Match

Carlton vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 05 Jun 2021

Pre Game

00:00
The Blues will look to improve their kicking efficiency this afternoon after hitting the target by foot 16% less often compared to the Swans last round – their third-worst differential in any game since 2016.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:40
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
01:54
Jack Darling kicks the opening goal of the match. He is the Eagles leading goalkicker this season with 29 goals now and will be required to step up with Josh Kennedy (24 goals) and Oscar Allen (20) not playing.
03:09
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
04:12
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
06:06
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Harry McKay)
06:55
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
08:47
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Dom Sheed)
10:22
Will Setterfield strikes through for Carlton's first goal after having a set shot earlier in the term and not making the distance. Carlton leads clearances four to one thus far.
10:27
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Will Setterfield)
12:24
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jack Silvagni)
13:18
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jack Silvagni)
14:30
Carlton is going at 46% kicking efficiency through the first term despite receiving a pressure factor of just 150.
15:14
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Sam Walsh)
15:35
Sam Walsh puts the Blues to just one point behind with his first goal of the match and the teams second from a forward 50 ball up. They lead effective clearances seven to zero.
17:34
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
18:30
Shannon Hurn leads all players with seven disposals, 185 metres gained, and three score involvements to this point.
20:41
West Coast is yet to create deep entries inside 50 with just two of its 10 kicks inside 50 landing within 30 metres of goal. However, it has kicked four goals from the eight which landed between 30 and 50 metres from goal.
22:31
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Tom De Koning)
23:15
Eagles Interchange - Brad Sheppard and is possibly out for the game.
24:49
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Will Setterfield)
25:01
Carlton has slight leads in disposals (66-64), contested possessions (23-19), and inside 50s (13-12), but has been inaccurate going at 3.6 compared to West Coast's 4.0.
27:48
Blues Interchange - Harry McKay and is possibly out for the game.
28:01
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
29:34
The Eagles manage to enter quarter time with a one-point lead. The Blues led time in forward half with 60% and had a three ground ball differential lead in their forward 50, but were let down by their accuracy.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
05:34
Harry Edwards has already equalled his career-high for intercept marks with three. Two of these were contested marks.
06:10
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Andrew Gaff)
06:40
Andrew Gaff breaks through for the first goal of the second quarter. He has an equal leading 11 disposals in the match, he has averaged 28.7 which is the most of any wingman this season.
08:21
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
08:36
West Coast has the last 10 inside 50s of the match and has had 85% of play in the forward half in this second term.
09:30
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Tom De Koning)
12:43
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Redden)
14:04
Brad Sheppard has been medically-subbed out of the game and replaced by Jamaine Jones.
14:46
Harry McKay has been medically-subbed out of the game and replaced by Jack Newnes.
14:57
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Owies)
16:27
In the last 10 minutes, the Eagles kicking efficiency has dropped to 42% while the Blues have gone at 75% in this time. The Blues also lead pressure factor 199 to 120 in this period of time.
17:36
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Marc Pittonet)
19:22
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
20:37
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Cottrell)
22:01
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
23:06
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Owies)
24:40
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamaine Jones)
24:51
As quickly as Matt Owies kicks his second goal and gives Carlton the lead for the first time, West Coast hits right back with a goal out of the centre bounce and Jamaine Jones capitalising on a loose ball in the goal square.
27:35
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Marc Pittonet)
29:48
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamaine Jones)
30:40
West Coast returns to the possession-heavy style of football that won them a premiership, chaining together five uncontested marks to result in a goal.
31:08
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
32:52
Jack Darling has the third most pressure acts of any West Coast player, but as a focal point of the attack has lost two of his three one-on-one contests.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
05:08
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Cottrell)
05:54
Matt Cottrell kicks the first goal of the second half, while Carlton goes at 90% disposal efficiency in this quarter.
06:55
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
07:25
Liam Ryan gets his third goal of the match, the first time he has kicked three or more since Round 15 last season.
09:07
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Zac Langdon)
10:00
Luke Edwards has been involved in two scoring chains in this match, including Zac Langdon's goal. Edwards has 12 disposals thus far on debut despite playing just 62% of game time, the least of any non-sub or subbed out player.
11:28
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Tom De Koning)
13:56
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Xavier O'Neill)
15:34
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Eddie Betts)
15:40
Eddie Betts gets his first goal of the day at a critical moment. Carlton is yet to find a clear method to attack, but as a positive has shown it can score from all sources with 3.1 from kick-ins, 3.5 from intercepts, and 2.4 from stoppages.
19:14
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamaine Jones)
21:58
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Zac Williams)
22:25
After not recording a disposal until the 21st minute of the first quarter, Zac Williams is up to 16 now with 14 uncontested possessions and a crucial goal to bring the Blues to within three points.
23:17
Liam Ryan responds to the Carlton goal instantly with his second goal of the term from his second contested mark.
26:54
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jamaine Jones)
27:21
Blues Interchange - Nic Newman and is possibly out for the game.
27:25
Luke Foley kicks his first goal in AFL football as the Eagles begin a run of dominance with 72% of play in their forward half over the last 10 minutes.
30:10
Liam Jones is doing his best to create scoring chances for Carlton with two contested intercept marks in the last minute. However, it was the now injured Nic Newman who had proven successful creating an attacking drive for the Blues with three score launches for two goals in this match.
30:31
West Coast will be entering the final term with a 16 points lead. However, no team has scored fewer points in the final term than West Coast – averaging 15.3 points. It has also won just three final quarters – ranked last. Conversely, Carlton was outscored by 19 points in the final term last round against Sydney – its second-worst point differential in that quarter in 2021.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:45
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Eddie Betts)
00:46
As has become standard over the years now Eddie Betts creates some magic with a goal out of nothing. Betts has kicked 15 goals over the last six rounds, including two in this match along with a team-high four crumb ball gets.
05:37
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Owies)
07:02
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
07:24
Since quarter-time Dom Sheed leads all players with 21 disposals, 12 contested possessions, and eight clearances.
08:52
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
09:04
Jamie Cripps kicks his first goal of the match. Cripps has been involved in 28.6% of all scoring chains this season - ranked third at the club.
10:02
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
13:55
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Xavier O'Neill)
14:04
Since halftime, West Coast has scored 4.5 for 29 points from Carlton's turnovers.
16:29
Nic Naitanui has been the dominant ruck in this match. Entering this round, Marc Pittonet ranked third in the league for hitouts (339) and fourth for clearances by a ruckman (47), Naitanui ranked fourth (324) and first (75) in these measures. In this match, Naitanui has 31 hitouts, 15 to advantage, and six clearances to Pittonet's 13, three, and two.
18:47
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Nic Naitanui)
20:06
It has been the Jeremy McGovern and Tom Barrass combination that has been so threatening the last few years. In this match with no McGovern, it has been Barrass and Harry Edwards who have combined for 14 spoils and seven intercept marks with five of these contested, albeit against an undersized Carlton forward line following McKay being subbed out in the second term.
21:46
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Adam Saad)
24:57
While Liam Ryan has produced four goals and medical-sub Jamaine Jones has had five shots for 2.2, Zac Langdon has amassed 20 disposals, nine contested possessions, four crumb ball gets, and a game-high 26 forward half pressure points.
26:12
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
26:30
In his 51st career match, Sam Walsh has collected at least 30 disposals in a match for the eighth time.
27:33
West Coast was unable to truly stamp its control of the game on the scoreboard from quarter-time onwards but undoubtedly showed its finals credentials. It lost the clearance count (5-8) in the first term but gained control for the final three quarters (32-16) on the back of 14 hitouts to advantage from Nic Naitanui in this time and clearances from Dom Sheed (eight), Naitanui (seven), and Elliot Yeo (seven).