Match

North Melbourne vs Richmond

Commentary / 31 May 2019

Pre Game

00:00
North Melbourne has allowed its opposition to go inside 50 an average of 52 times this season, ranked eighth defensively, but it has conceded a score from 49 per cent of these entries, ranked 18th.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:07
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
04:17
Tom Lynch boots the first goal for the game from his team's fourth inside 50. The Tigers have scored a goal from 22 per cent of their entries this season, the tenth-highest percentage in the AFL.
06:50
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
06:57
Tigers Interchange - Bachar Houli off due to an injury.
07:00
Nick Larkey grabs the first mark inside 50 for the game and boots the Kangas' first goal. Richmoond has allowed its opposition to average 12 marks inside 50 in 2019, the fifth-most of any side.
08:50
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
11:08
The Tigers have generated two inside 50s from three chains (67 per cent) originating in their defensive 50. The AFL average is 20 per cent.
14:29
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
14:39
North leads the clearance count by one (6-5), with that goal to Dustin Martin being the first from this source.
16:58
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
17:08
The Roos have won two clearances in forward 50 and scored from both. They won just 33 clearances in this zone in the first 10 rounds, the second-fewest of any side.
18:14
Scott Thompson has taken three marks with all coming from Tiger kicks. All other players have combined to take two intercept marks.
21:19
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
21:29
The Kangas have generated their entire score from forward half chains. They have scored 36 points per game from forward half chains this season, the fourth-fewest in the competition.
23:18
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dan Butler)
23:26
Kangaroos Interchange - Robbie Tarrant off due to an injury.
23:28
Richmond is dominating out of the middle, winning all five centre clearances with that goal to Dan Butler coming from this source.
24:47
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
28:56
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
29:06
North has scored 18 points from forward half intercepts, just eight points fewer than their season average from this source.
30:39
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
31:13
The Tigers applied 14 tackles from 31 attempts in the opening term for a tackle efficiency of 45 per cent. The AFL average is 65 per cent.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:07
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
04:24
Cameron Zurhaar just applied his sixth tackle for the game, a career-high.
04:31
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
07:12
North Melbourne has failed to generate an inside 50 from 14 defensive 50 chains. It has gone inside 50 from 25 per cent of chains originating in defensive 50 this season, the second-highest percentage in the AFL.
08:15
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Liam Baker)
11:04
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
11:14
North has scored 13 points from forward half clearances. They have averaged just 10 points from this source this season, ranked 17th.
12:17
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
15:28
Ben Cunnington has won six possessions this quarter with all of them contested, three more than any other player.
16:28
Kangaroos Interchange - Jamie Macmillan and is possibly out for the game.
18:25
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dan Butler)
18:35
That goal to Dan Butler was his team's first from a forward half intercept. Richmond has scored 30 points per game from this source in 2019, the fifth-most of any club.
20:08
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
23:36
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
24:52
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
25:02
The Tigers have outscored the Roos by 10 points from centre clearances. The Kangas have been outscored by eight points per game from this source this season, ranked 18th.
27:54
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
28:33
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jared Polec)
29:33
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
29:43
The Kangas lead the clearance count 11-10 this quarter and they have recorded five scores to one from this source, including that goal to Mason Wood.
30:54
North Melbourne was wasteful in front of goal in the second term. It scored eight times from 11 entries, but recorded a scoring accuracy of just 25 per cent.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jared Polec)
03:52
Richmond has now conceded three goals from forward 50 clearances for the first time this season.
08:46
Jason Castagna just grabbed his first contested mark inside 50 this season. He took nine in this zone last season, the fourth-most at the club.
08:53
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
10:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
12:29
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
12:39
The Kangas lead the clearance count 6-2 this quarter and they have kicked the only two goals from this source.
17:53
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
18:03
With that goal to Mason Wood, North has now scored a season-high 59 points from forward half chains.
20:22
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
21:54
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Mason Wood)
22:04
Mason Wood kicks his team's first goal from a defensive half chain. It came from a kick-in. The Roos have scored 66 points from this source this season, 23 points more than any other team.
26:13
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
26:23
Cameron Zurhaar has applied five tackles this quarter, the equal of all 22 Tigers. North has laid 14 more tackles for the term with Richmond recording a tackle efficiency of just 22 per cent.
27:44
Kangaroos Interchange - Tarryn Thomas off due to an injury.
30:51
North Melbourne recorded 44 effective kicks in the third term, 26 more than the Tigers. The Roos won the ball at the contest, winning the clearance count 14-9 and kicking three goals to no score from this source.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
02:16
The Kangas have kicked six goals from their last 10 inside 50s.
04:17
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Liam Baker)
07:00
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
07:10
North have now kicked seven goals from forward half intercepts in consecutive weeks. They had not kicked more than four from this source prior to last round.
08:27
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
09:34
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
10:33
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
11:58
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
12:08
The Kangas have scored 27 more points from clearances. They were outscored by 112 points from this source in the first 10 rounds, ranked 18th and 16 points worse than any other team.
14:08
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (David Astbury)
16:27
Kangaroos Interchange - Kayne Turner off due to an injury.
19:08
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
19:18
Too little too late for the Tigers. They have generated five of the last six inside 50s and kicked two goals from these.
23:45
Bachar Houli just recorded his 38th disposal for the game, a career-high.
24:36
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
27:51
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Sydney Stack)
27:56
From 10 minutes into the third term until the 12-minute mark of the fourth quarter, the Roos went inside 50 16 times to eight and outscored the Tigers 8.2 (50) to 0.3 (3).