Match

Sydney Swans vs Gold Coast Suns

Commentary / 21 Jul 2018

Pre Game

00:00
Gold Coast has averaged 51 defensive half intercepts per game this season, third-best in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:16
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Ben Ronke)
03:12
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jarrod Witts)
04:42
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Zak Jones)
04:43
Opening goal-scorer Zak Jones produces his sixth major in his 15th game for the 2018 season.
06:44
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jacob Heron)
07:17
Sydney are kicking the ball with 64 per cent efficiency compared to just 42 per cent for the Suns.
09:26
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Oliver Florent)
09:27
The Swans have kicked 2.1 from just four inside 50 entries, far more efficient than the Suns who have only produced the three behinds from six inside 50s.
11:12
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (George Hewett)
12:52
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
12:53
With his first major today, Sydney's Tom Papley marks his sixth consecutive game with at least one goal.
15:04
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
17:38
Sydney is dominating time in possession 60 per cent compared to 26 per cent for Gold Coast.
18:34
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Nick Holman)
18:58
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Sean Lemmens)
20:28
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
20:29
All five Sydney goals have been the result of a disposal chain that began with a Gold Coast turnover.
22:11
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Touk Miller)
23:48
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Callum Sinclair)
24:45
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Colin O'Riordan)
25:47
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
28:37
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
28:38
Gold Coast ends the opening term with a disposal efficiency inside their forward 50 of 0 per cent.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:37
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
02:44
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Kade Kolodjashnij)
03:32
The top seven players in terms of metres gained are all Swans, with Lance Franklin the best with 167 metres.
04:39
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Young)
06:52
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
07:03
Of 11 free kicks conceded by Gold Coast, the most common indiscretion has been four times for holding the ball.
09:18
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Young)
09:19
With consecutive goals for Gold Coast, Aaron Young has multiple majors for the fifth time this season in 17 matches.
11:50
The second term inside 50 count favours the Suns eight to two, including the last five.
12:07
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jacob Heron)
14:09
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
14:10
After disposing of the ball at 56 per cent efficiency in the opening term, the Suns have improved this to 77 per cent for the second quarter.
15:51
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
19:01
The entire Gold Coast score for the second quarter (4.1) has been sourced from Sydney turnovers.
23:41
The dominant ruckman in the first half has been the Suns' Jarrod Witts with 25 hitouts, including five to advantage. Next best on the ground is Sydney debutant Darcy Cameron with six hitouts (two to advantage).
24:52
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Lachie Weller)
26:36
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
31:03
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
31:04
After being completely dominated in the first quarter, the Suns turned things around in the second. For the term, they won the disposal count 98-87, kicked the ball with 58 per cent efficiency (to 40), and kicked six goals while holding Sydney goalless.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:41
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Sean Lemmens)
02:34
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
04:07
Gold Coast has opened the second half with four of the first five clearances.
07:19
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Lachie Weller)
09:47
Sydney's Josh Kennedy leads all players on the ground with 23 disposals, yet his kicking efficiency is just 27 per cent.
11:55
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Crossley)
12:14
Sydney has not kicked a goal since the 26th minute of the first quarter. In the time since, the Suns have produced six majors.
13:28
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
14:49
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Alex Sexton)
15:22
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Young)
16:38
In spite of his goal-kicking pedigree, Sydney forward Lance Franklin has been targeted just the two times inside forward 50 for the Swans.
20:42
In the third quarter alone, the Swans have conceded five free kicks for high contact.
22:14
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Josh P. Kennedy)
24:50
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jacob Heron)
26:48
Sydney Swan Aliir Aliir recorded a career-high 23 disposals last round. With 18 so far today, and over a quarter to play, he is on track to produce a career-best for the second week running.
27:13
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
28:29
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
28:30
A huge third-quarter for Suns recruit Lachie Weller. For the term, the former Docker generated nine disposals at 78 per cent efficiency, five contested possessions, three clearances, and three score involvements.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:10
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Sean Lemmens)
02:30
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
02:31
Sydney's Tom Papley has three goals in a game for the first time since kicking 3.2 against Geelong in Round 20 last season.
03:45
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
05:19
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
07:55
Suns captain Steven May does the little things to help his team. He has six intercept marks and seven one percenters to lead all players on the ground in both measures.
08:01
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
09:07
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
10:52
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
14:14
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Young)
14:15
The Suns finally get a final-quarter goal after five consecutive inside 50 entries.
17:36
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jacob Heron)
18:23
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Aaron Young)
19:25
Six of eight Sydney goals, and eight of ten Gold Coast majors, have been kicked from a distance beyond 30 metres from goal.
19:50
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Lachie Weller)
22:11
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
23:45
After losing the disposal count 125 to 57 in the first term, Gold Coast has held sway in this measure since quarter time, 269-230.
24:43
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
25:00
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Ben Ronke)
28:59
In just his eighth AFL game, Gold Coast's Will Brodie has led the Suns with a career-high 27 disposals to go with 11 contested possessions, six tackles and five clearances.
30:12
The siren has sounded to end Q4.