Match

Carlton vs St Kilda

Commentary / 04 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Since Round 2, Marc Pittonet and Patrick Cripps have combined for 15 effective hitouts - ranked No.1 in the competition and five more than any other pairing.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:37
Callum Wilkie won his first defensive one-on-one of the night. He had won 50% coming into the round - ranked second of the top-50 one-on-one defenders.
03:27
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
03:58
St Kilda leads the contested possession count 10-3 early in this game.
07:32
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Sam Philp)
07:59
Callum Wilkie has won a team-high five disposals tonight. He has won three of the Saints' six intercept possessions so far.
10:14
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Battle)
12:22
St Kilda's pressure has been at a pressure factor of 164 around the ground but has been 263 inside its forward 50. It has applied five of its nine tackles inside 50.
13:34
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Josh Battle)
14:50
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jarryn Geary)
15:14
The Saints have jumped out to an early 18 point lead. They have had the last five inside 50s of the game.
16:49
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jonathon Marsh)
17:21
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Eddie Betts)
21:34
Callum Wilki has had a game-high 11 disposals and four intercept possessions so far.
22:41
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
23:19
St Kilda has already taken nine marks inside 50.
23:46
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jarryn Geary)
24:57
Jake Carlisle had three disposals that quarter, two of those launched scores for St Kilda.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:24
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
01:09
It took the Saints just four disposals and 24 seconds to score its first goal for the second quarter.
03:14
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
03:29
St Kilda has won seven intercept possessions in its attacking midfield, scoring 3.2 from these.
05:50
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
07:44
St Kilda continues to find space forward. It has taken four marks so far this quarter - two have been inside the forward 50.
07:53
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Josh Battle)
11:26
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Sam Docherty)
11:51
Ed Curnow has had a team-high seven disposals across the second quarter.
11:58
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
12:49
St Kilda's forward half kicking efficiency across the game has been 62%, Carlton's is at 37% in its forward half.
15:24
St Kilda leads the forward half disposal count 82-26 and leads the effective disposals 61-12 in that zone across the game.
16:21
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Sam Philp)
21:29
Jack Steele has had 13 disposals and a team-high four tackles for the Saints tonight. He has also won a team-high three clearances.
21:43
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jack Martin)
22:03
Saints Interchange - Ben Paton off due to the blood rule.
23:01
Neither ruckman has been too effective at the stoppages, with Marc Pittonet and Rowan Marshall winning just one hitout-to-advantage each.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:42
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Marc Pittonet)
03:59
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Martin)
04:19
Jack Martin kicks his first goal and the Blues' third. Martin has had a team-high 13 disposals and taken a team-high seven marks so far tonight.
06:11
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
06:24
St Kilda leads the centre bounce clearances 8-3 across the game. It has scored 1.1 (7) from its eight centre clearances.
07:02
St Kilda has committed two defensive 50 turnovers tonight and the Blues have scored 0.2 (2) from these. The Blues just committed their first defensive 50 turnover for the night, leading to a Dan Butler goal.
09:08
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Will Setterfield)
09:39
Carlton has scored 2.1 from three inside 50s this quarter and the Sainst have scored 1.1 from their two entries.
10:32
Saints Interchange - Dan Hannebery and is possibly out for the game.
13:10
St Kilda has had just 12 effective disposals across the first 13 minutes of the third quarter.
14:56
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Will Setterfield)
15:35
Carlton has scored 20 of its 35 points across the game from chains starting in its defensive midfield.
18:16
Carlton leads the clearance count 7-3 across the third quarter.
18:45
Ed Curnow has won a game-high six clearances tonight. He has won four more than any other Carlton player.
19:06
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
20:00
Carlton has had seven of the last eight inside 50s across the game.
22:35
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Billings)
23:15
Nick Coffield has had four disposals across the past 10 minutes. He has won an equal team-high 18 disposals across the game.
26:39
Will Setterfield had a big third quarter. He booted two goals and also recorded team-highs of six disposals and 149 metres gained. He also had five pressure acts for the quarter - ranked equal-second for the Blues.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:37
Marc Pittonet starting to get on top in the ruck, leading the hitouts-to-advantage 7-1 across the game.
03:01
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
05:34
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dean Kent)
05:42
Marc Pittonet may be winning the hiotuts, but Rowan Marshall has had a game-high four score launches so far tonight.
06:22
Nick Coffield ranks No.1 at the Saints for disposals, metres gained and intercept possessions across the game.
08:58
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Michael Gibbons)
10:58
Jack Steele has had 18 disposals and zero turnovers tonight. He has also applied a game-high eight tackles.
12:47
St Kilda leads the inside 50 count 8-3 in the final term, scoring 2.1 from five shots at goal so far.
13:06
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dan Butler)
15:12
Dean Kent has been involved in eight scoring chains tonight - ranked No.1 at the club with two more than any other St Kilda player. He has had 11 disposals, three score assists and kicked 1.1.
16:47
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
17:27
Youngsters Ben Paton and Nick Coffield have taken four intercept marks each tonight. Between them, they have taken half of the Saints intercept marks between them.
19:33
Patrick Cripps leads all players on the ground with 12 disposals and eight contested possessions across the second half.
21:09
Liam Jones has taken six of the Blues' 11 intercept marks across the game.
23:09
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Newnes)
25:35
The Saints win by 18 points. They were able to generate 46 points from forward half chains across the game, whereas Carlton launched just 27 points from chains starting in their forward half.