Match

Adelaide Crows vs Collingwood

Commentary / 05 Jun 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Adelaide has retained possession from 46 per cent of its kicks into the forward 50, ranked 17th.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:30
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
02:09
Darcy Fogarty kicks the opener from the boundary line. The Crow sharp shooter has kicked a remarkably accurate 38 goals and seven behinds in his career, an accuracy rate of 84 per cent.
03:47
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
05:32
Adelaide have won the first five clearances of the match.
07:44
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
08:04
Both of Collingwood's goals to date have come via intercept possessions. Adelaide's goal came via a stoppage.
12:29
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
13:14
Jamie Elliott has two opening quarter goals. The Magpie forward has not played since Round 2, but he kicked two goals in each of his first two games this season prior to getting injured.
14:04
Magpies Interchange - John Noble off due to an injury.
14:18
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
14:39
Jamie Elliott now has three goals. In 125 career games prior to today, Elliott has only kicked more than three goals on nine occasions.
16:28
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
19:59
Crows Interchange - Taylor Walker off due to an injury.
23:07
Collingwood has used the ball well by foot, kicking at an efficiency of 78 per cent, compared to Adelaide's 68 per cent. The Magpies are determined to use the ball by foot, recording 55 kicks and just 14 handballs, a kick-to-handball ratio of 3.92. To put this in context, this is double the ratio of the No.1 ranked side in the competition, Brisbane, who go at a ratio of 1.89 kicks per handball.
25:42
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
28:44
Collingwood took 41 marks in the opening quarter, the second most it has taken in any quarter this season, bettered only by the 49 marks it took against Port Adelaide in the second quarter of their Round 10 encounter.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:42
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
01:03
Adelaide's entire score of 2.1.13 have come from clearances. The Crows lead clearances by five for the match.
05:20
After losing the contested possession count by six in the opening term, Adelaide leads the contested possession count in the second quarter by six.
05:44
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
07:10
The Crows have the first five inside 50s of the second quarter and have won five of the first six clearances of the term.
07:27
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
09:23
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
10:08
Collingwood's 13 midfield intercepts have resulted in seven inside 50s and five goals. Adelaide's 10 midfield intercepts have resulted in five inside 50s and one goal.
11:14
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
12:11
After an accurate 34 goals and 17 behinds coming into today's game, Taylor Walker has been inaccurate today, kicking 1.3.9. The Adelaide spearhead is finding plenty of the football with four marks inside forward 50 and nine disposals in total.
14:50
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
17:26
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
19:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
20:00
Adelaide continue to dominate the clearances 10 to three, allowing them to control field position. They lead inside 50s by eight for the term. Unfortunately they have kicked a wasteful 2.5.17 for the term. Taylor Walker has 1.4.10 this quarter.
22:38
Magpies Interchange - Brayden Sier and is possibly out for the game.
22:41
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
22:48
Despite his inaccurate kicking in front of goal, Taylor Walker has compiled a fantastic second quarter. He has 10 disposals for the term, along with a team-high seven contested possessions and a goal assist. The Crows lead contested possession by 14 for the quarter.
24:41
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
28:27
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
28:54
The weight of numbers is starting to take its toll on the magpies defence. Adelaide leads the inside 50 count by 10 this quarter, with the Crows generating a score from 53 per cent of their 17 entries.
31:37
The Crows dominated the second quarter to get back into the match, winning the contested possession count by 11, inside 50s by 13 and clearances by five. Adelaide leads the clearances by nine for the match and has outscored Collingwood 3.4.22 to 1.0.6 from this score source.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:36
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nathan Murphy)
02:36
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
05:36
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
07:14
Collingwood leads the tackle count by seven. The Magpies have lost all eight games this season when they have lost the tackle count, but have won two of the three games when they have won this measure.
08:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
09:24
Adelaide leads the uncontested possession count by 14 for the term after this measure was deadlocked at half time.
10:01
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
11:18
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
12:41
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
13:07
The Crows continue to dominate the inside 50 count. Since quarter time, Adelaide leads the inside 50 count 30 to 11 and have outscored the magpies 5.9.39 to 3.2.20.
14:43
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
16:14
After being outscored 30 to nil from intercepts in the opening quarter, Adelaide has outscored Collingwood 4.5.29 to 1.1.7 from this score source since quarter time.
16:55
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Trent Bianco)
17:28
Magpies Interchange - Brody Mihocek off due to an injury.
20:29
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
21:12
Against his old side, Paul Seedsman has been damaging with 17 disposals, 15 coming via an uncontested possession, a match-high 489 metres gained and an equal career-high two goals.
24:37
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Caleb Poulter)
26:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
26:47
The Magpies lead the tackle count by 12 for the quarter and have arrested some of Adelaide's stoppage dominance of the first half, leading by seven in clearances this term.
28:44
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
30:20
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
31:23
Collingwood won the clearance count by six in the third term after trailing by nine in this area at half time. Adelaide still won first possession at stoppages by eight, but Collingwood's tackling pre-clearance was a feature. The Magpies won the pre-clearance tackle count by 11 to win the ball back and won the overall tackle count by 16 for the term.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:43
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
04:34
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
08:21
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
08:48
Both sides have kicked the majority of their score from forward half chains. Collingwood have kicked 8.2.50 from forward half chains, while the Crows have kicked 6.8.44 from this score source.
10:59
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
11:33
Adelaide leads the contested possession count by seven this term and by 20 for the match. Rory Laird leads the way for Adelaide with 15 contested possessions. Laird has had a fine all around game with 35 disposals, seven clearances and seven inside 50s, all team-highs.
13:05
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
17:08
Collingwood leads the uncontested possession count by 10 this quarter. In quarters two and three, the Magpies trailed in this area by 43.
18:16
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
18:56
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
19:33
The Crows take the lead with their second goal of the term. Both goals have come via intercepts in the midfield.
20:24
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
20:43
Jamie Elliott responds for Collingwood with his career-high sixth goal of the match. He had previously kicked five goals in a match five times.
23:14
Rory Laird has passed the 40 disposal mark for the sixth time in his career. His career high is 43 disposals, which came in Round 17, 2018 against Geelong.
23:50
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Caleb Poulter)
28:21
Despite being beaten in almost every statistical category, the Magpies hold on for a fantastic victory. One area that they were dominant in was the tackle count, winning this area by 26 - their largest differential in any game this season.