Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Carlton

Commentary / 14 Apr 2019

Pre Game

00:00
Carlton has taken a mark and immediately played on 33 per cent of the time this season. This is the third-highest percentage recorded by any side.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:25
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Zac Fisher)
01:45
Suns Interchange - Jack Hombsch off due to an injury.
02:07
Carlton are off to a good start, they have won the first 2 clearances and have had 9 disposals to the Sun''s nil.
04:34
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jarrod Witts)
05:42
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jordan Murdoch)
06:28
The Suns have had the last 4 inside 50''s with 2 of these sourced from center bounce clearances and resulting in the 1 score.
11:03
The Suns have won the contest early, they lead the contested possessions (19 to 13) and hard ball gets (5 to 1).
14:26
The Suns lead the inside 50''s (9 to 4), however their kicking efficiency in the forward half is just 42 per cent.
16:43
Carlton have already created 7 intercepts in their defensive half with Liam Jones winning 2 intercept marks in his own defensive 50.
19:04
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Harry McKay)
20:36
Both sides are struggling to transition from their defensive half, creating an inside 50 from 8 per cent of defensive half chains each.
21:39
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Zac Fisher)
22:20
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Michael Gibbons)
25:27
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Peter Wright)
27:27
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
27:53
The Suns finally get reward for their dominance (14 to 7 inside 50''s) with their 2nd goal from an intercept. They have created 6 inside 50''s from their attacking midfield, launching 2 goals from this source.
31:07
Touk Miller had 9 tackles in that quarter, the equal most in a quarter for any player in the Suns history.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:25
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Charlie Curnow)
01:56
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Mitch McGovern)
02:54
Carlton win the first 2 center bounce clearances and a generate a goal from both of these chains. Before today, they had launched the equal fewest goals from this source (4).
06:19
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Mitch McGovern)
07:14
The Blues are enjoying the fast ball movement from stoppages. They have launched a goal from 36 per cent of their clearances, compared to 6 per cent for the Suns.
10:53
Jacob Weitering has been influential down back with game highs in intercepts (6) and metres gained (232).
12:09
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Wil Powell)
14:43
The Suns pressure have out tackled the Blues (45 to 35) and as a result, the Blues have used the ball less efficiently with more kicking turnovers (15 to 13).
15:35
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
17:35
The Suns are dominating the clearances (22 to 13), but that goal to Alex Sexton was just their 2nd from this source.
18:05
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Mitch McGovern)
19:08
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Michael Gibbons)
19:16
The Blues key forwards (McGovern and Curnow) are firing in this quarter. They have 4 marks inside 50 from 6 entries, resulting in 4 goals.
20:44
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Fiorini)
21:34
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Fiorini)
23:55
Suns Interchange - Wil Powell and is possibly out for the game.
28:04
The Suns have launched 6 inside 50''s from 15 defensive half intercepts in this quarter. However they have managed only (0.1.1) from these chains.
30:32
The Suns won 19 of 30 clearances in that half. But, it was the Blue''s effectiveness from centre bounce clearances that was the difference, launching (2.0.12) to (0.1.1) from this source.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:07
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Peter Wright)
03:36
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Sam Walsh)
07:39
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Will Setterfield)
08:28
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
08:41
The Blues lead the inside 50''s (4 to 2), clearances (3 to 1) and uncontested possessions (22 to 5) for the quarter, resulting in 2 goals to nil.
11:02
The Blues have launched 4 inside 50''s from their attacking midfield intercepts in this quarter, generating a score from 60 per cent of these chains.
13:09
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jordan Murdoch)
13:29
The Suns have converted just 36 per cent of shots on goal, compared to 54 per cent for the Blues today.
15:19
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
16:56
Touk Miller has game highs in meters gained (465), tackles (11) and contested possessions (10).
20:08
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Alex Sexton)
21:12
The Blues lead the contested possessions (27 to 22) and clearances (8 to 2) in this quarter.
21:36
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Alex Sexton)
24:13
In the last 15 minutes, the Suns have created 5 inside 50''s from 7 defensive half chains. But they have struggled to convert these opportunities, generate just (0.3.3) from these chains.
25:23
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Paddy Dow)
28:09
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
28:30
Carlton had the better of that quarter, they won the clearances (10 to 5), inside 50''s (13 to 10) and created a score from 38 per cent of their inside 50 entries in that quarter.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:25
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (David Swallow)
04:19
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
04:27
The Suns are off to a great start in this quarter, they have won the first 3 clearances, have had 3 of 4 inside 50''s and created a score from 50 per cent of these entries.
08:14
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Michael Gibbons)
10:37
Blues Interchange - Mitch McGovern off due to an injury.
11:18
Since half time, the Suns have sourced 10 of 15 inside 50 entries, but they have launched just (0.2.2) from this source.
14:50
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
16:13
The Suns have won the clearances (8 to 4) in this quarter and have taken advantage of these opportunities launching (1.1.7).
18:40
Sam Walsh will be a good candidate for the Rising Star nomination. He has had 13 contested possessions, 6 clearances and 6 score involvements.
19:08
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
20:10
Suns Interchange - Ben Ainsworth off due to an injury.
20:24
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
23:22
That goal to Patrick Cripps was the first the Suns have conceded from a kick-in this season.
25:21
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Ed Curnow)
27:07
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jack Martin)
28:40
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jack Bowes)
30:04
The Suns have won their 3rd straight game by less than 10 points. Their dominance around forward 50 stoppages (3 goals to nil) was the difference today.