Match

North Melbourne vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 01 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
When moving the ball from defence, the Crows have used the corridor 20 per cent of the time, the fourth highest percentage of any side.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:38
Crows Interchange - Brodie Smith off due to an injury.
04:08
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
04:59
Adelaide is winning the early territory battle with four of the first five inside 50s of the match. They are blazing away with the ball however, kicking at an efficiency of 42 per cent, compared to 64 per cent form the Kangaroos.
06:45
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
09:05
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
09:36
North Melbourne has been efficient going forward to start the match with two of its first three inside 50s resulting in goals. Adelaide continues to struggle with its ball use, kicking at an efficiency of 31 per cent.
11:44
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
13:01
North Melbourne holds a seven to three advantage in clearances. Todd Goldstein leads the AFL for clearances, averaging over six per game. He has an equal-game-high two clearances already today.
16:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Mahony)
17:26
North Melbourne leads the contested possession count by five. They have been pretty good in this area this season, averaging eight more contested possessions than its opposition this season, ranked fourth. The Crows struggle in this area, averaging 13 fewer contested possessions per game than their opposition, ranked last.
19:42
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
21:47
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Hall)
22:17
North Melbourne averages just seven marks inside 50 per game, ranked 15th. They have three already today, kicking a goal from each of these marks.
24:01
The Kangaroos found a lot more football on the outside than Adelaide, leading the uncontested possession count by 25 at the first break. Luke McDonald has a match-high 10 disposals at 80 per cent efficiency, with eight coming via an uncontested possession.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:47
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
02:03
Jy Simpkin has eight disposals with five coming via a contested possession, but is yet to register an effective kick and has a disposal efficiency of just 13 per cent.
04:17
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
05:37
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jamie Macmillan)
09:13
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Atkins)
09:38
Adelaide has recorded five midfield intercepts this quarter, resulting in 2.1.13.
11:19
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
17:40
Adelaide has found more of the football this quarter, leading the disposal count by nine after losing it by 29 in the first term. They have been a lot cleaner by foot as well, kicking at an efficiency of 67 per cent, after going at just 59 per cent in the opening stanza.
18:22
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
20:41
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jasper Pittard)
23:02
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Shaun Higgins)
23:54
North Melbourne continues to lead the clearances 15 to eight and have capitalised on this dominance, kicking 4.1.25 to no score from this source.
24:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jasper Pittard)
27:20
North Melbourne has kicked 2.0.12 to nil from kick-ins today, its equal-best result in any game this season. The Kangaroos average three points per game from kick-ins this season, ranked eighth.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:44
Kangaroos Interchange - Curtis Taylor off due to an injury.
02:54
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
03:14
Todd Goldstein has recorded the goal assist in three of North Melbourne's last four goals. He has been excellent again today with 11 disposals at 82 per cent efficiency, six contested possessions, five inside 50s and a match-high five clearances.
05:21
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
07:31
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
09:21
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Mahony)
14:49
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
17:27
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
18:55
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
19:05
Despite trailing by 38 points, Adelaide has outscored North Melbourne from intercepts 4.5.29 to 3.0.18.
21:02
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
23:46
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Laird)
24:55
North Melbourne leads uncontested possession by 13 this quarter and by 46 for the match. Luke McDonald has been prolific for the Kangaroos with 28 disposals at 82 per cent efficiency, with 21 coming via an uncontested possession.
25:27
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
27:17
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
27:54
Rory Laird moved into the midfield for Adelaide in the third term and had an impact with eight disposals, six contested possessions, four clearances and a goal.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:26
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
03:38
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
04:10
The Kangaroos are putting the Crows to the sword to open the final term with two goals from just 11 disposals. They have now kicked 8.2.50 to 2.1.13 from stoppages, their best result of the season from this score source.
05:33
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
06:20
The Kangaroos lead disposals 14 to one, uncontested possessions eight to nil, contested possessions six to one and have kicked three goals to start the term.
07:22
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
09:10
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
09:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
10:18
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
10:35
North Melbourne has kicked 3.0.18 from kick-ins today, the equal-best by any side this season.
12:20
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
13:33
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Hall)
14:18
Kangaroos Interchange - Nick Larkey off due to an injury.
16:16
Jed Anderson has had a fine game for the Kangaroos today. The midfielder has recorded 25 disposals, a match-high 12 contested possessions, seven tackles, seven clearances and a goal.
21:56
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
23:27
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
24:35
Crows Interchange - Tyson Stengle off due to an injury.
27:05
Adelaide has lost the contested possession count by 24 today, its second worst result in this area for the season. The Crows are ranked last for contested possession differential, averaging 13 fewer per game than their opposition.
28:45
The Kangaroos were dominant at the stoppages, winning the clearances 35 to 20 and outscoring the Crows 11.4.70 to 2.1.13 from this score source, including 4.2.26 to 1.0.6 from centre bounce clearances. The 70 points from stoppages represents the highest total by any side this season from this source.