Match

Hawthorn vs Collingwood

Commentary / 05 Jul 2019

Pre Game

00:00
Isaac Quaynor makes his long-awaited debut for Collingwood tonight. Quaynor has averaged 19 disposals over his 10 VFL matches this season, and has been playing a crucial rebounding role with 67 rebound 50s (37 more than the next best Magpie).

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:47
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
04:00
Collingwood has booted the first goal of the match, following a strong Brody Mihocek tackle in the forward 50. Collingwood are are the No. 1 ranked first quarter side in the competition, outscoring their opposition by 133 points throughout the season.
06:42
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Blake Hardwick)
07:11
Just like the Magpies, Hawthorn's first goal of the night comes on the back of a strong forward 50 tackle applied by Blake Hardwick. The Hawks are ranked fourth for forward 50 tackles this season, averaging just under 13 per match.
08:27
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
10:27
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
12:17
The Hawks are working well to keep the ball locked in their forward half, winning the first six forward half intercepts of the match. They dominated this stat last week against the Eagles, winning 10 more intercepts in this attacking zone.
15:24
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
18:28
Collingwood's defenders are holding up strongly, with the Hawks recording 11 of the last 12 inside 50s but only managing the single goal from these entries.
18:32
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jarman Impey)
19:51
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
20:53
Collingwood's first inside 50 in 12 minutes results in a goal to Jordan De Goey. The Magpies have scored a goal from 75 percent of their forward 50 entries, compared to seven percent for the Hawks.
23:01
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
26:20
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
26:52
Collingwood has scored their second goal of the quarter from a forward 50 intercept. The Magpies have scored two goals from their three forward-half intercepts, compared to the Hawks who have scored three behinds from their 11 forward-half intercepts.
29:17
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
29:37
The Magpies recorded just five inside 50s in the opening quarter, their equal-fewest in a single quarter this season. Despite this, they still managed four goals for the quarter from 14 forward-half disposals, compared to one goal for the Hawks from their 58 forward-half disposals.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:43
Hawthorn had won the inside 50 count by 10 or more in a single quarter three times this season. They won all of these quarters, by an average margin of 25 points. In the opening term, the Hawks recorded 13 more inside 50s, by trailed by 13 points at the break.
04:38
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
05:47
Collingwood has came out ferociously in the second quarter, leading tackles seven to zero. This is an area that has typically been a strength of the Hawks in 2019, laying an average of six more tackles than their opponents (ranked second).
07:37
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)
08:51
James Sicily has lined up in the defensive 50 tonight for the Hawks, matched up on Brody Mihocek. Sicily has won 52% of his defensive one-on-one contests this season, ranked No.1 of the top-50 players to have defended a contest.
10:59
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mitchell Lewis)
11:58
Reward for effort to the Hawks, as they boot their second goal of the match following an impressive kick inside 50 by Luke Breust to find Mitchell Lewis at the top of the goal square. This was Breust's 13th goal assist for the season, and he is on track to record his best output in a season since 2014.
12:45
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Callum L. Brown)
13:58
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
14:35
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Worpel)
18:09
Hawthorn is aiming to move the ball on as quickly as possible, playing on immediately from 44 percent of their marks compared to 26 percent for the Magpies. In 2019, the Hawks have played on from a mark 28 percent of the time (ranked sixth).
20:54
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
23:05
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
23:53
The Magpies are well on top at the contest, winning the last four clearances and leading this stat nine to four for the quarter. Adam Treloar has been the main participant, winning a game-high five clearances.
24:39
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
27:43
Collingwood enter half-time with an eight point advantage on the scoreboard despite going inside 50 13 times less than the Hawks in the opening half. 66 percent of Collingwood's scoring shots have been sourced from stoppages, whilst 64 percent of the scoring shots for Hawthorn have been sourced from intercepts.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:21
Since Round 12, the Magpies have lost the contested possession count by 14 per game (ranked 16th). They have improved this attack at the contest tonight, leading contested possessions by 13.
04:55
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
06:28
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
06:36
The Hawks draw the first blood of the second-half, with Luke Breust kicking the fifth goal of the match sourced from a free kick. The Hawks have improved their ball use since quarter time, improving their kicking efficiency from 58 per cent to 73 percent since quarter time.
12:02
Collingwood has been held scoreless from their defensive 50 so far. The Magpies have successfully transitioned the ball inside 50 from three of their 33 possession chains originating in their defensive 50. The Magpies have been the sixth-best scoring side from defensive 50 this season.
15:47
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
16:06
The Magpies have scored from 48% of their forward 50 entries tonight, compared to 35% for the Hawks. Since Round 12, Collingwood has scored from 38% of its inside 50 entries (ranked 16th).
18:00
Magpies Interchange - Josh Thomas off due to an injury.
18:47
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Tom Phillips)
22:03
James Sicily has been a dominant force for the Hawks in the defensive-half this quarter, grabbing four intercept marks. This is the equal-most intercept marks by any player in a quarter this season.
22:23
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Callum L. Brown)
24:59
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
25:07
Some stoppage brilliance by Jordan De Goey has given Collingwood their first goal of the quarter late in the third term. This goal is the first goal from a forward-half stoppage for the magpies tonight.
29:22
A low-scoring third quarter where both sides only managed one goal apiece. The Magpies continued their contested possession dominance during that quarter (now leading by 18), and also lead the post-clearance contested possession 81 to 74.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:38
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
01:32
A big challenge awaits the Hawks in this final quarter, as Collingwood has outscored their opposition by 104 points in final quarters this season - the highest differential of any side.
03:39
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
04:48
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
05:03
Collingwood kick the important first goal of the final term, to extend their lead to a game-high 18 points. The goal came following the Magpies eighth mark inside 50, down on their season average of 13 (ranked equal-first).
07:04
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Mitchell Lewis)
08:31
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Oliver Hanrahan)
09:21
Hawthorn score their first goal of the final quarter following their 26th intercept in the forward-half. The Hawks have averaged 27 forward half intercept possessions this season, ranked second.
10:13
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Tim O'Brien)
11:50
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Ben McEvoy)
12:08
Ben McEvoy has kicked a clutch set shot goal to reduce the margin to four points midway through the last quarter. McEvoy has performed admirably against the reigning All-Australian Brodie Grundy, taking more marks than his opposing ruckman around the ground.
14:16
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mitchell Lewis)
14:33
The Hawks have scored three goals from their past five inside 50s and are now in front for the first time in the match. Hawthorn has recorded the last nine inside 50s, and have enjoyed 86% time in forward half in the last 10 minutes.
16:23
Isaac Smith has now set a career-high for inside 50s with 11, beating his previous best of 10 coming in round 4, 2015 v Port Adelaide.
18:38
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Paul Puopolo)
20:12
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Oliver Hanrahan)
20:39
Hawthorn managed three marks inside 50 in the opening three quarters, resulting in one goal on the scoreboard. In this final term, the Hawks have grabbed four marks inside their attacking 50, resulting in two goals through Ben McEvoy and Oliver Hanrahan.
22:17
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brayden Sier)
23:27
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
23:59
After starting the night with two straight behinds, Luke Breust has found his radar and booted two goals. Breust has recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 61% this season, ranked fourth of the top-20 goal kickers in the competition.
27:10
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
27:39
Collingwood refuse to give up, with a late goal to Will Hoskin-Elliott bringing the margin back to three points. The Hawks have only won one of their four matches this season that were decided by less than 10 points.
29:42
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
31:06
The Hawks hold on to win a nail-biter and take their recent record to 12 wins against Collingwood in their last 13 encounters. The finished with 23 more inside 50s, and had six more scoring shots from turnovers.