Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Richmond

Commentary / 11 Aug 2018

Pre Game

00:00
The Suns have lost the time in possession differential by seven minutes and 24 seconds per game this season, ranked 18th.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:07
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
02:17
Jack Riewoldt kicks the first goal of the game for the Tigers. Surprisingly Riewoldt averages 1.8 goals per game against the Suns over his career, down on his career average of 2.4 goals per game.
05:46
Lachie Weller has a flying shot at goal for the Suns, but turns the ball over. The Suns are struggling to hit a target at this early stage, recording a 14 percent kicking efficiency from their seven kicks. Richmond sit at 73 percent so far, from 15 kicks
07:43
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
08:02
Jack Riewoldt kicks his second goal of the game for the Tigers, this time from an uncontested mark inside forward 50. Richmond have already taken nine uncontested marks for the quarter, including two inside 50, while Gold Coast have taken just one.
09:59
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
10:59
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
12:15
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
12:22
Riewoldt kicks goal number three and for the first time in the 2018 season, kicks three goals in the first quarter. Riewoldt is the leading disposal winner on the ground with seven disposals, including three contested possessions.
15:22
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
17:28
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Leslie)
17:37
Jack Leslie kicks his first career goal after a strong contested mark, and the Suns are competing well in the contest. Gold Coast lead contested possessions 24-19 and tackles 11-7 so far today. The Suns are ranked 12th for contested possessions in 2018.
19:08
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
21:27
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
23:37
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
23:52
Jack Riewoldt kicks his fourth goal of the quarter, from his seventh shot at goal for the quarter. Riewoldt's seven shots at goal is the most shots in a quarter that any player has had this season, beating the previous record of five.
28:38
The Tigers with a comfortable lead at quarter time and despite the Suns breaking even in most statistics, its the inside 50 count of 18-5 in Richmond's favour that was the difference. For the Suns, Brayden Fiorini has a game-high 12 disposals.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:31
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jarryd Lyons)
04:22
Dustin Martin has had a busy start to the game, with nine disposals (seven uncontested possessions). Martin has averaged 29.7 disposals per game across his career against Gold Coast, his highest amount averaged against any side.
05:53
The Suns have made a positive start to the second quarter, with the ball in their forward half of the ground 60 percent of the time so far. That's a good effort against the Tigers, who rank second for time in forward half differential.
10:00
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
11:40
Suns Interchange - Will Brodie and is possibly out for the game.
11:52
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
13:07
Alex Sexton snaps the Suns first goal of the second quarter. Sexton kicked a career-high five goals against Melbourne last week and has kicked a career-high 22 goals in the 2018 season.
18:19
The Suns continue to compete well, recording a plus-four contested possession differential and a plus-three clearance differential in the second quarter. They are letting themselves down in disposal efficiency however, at just 58 percent this quarter.
19:22
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
21:12
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
21:55
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
22:45
Josh Caddy kicks his third goal of the quarter for the Tigers, after another forward half intercept. The Tigers have scored 33 points from intercepts so far today and average 65 points per game from intercepts in 2018, ranked second.
23:24
SCORE GOAL - Suns (David Swallow)
24:55
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Callum Ah Chee)
26:54
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Crossley)
27:15
Brayden Fiorini has had his best first half of the season for the Suns. He has a personal first half season-high and a game-high 17 disposals (14 uncontested possessions), three tackles, three clearances, two inside 50s and two score involvements.
29:11
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Lachie Weller)
29:59
The Tigers with a 30 point halftime lead. The Tigers have a dominant inside 50 count of 31-19, despite most statistics being very even across the ground. The inside 50's were built off their ability to hit targets, with a 74 percent disposal efficiency.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:54
Nick Vlastuin takes advantage of a 50-metre penalty and kicks a long range goal. Vlastuin has been solid today, with 12 disposals (six contested possessions) including a game-high seven intercept possessions, from which the Tigers have scored three goals
04:21
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Bowes)
05:58
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
06:38
Gold Coast has generated an inside 50 from just 14 percent of its kick-ins this season, ranked 17th. Today those struggles have continued, with zero inside 50s recorded from their six kick-ins.
07:28
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
08:22
Josh Caddy kicks his fourth goal of the game, the fifth time this season that he has kicked at least four goals. Caddy is having his best season in front of goal, with 39 goals to this point in the season, almost double his previous best of 21 goals.
11:42
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Crossley)
12:13
The Tigers are starting to flex their muscle in this third quarter, recording a plus-five contested possession differential, plus-two tackle differential and breaking even in the clearances after trailing in that count in the first half.
12:43
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
14:02
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
15:47
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
16:01
Jack Riewoldt takes his eighth uncontested mark inside forward 50 for the day and as a result, kicks his sixth goal of the match. That is a new personal best against the Gold Coast, eclipsing his previous record of five goals.
16:48
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
17:30
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shane Edwards)
19:06
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
22:24
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
24:38
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
27:19
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
27:22
Suns Interchange - Pearce Hanley and is possibly out for the game.
27:31
Jack Riewoldt kicks goal number eight of the day, the third time in his career he has reached this number. He also has 16 score involvements so far today, which is an equal season-high for all players. Josh Kelly from GWS recorded this mark last week.
29:51
A big quarter from the Tigers gives them an unassailable lead at three quarter time. Richmond recorded a plus-four contested possession count, plus-six tackle count and plus-nine inside 50 count for the quarter, kicking seven goals to zero.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:06
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
03:22
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
05:00
Callum Ah Chee kicks the Suns first goal of the last quarter after a spectacular mark. That is the Suns first goal since the 23 minute mark of the second quarter.
07:14
The Suns have once again struggled with their accuracy today, recording just four goals from 15 shots at goal. Gold Coast has recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 40 percent this season, ranked 18th.
09:37
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Lachie Weller)
09:43
Lachie Weller makes it two consecutive goals for the Suns in this final quarter. The Suns have generated an inside 50 from 31 percent of Wellers rebound 50s this season, ranked second of the top-50 players for rebound 50s.
10:45
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
12:58
The Gold Coast forwards have struggled to win their contests today against Richmond's defenders, recording a loss in their one-on-one contests 54 percent of the time. The Suns are ranked 18th in offensive one-on-one contests this season.
14:30
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
15:39
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
15:58
Dustin Martin kicks his first goal of the game for the Tigers and he has had a good day. Martin has a game-high 28 disposals (ten contested possessions), four clearances and six inside 50s.
19:01
The Tigers are finishing the game strongly in the last quarter leading disposals 69-59, contested possessions 29-17, clearances 6-4 and inside 50s 10-7.
20:46
Jack Riewoldt kicks his ninth goal, on a record-breaking day for him. His 25 disposals is a career-high, beating his previous best of 24, recorded in 2016. His 22 kicks today is also a career-high, while his 12 marks inside 50 is an equal career-high.
23:16
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Young)
24:23
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
25:03
For the Suns, Jack Bowes has had the best game of his career to date. Bowes has had a career-high 26 disposals (ten contested possessions), 408 metres gained for his team and four tackles.
27:40
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
28:28
A big win for the Tigers, built off their contested ball dominance and their ability to convert inside 50 dominance. Jack Riewoldt kicks 10 goals for the third time in his career.