Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 13 Jul 2019

Pre Game

00:00

Gold Coast has directed 53 per cent of its kick-ins to the corridor this season, the highest percentage of any side.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

04:08

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

04:09

The Suns produced the first three inside 50 entries of the game, but for no score. The Crows responded with the next three inside 50s, capped off with Eddie Betts kicking the opening major of the game.

05:57

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Touk Miller)

07:16

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

08:30

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tyson Stengle)

10:00

After ten minutes of play the time in possession favours the Crows 43 per cent to 31.

12:00

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

13:56

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Reilly O'Brien)

13:57

Reilly O'Brien kicks just the third goal of his 16 game AFL career.

15:31

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

17:15

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jarrod Witts)

17:22

The Crows are retaining possession from 67 per cent of their inside 50 entries, superior to 57 per cent for the Suns.

18:25

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Luke Brown)

18:26

Gold Coast has conceded 53 points per game from its turnovers this season, ranked 16th in the AFL. Already tonight they have conceded 2.2 (14) from this source.

20:52

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Darcy MacPherson)

22:47

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)

23:13

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Wayne Milera)

24:10

Despite struggling on the scoreboard, the Suns are controlling the clearances, 12 to five, highlighted by four to ruckman Jarrod Witts.

25:04

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Sam Day)

26:27

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brad Crouch)

28:39

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Matt Crouch)

29:03

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Atkins)

30:05

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Sean Lemmens)

31:43

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

31:44

A dominant opening term by the Crows see them enter the first break with a 22 point lead. The star of the quarter was Rory Atkins with 12 disposals at 83 per cent efficiency, four inside 50s, three marks and four score involvements.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

01:52

Since Round 12, the Crows have won the contested possession count by 12 per game to lead the AFL during this time. Adelaide is continuing to dominate this measure again tonight, currently leading the contested possession count 43 to 31.

02:44

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Hugh Greenwood)

04:29

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)

06:17

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tyson Stengle)

06:18

After two goals from two games for Richmond in 2017, Tyson Stengle has his first goal in his first game as an Adelaide Crow.

09:24

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Knight)

09:39

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

11:31

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)

11:32

The entire Crows score for the second term so far (4.1) has been sourced from Gold Coast turnovers.

14:29

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Josh Corbett)

16:49

Of the six free kicks that Gold Coast has conceded, the most common indiscretion has been for holding the ball on four occasions.

17:21

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tyson Stengle)

21:32

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)

23:52

Brad Crouch's seven first-half tackles exceeds his 2019 per-game average of 4.2.

25:57

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)

27:50

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

30:52

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

30:53

The Crows continued their dominance in the second term, controlling time in possession, 49 per cent to 35 for the quarter, turning a 22 point quarter-time lead into a 64 point margin at the major break.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

00:17

With the first foray inside 50 of the second half, the Crows now have 13 of the last 14 entries into this zone.

00:23

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Eddie Betts)

01:39

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

04:31

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Sean Lemmens)

05:54

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Darcy MacPherson)

07:22

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

07:23

Taylor Walker has been targeted a game-high eight times inside the forward 50 zone. The Adelaide captain has taken marks from two of these targets, and both times converted the mark into a goal.

09:56

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Alex Sexton)

12:07

Adelaide is kicking the ball with 67 per cent efficiency for the third term. This compares favourably to 40 per cent for the Suns.

14:59

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Sean Lemmens)

15:00

All four Gold Coast majors have been kicked from a distance beyond 30 metres from goal. In comparison, the Crows have kicked eight of their 14 goals from inside this range.

19:10

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Matt Crouch)

19:11

With Matt Crouch's goal the Crows have now reached 100 points on all eleven visits to Metricon Stadium. They are also undefeated at the venue.

21:51

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

24:15

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

24:16

Four goals is Eddie Betts second-highest goal tally for the season, only bettered when he kicked six against the Suns in a Round 5 victory.

27:25

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

29:03

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)

32:45

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

32:46

After losing the clearances 16 to 20 in the first half, the Crows remedied this anomaly in the third term, winning the clearance count for the quarter 12 to nine, and extending their lead to 93 points.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:50

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tyson Stengle)

02:06

The Suns have averaged just 37 points per game from their intercept possessions this season, ranked last in the AFL. With just 2.3 (15) kicked from intercepts so far tonight, they are unlikely to even reach this benchmark.

04:08

SCORE BEHIND - Suns (David Swallow)

06:13

Kyle Hartigan does the little things to help his side. His tally of nine one percenters leads all players on the ground, and is more than double any of his Adelaide teammates.

07:02

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

08:23

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Atkins)

09:41

The Crows' Rory Atkins 598 metres gained leads all players on the ground, followed by his teammate Brodie Smith with 502 metres gained. No other man on the ground has gained even 400 metres.

10:58

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)

13:45

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

16:09

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Eddie Betts)

16:10

Eddie Betts has contributed a match-high 12 score involvements for the Crows. Sean Lemmens leads Gold Coast in this measure with a tally of three score involvements.

20:59

SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Sloane)

21:53

The Suns have produced just six effective kicks inside their forward 50 zone for the entire game.

22:57

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)

22:58

Alex Sexton has kicked at least one goal in 14 of 16 games for Gold Coast this season.

24:48

SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Jenkins)

27:34

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Sam Day)

28:52

SCORE GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)

31:12

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

31:13

The Crows win easily in a game they dominated from start to finish, producing their greatest margin of victory over Gold Coast in team history.