Match

St Kilda vs Geelong Cats

Commentary / 15 May 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Both the Cats and the Saints have been slow starters this season. St Kilda has trailed at quarter-time in six of their eight matches. Geelong has trailed at quarter-time on five occasions, despite sitting fourth on the AFL ladder.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:36
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
02:46
James Frawley has the tough task of playing on Tom Hawkins in his first game of the season and his debut for the Saints.
04:38
St Kilda has won four of the first five clearances of the match. Josh Battle has had two of those clearances.
06:27
Rowan Marshall averages three contested marks per game this season. He has already taken three contested marks in the opening minutes of the game.
08:24
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
08:57
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Quinton Narkle)
10:04
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Quinton Narkle)
10:21
St Kilda has missed three very gettable chances in front of goal and has been punished by Quinton Narkle, who kicks his first goal of this season.
14:01
Both of Geelong's opening quarter goals have come from turnovers.
15:10
Paddy Ryder has contributed to St Kilda's early dominance in the clearance count. Ryder has had three hit-outs to advantage already. Since Ryder returned in Round 7, St Kilda has won more clearances than any side in the competition.
16:52
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Lonie)
18:27
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
18:51
The Saints have now missed five consecutive set shots at goal. Three have been from 30-40 metres on a minor angle.
19:37
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Sebastian Ross)
19:52
The Saints lead contested possessions (24-16). Seb Ross and Brad Crouch have combined for a quarter of their contested possessions.
21:55
Zac Tuohy has a game-high 218 metres gained. Most of these metres were generated from a giant torpedo from full-back that went past the centre circle.
23:34
Saints Interchange - Jack Sinclair off due to the blood rule.
24:05
Isaac Smith has a game-high nine possessions. All nine have been uncontested possessions.
25:20
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dan Butler)
26:42
It was a story of missed opportunities for the Saints in the opening term. Seven straight behinds from 11 inside 50 entries mean they trail at quarter-time for the seventh time this season.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:11
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
01:25
Tim Membrey misses another golden opportunity to get St Kilda's first goal of the game. Membrey has been the forward 50 target for the Saints four times from eight entries.
04:01
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Isaac Smith)
05:24
St Kilda's pressure has been high so far in this match. They have a pressure rating of 2.03. Jack Bytel has had four tackles and seven pressure acts.
06:40
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
08:08
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
08:58
Saints Interchange - Jack Sinclair off due to the blood rule.
09:25
Max King breaks the goalkicking hoodoo for the Saints. King averages two contested marks per game and has already taken three early in the second quarter.
12:07
Geelong leads uncontested possessions (24-9) in the second quarter. Cam Guthrie has had five uncontested possessions this term.
14:54
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
15:17
The Cats played on 33% of the time after a mark in the opening quarter. They have slowed their ball movement this term, and are yet to play on after a mark.
18:35
Dan Butler goals following a tackle inside forward 50. St Kilda leads tackles inside 50 (10-5). Hunter Clark and Jack Lonie have each had two tackles inside their forward arc.
21:50
St Kilda has had eight of the last 10 inside 50's of the game. Jack Higgins and Dan Butler have each had three inside 50's.
23:09
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
25:15
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
25:40
The Cats only kicked at 63% efficiency in the opening quarter. They have upped that to 78% this quarter. Tom Stewart has had four effective kicks this term.
27:24
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
27:40
Brad Crouch has had a game-high five score involvements and a team-high six contested possessions for the Saints.
30:27
St Kilda got more reward for their effort in the second quarter and have kicked three of the last four goals. They have maintained a pressure rating of above 2.00 throughout this game and lead the tackle count (44-38).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:54
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Hunter Clark)
02:04
Hunter Clark averages 23 disposals per game this season but has only had seven disposals early in the third term.
03:36
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shaun Higgins)
04:55
Tim Membrey has taken four marks inside 50. Geelong has only taken five marks inside 50 combined.
07:43
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
09:09
Geelong has kicked three of their five goals from stoppage situations.
10:47
Saints Interchange - Rowan Marshall off due to an injury.
11:35
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Steele)
12:56
Rowan Marshall has been subbed out of the game and Ben Long has replaced him.
14:14
Saints Interchange - Brad Crouch off due to an injury.
14:51
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
17:36
St Kilda leads hit-outs 31-15. Paddy Ryder has had 25 hit-outs and 10 to advantage.
18:52
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
19:36
Geelong leads uncontested possessions (71-28) in the third quarter. Mitch Duncan and Cam Guthrie have combined for 14 uncontested possessions.
19:38
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shaun Higgins)
22:33
The Cats only had 42% time in possession in the opening half but have upped that to 50% time in possession in the third quarter.
22:52
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shaun Higgins)
24:19
Saints Interchange - Jack Lonie off due to an injury.
25:39
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
26:11
Tom Atkins has had a game-high eight intercept possessions for the Cats.
27:32
Geelong dominated uncontested possessions (89-56) in the third quarter. The Cats went at 80% disposal efficiency in the third term, above the competition average of 73%.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:50
Cats Interchange - Brandan Parfitt off due to an injury.
05:31
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
07:34
Geelong lead by a game-high 17 points. The Cats have lifted their pressure in the final quarter, registering a pressure rating of 2.25 compared to 1.85 in the opening three quarters.
08:58
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
09:13
The Cats have kicked the last four goals of the game. They have kicked three goals straight from five inside 50 entries in the final quarter.
10:55
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
11:07
St Kilda has cost themselves in front of goal throughout the match. The Saints have kicked 3.8 from set shots. Max King has kicked 1.4.
12:30
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brad Close)
13:13
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
13:22
Cats Interchange - Jed Bews off due to an injury.
13:28
St Kilda has tackled well throughout this match but has dropped their pressure in the final term. The Saints average 55 tackles per game this season but have already had 71 tackles tonight.
15:30
Cam Guthrie is continuing his dominant form. Guthrie has had more than 30 disposals in four consecutive matches. He also has a game-high 23 uncontested possessions, four clearances, and five score involvements.
19:07
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
19:22
Max King continues his goalkicking woes with a crucial miss from 20 metres out, directly in front. The Saints will rue missed chances after kicking 3.9 from set shots tonight.
21:14
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
22:08
Tom Hawkins ices the game with his 20th goal of the season. The Cats have kicked five of the last six goals and two goals from turnovers in the final term.
23:49
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
23:54
Isaac Smith averages 510 metres gained per match this season. His run, carry and long kicking has resulted in another 456 metres gained from 25 disposals tonight.
24:16
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
26:35
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Brad Crouch)
26:52
Since half-time, Geelong has dominated the uncontested possession count (142-94). Mitch Duncan and Cam Guthrie have combined for 31 uncontested possessions this half.
28:38
St Kilda applied immense pressure for the opening three quarters, winning the tackle count for the match (86-62). They ran out of legs in the final quarter and cost themselves with their goalkicking accuracy. The Saints kicked 3.9 from set shots, while the Cats kicked 6.2 from the same source.
29:20
The siren has sounded to end Q4.