Match

GWS Giants vs Essendon

Commentary / 24 Mar 2019

Pre Game

00:00
Plenty of interest in how the new 6-6-6 rule will impact scoring from centre bounces this year. Last season the Bombers kicked 34.30 from 274 centre bounce clearances while the Giants kicked 32.29 from 286 centre bounce clearances.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:20
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Dylan Shiel)
04:46
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
05:02
The Giants transition the football from defensive 50 to inside forward 50 uninterrupted to register both their first inside 50 and the first goal of the match.
06:19
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (David Myers)
07:32
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Tom Bellchambers)
10:15
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
10:32
The Bomber lead the inside 50 count 6-2 but have only kicked three behinds to the Giants' two goals straight. The Bombers disposal efficiency inside forward 50 is only at 25 per cent to this point in the match.
14:00
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
14:40
The Giants have now taken three marks inside their forward 50 while the Bombers are yet to take one. The most recent mark inside 50 resulting in the behind to Finalyason. The Giants lead the total mark count 13-3.
17:10
Giants Interchange - Lachlan Keeffe off due to an injury.
19:11
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
19:22
After Taranto for the Giants won the first clearance of the match the Bombers have won 11 of the next 12 clearances. Four individual players for the Bombers have two clearances to their name this quarter.
24:23
Taranto and Coniglio getting busy in the first quarter, both with an equal quarter high seven disposals. They do however have have a combined seven turnovers from these 14 disposals, Coniglio with a current game high four.
26:05
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Matt de Boer)
28:33
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
29:09
All five scoring shots for the Giants (3.2) have originated from Bombers' turnovers while all four scoring shots for the Bombers (0.4) have originated from stoppages.
31:18
The Bombers led the inside 50s that quarter 14-12 and clearances 14-3 but trail the Giants by 16 points at the first break. The Giants are going at 75 per cent disposal efficiency while the Bombers are going at 64 per cent.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:26
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brent Daniels)
01:20
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Perryman)
02:36
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
02:58
Bombers Interchange - Patrick Ambrose off due to the blood rule.
04:51
The Giants with five inside 50s in the first five minutes of the second quarter while the Bombers are yet to go inside their forward 50. The Giants have also had the only two clearances of the quarter.
05:37
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jacob Hopper)
06:22
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Lachlan Keeffe)
10:31
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Jake Stringer)
10:52
The Bombers with a goal from their first inside 50 of the quarter through Stringer. Stringer has had five disposals so far including two contested possessions.
12:45
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Perryman)
14:09
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
14:32
The Giants lead the tackle count this quarter 13-2 with Taranto for the Giants with three tackles having more than the entire Bombers team this quarter. The Giants lead the count across the match 31-8.
15:44
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Lachlan Keeffe)
17:43
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Mitch Brown)
20:58
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Heath Shaw)
21:09
Shaw for the Giants kicks his first score of the day, one behind, from his tenth disposal. That disposal was Shaw's first disposal inside the Giants forward 50 zone while he has had three in the defensive 50 zone, all of which have been effective.
26:07
Coniglio continues to lead all players now up to 16 disposals for the match. He has however been wasteful going at only 38 per cent efficiency with seven disposals being direct turnovers. The Bombers have committed 34 turnovers to the Giants' 28.
27:01
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Lachlan Keeffe)
30:23
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
30:25
A goal after the siren to Cameron sees the Giants take a 33 point lead into the main break. The Giants lead across a range of statistical categories including disposals 189-145, contested possessions 78-58, marks 55-24 and tackles 37-27.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:08
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brent Daniels)
05:39
Himmelberg takes the Giants' second mark inside 50 of the quarter already but turns the football over by foot with Smith for the Bombers taking the intercept mark. The Giants lead the marks inside 50 count 13-3 and the intercept mark count 9-7.
06:26
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brett Deledio)
07:14
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
08:50
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
10:11
Cameron earns his fifth score involvement of the match passing to Greene who registers a behind, also his fifth score involvement. Cameron and Green share a game high tally of score involvements with teammates Daniels and Coniglio.
12:39
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jacob Hopper)
13:49
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
17:04
In both his first match against his old side and his first match for his new side, Shiel leads all player with five clearances. This is even more impressive as it has come from 13 total disposals. The Giants lead the total clearance count 26-20.
17:59
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Lachlan Keeffe)
19:11
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)
20:08
The Giants continue their dominance this quarter leading total disposals 64-47, contested possessions by a significant 28-13, scoring shots 7-1, although they only lead inside 50s marginally 10-9.
21:18
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
23:15
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
25:37
Taylor for the Giants having an important impact in the back half for his team with a team high count in spoils (5) and intercept marks (2) and an equal team high disposal efficiency of 92 per cent from his 12 disposals.
25:52
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
29:29
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
29:31
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:40
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
02:28
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
05:06
The Giants have won all three centre bounce clearances this quarter to take their overall lead for the match to 9-3. The Giants have kicked 4.2 (26) from centre bounce clearances while the Bombers have not registered a score.
05:36
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)
07:01
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
08:42
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
10:27
The Bombers earn just their ninth free kick of the match while the Giants have been awarded 22, half of which have been holding free kicks. No 50 metre penalties have been incurred in the match so far.
11:28
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
11:55
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Lachlan Keeffe)
12:18
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
15:29
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
15:42
The Giants have now had an impressive nine scoring shots (6.3) from eleven inside 50s this quarter while the Bombers have not scored this quarter and have only registered four inside 50s.
20:53
Simpson for the Giants has had the ascendancy in the ruck with 11 hit outs to advantage from 32 hit outs while his opponent Bellchambers has had eight hit outs to advantage from 32 hit outs. Both ruckmen have had seven disposals.
22:56
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Aaron Francis)
25:15
Coniglio the first player to 30 disposals for the match, now up to 31. He is also the only player in double figures for score involvements with 10, and after seven turnovers to half time he has only added to that total once in the second half.
27:39
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
28:25
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Mark Baguley)
31:07
The Giants led from start to finish today in a dominant display to run out with an impressive 72 point win. Coniglio led all players with 31 disposals and Cameron led the goal kicker list with four.