Match

Geelong Cats vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 12 Jun 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Luke Breust finished with three goals, two goal assists and two behind assists in Round 1 - a total scoreboard impact of 32 points, ranked equal second amongst all players across Round 1.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:21
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Luke Dahlhaus)
00:41
Five disposals and 20 seconds - that's all it took for Geelong's first goal of the night.
05:39
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
06:11
Rhys Stanley kicks the Cats second goal. He is the only Cats player to be involved in both scores so far tonight.
07:32
James Frawley has won the Hawks first three intercept possessions of the game.
08:35
Tom Atkins kicks the Cats third goal of the match and their second goal sourced from a stoppage.
10:51
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Oliver Hanrahan)
12:12
Geelong has won four of the first five centre bounce clearances of the game.
13:08
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
13:27
Geelong leads the groundball-get count 10-5 and the overall contested possession count 17-8.
16:02
Shaun Burgoyne kicks the Hawks second goal, both goals have been kicked from within the goalsquare.
16:07
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
18:34
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
19:26
James Worpel has won four disposals across the past five minutes.
20:18
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
22:34
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Ablett)
22:52
Joel Selwood has won a team-high eight disposals. He also has three clearances so far tonight.
24:45
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Joel Selwood)
26:39
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
27:39
Chad Wingard sets up the Hawks third goal. He has three of the Hawks six inside 50s for the match.
28:36
Four of the first nine goals of this game have come directly from centre bounce clearances. Jack Gunston has kicked the last two goals.
30:56
The Cats have been better by foot so far, recording a kicking efficiency of 72% compared to the Hawthorn's 51%.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:29
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
04:27
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
05:28
The Cats have generated the last five inside 50s in a row, but have scored just one behind.
07:46
James Worpel leads the Hawks with five tackles tonight - three more than any other teammate.
08:14
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
10:07
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
13:17
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Chad Wingard)
14:42
The Hawks are winning the clearances 7-3 this quarter. James Worpel has won three of the Hawks seven clearances.
16:17
Ben McEvoy has been good in his new role in defence. He has seven disposals and a team-high six intercept possessions.
17:13
Paul Puopolo has had just four disposals so far, but has a match-high three score launches.
17:50
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Ablett)
18:09
Geelong has won more ball at ground level in its forward 50 than the Cats. The Cats have won seven forward 50 groundball-gets while the Hawks have won just three.
20:04
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jonathon Patton)
22:05
The Cats have kicked three goals from stoppages and the Hawks have scored four of their six goals from this source.
24:06
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gary Ablett)
24:38
Tom Stewart has had a team-high eight disposals and 208 metres gained in the second quarter.
25:54
Brandan Parfitt had a team-high six tackles that half - twice as many as any other Cats player.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:53
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Esava Ratugolea)
02:15
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
03:13
Geelong took 0 contested marks in the first half, but have already taken two here early in the third quarter,
03:59
Geelong has kicked the opening two goals of the quarter. It leads the contested possession count 10-5 for the term.
06:29
Sam Frost has won a team-high seven intercept possessions so far in his second game with the Hawks.
07:47
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
08:19
Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood and Gary Ablett all have an equal team-high four disposals across the third quarter.
09:32
The Cats are dominating territory this quarter leading the inside 50 count 10-1.
10:27
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
10:44
Three of the Cats four goals this quarter have been sourced from the attacking midfield.
12:30
Joel Selwood leads the Cats with eight groundball-gets so far in the game. No Hawks player has won more than four.
13:24
Joel Selwood has also won a team-high 12 contested possessions, twice as many as any Hawthorn player.
15:15
Mark Blicavs has won a team-high six intercept possessions tonight.
16:11
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
17:59
In the past 20 minutes, Patrick Dangerfield has had seven disposals, five intercept possessions and one goal.
19:02
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
19:48
Geelong has dominated the quarter. It leads the inside 50 count 16-4 and the clearance count 8-3.
21:03
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Tim O'Brien)
21:19
Tim O'Brien kicks his first goal of the game. It was only the second Hawks goal from a mark tonight. The Cats have kicked five goals from marks.
22:29
Brandan Parfitt just applied his eighth tackle for the game, twice as many as any of his teammates.
23:09
The Cats still love the ball in Gary Ablett's hands. He leads the team with nine handball-receives tonight.
23:49
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
24:45
Geelong has kicked seven of the last eight goals of the game.
26:14
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jonathon Patton)
27:12
Harry Taylor has had 11 disposals tonight with zero turnovers - the only player in the game with double-figure disposals without a turnover.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:19
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Atkins)
02:39
Tom Atkins kicks his second goal of the game. He becomes the gift Cats player to reach multiple goals tonight.
04:32
The Cats have outscored the Hawks 53-21 from scores launched from the forward half.
07:01
Geelong has been in more control of the ball than the Hawks. Its disposal efficiency is 10% better than the Hawks and it leads the uncontested possession count 164-107.
09:58
The Cats have also dominated in close as well, leading the contested possession count 122-90.
10:32
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
12:48
Brandan Parfitt has applied10 tackles - a quarter of his side's total tackle count tonight.
14:24
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
14:34
Tom Hawkins hasn't scored tonight, but he has been involved in eight scoring chains - ranked second for the Cats behind Rhys Stanley.
16:24
Geelong has won the clearance count 18-6 in the second half. It has outscored the Hawks 18-0 from clearances in this time.
17:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
18:00
Geelong has kicked four goals from eight inside 50s this quarter. The Hawks are scoreless from their seven inside 50s.
19:22
Tom Mitchell continues to lead the Hawks for disposals. He has won 22 disposals so far - eight more than any teammate.
24:28
Tom Stewart finished with 20 disposals and a team-high 548 metres gained for the match.