Match

St Kilda vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 12 Jun 2021

Pre Game

00:00
St Kilda has been outscored by 12.9 points per game from intercept possessions – ranked 17th in the league.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:58
The Saints have had the first six uncontested possessions of the game. Adelaide is ranked 18th in the competition for uncontested possessions.
02:10
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mason Wood)
06:33
The Saints have won the clearance from the first three throw-ins of the game.
10:08
The Saints have taken four early contested marks. They average 10.4 per game (ranked 14th).
11:54
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dan Butler)
13:54
Brad Hill has collected eight disposals early on. His most in a first quarter this season is 11.
16:39
Tom Highmore has taken four marks from opposition kicks. His previous most in a game was one.
20:08
St Kilda and Adelaide have forward-half kicking efficiencies of 32 and 30 percent respectively.
20:39
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
21:53
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mason Wood)
24:19
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Luke Dunstan)
25:15
The Saints have had 46 forward half disposals compared to Adelaide's 12.
26:22
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
29:30
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Sinclair)
29:34
The Crows have a scoreless quarter for the first time since Round 3, 2020.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:37
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Billings)
02:53
The ball has been in St Kilda's forward half for 70 percent of the game.
03:35
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
04:37
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
05:30
The Saints have had the first five inside 50s of the second quarter.
08:08
The Saints have scored 29 points from intercepts so far tonight. They average 44 points from this source per game (ranked 14th).
09:14
Saints Interchange - Hunter Clark off due to the blood rule.
13:40
The Crows have had 11 forward 50 entries for no scores. They average a score from 43 percent of entries this season (ranked 11th).
15:46
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
16:24
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
17:36
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ned McHenry)
18:14
The Crows have had the last eight inside 50s of the game. In this time, they have managed one goal and three behinds.
19:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
20:16
In the last ten minutes, the Crows lead disposals 43 to 28, contested possessions 17 to 12, inside 50s 10 to four, and kicked two goals to zero.
22:11
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Rowe)
22:53
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Laird)
23:58
In contrast to St Kilda's 13 percent, the Crows have converted 38 percent of attacking midfield chains to a score.
25:07
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Ryan Byrnes)
27:11
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
29:15
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
31:54
Jack Steele was dominant in the first half, he collected 20 disposals and nine contested possessions. He also laid eight tackles, which is his most in a first half this season.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:48
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Brad Crouch)
03:34
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
04:08
Jack Sinclair has won eight intercept possessions, four of which have launched a score.
06:10
The Saints have scored 39 points from forward-half chains tonight. The competition average is 40.7 points per game.
07:45
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
10:08
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Ben Long)
10:18
Tom Highmore has now taken six intercept marks. This is the equal-most by any Saint in a game this season.
12:54
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Paddy Ryder)
13:26
The Saints lead inside 50s 10 to three in the third quarter, yet the Crows lead the term by four points.
13:49
SCORE GOAL - Crows (James Rowe)
16:30
The Saints lead first possessions from stoppages 29 to 20, but the Crows lead clearances 24 to 22.
16:44
SCORE GOAL - Crows (David Mackay)
19:50
In the last ten minutes, the Saints have laid 12 tackles to Adelaide's two.
22:43
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Lonie)
24:13
St Kilda and Adelaide have kicking efficiencies of 54 and 53 percent respectively. The Saints average a kicking efficiency of 65.7 percent whilst the Crows average 66.1.
29:36
The Saints have laid 23 forward half tackles this quarter. This is their most in any quarter this season.
33:39
The Crows have kicked the last four goals of the game to cut the margin down to 15 points going into three-quarter time. This was the Crows' first third-quarter win of the season.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:32
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Rowe)
06:17
The Crows have had the first six inside 50s of the quarter.
06:44
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
08:27
The Crows have scored 25 points from stoppages tonight, all of which have been in the second half.
09:07
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
10:47
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
10:56
Crows Interchange - Sam Berry off due to an injury.
12:33
Tom Highmore has now won 15 intercept possessions, which is the most by any St Kilda player this season. The season-high across the competition is Darcy Moore, with 18.
12:38
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
14:47
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
14:53
The Crows have now kicked the last six goals of the game to reduce the margin to five points.
16:20
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Sam Berry)
17:17
Brad Crouch has collected 34 disposals which is his second-most as a St Kilda player. His most is 38, which he achieved last week.
18:27
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
19:32
The Crows lead clearances nine to two this quarter. Reilly O'Brien leads the way with four.
23:46
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
24:16
The Saints have not had an inside 50 in the last 12 minutes.
25:26
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
30:25
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
33:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (James Rowe)
33:41
The Crows kicked the last seven goals of the game to claim an unbelievable comeback victory. Their biggest deficit was 36 points and they did not register a score until the 16th minute of the second term.