Match

Hawthorn vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 28 Jun 2020

Pre Game

00:00
The Hawks are ranked 18th this season for turnover points against. They average 7.7 goals for turnovers against and average a competition high 69 turnovers per game.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:26
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
07:20
Hawthorn with the early advantage but aren't capitalizing on the scoreboard. The Hawks have gone inside 50 seven times to North Melbourne's one.
07:53
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Mitchell Lewis)
09:51
Most of the ball has been spent in Hawthorn's attacking half. 28 of North Melbourne's 32 disposals have come from their defensive half.
12:12
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
14:01
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Hall)
14:23
Momentum has quickly shifted in North Melbourne's favour. Their last two inside 50's have resulted in a goal. Lead by Todd Goldstein who already has three clearances for the match. Goldstein is ranked 1st in the competition this season for clearances (8.3 average).
15:44
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
17:51
In the last 10 minutes of this match, North Melbourne is plus 30 in disposals, plus 10 in contested possessions, and are kicking at 80% efficiency compared to Hawthorn's 50% kicking efficiency.
19:19
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
20:49
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
24:31
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Tim O'Brien)
25:46
It's been a scrappy contest so far this match. Hawthorn going at 47% kicking efficiency, 17% below the competition average. North Melbourne also struggling to transfer from defence into attack. None of their 11 chains generated from their defensive 50 has resulted in an inside 50.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Chad Wingard)
02:12
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
02:33
Hawthorn with the early advantage this term. The Hawks are up 7 - 0 in contested possessions, lead by James Worpel and Shaun Burgoyne who have two each.
04:30
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Chad Wingard)
05:13
Hawthorn dominating in the midfield this match, lead by Tom Mitchell who has a game-high five clearances (four effective). All three goals have come from stoppages
08:07
Kangaroos Interchange - Robbie Tarrant off due to an injury.
11:11
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)
12:24
While North Melbourne are plus nine in time in possession for the match (45%), most of their possession has been in their defensive half. 30 of their 36 disposals have been recorded in their defensive half.
17:52
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
19:42
Chad Wingard has been Hawthorn's best this quarter. Wingard has two goals for the quarter, leads the match in score involvements with five, and has recorded a game-high four disposals in forward 50.
21:46
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
22:48
Ben McEvoy has had a huge impact on the match without recording a disposal. McEvoy has kept Ben Brown to just the one kick spending the majority of the match on Brown.
23:32
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
25:14
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
26:55
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (James Worpel)
27:08
While Hawthorn lead the tackle count 38 - 19, The Kangaroos have been better in the contested battle leading contested possessions 71 - 53. All four of North Melbourne's goals have come from stoppages.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mitchell Lewis)
04:10
Jy Simpkin is averaging 702 metres gained this season, ranked 8th in the competition, but tonight he only has nine metres gained, ranked 41st in the match.
08:12
Jed Andreson has started this half well. Anderson has all four of North Melbourne's clearances and a quarter-high four contested possessions.
13:33
Both teams struggling to maintain and string multiple possessions together. Just a combined seven inside 50's this term, 4 - 3 in favour of North Melbourne. Just four combined disposals in both teams forward 50, 3 - 1 in favour of Hawthorn.
19:28
It's been a deadlock so far this term. No score since the 1-minute mark of this term.
20:56
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Liam Shiels)
21:55
Both Hawthorn goals this quarter have come from a forward half intercept.
22:44
Kangaroos Interchange - Shaun Higgins off due to an injury.
22:57
The third quarter was dominated by both teams defence. James Sicily helped keep The Kangaroos scoreless. Sicily had seven intercept possessions for the term but North Melbourne won intercept marks 6 - 3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:45
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
04:47
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jaeger O'Meara)
05:30
Jaeger O'Meara has been considerably quiet this match, just the 10 disposals tonight at 60% disposal efficiency after averaging 23 disposals per game this season.
05:48
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Chad Wingard)
07:21
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
08:20
North Melbourne turnovers have been more costly this match. Hawthorn has scored 35 points from intercepts. Conversely, North Melbourne has only scored two points.
08:59
Kangaroos Interchange - Jack Ziebell and is possibly out for the game.
10:25
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jaeger O'Meara)
10:40
Since half time, The Kangaroos have struggled to transfer the ball from their defence into attack. In 16 chains from defensive 50, North Melbourne has gone inside 50 just once.
12:08
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tristan Xerri)
14:07
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Brown)
14:18
The only major positive of the night for North Melbourne is their clearance work. They lead clearances 35 - 25 and have scored all six goals from stoppages.
15:28
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Paul Ahern)
17:01
North Melbourne this season average one goal from centre clearances. This match, The Kangaroos have scored four goals from this source.
17:14
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
19:13
Momentum has shifted completely, North Melbourne has recorded the last eight inside 50's for the match and is winning clearances 7 - 2 for the quarter.
20:27
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
22:41
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
25:32
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
26:10
Hawthorn manages to hold on after a late charge from The Kangaroos. The Hawks were beaten around the stoppages, losing clearances 27 - 42, contested possessions 113 - 141 but had more opportunities to score, winning inside 50's 45 - 33. Tom Mitchell was one of Hawthorn's best with 22 disposals and eight tackles.
26:12
The siren has sounded to end Q4.