Match

Carlton vs Hawthorn

Commentary / 30 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Sam Walsh averaged six contested possessions and had a kicking efficiency of 46% through the first five rounds. In the last three rounds, he has found form, raising those averages to nine contested possessions and kicking efficiency to 60%, as well as receiving all eight of his coaches votes in this time.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:44
SCORE GOAL - Blues (David Cuningham)
03:39
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Martin)
04:08
Carlton gets out to a hot start with goals from David Cuningham and Jack Martin. Both players sit in Carlton's top three for score involvements per game.
06:25
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
07:46
Jon Ceglar has early control of hitouts in his return game from injury. He leads hitouts 5-0, but two of his hitouts have been sharked.
08:52
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)
10:27
The Blues are on top early scoring 19 points to zero. They lead disposals (33-16), contested possessions (19-9) and kicking efficiency 74% to 44%.
12:47
Carlton is sharing the load early on, all of its players has recorded a disposal. Hawthorn has nine players without a disposal.
13:45
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Newnes)
16:01
The Hawks have put the pressure on at stoppages with a pre-clearance pressure factor of 311 compared to the Blues' 244. However, they have dropped their pressure around the ground, with a post-clearance pressure factor of 148 to 202.
16:18
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Newnes)
18:39
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Will Day)
19:09
Will Day kicks the first goal of his career and the first score for Hawthorn in this match.
22:17
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
24:21
Jack Martin has received three free kicks so far, including two holding the ball frees. Carlton leads the free kick count nine to zero.
26:38
Jack Newnes leads the Blues in metres gained with 122 and leads the match with his two goals.
27:13
Patrick Cripps is off to his best start of the season in terms of disposals, he is up to 11. His previous best this season for disposals in the first quarter was 10 against Richmond.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:55
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)
05:17
Carlton converts their first inside 50 of the second term with a goal from Levi Casboult. They lead tackles (10-1) and pressure factor (263-168) in this term.
06:51
Hawthorn has control in the hitouts battle, it leads 16 to seven. However, Carlton has the ascendency in the clearances leading 14 to eight.
07:45
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Liam Shiels)
11:00
Ed Curnow leads all players in tackles and clearances with four of each.
11:27
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
12:13
All four of Hawthorn's goals have been generated from turnovers, including three intercepts in their defensive 50.
13:27
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jarman Impey)
14:49
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Tim O'Brien)
15:16
The Hawks have a slight advantage around the contest in this quarter, they lead the clearances six to four. After combining for 17 disposals in the first term, Patrick Cripps and Marc Murphy have combined for just three in this quarter.
15:55
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Liam Shiels)
17:05
Liam Shiels is the standout so far in the second quarter, he leads all player in disposals (six), metres gained (170), clearances (three), inside 50's (three) and goals (two).
19:11
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Tom Scully)
19:36
Blues Interchange - Tom Williamson off due to an injury.
19:45
James Worpel leads all players with six intercept possessions this game, but offensively his 13 disposals have been used at 54% efficiency.
19:46
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
20:53
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Isaac Smith)
21:23
The Hawks have kicked the last four goals and take the lead for the first time in this match. Three of their goals have been generated from the defensive 50, including a goal started by a kick-in.
23:04
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
23:48
In the last 10 minutes, Carlton has scored just 0.1 and has conceded 3.2. In that time it is losing disposals 13-34.
24:52
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jaeger O'Meara)
26:58
In the last 15 minutes of the second quarter, Shaun Burgoyne tallied seven disposals at 100% efficiency and two score assists, as Hawthorn kicked 4.3 to Carlton's 0.1.

Quarter 3

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Q3 is now underway.
01:42
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Harry McKay)
03:24
It is a hot football early in the second half, Carlton leads the pressure factor 288 to 239. Both teams have four tackles each, there were only 19 tackles in the second quarter.
03:29
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
04:28
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Tim O'Brien)
06:37
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Levi Casboult)
06:59
Levi Casboult kicks his third goal of the match, this is the first Carlton goal since the fifth minute of the second quarter when Levi Casboult kicked his second. Carlton has kicked five of their goals from set shots.
07:26
Hawks Interchange - James Worpel off due to the blood rule.
09:38
Jack Scrimshaw has a kicking efficiency of 14% including three clanger kicks. He leads all players in turnovers with five.
10:36
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
11:34
Jack Gunston has 1.1 for the third quarter, the Hawks have scored their 2.1 this quarter from the forward half.
12:20
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jarman Impey)
18:20
After recording four disposals and two goals in the first quarter, Jack Newnes has been unable to get a disposal since the third minute of the second quarter.
20:30
Carlton is losing marks from opposition five to 10, and it has lost five of its 12 defensive 1-on-1 contests.
23:38
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
25:32
Carlton has recorded just 14 hitouts from 54 ruck contests, meaning it is winning the hitout 26% of the time. This season it has been winning the hitout 41% of the time.

Quarter 4

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Q4 is now underway.
00:44
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Martin)
01:13
Hot start for Carlton in the final term. It all started with a Marc Pittonet hitout-to-advantage, Patrick Cripps clearance and ended with a Jack Martin contested mark and goal.
02:25
SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
06:08
Carlton is making a clear effort to get the ball forward this quarter, they have 317 metres gained but are using the ball at just 50% efficiency by foot. Hawthorn is content to possess the ball, gaining just 186 metres this quarter but kicking at 78% efficiency.
07:55
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Chad Wingard)
08:24
Chad Wingard kicks his first goal of the match, to get the margin back out to Hawthorn's biggest lead of 25 points. Hawthorn has nine different goalkickers today, Carlton has four different goalkickers.
11:30
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
12:09
Luke Breust kicks his second goal for the match and takes his career tally to 400. Meanwhile, the margin has extended out to the largest of the match for Hawthorn.
14:41
The Blues had a clear advantage in kicking efficiency in the first quarter with a lead of 69% to 47%. However, since the first quarter, the Hawks have led kicking efficiency 68% to 57%.
16:57
Ben McEvoy has eight hitouts-to-advantage from his 16 hitouts and just one hitout sharked by the opposition. Jon Ceglar has 20 hitouts with six to advantage, but five sharked by opponents.
17:29
SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Gunston)
21:50
Eight of the matches 22 contested marks have been taken in the fourth quarter.
22:56
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
25:03
Hawthorn has scored the most points against Carlton since Richmond scored 105 points against them in round 1.
25:28
Among all players who have played a game this season, Tom Mitchell ranks 132nd for average metres gained with 264 but ranks third in assisted metres per game with 301. Tonight he led all players in metres gained (459), tackles (eight) and disposals (28) going at 79% disposal efficiency.