Match

Adelaide Crows vs St Kilda

Commentary / 20 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00
St Kilda has won just one of its last 17 games played in South Australia. Its last win came in the state was in Round 16, 2011.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:00
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
02:34
Zak Jones has had four of the Saints first 12 disposals of the game.
05:58
Adelaide leads the uncontested possession count 24-9, but is behind on the scoreboard 6-0, generating just one inside 50 entry so far.
08:18
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
11:51
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Zak Jones)
12:17
Matt Crouch already has a game-high seven disposals. He has gained 46 metres from these - ranked 11th across the game.
14:05
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
14:48
Taylor Walker kicks the Crows first goal. He has kicked five of his six goals of the season from set shots.
17:28
The Saints are winning the clearance count 9-5. Zak Jones has won a game-high five clearances.
19:18
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Fischer McAsey)
20:41
St Kilda has taken 14 marks across the game - but none have been taken inside its forward half of the ground.
21:32
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
21:48
Brad Crouch has had three disposals so far. He has had two score involvements and one turnover from these.
22:15
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
22:38
Dan Butler kicks his second goal of the night. He has kicked 12 goals this season - ranked No.1 at St Kilda and equal fifth in the competition.
24:14
Saints Interchange - Josh Battle and is possibly out for the game.
24:16
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
24:21
The Saints' third goal comes from a Max King kick after the siren. Coming into the game they had averaged 26 points per game in opening quarters - ranked No.1 across the competition.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:18
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
01:07
The Crows score a goal from a centre bounce clearance - just their sixth score from a centre bounce clearance this season.
02:07
The Saints respond with a goal directly out of the middle from their own centre bounce clearance - their second goal from a centre bounce clearance tonight.
04:21
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Laird)
04:27
This has become a shootout out of the middle with the last three centre clearances resulting in goals. Two to Adelaide and one to the Saints.
05:57
The trend almost continued, but Dean Kent misses his snap at goal breaking our streak.
08:40
Coming into the game, NIck Coffield had averaged 7.5 disposals per turnover - ranked seventh at the Saints. He has had a team-high four turnovers from five disposals across the game.
10:38
Neither side has had much success going end-to-end tonight. Adelaide has generated two inside 50s from 25 defensive half chains and the Saints have also generated two inside 50s from 15 defensive half chains.
11:18
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dougal Howard)
15:54
Brodie Smith has won a team-high six disposals for the quarter, but has also committed five of the Crows 12 turnovers for the term.
18:27
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
21:11
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
23:42
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Steele)
23:48
Jack Steele kicks his first goal of the night, giving the Saints a 26-point lead. He has won game-highs of 11 contested possessions, six clearances and five hardball-gets across the game.
26:00
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
29:06
Jack Steele and Zak Jones have dominated in close for the Saints recording 30 disposals, 20 contested possessions, 12 clearances and seven inside 50s between them across the first half.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:40
The Saints have had the first five clearances of the third quarter.
05:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
07:42
So far in the third quarter, the Crows have recorded a disposal efficiency of 77% in the midfield, while the Saints are at 57%.in this zone.
08:55
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
11:12
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (David Mackay)
11:21
The Crows lead the inside 50 count 7-1 in the third quarter, they have scored just three behinds from these entries however.
13:00
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
14:20
Tom Doedee leads the Crows with five disposals and four intercept possessions so far in the third quarter.
14:47
The Saints get the opening goal of the quarter, it comes on their first inside 50 after conceding 10 straight inside 50s to the Crows.
18:42
After just six disposals in the first half, Hunter Clark has had seven in the first 18 and a half minutes of the third quarter.
20:14
The Saints have had two shots at goal from three inside 50s this quarter and the Crows have had four shots at goal from their 10 entries.
22:38
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
22:46
After missing a set shot at the end of the second quarter, Shane McAdam nails a goal after the siren in the third quarter, bringing the margin to 16 points.
22:49
Adelaide has averaged just 11 points per game in final quarters - ranked 16th. It has scored more than 16 points in a final quarter just once this season.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:57
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dean Kent)
01:42
Dan Butler has kicked a game-high three goals and also ranks equal first at the Saints with 11 forward half pressure acts across the game.
04:04
St Kilda has scored 19 points from forward 50 chains tonight, the Crows have only had two forward 50 chains so far and have failed to score from either of them.
05:51
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
08:30
Jack Steele continues to be influential, winning a team-high four contested possessions and four disposals so far this quarter.
08:56
Saints Interchange - Dougal Howard off due to the blood rule.
09:52
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
10:08
Daniel Talia has launched both of Adelaide's scoring chains so far this quarter.
11:29
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
12:02
Taylor Walker has had the Crows last two shots at goal. He has won an equal team-high three contested possessions in the first term.
13:07
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
13:48
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
14:29
Paddy Ryder has had just seven disposals across the game, but has had game-highs of 10 hitouts-to-advantage and four score launches across the game.
15:11
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
15:57
The Saints have kicked 4.1 from at least 40 metres out tonight, while the Crows have scored just 0.3 from this range.
17:10
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dean Kent)
19:09
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Lonie)
19:38
St Kilda has kicked 3.2 across the past 10 minutes of the game to the Crows 1.1. The Saints have scored from five of their six inside 50s in this time.
21:00
Tom Doedee has taken six intercept marks so far tonight - he is one away from equalling the tally for the most intercept marks taken by a player in a game this season.
26:12
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
26:48
Ben Keays kicks the Crows eighth goal. He has won 22 disposals across the game - his most so far this season.
28:50
The Saints win by 23 points with three more scoring shots than the Crows despite losing the inside 50 count 40-35 and the disposal count 287-256. They were able to score four goals from centre bounce clearances and another 45 points from chains starting inside their forward half.