Match

Collingwood vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 24 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
The Kangaroos need to fix their scoring problems that have been around all season if they are going to give themselves a chance tonight, having led their opposition on the scoreboard in 22 percent of matches – ranked 17th.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
05:02
After five minutes of play, the Kangaroos are yet to go inside their forward 50. The Magpies have gone inside their forward 50 on three occasions, the last two being thwarted by intercept marks to Scott and Tarrant respectively.
06:18
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Trent Dumont)
08:37
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
09:34
Both teams have had 42 disposals apiece to this point in the match. With the conservative nature of the match, both teams have unusually high disposal efficiency with the Magpies going at 81 percent and the Kangaroos going at 88 percent.
12:58
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
13:41
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
14:18
Kangaroos Interchange - Jack Mahony off due to an injury.
15:12
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lachlan Hosie)
15:27
Both of the Kangaroos' goals so far have come as a result of a turnover by foot in the defensive 50 by the Magpies. The Kangaroos have not committed a turnover in their defensive 50 as yet. The Magpies have committed a total of 14 turnovers to the Kangaroos' 12.
17:38
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Trey Ruscoe)
20:28
Maynard for the Magpies is the first player tonight into double figures for disposals, winning his 10th disposal from a holding the ball decision from his third tackle for the night - an equal game high tally to this point.
23:18
That first quarter was a low scoring arm wrestle with the Kangaroos taking a five point lead into the first break. The Magpies led the inside 50s 11-10, while the Kangaroos lead clearances 8-6. Interestingly, the Magpies lead the tackle count markedly 16-3.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:51
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Trent Dumont)
06:02
Williams for the Kangaroos takes his first intercept mark of the night, and a contested mark at that. The Kangoroos are dominating intercept marks 7-2, and are also leading contested marks 3-2.
07:06
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
07:51
Magpies Interchange - Chris Mayne off due to the blood rule.
09:14
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Bailey Scott)
09:54
Bailey Scott takes his second contested mark of the night, and the first contested mark inside forward 50 for either side. Scott is the first player to have more than one contested mark to their name.
12:31
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lachlan Hosie)
14:21
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
14:49
For the third time tonight the Kangaroos are able to transition the football uninterrupted from defensive 50 to inside forward 50, on this occasion resulting in a behind to Zurhaar, their only score from these three chains.
16:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
19:07
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
19:30
With that mark and goal, Cox collects his first possession and disposal, the last player on the field tonight to register their first disposal. Both teams are now on 160 disposals for the match, with both going at 79 percent efficiency.
23:26
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Tom Phillips)
25:17
A three goal to one quarter to the Magpies sees them flip the margin from quarter time to lead by five points. Maynard for the Magpies added six disposals to his quarter time count to have an equal game high 16 to his name. Higgins and Anderson each have 16 disposals for the Kangaroos.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:40
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
04:55
A long break in play as the Simpkin ground kick is confirmed as a goal to put the Kangaroos in front. That was Simpkin's 13th disposal of the night, which includes an equal game high four clearances. Teammate Anderson also has four clearances to his name.
07:46
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Flynn Appleby)
11:12
Moore for Collingwood takes his third (and match high) intercept mark, however the Magpies still trail the Kangaroos 6-11 in the total count. Moore has had 12 disposals including an equal match high four rebound 50s.
14:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Trey Ruscoe)
15:07
Hosie commits a turnover by foot in the Kangaroos' defensive 50 resulting in the goal to Appleby. Both teams have now committed 39 turnovers apiece with the entirety of Collingwood's score so far, 6.3 (39), originating from a turnover.
15:44
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
16:40
Magpies Interchange - Darcy Cameron off due to an injury.
17:43
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
20:28
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tristan Xerri)
20:38
From the restart after the Adams goal, Anderson for the Kangaroos win his third (and match high) centre bounce clearance for the night. The Kangaroos are leading the total centre bounce clearance count 10-4.
23:21
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
25:16
Pendlebury kicks his first goal of the season, from his 21st disposal of the evening. Pendlebury has won a team high 10 contested possessions.
28:10
A four goal to two quarter to the Magpies sees them take a 16 point lead into the final break. Pendlebury led his team from the front that quarter with an equal quarter-high 11 disposals, all effective. The tackle count is now equal at 32 apiece after being 16-3 in Collingwood's favour early in the match.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:23
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
02:23
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Flynn Appleby)
04:32
The Magpies move the football uninterrupted from defensive 50 to inside forward 50 for the 10th time tonight, but despite an Appleby shot on goal no score was registered. They have however kicked 3.0 (18) from the preceding nine chains of this type.
07:54
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
10:38
Anderson for the Kangaroos has won the last two clearances of the match to take his match-high count up to nine which is also a season-best for him, and an equal season-best for the club.
16:00
From his 24 disposals tonight Maynard has accumulated a match-high 636 metres gained. Maynard has also had an equal match-high five score involvements.
16:14
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Flynn Appleby)
23:04
A scoreless last quarter for the Kangaroos who conceded two goals to the Magpies sees the final margin in Collingwood's favour of 30 points. Pendlebury for the Magpies was the most influential player on the field with 28 disposals at 91 percent efficiency as well as five score involvements and five inside 50s.