Match

Geelong Cats vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 24 Apr 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Liam Duggan finished with a career-high 36 disposals and 765 metres gained last round against Collingwood.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:26
Cats Interchange - Brandan Parfitt off due to an injury.
02:53
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Nathan Vardy)
03:40
Early advantage going the Eagles way. The Eagles lead contested possessions 7-1 and clearances 4-1 with the opening goal coming from a forward half stoppage..
06:32
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
06:47
Nic Naitanui already has three hard ball gets and four kicks. All four kicks resulting in a clearance.
08:52
Oscar Allen recorded a career-high five contested marks and five goals last round.
10:58
30 of Geelong's 33 disposals has come from their defensive half.
14:20
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
16:06
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
18:17
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
18:31
Joel Selwood has won 15 free kicks this season – the equal second-most of any player in the competition. This match, Selwood already has two.
20:22
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
23:38
Geelong looking to possess and control the ball early this match. Geelong lead uncontested possessions 47 - 28 and marks 15 -12 but have only played on from a mark 7% of the time.
24:51
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jarrod Brander)
26:00
A poor backwards kick from Blicavs results in a West Coast Goal. Geelong lead backwards kicks 4-0. The Cats have averaged 11.4 backward kicks in 2021 – the third-most of any side.
27:02
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
28:37
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
31:26
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
31:29
The Eagles seemed to play to the conditions better. West Coast won contested possessions by 10 and won clearances 15-11 with two of the Eagles three goals coming from stoppages.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:54
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
04:17
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
05:03
First goal of the 2nd quarter goes the way of the Cats from a defensive half turnover. Two of the three Geelong goals has come from turnovers.
06:18
Geelong's pressure factor this match is 2.07, well above their season average of 1.81 where they are ranked 5th in the competition.
06:40
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
06:42
Eagles Interchange - Jeremy McGovern off due to an injury.
08:30
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
09:03
Four consecutive goals for the Cats. Their last 3 goals coming from set shots. Geelong lead marks inside 50 four to one.
09:55
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
10:33
Three of Geelong's four goals this quarter has come from defensive midfield intercept chains. Geelong average 16.6 points per game from this zone this season.
13:15
The clearance count has turned around this quarter. Geelong lead clearances 6-2 and are getting their hands on the ball first, winning ground ball gets 17-7.
14:54
Eagles Interchange - Jeremy McGovern off due to an injury.
15:37
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
17:38
Luke Dahlhaus is having an impact this term. Dahlhaus has four score involvements and five forward half disposals going at 80% efficiency.
19:58
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gary Rohan)
20:35
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
21:19
Geelong dominating the quarter on the turnovers. The Cats have scored 25 points from turnovers.
26:03
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
27:04
West Coast has conceded a goal from 24.8% of its opponents inside 50s – ranked 16th defensively. This quarter, it's at 58%.
27:51
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mark O'Connor)
29:07
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jack Henry)
29:14
The onslaught continues. The 9th straight goal of the term comes from a centre clearance. Geelong have scored three goals from this source.
30:30
Gary Rohan has been one of the best for the Cats this term. Rohan has two goals, three contested marks, all taken inside 50, and four score involvements, all quarter-highs.
33:30
The Cats completely dominated play in the 2nd term. Geelong controlled the footy, with 63% of time spent with the ball. Geelong won disposals 103-54 going at 75% efficiency to the Eagles 59%.
35:21
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
35:23
Geelong average 30.8 points per game from stoppages. In that quarter alone, they scored 30 points from stoppage chains.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:18
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
01:34
From 16 defensive half chains, Geelong has gone inside 50 on seven occasions for 25 points. Meanwhile, the Eagles have only gone inside 50 on three occasions from 17 chains, for no score.
03:57
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
04:13
The 3rd term has started in the same way as the 2nd term. Geelong has the opening four inside 50's for two goals.
07:07
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
07:38
Jack Darling breaks the run of 13 consecutive goals for the Cats with a goal from a set shot. Jack Darling has kicked 12 goals straight from set shots in 2021. He has recorded a career-high shot at goal accuracy of 83.3%.
08:55
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
09:34
Tom Stewart is one of only two defenders in the AFL to average at least 25 disposals, 450 metres gained and seven intercept possessions. Stewart has 14 disposals (13 in the defensive half) so far this match.
10:43
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Lachie Henderson)
13:29
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
14:24
All four of Geelong's goals this quarter has come from forward half chains. Geelong average 39 points from their forward half chains per match this season.
17:49
Geelong are ranked 3rd in the competition this season for tackle efficiency, going at 64.4%. This match, Geelong are going at 79% tackle efficiency.
18:37
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gryan Miers)
20:42
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
20:50
Cats Interchange - Jake Kolodjashnij off due to an injury.
21:24
Mitch Duncan makes it four goals for the match. This is his career high goals scored in a match.
22:59
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gryan Miers)
25:42
Cam Guthrie leads the match in clearances (six), contested possessions (11) and handballs (20). Guthrie leads Geelong this season for clearances (averaging five) and handballs (averaging 13.4).
29:41
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Lachie Henderson)
30:19
Geelong continue to be dominant on the turnover. 25 points this term has been scored from intercept chains (63 points for the match).
31:56
the 3rd quarter was a similar story to the 2nd term. Geelong continued their dominance, most noticeably on the outside. Geelong won uncontested possessions 71-41 and used the corridor more, recording a plus 19 differential in disposals and plus eight differential in marks in this zone.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:53
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
02:22
Geelong has won the post-clearance disposal differential by 46 per game – ranked second this season. The differential this match is 102.
03:35
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
05:29
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
07:18
Cats Interchange - Mark O'Connor and is possibly out for the game.
08:08
Rhys Stanley has negated Nic Naitanui's dominance today. Geelong has scored 15 points from stoppages to West Coast's eight points when Naitanui and Stanley have contested together.
08:30
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
10:00
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
10:08
Geelong has now kicked 19 of the last 20 goals and now leads by 96 points. Geelong has won its past six games against West Coast at GMHBA Stadium by an average margin of 60 points.
11:42
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
12:57
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
13:56
Tim Kelly has won at least 28 disposals in four of five games this season – averaging a career-high 27 disposals and 12 contested possessions. Kelly only has 15 disposals, going at 53% by foot.
17:14
74% of the play this quarter has been spent in the eagles forward half but it's been controlled by Geelong. The Cats have taken 25 marks in their defensive half with time in possession at 72%.
20:08
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Luke Dahlhaus)
21:14
Jack Henry has six intercept marks for the match. It's his career-high in this stat.
22:58
Tom Hawkins takes his 3rd mark inside 50. Hawkins has been the target on 14 occasions.
23:18
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
25:03
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
26:21
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Dom Sheed)
28:26
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
28:32
Geelong dominated the game in all aspects, winning contested possessions 146-120 and uncontested possessions 256-141 and going at 76% efficiency to the Eagles 64%. Geelong scored 53 points from stoppages and 83 points from turnovers.