Match

Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs

Commentary / 19 Mar 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Caleb Daniel recorded a retention rate of 74% from kicks last season – ranked No.1 of the top-50 kicks in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:16
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Laitham Vandermeer)
04:12
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
04:19
The Bulldogs have kicked the first two goals of the game. They have generated five inside 50s to zero. Bailey Smith and Jack Macrae have been involved in both scoring chains.
06:02
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Josh Bruce)
06:54
The Bulldogs have had 30 disposals, with 22 of these coming in the forward half of the ground. The Magpies have had just two of their 14 disposals inside their forward half.
07:46
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
08:55
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
10:49
Josh Bruce, Tim English and Aaron Naughton have taken six of the Bulldogs 10 marks so far in this game.
15:16
Tom Liberatore working hard defensively as usual with a team-high six pressure acts so far tonight.
20:04
Collingwood is starting to lift their intensity, with nine players applying at least one tackle across the past 10 minutes.
27:42
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
28:04
Across the past 10 minutes, the Bulldogs lead the inside 50 count 10-3, but Collingwood has defended well though, conceding just one behind in this time.
28:35
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Anthony Scott)
29:15
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
29:48
The Bulldogs have gained early ascendancy on the outside winning the uncontested possession count 83 - 41 in the opening term.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:11
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Smith)
02:45
Darcy Moore holding strong down back tonight with five disposals, four spoils and four intercept possessions.
03:25
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
04:46
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
05:32
The Bulldogs are locking down their forward half better than the Magpies with 11 forward half intercept possessions to one so far.
06:00
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
07:55
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lachlan McNeil)
09:12
The Bulldogs have recorded 25 forward 50 disposals so far tonight, the Magpies have had three.
10:38
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
14:02
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
18:58
Despite being behind in the inside 50 count 14 - 31. The Magpies trail by just two goals, They have seven scoring shots from just six disposals in total inside the forward 50.
21:25
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tim English)
22:05
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
22:45
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
25:35
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Laitham Vandermeer)
26:19
Scores from turnovers are 21-20 in favour of the Bulldogs. Scores from clearances are 20-2 to the Bulldogs which has been the main difference on the scoreboard tonight.
29:40
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
30:43
The Bulldogs conceded just 17 inside 50s in the first half. Their fewest inside 50s conceded to the Magpies in a first-half ever on record.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:00
The ball is zipping around early in the third quarter, both teams have three inside 50s each and have won a combined 33 uncontested possessions and six contested possessions for the quarter.
04:17
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
07:47
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
08:11
Lachie Hunter sets up Aaron Naughton for his second goal of the night. Hunter has had a team-high seven disposals so far this quarter and six uncontested possessions this term.
09:59
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
10:36
Collingwood goes coast-to-coast for their fifth goal of the night. They have kicked 3.3 so far tonight from defensive 50 chains.
15:26
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Smith)
18:05
Scott Pendlebury has had 11 kicks tonight, including four clanger kicks, twice as many as any other Collingwood player.
19:09
Bulldogs Interchange - Laitham Vandermeer off due to an injury.
21:35
The Bulldogs have dominated through the midfield tonight leading the disposal count in that zone 230 - 126 and the marks 61 - 33.
21:49
Magpies Interchange - Darcy Moore off due to the blood rule.
24:23
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tim English)
24:42
The Bulldogs have kicked 2.1 to 0.0 across the past 10 minutes of the game, leading the tackle count 10 - 3 in this time.
25:45
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
26:46
Darcy Moore has taken seven intercept marks tonight. The Bulldogs as a team have taken eight.
29:00
The Bulldogs have won 28 forward half intercepts tonight, but have scored just 2.2 from these - a strike rate of just 14 per cent. Last season they scored from 33 per cent of forward half intercepts.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:50
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
03:46
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
05:24
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
06:54
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
08:43
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
10:37
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
12:10
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Stefan Martin)
12:22
Stefan Martin kicks his first goal with his new club. He has won 15 disposals and a team-high 12 contested possessions across the game. He has also had a team-high four score launches.
17:19
Jack Macrae has had seven disposals so far this quarter and has hit the target 100 per cent of the time.
19:24
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Mason Cox)
20:25
The Bulldogs have currently 128 more disposals than the Magpies. 10 Bulldogs players have reached the 20-disposal mark, while Collingwood has only had four players reach this mark.
23:23
The Bulldogs have held strong across the final quarter. They are behind in the inside 50 count 12 - 6, but have allowed Collingwood to score just 1.4 while scoring 1.2 themselves.
24:31
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
25:03
Collingwood has had seven of the past eight inside 50s of the game.
28:37
Bailey Smith has won 35 disposals tonight - only the second time in his career he has reached 30 disposals in a game. He has also kicked two goals and ranks second at the Bulldogs with 519 metres gained.
29:33
Both sides scored 35 points each from turnovers across the night. The difference was at the stoppages with the Bulldogs outscoring the Magpies 34 -16 from this source, booting three goals to none from centre bounce clearances.