Match

North Melbourne vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 13 Apr 2019

Pre Game

00:00
The Crows have conceded 54 points to their opposition''s chains originating in the forward half so far this season. This is the second most conceded points in this zone of all clubs.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:54
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)
03:30
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
06:27
North Melbourne has won four forward half intercepts to start this match. They have averaged just 15 forward half intercepts per game this season - ranked 18th.
07:28
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
08:20
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
08:48
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
09:58
Daniel Talia has started strongly for the Crows, leading the disposal count with six. He has recorded a disposal efficiency of 84 per cent this year, a career-high for the key defender.
12:08
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
13:18
North Melbourne are attempting to move the ball as quickly as possible, playing on from 50 per cent of their marks. The Crows have played on from just one of their 16 marks.
13:38
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Paul Ahern)
16:23
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
17:10
Crows Interchange - Tom Lynch off due to an injury.
17:11
The ball has been in North Melbourne''s forward half for five more minutes than the Crows in the opening 17 minutes of the match. They have struggled to convert this territory dominance however, scoring from 33 per cent of their inside 50s.
18:31
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
21:17
The Kangaroos have now recorded the last nine inside 50s of the match, however have only scored an inaccurate 1.4(10) from these entries.
22:36
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
24:13
Eddie Betts has kicked multiple goals in this opening term, taking his season tally to five. Betts is typically a slow starter in matches in recent history, having not booted multiple goals in a first quarter since 2017.
24:21
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
25:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Chayce Jones)
25:59
The story of the first quarter was each sides respective efficiency when going inside their attacking 50 zone. North scored from 47 percent of their entries compared to the Crows who scored from 100 percent of theirs.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:58
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
04:07
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brad Crouch)
05:03
The first goal in the second quarter goes to the Crows, with Brad Crouch converting a scoring chain sourced from a defensive half intercept. This was the Crows first goal of the match sourced from their defensive half of the ground.
05:22
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
07:41
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
08:44
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
09:15
North Melbourne has started the quarter strongly, leading contested possessions by seven and groundballs by six. They have been let down by poor ball use though, kicking at just 44 per cent efficiency.
09:55
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
11:13
Rory Laird has won 14 disposals, the most of any player. Laird has averaged 23 disposals against the Kangaroos over his career, his third-lowest average against any side.
15:49
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
16:20
North Melbourne has booted their second goal of the match after 42 minutes of playing time. In this time they have recorded 25 inside 50s, compared to just 13 for the Crows.
17:49
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)
18:35
Adelaide entered this round ranked last for goals per inside 50s, scoring a goal from 18 per cent of their entries. Tonight they have booted a goal from 36 per cent of their attacking entries.
20:01
Kangaroos Interchange - Luke McDonald off due to an injury.
20:02
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Myles Poholke)
22:36
North Melbourne has recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 50 per cent coming into tonight, the fourth-highest percentage in the league. Their accuracy tonight is at 18 per cent, comfortably the lowest accuracy of any side in a match this season.
24:35
Kangaroos Interchange - Shaun Higgins off due to the blood rule.
26:29
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
28:31
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
30:30
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
30:33
A late goal to Jack Ziebell following an illegal block by Daniel Talia has reduced the Crows lead at half-time to 14 points. Two of the three goals for the Roos have came from free kicks.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:30
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
03:26
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
05:31
Despite not hitting the scoreboard himself, Tom Lynch leads the game in score involvements. He has been involved in seven unique scoring chains from his 12 disposals.
06:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
07:03
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
07:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Wayne Milera)
08:15
The Roos are dominating intercepts in the forward half, leading the differential by 16 for the match. They have not won this statistic in any of their first three matches, losing the differential by an average of 16 per match in 2019.
10:07
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
12:18
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
14:29
Ben Brown has been targeted inside 50 seven times resulting in one mark in this attacking zone. In comparison, Riley Knight and Eddie Betts have combined for seven targets in their attacking zone for four marks between them.
15:19
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
16:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
16:51
North Melbourne has piled on three goals in seven minutes to bring the margin back to just three points. They have recorded eight of the last nine inside 50s and have enjoyed 71 per cent of the last 10 minutes of play been held in their forward half.
18:50
Crows Interchange - Brad Crouch off due to the blood rule.
20:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
20:36
North Melbourne has kicked 4.1(25) this quarter from their scoring shots as well as one rushed behind. This change in accuracy has came from their improved shot location, with three of these goals scored from within 30 metres from goal.
22:15
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
26:07
Despite winning fewer intercepts, Adelaide is leading the scores from intercepts by eight points. They have booted four goals from intercepts in the attacking midfield zone, compared to two to the Roos.
27:52
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Kayne Turner)
29:18
North Melbourne had only scored four third quarter goals in their opening three matches but have responded to match their season output tonight in this term. Ben Brown booted three goals to take his tally for the match up to a season-high four goals.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:10
North Melbourne has been outscored by a total of 50 points in their fourth quarters so far this season, ranked last in the competition.
04:40
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
05:51
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
06:12
The Roos have now kicked the last six goals of the match for an overall lead of 17 points. Since the Crows last goal, the Roos have won 13 more contested possessions, nine more inside 50s, four more clearances and 34 more disposals.
07:03
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
07:22
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jared Polec)
10:10
North Melbourne''s best differential for forward half intercepts in a match in the last seven years is 22. They have won 20 more intercepts in this zone so far tonight.
10:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)
14:44
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
15:08
Adelaide has been well served by Alex Keath, who has taken a career-high 14 marks. 15 of his 16 kicks have been effective and he has kept his main match-up of Tarryn Thomas goalless in the match.
17:56
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
21:58
Since 2012, Adelaide''s lowest score at Marvel Stadium has been 68 points (Round 4, 2015 v Western Bulldogs). This will be the first time since 2010 that the Crows have not kicked 100 points in any of their four opening matches of a season.
23:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)
26:10
Weight of numbers eventually won the match for the Roos who recorded 21 more inside 50s for the match. They won the clearance battle by 11, and also won 16 more contested possessions.