Match

Adelaide Crows vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 01 May 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Adelaide kicked 15.0 to start the match last round – this is the most goals without a behind to start a match on record.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:49
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
01:09
Taylor Walker gets the first goal. He entered the round leading the Coleman Medal with 25 goals. This is his sixth goal from outside 50 metres this season, the next most is three.
03:09
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
05:15
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
07:10
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Bobby Hill)
08:54
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
09:49
Since the first minute of the match, GWS lead the inside 50 count 7-2.
10:41
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
11:56
Greater Western Sydney has the fourth-worst pressure factor in the forward half this season at 165. Thus far, it has a forward half pressure factor of 195, however, Adelaide is going at 205.
14:35
Callan Ward has a game-high eight disposals and equal-high three contested possessions. Ward has played as a permanent midfielder since Round 4, averaging 26 disposals, 11 contested possessions and four clearances.
15:40
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brent Daniels)
18:06
Giants Interchange - Brent Daniels and is possibly out for the game.
20:15
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
20:24
Adelaide has won 40.6% of its possessions in a contested manner this season – the second-highest percentage of any side. It has won just 22.7% of its possessions in this manner through this match.
22:11
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Lachie Whitfield)
24:09
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Bobby Hill)
24:31
Brent Daniels has been medically-subbed out of the game and has been replaced by Matt Buntine.
25:38
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tom Green)
26:48
At the first break the Giants lead by seven points, they lead pressure factor (197-175), clearances (9-3), and inside 50s (16-10). Meanwhile, the Crows 82% efficiency by foot has led to just six disposals inside 50 compared to the Giants 20.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:34
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
02:23
Since Round 3, Rory Laird has won a total of 66 contested possessions – ranked second in the competition. He has just one contested possession so far, meanwhile, Adelaide is losing this measure 23 to 39.
03:36
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
03:48
Lachlan Murphy breaks the drought for Adelaide kicking its first goal since the first minute of the match. This Murphy's fourth goal this season.
05:03
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
06:01
It has been a hot defensive start to the second term with the Giants leading pressure factor 237 to 203, but sacrificing their ball use in the process going at 33% efficiency compared to 70%.
07:57
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
09:15
Crows Interchange - David Mackay off due to an injury.
09:35
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
11:53
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
13:24
Greater Western Sydney uncharacteristically leads marks inside 50 (5-1), it has a season differential of negative 29 - ranked second-worst in the competition.
15:29
In the last 20 minutes of match time, the Giants lead clearances 13 to two. The work has been spread evenly as they have 11 different players with a clearance in this time
15:54
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
17:14
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Sam J. Reid)
17:29
Greater Western Sydney has kicked two goals in quick succession. 25 of its points for the match have come from stoppages, over the last four rounds it had been outscored by 13.3 points per game from clearances - ranked 17th.
20:05
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
20:34
Over the last five minutes, Adelaide has conceded three goals and had just one kick. It has lost pressure factor 173 to 300 in this time.
22:04
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
22:19
The Crows have targeted Taylor Walker eight times inside 50 through this match, no other Crows player has more than one. Meanwhile, the Giants have four players with more than three forward 50 targets. Through the first six rounds, the Crows have two players inside the top 25 for targets, Walker and Billy Frampton who is not in the side today.
23:55
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
24:45
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Bobby Hill)
28:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
29:43
Greater Western Sydney enters halftime with a 32 point lead. Josh Kelly has had just one ineffective disposal from his 14 disposals, Sam Taylor has won three of his five defensive one-on-one contests.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:55
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Green)
01:25
Tom Green gets the fast start to the Giants with his first goal of the match. He leads all Giants players with eight contested possessions and has received the most pressure with 2.26 pressure points per disposal.
05:13
Adelaide has just 23 tackles to 42. 11 Adelaide players are without a tackle.
05:31
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
07:07
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
07:45
Jesse Hogan kicks his second goal for the match. He has been the most targeted Giant inside 50 (eight) in this debut match for the club.
09:17
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
14:26
Paul Seedsman has a game-high 487 metres gained. Last round he had 996 metres gained - the most by any player in a match this season.
15:33
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
16:47
This season Rory Laird, Reilly O'Brien, and Ben Keays are Adelaide's leading contested possession players. In this match, it is Lachlan Murphy (nine), Jordon Butts (six), and Paul Seedsman (six) who lead the contested possessions for the team.
17:12
Giants Interchange - Matt Buntine and is possibly out for the game.
17:24
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
20:18
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Sam J. Reid)
21:59
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
23:11
Since the first term, Tim Taranto leads all players with 18 disposals, eight contested possessions, and four clearances.
25:27
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
25:41
The Crows have played on from 42% of their marks in this match, usually going at 27%. Meanwhile, the Giants are playing on 25% of the time and through the first six rounds have gone at 19% - lowest in the competition.
26:44
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
28:21
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Rowe)
30:10
The Giants lead stoppage clearances (20-6) in this match and have scored 44 points from this source. Prior to this match they had scored 135 points for the season from this source - ranked 15th in the competition. The Crows on the other hand have scored just 11 points from this source despite entering the round with a league-leading 257 points from stoppages.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:25
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tom Green)
00:47
Tom Green kicks a goal in the first minute for the second time in this match. This is the first time he has kicked multiple goals in a match and takes his career tally to five, he has played 29% of this match as a forward.
01:57
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Bobby Hill)
05:12
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jacob Hopper)
06:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
07:27
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Nick Murray)
07:37
Nick Murray kicks Adelaide's first goal since the sixth minute of the third quarter and his first career goal.
09:53
Despite having played predominantly on-ball, 15 of 19 centre bounce attendances, Rory Laird has totalled just four contested possessions, his lowest this season is eight in Round 1 with every other match tallying 14 or more.
10:44
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
12:12
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Xavier O'Halloran)
14:20
Adelaide has had five shots at goal not register a score in this match. Its four goals and 10 behinds are the worst goal percentage from scoring shots this season at 29%, after not going under 50% all season and starting last rounds match with 15 goals straight.
15:33
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
17:13
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Sam Berry)
18:22
The Crows have kicked 0.3 from its 10 kicks inside 50 which have landed within 30 metres of goal. Their 29 kicks inside 50 which have landed further than 30 metres of goal have resulted in a scoreline of 3.6.
18:33
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Nick Murray)
23:13
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
23:28
After kicking 0.3 from four shots, Toby Greene has kicked a goal and takes his streak of games with at least one goal to eight.
24:28
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
29:01
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:04
Jeremy Finlayson has had four clearances in this final quarter.
30:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
30:43
Despite coming into the match with the second-worst clearance differential (-36) in the competition, the Giants were able to win the clearances by 24 and produce 62 points from this source. This played a major part in helping the side reach 100 points for the first time this season.