Match

North Melbourne vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 12 Jun 2021

Pre Game

00:00
North Melbourne has recorded 80.4% of its goals from the corridor this season – the highest percentage of any side.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:12
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Bailey Scott)
06:14
North Melbourne with the upper hand early on. The Kangaroos lead contested possessions 13-6 and clearances 3-1.
07:32
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
07:58
Ben Cunnington kicks North Melbourne's second goal. Cunnington already has two clearances and four contested possessions. Ben Cunnington is averaging a career-high 27.3 disposals, 16.4 contested possessions, 7.7 clearances and 6.1 score involvements.
08:54
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
09:28
Greater Western Sydney has already turned the ball over on four occasions from their defensive half. North Melbourne has scored seven points in total from these chains.
13:09
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
14:55
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
15:18
The last three North Melbourne goals has come from a mark set shot. They lead forward 50 marks 5-0. North Melbourne has averaged 5.5 fewer marks inside 50 compared to its opposition – ranked last.
17:11
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jeremy Finlayson)
22:50
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
22:58
North Melbourne kicking at 70% kicking efficiency, compared to the Giants going at 58%
26:13
Giants with the last four inside 50s for the match. The Giants last goal coming from a forward half stoppage.
26:49
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
29:22
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
31:07
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)
31:48
The Giants have dominated possession in the last 10 minutes with time in forward half at 88%. In this time the Giants have won contested possessions 14-7.
32:14
Greater Western Sydney took hold at the stoppages in the 2nd half of the quarter. The Giants scored 19 points from stoppage chains and won effective clearances 10-5.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:37
Nic Haynes had four intercept marks in the 1st quarter. It's his equal high for the season. His career high is eight.
01:09
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Matt Flynn)
02:32
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
04:16
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tom Powell)
05:53
Jy Simpkin has a game high nine pressure acts and six tackles going at a 100% tackle efficiency.
08:12
The Kangaroos have averaged 27.5 points in first halves – ranked last and 14.2 fewer than the league average.
08:14
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jack Mahony)
10:05
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Matt Flynn)
11:03
Max Flynn has taken three contested marks this quarter, all from the forward 50.
13:31
Kayne Turner leads the match with seven intercept possessions. Turner averages 30% of games this season playing in defence. This match, Turner has spent 100% of the game playing in defence.
13:59
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
17:41
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
18:48
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
19:31
The Giants have turned the ball over on six occasions from the attacking midfield. The Kangaroos have recorded 18 points per game from forward half intercept possessions – ranked last.
21:09
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
21:22
Lachie Whitfield has just two disposals this quarter and eight for the match. Lachie Whitfield has never won more than 20 disposals in any of his 5 previous games against the Kangaroos.
22:12
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
26:11
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
26:26
Josh Kelly has a quarter-high 13 disposals, 273 metres gained, four score involvements and three inside 50s. Josh Kelly has kicked 11 goals this season – the most of any midfielder at the club.
27:41
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)
28:01
It's the Giants 2nd goal from a centre bounce stoppage. The Giants have generated a score from 15.9% of their centre bounce chains this season – ranked second.
29:10
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Bailey Scott)
32:32
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Ben Cunnington)
32:38
Aaron Hall had 12 disposals and 226 metres gained in the second term but only went at 38% kicking efficiency. Aaron Hall has gained 611.1 metres per game this season – ranked third in the competition.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:58
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
05:54
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tom Green)
07:35
North Melbourne has recorded 14 tackles in their defensive 50 compared to the Giants four.
09:00
84% of the ball has been spent in the Giants attacking half this quarter. The Giants lead inside 50s this term 6-3 but have failed to take advantage. The Giants have lost the time in forward half differential by seven minutes and 27 seconds per game – ranked 17th.
10:27
30 of North Melbourne's 37 disposals has been recorded in their defensive half.
11:08
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
11:58
North Melbourne's first goal of the half comes from a defensive 50 chain. The Kangaroos have scored 25 points from this source. They average just 13.6 points from this zone this season - ranked 12th.
12:33
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
14:21
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
15:20
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Aaron Hall)
16:57
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
17:03
After losing clearances in each of the last two quarters, North Melbourne leads clearances in the third term 7-2 and have scored one goal to none from this source.
18:27
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
19:06
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
21:49
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
23:51
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Mahony)
24:44
North Melbourne score their 3rd goal from a forward half turnover. The Kangaroos have recorded 18 points per game from forward half intercept possessions – ranked last.
26:12
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
26:34
Another goal from a turnover. The Kangaroos have scored 48 points from turnovers compared to the Giants 24 points.
28:23
The Giants won the contested possession differential by seven for the quarter but lost clearances 10-3. North Melbourne were more damaging on the outside, winning uncontested possessions by 17 and going at a better efficiency at 85% to the Giants 69%.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:58
Todd Goldstein has won between 10-19 disposals in every game this season – recording a career-high kicking efficiency of 78.2%. Goldstein currently has 12 disposals.
01:15
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
03:04
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
03:28
Both Giants goals this term coming from stoppages. GWS Giants lead total points from clearances 45-32. Since Round 7, GWS Giants have outscored their opponents by 8.2 points per game from clearance chains – ranked fourth.
05:10
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
06:06
Since Round 4, GWS Giants have recorded a score from 48.7% of their inside 50s – ranked No.1. This match, the Giants have recorded a score from 48.7%.
08:06
Since Round 7, North Melbourne has been outscored by 8.8 points per game from defensive 50 chains – ranked last. This match, they lead by 17 points from this source.
09:10
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
11:16
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Bobby Hill)
11:39
The Giants have been effective going forward this term. They have three goals from just four inside 50s while North Melbourne has gone inside on five occasions for just one score.
13:13
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
14:13
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
15:44
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
17:00
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
17:55
Two of the Giants four goals have come from centre bounce clearances.
21:20
The Giants have generated a score from 8% of their rebound 50 chains tonight. Ranked 17th this season averaging 8.3%. North Melbourne are going at 14% from this zone.
23:04
Aaron Hall continues to be impressive in his new role as a running half back. Hall leads his team with 33 disposals, 17 handball receives, 756 metres gained, seven inside 50s and 22 uncontested possessions.
24:48
Giants Interchange - Nick Haynes off due to an injury.
25:41
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
28:55
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
29:50
Kangaroos Interchange - Taylor Garner and is possibly out for the game.
30:20
Nic Haynes has taken a career high nine intercept marks.
32:28
The first draw of the season. The Giants scored five goals to one from stoppages in the final term and had a plus 24 differential for stoppage points.