Match

Collingwood vs Gold Coast Suns

Commentary / 01 May 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Gold Coast's Ben King kicked a career-high five goals last round against the Swans. He ranks equal-ninth in the AFL for total scoreboard impact points with 127.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:15
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Chris Burgess)
00:16
Chris Burgess opens the scoring for today's match with his fourth goal from five games for 2021.
01:49
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
04:33
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
07:46
Time in possession slightly favours the Magpies, 45 percent to 38.
08:46
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben King)
11:40
The Suns are kicking the ball with 83 percent efficiency, bettering the 67 percent of Collingwood.
14:28
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
14:58
Of eight inside 50 entries for Collingwood, Darcy Moore has been targeted three times, but not taken any marks.
16:47
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
16:48
With his second major of today, Collingwood's Brody Mihocek has now kicked multiple goals five times in seven games this season.
18:36
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
21:41
After recording a game-high 13 tackles last week against Sydney, Gold Coast's Nick Holman is yet to record one today.
22:11
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
25:39
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Caleb Graham)
27:58
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
27:59
After recording the last eight inside 50 entries and six of the last seven clearances, the Suns were able to reduce the margin to a single point at the first break.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Moore)
01:46
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
01:47
Despite not hitting the scoreboard himself, Collingwood's Josh Daicos has contributed an equal match-high four score involvements for the Magpies.
02:46
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
05:48
Gold Coast has not entered its forward 50 zone since the 28th minute of the opening term. In the time since, Collingwood has generated seven inside 50 entries.
05:57
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
07:32
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben King)
11:23
SCORE GOAL - Suns (David Swallow)
12:01
All four Gold Coast goals have been kicked from a distance of fewer than 40 metres from goal. In contrast, both Collingwood majors have been kicked from beyond 40 metres.
13:18
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Josh Corbett)
15:49
Gold Coast is controlling the second-quarter time in possession, 53 percent to 38.
17:06
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
18:47
Forward 50 kicking efficiency for the second quarter leans heavily in the favour of the Suns, 75 percent to 25. This is reflected in the scoring for the term, with Gold Coast registering three straight goals, and the Magpies kicking just the five behinds.
23:07
Gold Coast is moving the ball by foot with greater frequency than Collingwood. The Suns kick-to-handball ratio is currently 1.94, compared to 1.25 for the Magpies.
23:09
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Josh Corbett)
26:15
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Brandon Ellis)
28:25
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
28:26
The Suns take a 19 point lead into half time on the back efficient kicking for goal and the ball-winning efforts of Touk Miller. For the half, the Gold Coast midfielder recorded 21 disposals at 71 percent efficiency, four marks, three inside 50s, and two clearances.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:46
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
03:14
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
03:15
All three Collingwood goals have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Gold Coast turnover.
07:12
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
07:42
Since Round 3, Brodie Grundy has won a total of 64 contested possessions, ranked second in the competition. He is leading this measure for Collingwood again today with a tally of nine, but trails Gold Coast's Hugh Greenwood who currently has 13 contested possessions.
11:16
For the third term, Collingwood is kicking the ball with just 17 percent efficiency inside its forward 50 zone.
12:36
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
14:05
Of the ten free kicks that Gold Coast has conceded, the most common indiscretion has been for holding the ball on four occasions.
16:56
The ball has been in Collingwood's forward half of the ground for 75 percent of the third quarter.
17:50
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben King)
20:59
SCORE GOAL - Suns (David Swallow)
21:00
The inside 50 count for the third term heavily favours Collingwood, 12 to seven. However, both sides have each kicked two goals from these entries, allowing the Suns to maintain their lead.
24:21
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (John Noble)
26:55
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Hugh Greenwood)
26:56
Five of Gold Coast's nine goals have been sourced from stoppages.
30:36
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
30:37
Despite losing the clearances (11 to nine) and inside 50s (14 to 11) for the quarter, Gold Coast still enters the final term in front by matching the Magpies' three third-quarter goals.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:09
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Josh Corbett)
01:10
In all three games he has played this season, Gold Coast's Josh Corbett has kicked multiple goals.
05:34
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
06:01
In the early stages of the final term, the only player with 100 percent game time is Collingwood's Jordan Roughead.
06:57
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Josh Corbett)
10:12
Disposal efficiency for the final quarter favours Gold Coast 70 percent to 46.
11:26
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Josh Corbett)
13:50
Sam Collins does the little things to help his team. His tally of six one percenters for the Suns is the match-high.
14:11
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
15:11
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Josh Corbett)
21:08
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Callum L. Brown)
22:25
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
23:25
Despite trailing in the final quarter clearance count 12 to two, Gold Coast is controlling most other measures for the term. It leads disposals 74 to 70, marks 31 to 13, inside 50 entries 11 to nine, and has outscored the Magpies 3.2 to 1.2.
24:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)
27:32
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Lachie Weller)
29:04
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
29:58
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
29:59
Entering today's game Gold Coast had lost 11 of its 14 matches at the MCG, losing its most recent game by 69 points in Round 20, 2019 against Collingwood. That trend was reversed today, with the Suns running out 24 point winners, led by Brandon Ellis with 36 disposals at 97 percent efficiency, 16 marks, three tackles, and one goal.