Match

Geelong Cats vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 05 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Geelong has averaged 25 uncontested possessions and eight uncontested marks inside 50 this season – ranked No.1 in the AFL in both measures.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:20
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Mahony)
01:27
Jack Mahony kicks the first goal of the match in the opening minute. After not kicking any goals in his first five matches, he kicked two last round against Adelaide.
03:18
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
04:22
Tom Hawkins kicks his first goal of the match after taking a contested mark in a 1-on-1 contest. The defender in this contest was Josh Walker, he has conceded just one goal to his matchups in the last four rounds.
05:26
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Zach Guthrie)
06:27
Zach Guthrie kicks the first goal of his AFL career. This is his 19th senior appearance.
07:44
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Lachie Fogarty)
08:56
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
09:08
Geelong has kicked the last three goals. It leads disposal efficiency (79%-61%), uncontested possessions (21-7) and inside 50's (7-2).
11:24
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
12:53
Five of Geelong's six kicks inside 50 has been effective. It leads retention rate for kicks inside 50 this season, retaining 51% of kicks inside 50.
14:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lachlan Hosie)
14:33
Kangaroos Interchange - Ben Brown and is possibly out for the game.
14:38
Lachlan Hosie kicks his AFL goal in his first game.
16:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
20:55
Geelong has generated all four of its goals from the forward half. This season it averages 38 points per game from the forward half - third-most in the competition.
21:29
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
24:44
Jed Anderson leads all players with six contested possessions, he averages 9.6 contested possessions this season, the third-most at North Melbourne.
24:48
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lachlan Hosie)
27:00
After the Cats looked to be getting away early, the game has evened up. The Cats lead contested possessions (29-28), clearances (8-6), inside 50's (13-12) and tackles are tied at 12 apiece.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:44
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
02:16
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
02:23
Gryan Miers kicks the opening goal of the second term, taking his total for the match to three - his career-high which he has achieved four times previously. Geelong lead inside 50's three to zero this quarter.
06:12
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
07:34
Jack Steven has game-highs in disposals (10), tackles (four), and inside 50's (five).
09:50
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
10:45
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
13:10
Jared Polec has an equal team-high nine disposals, at a disposal efficiency of 44%. His disposal efficiency in 2020 is 60%, this is significantly down having produced a disposals efficiency of 68% or higher in his previous six seasons.
17:04
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
17:19
The Cats have had a significant ground advantage this quarter leading inside 50s (13-6) and 65% of the play in their forward half. However, they haven't capitalised, kicking just 1.4 in this quarter compared to the Kangaroos' 0.1.
18:42
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Atkins)
20:43
Jy Simpkin leads North Melbourne for pressure points (16), clearances (three), and disposals (eight) in this quarter. He has a disposals efficiency of 88% in this time.
23:14
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
23:17
A costly second term for Geelong, kicking just one goal from their seven shots at goal.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:21
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
06:25
Todd Goldstein leads all players with 12 hitouts, but North Melbourne is losing the hitouts 12 to 15. Goldstein averages the second-most hitouts this season with 32 per game.
08:24
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
08:35
Gryan Miers takes his first contested mark of the season, converting it to his fourth goal of the match and setting a new personal career high for goals in a game.
10:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Simpson)
12:05
Mark Blicavs has received the most pressure per disposal of any Geelong player, receiving 2.6 pressure points per disposal. Despite this, he has a disposal efficiency of 92% for his 12 disposals.
12:37
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
14:23
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Josh Walker)
14:45
Josh Walker kicks his first goal of the match, it started with a North Melbourne centre bounce clearance. North Melbourne is losing centre bounce clearances five to nine, but it leads scoring from this source having kicked 2.0 from centre bounces compared to Geelong's 1.2 from the same source.
17:34
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
18:25
The Kangaroos have kicked two goals to zero in the last five minutes. In this time they lead disposals (14-2) and contested possessions (7-0).
22:34
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Joel Selwood)
23:51
Cam Guthrie has a game-high eight score involvements, he also ranks second in disposals with 20, and fourth in metres gained with 369.
23:55
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
26:27
Mark Blicavs has been handy around the ball with a game-high 12 contested possessions and an equal game-high six clearances. However, he has attended 25 of Geelong's 56 ruck contests and produced just four hitouts.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:13
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Bailey Scott)
04:54
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
05:12
Tom Hawkins has three contested marks inside 50 tonight. Geelong has taken 11 marks inside their forward 50, North Melbourne has taken just three marks in their forward 50.
07:44
Luke McDonald has just 14 disposals in this match, last round he set a new career-high with 35 disposals against Adelaide. However, he is making his disposals count in this match going at 93% disposal efficiency.
08:21
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
10:34
Geelong leads intercept possessions six to three in this term, but North Melbourne has generated two goals from their intercept possessions. Geelong has launched one goal from their intercept possessions.
11:56
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Zach Guthrie)
12:37
Zach Guthrie has kicked two long-range goals, five Cats goals have been kicked from 40 metres out or more.
13:52
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
14:54
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Hall)
16:28
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
17:17
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jared Polec)
18:46
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
20:58
Pressure has been up for both sides in the last five minutes. Geelong has a pressure factor of 223 in this time, North Melbourne sits at 220.
21:20
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
22:23
Midfielders have hit the scoreboard this quarter, the last four goals have come from Aaron Hall, Jared Polec, Mitch Duncan, and Sam Menegola.
25:14
In the last four rounds North Melbourne has played on from a mark 27% of the time, in this match, they have played on from a mark just 13% of the time.
26:44
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
28:22
Geelong was particularly damaging from throw-ins in this match. It kicked 4.5 from throw-ins, North Melbourne did not generate any scoring shots from this source.