Match

GWS Giants vs Melbourne

Commentary / 12 Sep 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Melbourne has been involved in 22 around the ground stoppages per game this season, the fewest of any side.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ed Langdon)
02:40
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Oskar Baker)
02:41
The goalscoring commences with second-year Demon Oskar Baker booting his first goal for 2020.
05:39
Melbourne has recorded the first four clearances and first four inside 50 entries of the game.
05:41
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jayden Hunt)
07:24
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jacob Hopper)
09:20
The Demons are controlling the early time in possession, 49 percent to 30.
10:16
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Alex Neal-Bullen)
12:42
The Demons have lost the tackle count by six per game in 2020, ranked 17th in the league. So far tonight, they hold a slight lead in this measure, 12 to 11.
12:48
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
13:47
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Charlie Spargo)
13:48
All three Melbourne goals have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Giants' turnover.
19:09
Disposals inside the forward 50 zone heavily favour Melbourne, 20 to six.
19:38
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
21:50
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Perryman)
24:46
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jayden Hunt)
27:22
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
29:37
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
29:43
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
29:44
Melbourne scored just nine points in the first half last round, the fewest of any side in the league and its equal-fewest in any match this season. With 32 in the first term tonight, they have already exceeded this mark, and currently hold a 17 point lead.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:18
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
02:05
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Brent Daniels)
03:22
Demon Max Gawn is controlling the ruck battle, with seven of his 14 hitouts going to the advantage of a Melbourne teammate. In comparison, his counterpart Shane Mumford has just the five hitouts, with only one going to advantage.
04:51
The Giants have recorded the last five inside 50s, kicking 1.2 from these entries.
05:40
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
06:25
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
09:59
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Oskar Baker)
10:00
Oskar Baker has kicked four goals in his 11 game AFL career, with all of them coming in two games against Greater Western Sydney.
11:37
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
15:58
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Williams)
15:59
Zac Williams kicks his first goal for 2020, in his tenth game for the Giants this season.
17:46
For the second quarter, Max Gawn has clearly out-rucked Shane Mumford, recording nine hitouts to just one. However, Mumford has produced three clearances for the quarter, leading all players on the ground in this measure for the term.
18:32
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
18:33
Melbourne's Kysaiah Pickett has contributed a match-leading five score involvements, including kicking 1.2 himself.
20:10
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
22:14
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
22:15
Five of the six goals kicked by the Giants have been sourced from Melbourne turnovers.
25:09
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Matt de Boer)
27:38
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
29:07
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
29:08
An even first half sees scores level at the main break. The Giants clawed their way back from an 18 point deficit by kicking goals from three of their final four inside 50 entries for the second term.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:25
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
01:26
Toby Greene has been targeted nine times inside forward 50 for the Giants. However, he has only been able to take two marks in this zone, and is yet to record a goal, kicking 0.3.
03:22
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Trent Rivers)
03:23
First-year Demon Trent Rivers kicks the first goal of his career in AFL game number eight.
07:46
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Brent Daniels)
08:54
Third term time in possession favours the Demons, 48 percent to 31, yet the Giants are winning the quarter 1.1 to 1.0.
12:39
Of the eleven free kicks that Greater Western Sydney has conceded, the most common indiscretion has been for high contact on six occasions.
14:38
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
15:13
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zac Williams)
15:14
Zac Williams has multiple goals in a match for just the third time in his 112 game career.
17:21
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Cameron)
20:49
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Salem)
22:32
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
22:59
Ten contested possessions for Christian Petracca represents 18 percent of the entire Melbourne team total.
25:41
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
25:42
For the third quarter, Greater Western Sydney recorded 19 disposals inside their forward 50 zone, superior to just five for Melbourne for the same measure, contributing to the Giants taking a slender seven point lead into the final stanza.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:25
Lachie Keeffe does the little things to help his team. The Giants' big man has recorded ten one percenters to lead all players on the ground.
04:19
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Charlie Spargo)
04:20
Melbourne has kicked 4.2 from set shots tonight, compared to 3.4 for Greater Western Sydney.
07:19
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
08:00
The Giants have won ten final quarters this season, the equal-most of any side in the AFL. However, they have scored just one behind in eight minutes of final quarter play so far tonight.
10:43
Demons Interchange - Neville Jetta and is possibly out for the game.
10:49
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
12:22
Josh Kelly's 650 metres gained for the Giants is comfortably the most of any player on the ground, with the next most recorded 457 by Melbourne's Steven May.
16:37
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
17:24
Far superior final quarter disposal efficiency, 71 percent to 52, has contributed to the Demons outscoring the Giants 2.1 to 0.1 for the term.
19:04
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Trent Rivers)
23:22
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Brent Daniels)
25:27
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
25:28
Melbourne overcomes a deficit heading into the final term to run over the top of the Giants and keep its finals hopes alive. Leading the way for the Demons was ruckman Max Gawn, with 44 hitouts (16 to advantage), 15 disposals, and eight clearances.