bomb for goal from Jayden Short takes him to 188 metres gained in the final quarter alone, 50 metres more than any other player on the ground. Short has gained the most metres of any player in the AFL in 2018 (7645 metres).
17:59
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
19:47
Callan Ward is willing the Giants to the end of this match. He leads all players with four contested possessions, three clearances and two inside 50's and a team-high seven disposals in the final term.
24:32
Brandon Ellis's 30 disposals in tonight's match are a season high and a career high measure against the Giants. His 27 uncontested possessions is his third-highest total of his career and his best since 2016.
26:23
Since 2014, the Giants have won the clearance count by three per game against the Tigers, the fourth-best differential recorded by any side. GWS lead this count by 11 late in the final term.
27:03
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
28:13
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Sam J. Reid)
28:17
An instant classic as the Giants down the Tigers by just two points. 33 disposals from a game-high 19 contested possession to GWS captain Callan Ward and an equal-career high 32 uncontested possessions to Lachie Whitfield were vital.