Match

Geelong Cats vs Collingwood

Commentary / 16 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Geelong has been the highest-scoring side this season, while Collingwood has been the No.1 side defensively - conceding the fewest points against.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:43
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
03:15
Collingwood has won the first four clearances of the game, kicking their first goal from a throw-in clearance.
04:34
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
08:45
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
08:54
The Magpies have had five of the first six inside 50s of the game - scoring from three of their five entries.
09:51
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
10:54
Collingwood leads the disposal count 42-24. Five players have had at least four disposals, no Geelong has had more than three disposals so far.
12:14
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
12:29
Brody Mihocek assists Will Hoskin-Elliott's first goal night, MIhocek has been involved in three of Collingwood's four scoring chains so far.
14:35
Cats Interchange - Joel Selwood and is possibly out for the game.
20:37
Scott Pendlebury has had game-highs of 10 disposals, five groundball-gets and six uncontested possessions so far.
22:12
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jordan Clark)
23:00
Tom Hawkins has his first score assist of the night. He now has an equal competition-high 14 score assists this season.
25:03
Collingwood has dominated possession so far, winning 13 more contested possessions and 13 more uncontested possessions than the Cats. It also leads the inside 50 count 12-6, but leads by just seven points.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:56
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
07:09
Adam Treloar has had 15 disposals and nine contested possessions tonight. He has had 30 disposals in both of his games this season.
08:58
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
17:02
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
17:41
Collingwood leads the inside 50 count 9-7 this quarter, but neither team has had much impact in the scoreboard with Collingwood leading the scoring 1.0 to 0.2 for the quarter.
18:36
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
20:18
Patrick Dangerfield has won a team-high 16 disposals. He also has a team-high 12 kicks, but has recorded a kicking efficiency of just 33%.
21:57
The Magpies have had more space in the forward half tonight. It has won 55 toward half uncontested possessions so far, while Geelong has won just 27 in its forward half of the ground.
22:23
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Chris Mayne)
24:28
Collingwood's pressure factor of 222 across the half was its most pressure recorded in any first half across a game this season.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:19
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
04:10
Jordan De Goey has taken at least one forward 50 marks in each of the three quarters across the game.
06:39
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
07:41
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
07:51
Geelong has had 19 kicks this quarter - more than a quarter (five) have been kicks off the ground.
09:12
Patrick Dangerfield (seven) and Gary Ablett (six) have had 13 of the Cats 38 disposals across the quarter.
09:26
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
10:22
Collingwood has moved the ball better from the back half. It has scored 20 points from defensive half chains - with three of its five goals coming from chains starting in the defensive midfield.
11:20
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
12:31
Gary Ablett has had three of the Cats first four inside 50s of the third quarter.
14:03
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
14:23
Collingwood is moving the ball differently than what would be expected in these condition with a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.15:1, recording 22 more handball-receives than the Cats so far across the game.
15:00
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Adam Treloar)
17:02
Darcy Moore (six) and Jordan Roughead (four) have combined for 10 of the Magpies 20 spoils across the game. Geelong has not taken a contested mark in the forward half of the ground tonight.
18:44
Cats Interchange - Jordan Clark and is possibly out for the game.
19:17
Brandan Parfitt has had four disposals, three contested possessions, three inside 50s and two clearances across the past five minutes.
22:27
Geelong has won 29 defensive half intercepts tonight, but none have resulted in a score. Collingwood has been able to kick 2.3 (15) from its 25 defensive half intercepts so far across the game.
25:23
Adam Treloar is now up to team-highs of 23 disposals, 14 contested possessions, 11 groundball-gets and 20 pressure acts across the night.
26:04
Magpies Interchange - Taylor Adams off due to the blood rule.
27:18
Isaac Quaynor has taken a game-high three intercept marks so far tonight. He also leads the Magpies with six intercept possessions so far.
28:06
Collingwood has outscored the Cats 22-3 from turnovers across the game. The Cats lead in points scored from stoppages 19-15.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:57
Patrick Dangerfield trying to lift the Cats he has had four disposals this quarter, Collingwood has had five.
05:26
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
05:43
Gary Rohan kicks a goal, bringing the Cats within eight points. His goal was just the second goal kicked by either side from further than 40 metres out across the game.
08:00
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
12:30
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
13:03
Jordan De Goey kicks his third goal, with a kick off the ground from a boundary throw-in. He has spent the majority of the game as a forward with all 13 of his disposals coming in Collingwood's forward half.
15:28
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
15:53
Collingwood has outscored the Cats 1.2 to 0.0 across the past 10 minutes. It has won the inside 50 count 6-2 in this time.
16:32
Adam Treloar has had 31 disposals tonight. He has had 30 disposals in all three of his game this season - the only player to have won 30 disposals three times so far this season.
19:23
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
21:07
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
24:01
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
24:11
Collingwood wins with another awesome defensive effort, it has conceded 37 points or fewer in five of its seven games this season.
25:32
Jack Crisp finished with 20 disposals, 467 metres gained, four intercept possessions and just one turnover across the game.