Match

Collingwood vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 06 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Since Round 4, the Swans have had an average of four individual goalkickers per game – the fewest of any side in the AFL.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:23
Adam Treloar has been around the ball early. He has four possessions, but they have resulted in three ineffective disposals and a free against for holding the ball.
02:54
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
03:39
Magpies Interchange - Will Hoskin-Elliott off due to an injury.
04:09
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Jackson Thurlow)
05:01
Jackson Thurlow kicks the first goal of the game. Collingwood has conceded just 10 points in the first 10 minutes of matches this season - the lowest amount in the competition.
05:43
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Trey Ruscoe)
06:09
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brayden Maynard)
06:40
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brayden Sier)
07:50
Both sides have recorded 22 disposals so far. However, the Swans have a disposal efficiency of 82%, whilst the Pies are going at 41%.
10:56
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
12:11
Taylor Adams has a game-high seven disposals but has recorded just one effective disposal.
14:13
Magpies Interchange - Will Hoskin-Elliott and is possibly out for the game.
14:21
Collingwood lead contested possessions (24-18), but Sydney has gained ground in the last five minutes, leading the contested possessions 10 to eight in this time.
15:36
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
18:02
Sydney is losing the inside 50 count one to 15. However, it has converted its one inside 50 into a goal, meanwhile, Collingwood has scored 0.6 from their 15 inside 50s.
20:46
Collingwood's inside differential of plus 14 is the third-largest first-quarter inside 50 differential this season.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Trey Ruscoe)
01:51
Trey Ruscoe kicks his first AFL goal and Collingwood's first goal of the match.
02:50
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Sam Wicks)
02:56
Sam Wicks follows the trend and kicks his first AFL goal. The two debutants in this match kick their first goals and the first goals of the second term.
06:16
Collingwood leads the clearance count (11-1), 10 different Collingwood players have recorded a clearance.
09:14
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
09:56
James Rowbottom has recorded 24 general play tackles this season – ranked No.1 at the club. Tonight he has zero tackles.
10:35
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
11:54
SCORE GOAL - Swans (James Bell)
12:02
Sydney has kicked all three of its goals from a different source. It has kicked a goal from a centre bounce, kick-in and turnover.
14:40
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Trey Ruscoe)
16:59
Collingwood leads the free kick count 13 to six, it has received four push in the back frees.
17:20
Magpies Interchange - Brayden Maynard off due to an injury.
18:29
Isaac Quaynor has gained just three metres from his four disposals in this match. Through his four games this season he averages 223 metres gained per game.
18:32
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Dylan Stephens)
20:34
Through the last four rounds, Sydney has a goal percentage from their scoring shots of 49%, the fourth-lowest in the league. Tonight it has kicked 4.0.
22:16
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
22:56
Jake Lloyd has 17 disposals so far, the next highest for Sydney is Harry Cunningham's 10. This season Jake Lloyd averages 25 disposals per game - ranked first at the club.
23:10
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
25:28
Sam Reid hasn't hit the scoreboard yet, but his disposal efficiency is 100% from four disposals and he has a game-high two goal assists and an equal game-high two contested marks.
27:51
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
27:55
Both sides rank in the bottom four for goals per inside 50, Sydney score a goal from 19.3% of its inside 50s, and Collingwood from 19.9%. Tonight Sydney has kicked five goals from 11 inside 50s for a percentage of 45%, Collingwood has kicked two goals from 31 inside 50s for a percentage of 6%.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:49
Sydney has three smothers in the first two minutes of the third quarter.
05:50
Sydney has the advantage in pre-clearance pressure, leading the pressure factor 345 to 198 in this state. However, Collingwood is up in pressure factor post-clearance, leading 195 to 169.
07:29
Luke Parker has received the second most pressure per disposal in this match. He has received 2.6 pressure points per disposal, largely explaining his game worst 30% disposal efficiency.
07:57
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (John Noble)
11:20
The Pies lead disposals (41-15) and uncontested possessions (24-8) in this quarter.
12:12
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Reid)
13:12
Ben Reid kicks his first goal of the season and Collingwood's third in a row. It takes the lead for the first time since the 11th minute of the second term.
13:47
Magpies Interchange - Adam Treloar and is possibly out for the game.
16:21
Collingwood has the advantage at stoppages leading the effective clearance count (17-4) but has scored just 1.3 from these situations.
17:40
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Sam Reid)
20:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
20:42
Sydney is up in the hitouts-to-advantage count seven to five. Collingwood has averaged 10 hitouts-to-advantage this season - third highest in the competition.
22:39
Tom Papley has attended eight of the 12 centre bounces tonight, he has produced just one clearance from these attendances. Similarly, Jamie Elliot has attended nine centre bounces and produced just one clearance.
23:14
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
25:03
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Dylan Stephens)
25:55
All three of Collingwood's goals in the third term were launched from the forward half. During this term, it led time in forward half 71% to 29%.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:49
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Jackson Thurlow)
01:26
Sydney has recorded 6.13 from beyond the 50-metre arc this season – recording the third-worst scoring accuracy of any side from that distance. So understandably Sydney has taken all eight of its scoring shots from inside the 50-metre arc in this match.
02:01
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
03:27
Brayden Sier has a game-high six clearances from throw-ins, the next highest on the ground is James Rowbottom with three.
04:00
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Trey Ruscoe)
06:07
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
06:37
Sydney leads contested marks 10 to one. Darcy Moore has taken Collingwoods only contested mark of the match in this quarter.
10:36
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
11:01
James Rowbottom has a career-high 15 contested possessions, his previous high was 11 which he had achieved three times.
11:07
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Jackson Thurlow)
12:00
Jackson Thurlow kicks his second goal of the match and Sydney's first goal since the 24th minute of the second quarter.
13:44
Magpies Interchange - Isaac Quaynor and is possibly out for the game.
21:22
Through the first five rounds, Brodie Grundy averaged 12.4 contested possessions per game, in the last four rounds he has averaged 6.5. In this match, he has accumulated 10 contested possessions.
23:20
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jaidyn Stephenson)
23:26
Collingwood leads clearances 34 to 23, it has scored 25 points from stoppages, Sydney has scored just nine points from this source.
23:38
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
26:16
In this last five minutes, Sydney has a disposal efficiency of 50%, Collingwood sits at 86% in this time.
27:36
Since the first quarter, Josh Daicos gathered an equal game-high 21 disposals and kicked the match sealing goal.