Match

GWS Giants vs Richmond

Commentary / 24 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00
The mercurial Toby Greene returns tonight for GWS. Greene has contributed 185 score assists in his career for the Giants, which is 30 more than any other GWS player.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:00
The first score of the night to the Giants was sourced from the opening centre bounce. GWS is the No.1 ranked team for points scored from centre bounces this season.
01:45
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
01:56
In the past four rounds, Richmond has generated an inside 50 from 31 percent of its kick-ins, which is ranked third, and it was a kick-in that was the source of the opening goal.
03:57
An early shot at goal for Tom Lynch following a free kick. Lynch averaged 13 disposals, three goals, and eight score involvements in his three games against the Giants in 2019.
05:24
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
06:53
Sam Jacobs had only kicked one goal in his career against Richmond prior to tonight. The goal was launched from a kick-in, and the Giants are ranked last at scoring from this source in 2020.
09:11
GWS has controlled the ball on the outside early in the game with an 18-3 advantage in uncontested possessions. Richmond has though been able to generate an inside 50 entry from all four of its possession chains.
09:46
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zac Langdon)
10:19
The Tigers have been able to score from both kick-ins to start the game. This season teams have scored from only seven percent of kick-ins.
11:49
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zac Langdon)
12:53
A rare loss in a one-on-one contest for Dylan Grimes contributed to the goal of Harrison Himmelberg. Grimes had not lost any of his 14 one-on-one contests this season prior to tonight.
14:36
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
15:17
GWS has already recorded more scoring shots tonight (six) than it has in any other opening quarter this season.
16:24
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
16:32
The last two goals to the Giants have both come from forward half intercepts. GWS has averaged only 17 points from 13 such intercepts this season.
17:27
GWS has an early 20-9 lead in contested possessions with Stephen Coniglio leading the way. Coniglio has this season won 46 percent of his possessions in a contest and averaged 2.6 centre bounce clearances (both career-highs).
18:23
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
19:20
Half of the Richmond players are yet to record a disposal, while all of the GWS players have.
21:02
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
21:18
A strong forward 50 tackle from Jake Aarts gives Richmond its first goal of the night from a forward half intercept. The Tigers average 24 points per game from this source and generate 22 such intercepts (ranked third).
22:49
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
23:36
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Higgins)
24:54
GWS has scored from 51 percent of its inside 50 entries this season (ranked No.1). Tonight the Giants have seven scores from just nine entries, and the Tigers have eight scores from only ten entries.
27:20
An entertaining first quarter with the GWS midfield winning control of the ball (contested possessions 29-20 and clearances 8-6), but the Tigers with seven of the last eight inside 50 entries finished the quarter with 66 percent time in forward half.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:13
Richmond has an 8-0 lead in forward 50 tackles. Last week the forward 50 pressure recorded by GWS was the worst by any team for two years.
02:07
Josh Kelly has been prominent early for GWS with a game-high five contested possessions, four score involvements, and four clearances. Kelly has won 40 percent of his possessions in a contest this season, which is a career-high.
04:16
Richmond has now had the last ten inside 50 entries of the game, with the Giants starting to struggle again with ball movement.
05:24
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Marlion Pickett)
07:35
Shai Bolton has been involved in 31 percent of all scoring chains in the games he has played this season (ranked No.1 at Richmond). Tonight he has been involved in four of the nine scores for the Tigers.
08:30
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
09:26
GWS has barely been able to get the ball forward of centre this quarter, with Richmond having the ball in its forward half 88 per cent of the time this quarter.
09:34
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
10:43
A terrific long goal from Shai Bolton who is quickly emerging as an offensive threat. Bolton now has a game-high 344 metres gained from his nine disposals.
12:18
Richmond has generated seven inside 50 entries from 11 chains starting in the defensive half. GWS has generated only three inside 50 entries from 26 such chains in an indication of the difference in ball movement.
13:28
The Tigers have now had the last 15 inside 50 entries of the game and recorded the last seven scores in the game.
16:45
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
17:04
The two teams have now had a combined ten scores from stoppages tonight, with all of these scores behinds.
18:55
Tigers Interchange - Nathan Broad off due to the blood rule.
19:25
An excellent long goal from Toby Greene gives the Giants a return of 4.1.(25) from set shots tonight compared to the Tigers 1.4.(10). All of the behinds for Richmond tonight have been from kicks beyond 40 metres or rushed behinds.
21:49
GWS has played on following 29 percent of marks this season, but tonight this figure is only 11 percent, with Richmond successfully slowing the Giant ball movement.
22:06
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
24:10
Since Round 5, the Tigers have conceded only 34 points per game, which is the fewest of any team. The Giants have already reached this total.
25:59
GWS has shifted Lachie Whitfield behind the ball tonight to help with the ball movement problems. Whitfield has a game-high 16 disposals and a team-high 272 metres gained, but has also recorded four clanger kicks (the same number as Richmond).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:13
GWS has averaged 30 intercepts including seven intercept marks per half this season. In the first half tonight they only had 17 intercepts (one intercept mark) and were unable to disrupt the ball movement of the Tigers.
01:12
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
01:18
A strong contested mark and goal from Jeremy Finlayson to start the final quarter following another clearance from Josh Kelly. GWS has now a 5-2 edge in contested marks and has scored from three of its four centre bounce clearances.
03:22
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
03:38
The Giants now have an accurate return of 6.1.(37) from set shots at goal, and have also kicked the last four goals of the game.
08:29
GWS has a 15-6 edge in contested possessions in the third quarter and now has a major 80-53 advantage in this count overall.
09:20
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tim Taranto)
09:42
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brent Daniels)
10:47
Jeremy Cameron has been the target of 33 kicks inside 50 this season by the Giants (clearly No.1 at the club). Tonight the Giants have directed five kicks inside 50 to Toby Greene, and none to Jeremy Cameron.
11:12
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
11:39
While Richmond still has a 29-20 lead in inside 50 entries, GWS leads forward 50 marks 8-5 and forward 50 disposals 26-21.
14:26
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
14:34
The goal to Dustin Martin ended a run of five goals for the Giants. Martin has won ten contested possessions tonight which is double the next best Tiger.
16:58
GWS had already won seven forward half intercepts this quarter after only recording two such intercepts in the first half. The Giants now lead 20-13 in points scored from forward half intercepts.
19:51
The contested possession advantage is being driven by dominance in ground balls by GWS (65-39). Josh Kelly has won nine ground balls and no other player on the ground has won more than five.
20:23
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
21:40
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
21:54
The goal to Jack Riewoldt was the first of the night for the Tigers to come from a stoppage. GWS is ranked third at scoring from stoppages this season and leads 22-12 in points scored from this source tonight.
23:31
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
23:54
Richmond has now scored 3.0.(18) from seven intercepts in the forward 50. This season the Tigers average six points from two such intercepts per game.
26:34
Another fluctuating quarter ended with Richmond recording the last five inside 50 entries and the last four scores of the game. The Tigers have now scored a massive 27 points from forward 50 chains (average only nine points per game).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:39
Tom Lynch has been the target of eight kicks inside 50 tonight and been involved in four one-on-one contests. At this stage Lachlan Keefe has prevented him from taking a forward 50 mark or winning a one-on-one contest.
01:42
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)
02:44
The Tigers need to overcome a couple of streaks to win tonight, The last ten games between Richmond and GWS have been won by the team with home ground advantage, and no team has come from behind at 3QT to win since Round 1.
05:49
Derek Eggmolesse-Smith recorded a team-high 23 disposals and 17 uncontested possessions last round but has been kept quieter tonight by the Giant small forwards with just the nine disposals so far.
06:13
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brent Daniels)
08:19
GWS has lost the inside 50 count in every game this season. The Giants are ranked second-last for inside 50 differential conceding an average of 12 more inside 50 entries to their opposition. Richmond has currently recorded 15 more inside 50 entries.
09:29
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
10:03
GWS has been able to generate eight scores from within 30 metres of goal, while Richmond has only had four such shots at goal.
11:41
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jake Aarts)
11:49
Richmond has now scored 1.9.(15) from shots at goal that are beyond 40 metres. GWS has scored 4.0.(24) from its equivalent long-range shots at goal.
13:54
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brent Daniels)
15:52
Since 2015, Jeremy Cameron has recorded 24 scoreboard impact points per game against the Tigers, which is ranked second in the AFL. Tonight Cameron is yet to record a score or assist.
16:06
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
16:15
An equal career-high five goals for Toby Greene and a second forward half stoppage goal for the Giants. In the past four rounds, Richmond has conceded only 15 points per game from clearances (ranked No.1). GWS has now scored 30 points from stoppages.
20:03
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
21:21
Nick Haynes has again been important disrupting opposition ball movement tonight. Haynes has taken four intercept marks and also recorded a game-high seven spoils.
22:42
Josh Kelly has recorded team game-highs for contested possessions (13), metres gained (491), score involvements (8), clearances (7) and pressure points (53).
24:44
An important win for the Giants in a frantic game. GWS won the contested ball (120-104) and despite conceding 15 more inside entries, were more efficient in the forward 50 in no small part to five goals from Toby Greene.