Match

Collingwood vs Brisbane Lions

Commentary / 01 Apr 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Collingwood has averaged 44.5 inside 50s per game across the first two weeks - ranked 18th. It has been able to score from 49 per cent of inside 50s however - ranked fourth.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:02
Hugh McCluggage misses the Lions first shot at goal. He has kicked 10 goals at an accuracy of just 26 per cent across the past two seasons.
03:49
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
05:25
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Mason Cox)
07:09
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brayden Sier)
08:01
Darcy Moore has won three intercept possessions so far tonight, with his most recent intercept launching Collingwood's first goal of the night.
08:48
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
14:56
Youngster Connor Ballenden wins the LIons first hitout of the night. Collingwood had won the first 11 hitouts of the night.
15:05
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
17:30
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
17:57
Collingwood goes end-to-end from a defensive 50 clearance to score its second goal of the night.
19:43
Mason Cox has won three disposals so far tonight and has been involved in three of the four Magpies scoring chains tonight.
20:39
Another disposal and another score involvement for Mason Cox, this time a score assist setting up a Josh Thomas goal. Cox has had four disposals, four score involvements and three score launches so far in this game.
22:38
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lachie Neale)
23:17
Lachie Neale kicks Brisbane's second goal of the night. This came as a result of a centre clearance, with the Lions winning two centre clearances for one goal so far tonight.
26:39
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
28:51
Brisbane has had seven chains of play starting in the defensive 50 this quarter. None of these have resulted in an inside 50.
30:09
Brodie Grundy finished that first quarter with eight disposals, 15 hitouts and eight hitouts-to-advantage. He has averaged nine hitout-to-advantage per game across his career.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:07
Isaac Quaynor has had the big job of matching up on Charlie Cameron tonight. He hasn't shied away from the task, winning eight disposals and an equal team-high four intercept possessions so far tonight.
05:26
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
05:54
Mason Cox kicks his first goal of the night. He has been involved in five of the Magpies seven scoring chains tonight, two more score involvements than any other Collingwood player.
07:28
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Thomas Berry)
07:44
The Lions kick their third goal of the night. Two of their three goals tonights have come from centre bounce clearances.
10:39
Both teams struggling to hit targets by foot in the forward half. Collingwood has recorded a forward half kicking efficiency of 50 per cent and Brisbane are at just 46 per cent. Both teams are above 70 per cent kicking efficiency in the defensive half.
11:50
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
14:17
Brodie Grundy is dominating in the ruck with 21 hitouts and 11 hitouts-to-advantage, he is also dominating a ground level winning a game-high six groundball-gets as well.
16:24
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
17:36
Hugh McCluggage has had 13 disposals tonight, 12 kicks and one handball. He has had just five effective disposals and four turnovers so far across the game.
19:09
The Lions took 31 uncontested marks in the first quarter, they haven't been able to find the same control this quarter, grabbing just 11 uncontested marks so far in the second term.
22:00
Harris Andrews has taken four of the Lions' seven intercept marks so far across the game.
24:12
Jack Crisp has won a team-high nine disposals and recorded a team-high 229 metres gained so far this quarter.
24:22
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
25:10
Brisbane launch a goal from defensive half turnover - its first major from this source across the night. They have won 26 defensive half intercepts but has scored just 1.0 from these.
26:04
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
27:40
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
31:04
Brisbane kicked the final three goals of that quarter, to cut the lead back to eight points. The Magpies are still on top from general play outscoring the Lions 5.0 (30) to 2.0 (12) from turnovers across the game.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:54
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
03:49
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
05:19
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
06:29
Brisbane has kicked 1.1 so far this quarter. Charlie Cameron has both scores and both shots were from Joe Daniher score assists.
14:41
Brisbane leads the mark count 30-24 this quarter, they have been more patient after a mark, playing on 13% of the time, compared to Collingwood's 29%.
16:25
Magpies Interchange - Chris Mayne off due to an injury.
16:56
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
17:30
Brody Mihocek kicks his first goal of the night. The goal was launched from a clearance after a ball-up, with the Magpies outscoring the Lions 3.0 (18) to 1.1 (7) from this source across the game.
19:20
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)
20:00
Mitch Robinson has had an impact this quarter. He has had an equal team-high six disposals and has gained a team-high 135 metres so far for the quarter.
22:19
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)
24:22
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
24:30
Isaac Quaynor wins an intercept possession in the defensive 50 for the Magpies and launches a goal scoring chain. He has had eight disposals, four intercept possessions and 133 metres gained this quarter.
27:00
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
27:58
John Noble has had 17 disposals and a team-high 389 metres gaine tonight. He is one of only two Magpies players yet to have a turnover in the game, alongside Josh Daicos.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:40
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jeremy Howe)
03:07
Collingwood kicks the first goal of the final term. Taylor Adams has already had five disposals in the first three minutes of this term.
03:25
Lions Interchange - Thomas Berry off due to an injury.
05:31
Eric Hipwood has been targeted nine times inside 50 by the Lions on kicks into the forward 50 tonight, yet he has only taken one mark inside 50 for the night.
05:37
Magpies Interchange - Brayden Sier off due to an injury.
08:23
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Zorko)
09:42
Lions Interchange - Marcus Adams off due to the blood rule.
10:43
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
11:02
Joe Daniher's third goal of the night comes from a Jarryd Lyons score assist. These two players have had 11 disposals between them this quarter, Lyons has had six and Daniher five.
13:09
Lachie Neale had a team-high 16 disposals at half-time but has won just four disposals so far in the second half.
13:33
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Daniel Rich)
14:37
The Lions trail by just one point. They were last in the lead at the seven-minute mark of the first quarter, and were behind by as much as 15 points halfway through the second quarter.
15:26
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)
17:16
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Callum L. Brown)
18:01
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
18:28
Josh Daicos gives the Magpies a seven-point lead with his second goal of the game. He has won an equal team-high of six forward 50 disposals tonight and leads the side with three groundball-gets won inside 50.
21:36
Callum Brown has applied six tackles tonight, three of these have come in the last 10 minutes.
22:23
Steel Sidebottom has won 10 of his 27 disposals in the fourth quarter. He ranks No.1 for the Magpies across the term with nine uncontested possessions - six more than any teammate.
23:49
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
24:13
Joe Daniher missed a crucial goal from within 30 metres. The Lions have kicked 4.3 from within 30 metres tonight, while Collingwood has scored 6.2 from this range.
25:45
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
27:31
Hugh McCluggage has had a game-high 23 kicks so far tonight, but his kicking efficiency of 48 per cent is the second-lowest of any Lions player.
28:32
Magpies Interchange - Brody Mihocek off due to an injury.
29:47
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Zac Bailey)
29:49
The Lions win with a Zac Bailey shot after the siren. Brisbane takes the four points despite trailing for a total of 103 minutes across the game.