Match

North Melbourne vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 11 Apr 2021

Pre Game

00:00
The Kangaroos have lost the inside 50 count in 12 of their past 14 games. They have averaged 18 fewer inside 50s per game than their opposition in 2021 – ranked last.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:27
Taylor Walker kicks ths opening goal. He applies a strong tackle and wins his sixth free kick for holding the ball this season - ranked No.1 in the compeition.
03:26
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
05:44
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Aaron Hall)
12:46
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
14:43
Kangaroos Interchange - Luke McDonald and is possibly out for the game.
15:03
Kangaroos Interchange - Cameron Zurhaar and is possibly out for the game.
15:38
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Reilly O'Brien)
16:05
Paul Seedsman has had seven disposals, six uncontested possessions, two inside 50s and 131 metres gained so far in the game.
17:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
18:05
Adelaide has kicked all four goals from set shots so far. Coming into the game it had kicked 68% of goals from set shots - ranked second in the competition.
21:49
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
22:48
Luke McDonald has been medically-subbed out of the game replaced by Lachie Young.
23:54
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
23:55
Crows Interchange - Will Hamill off due to an injury.
25:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)
26:08
Adelaide has had 25 effective disposals in the forward half, while North Melbourne has had just eight.
26:56
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
28:04
Paul Seedsman kicks his first goal. He has had 10 disposals in the opening term - the fifth time in his career he has 10 disposals in an opening term.
30:04
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
30:54
The Crows take a quarter-time lead. They have scored from seven of their 13 inside 50s and lead the uncontested possession count 72 - 56.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:09
Crows Interchange - Andrew McPherson off due to an injury.
04:15
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
06:04
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Mahony)
06:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Billy Frampton)
09:43
North Melbourne leads the inside 50 count 6-2 this quarter. It has had five kicks inside the forward 50 for the quarter but only one of these has been effective.
12:32
In the opening quarter, Adelaide was able to gain four inside 50 entries from 12 defensive 50 chains. So far this quarter it has generated one inside 50 from eight defensive 50 chains.
15:00
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
16:20
Darcy Fogarty has kicked to set shots from difficult angles. He has kicked 28 career goals - 24 of these have been from set shots.
19:10
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
19:20
North Melbourne leads the inside 50 count 13-4 for the quarter. It has kicked two goals for the term, both of which have come from attacking midfield chains.
21:08
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
22:27
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
23:22
North Melbourne's pressure in the forward 50 has been notable, as they have applied 11 forward 50 tackles this season, to Adelaide's two.
24:19
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Will Phillips)
26:50
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Billy Frampton)
32:14
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
32:46
Crows Interchange - Lachlan Sholl off due to the blood rule.
33:34
Tom Doedee has been valuable from defense. He leads the Crows with three score launches so far across the game,
34:00
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
34:08
Harry Schoenberg finished the first half with 11 disposals, four score involvements, four inside 50s and three tackles.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:04
North Melbourne will need to improve their kicking. It had 16 clanger kicks in the first half compared to Adelaide's six.
00:54
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
01:56
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
03:52
Crows Interchange - Brodie Smith off due to an injury.
07:51
The Crows have committed 14 turnovers in the defensive midfield and 13 of these have resulted in a North Melbourne inside 50. The Kangaroos have scored just 2.1 (13) from these entries however.
10:33
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
10:47
Ben McKay has had a team-high seven intercept possessions. He has had seven disposals for the game but is on -11 metres gained for the match.
12:07
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
12:37
North Melbourne is back to within two points. It has already recorded 37 inside 50s after averaging just 45 entries across its first three games.
13:50
Tom Powell currently has eight tackles, the most of any player on the ground. He recorded a total of five tackles across his first three games.
19:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
20:04
The Kangaroos are on top of the clearances this quarter winning the count 8-4. Both teams have scored just one behind each from clearances so far across the quarter.
21:02
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lachie Young)
24:33
Reilly O'Brien has taken four contested marks so far. He has taken five in a game just once.
25:26
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
25:33
North Melbourne take the lead. It has kicked three goals to zero this quarter, with both sides generating 14 inside 50s for the term.
27:32
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tom Lynch)
28:11
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
28:13
Jaidyn Stephenson finished the third quarter with 10 disposals, 10 unconetsted possessions, four score involvements 400 metres gained, the first time he has gained over 250 metres in a quarter.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:25
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Rowe)
01:27
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
01:46
Adelaide kicks the first goal of the fourth term from a contested mark. The Crows lead the contested mark count 14-7 across the game.
04:08
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
04:36
Ben McKay has won 11 intercept possession so far - ranked No.1 in the game and four more than he has won in any other age across his career.
06:53
Adelaide leads the inside 50 count 7-0 so far in the fourth quarter.
07:51
Aaron Hall leads the Kangaroos with 30 disposals, five inside 50s and 797 metres gained so far across the game.
08:18
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
10:40
SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Rowe)
10:46
Lachlan Sholl set up James Rowe with his second score assist of the game. Sholl has won a career-high 25 disposals so far in this game.
12:11
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
13:50
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
14:40
So far in the fourth quarter, North Melbourne has had six disposals in its forward half of the ground, Adelaide has had 31.
16:43
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
16:56
Adelaide's 22 point lead is its biggest of the match. They have won the inside 50 12- 3 in the fourth term and has had seven scoring shots (4.3) to one (0.1).
20:05
Nick Larkey kicks his third goal. He has had to fight hard this game with eight disposals, nine contested possessions, six tackles and 0 uncontested possessions for the game.
21:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
22:02
The Crows have won the centre clearance count 10-9. The Crows have scored from six of these while North Melbourne has not scored from any of their centre clearances.
23:57
Rory Laird sets up Shane McAdam's shot at goal. Laird is up to 28 disposals, 17 contested possessions and 13 groundball-gets across the game.
24:30
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
27:41
The Crows have dominated the fourth quarter leading the disposal count 89-59, the contested possession count 35-26 and the uncontested possession count 58 - 31.
28:15
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
29:32
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
29:42
Taylor Walker continues his stellar form. He has had 17 disposals, 11 score involvements including three score launches and three goals.
31:57
Adelaide took nine forward 50 marks across the first three quarters, but is finding targets easy this quarter with five marks inside 50 for the quarter, scoring five goals from marks for the term.
32:16
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
33:27
Adelaide end up running out 41-point winners, they dominated the final term with 12 players winning at least five disposals across the quarter compared to North Melbourne who only had six players reach five disposals across the term.