Match

Brisbane Lions vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 29 May 2021

Pre Game

00:00

Brisbane lead the league in the last five rounds of the AFL season for both contested intercept marks (40) and total intercept marks (95). As a result they have outscored their opponents from intercept possession chains by a league-high 27 points per game in this period.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:28

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)

02:32

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Daniel McStay)

03:08

Brisbane have scored the first two goals of the game after retaining possession from both of their first two kicks inside 50. Brisbane lead the league through the first 10 rounds of this season retaining possession from 54 per cent of their kicks inside 50.

04:47

Giants Interchange - Isaac Cumming off due to the blood rule.

05:08

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Oscar McInerney)

06:58

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)

08:50

After almost nine minutes of play in the first term, the forward half disposal count is currently 26-0 in favour of Brisbane. Largely off the back of four forward half stoppage clearances for Brisbane to zero for GWS.

10:59

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Daniel Rich)

14:40

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

18:56

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Daniel McStay)

19:53

GWS have recorded five hitouts-to-advantage so far in the first term to just two for Brisbane, however the GWS midfielder's have not been able to translate this into clearance success, with the Lions leading this count 9-5 so far.

21:33

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Daniel Rich)

22:29

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Jarryd Lyons)

25:47

In a sign of the Lions dominance in the first term, they are winning both the disposal count (80-63) and the tackle count (14-8).

27:15

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Bobby Hill)

27:49

GWS avoid being the second team in 2021 to go scoreless in the first term, after Hawthorn in Round 7 against St Kilda, through their first goal of the game to Ian Hill. Hill ranks third at GWS in 2021 for total scoreboard impact (seven goals, 11 behinds, 12 score assists including 10 goal assists).

32:26

GWS won the Centre Clearance count 4-2 in the first term, however just one of these chains has managed to move the ball inside the Giants forward 50. By comparison, the Lions have scored one goal from the one centre clearance chain they moved inside their forward 50.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

00:20

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)

02:07

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)

03:29

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Keidean Coleman)

03:52

The first three centre clearances of this quarter have all resulted in goals, the first to the Giants and the next two to Brisbane. GWS and Brisbane rank in the top 5 sides in the AFL in 2021 for both generating team goals from centre bounces and limiting opposition goals from the centre.

08:29

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)

08:47

Josh Kelly gets his second goal of the quarter from the Giants first mark inside 50 for the match. In the last four rounds, GWS average 13 marks inside 50 per game, the fifth-highest average of any side in the AFL in this period.

11:22

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Mitch Robinson)

14:29

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Mitch Robinson)

15:11

GWS have won seven of the first 10 clearances in the second term, however only three have been effective clearances. By comparison, all of the Lions three clearances in this term have been effective and they lead the scores from stoppages two goals to one as a result.

15:21

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)

17:24

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Daniel Rich)

22:24

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Oscar McInerney)

26:02

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Mitch Robinson)

26:38

After not kicking a goal so far in 2021, Mitch Robinson has two in this quarter and the fifth goal from a mark for the Lions in today's match. The Lions average 6.3 goals per game from marks in 2021, the fifth-highest average of any side in this category through the first ten rounds.

27:54

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)

31:07

GWS Giants have outscored their opponents from intercept possessions in all five wins this season. They have been outscored via that source in each of their losses. Through the first half of today's match they trail the Lions 2.1.13 to 5.4.34 from this source.

32:56

The Lions have won the post-clearance groundball-get differential by 8.5 per game, ranked third in 2021. They currently lead this count 39-21 after the first half of today's match.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

02:05

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)

02:56

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)

05:05

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Keidean Coleman)

05:34

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)

07:05

GWS get the first goal of the third term through Jeremy Finlayson, and their second of the game from a kick-in. Prior to today's match, GWS had launched a score from 5 per cent of their kick-in's in 2021, the second-lowest scoring rate of any side in the AFL from this source this year.

07:58

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)

11:41

Giants Interchange - Bobby Hill off due to an injury.

13:26

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tom Green)

13:33

GWS have won six of the first ten clearances in the third term, however have only generated two behinds, compared to one goal from four clearances for the Lions in this term.

16:39

The defensive trio of Brandon Starcevich, Harris Andrews and Marcus Adams have blanketed the Giants key forwards, doubling their disposal count 34-17, not allowing one mark inside 50 and outmarking them in total 19-8.

17:48

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jaxon Prior)

23:23

Both of the Lions goals this term have been generated from forward half stoppage clearances. Brisbane average 18.5 points per game from this source in 2021, the third-highest average of any side in the AFL.

24:05

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)

25:40

GWS have failed to generate a score from their 14 intercept possession chains in the third term. Brisbane concede a score from just 17 per cent of their opposition intercept possession chains, the third-best figure of any side in the AFL in this category in 2021.

28:02

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)

30:10

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Mitch Robinson)

30:13

GWS have been outplayed in the hunt for the football around the ground, losing the post-clearance contested possession count 71-59 and groundball get count 51-40 through the first three terms.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:41

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)

02:43

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jacob Hopper)

03:20

Two goals to the Giants to start the final term, the second of which came from their second mark for the game inside their forward 50. They average a mark from 16.5 per cent of their kicks inside 50 this season, the second-lowest figure of any side in the AFL in this category.

03:58

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Zac Bailey)

06:08

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

06:54

Sam Reid has had four disposals in today's match. None of them have scored points for the Giants, while one of them has scored a behind for the Lions.

07:27

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)

08:22

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Oscar McInerney)

11:20

GWS are kicking the ball at just 41 per cent efficiency in the final quarter. By comparison, they were going at 68 per cent efficiency in the first three quarters of today's match.

12:21

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Mitch Robinson)

12:23

Mitch Robinson has kicked four goals in today's match, which is a new career-high in this category. This eclipsed his previous best of three goals which he has recorded on seven previous occasions, most recently in Round 8, 2019.

14:07

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Zach Sproule)

15:55

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

16:55

Giants Interchange - Sam J. Reid off due to an injury.

17:12

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)

17:52

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)

19:44

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Bobby Hill)

25:04

GWS have launched more points from their kick-in's (3.0.18) than all of their forward half possession chains (2.3.15) in today's match.

25:45

SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)

27:27

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)

31:30

SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)

32:16

Dayne Zorko has capped off the perfect game for the Lions by becoming the 402nd player in VFL/AFL history, and the sixth Lion, to join the 200 career goal club. He has also won a game-high 35 disposals and 15 contested possessions to lead his team to a dominant victory.

34:07

Brisbane have stifled the Giants strength at the stoppage by converting 23 forward half and centre stoppage clearances into 10.4.64 compared to 3.3.21 for the Giants from 31 clearances to dominate this game from start to end.

34:18

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Matt Flynn)

36:33

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Bobby Hill)

36:36

Brisbane's efficient scoring, launching a score from 61 per cent of their inside 50's from 13 different goal-kickers, and their defensive dominance, conceding a score from just 35 per cent of GWS' inside 50's and seven individual goal-kickers, propelled the Lions to a 64 point win that shows the Lions premiership credentials in 2021.