Match

Collingwood vs St Kilda

Commentary / 03 Jul 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Collingwood and St Kilda are the bottom-two ranked teams for disposal efficiency differential. Linked to this, they are also the bottom-two ranked teams at converting a chain started in the defensive 50 into a score.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:34
The first centre bounce clearance was won by Jack Steele and the Saints. Steele averages only 19.2 disposals from five career games against the Magpies, which is his second-fewest against any AFL opponent.
02:44
St Kilda has generated the first two inside 50 entries of a scrappy starting game. Collingwood is ranked third-last for inside 50 differential this season, with its defence often having to withstand consecutive opposition attacks.
05:19
The Saints have won all five games this season when they have won the clearance count by nine or more. Conversely, they have lost all five games this season when they have lost the clearance count by three or more. St Kilda has an early 4-2 edge in clearances.
07:58
From Round 1-10, the Saints were poor in the first ten minutes of quarters being outscored by an average of 20 points per game (ranked a distant last, and twice as bad as the next worst team). Since then, the Saints have outscored their opposition by nine points per game during this time (ranked second).
09:13
The opening goal of the game to Tim Membrey and the Saints was sourced from a forward half stoppage. St Kilda averages only ten points per game from this source, which is ranked third-last.
10:58
The early 7-4 lead in clearances to the Saints has helped them to enjoy 87 percent time in forward half to start the game.
12:24
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
12:40
The first goal to the Magpies and Jamie Elliott was launched by a defensive half intercept from Jack Madgen. Last week Madgen recorded an equal career-high nine intercepts and he has already won four intercepts early in this game.
14:55
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
15:05
The second score for the Magpies (to Darcy Cameron) was again launched by an intercept from Jack Madgen. Since coming into the side in Round 5, Cameron has taken 26 contested marks, which is ranked fifth in the AFL during this period.
17:53
Collingwood has lost all eight games this season when it has also lost the tackle count. The Magpies have an early 16-10 lead in tackles.
18:13
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
19:40
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Daniel McKenzie)
19:55
St Kilda has an early 6-1 lead in forward half intercepts, and it was the last of these intercepts that launched the last goal. The Saints average 27 points per game from 22 such intercepts.
22:25
Bradley Hill has already recorded nine disposals at 100 percent efficiency for the Saints. Hill has averaged 18 disposals per game this season and is being used as a rebounding defender to start today.
25:39
Luke Dunstan recorded career-highs for clearances (11), metres gained (668) and inside 50 entries (9) last round against the Tigers, while also finishing with an equal career-high 32 disposals. Dunstan currently has a game-high 12 disposals in another prominent display.
26:13
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
27:41
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
27:56
An excellent opportunistic goal from Jack Higgins gives the Saints their second goal of the game following a midfield intercept. Higgins leads the club this season for both forward 50 disposals (81) and forward 50 groundball-gets (29).
30:06
The Saints had the better of a congested opening quarter with 62 percent time in forward half. St Kilda edged Collingwood for clearances (13-11), contested possessions (38-35) and inside 50 entries (15-9).

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:19
Brad Hill was primarily opposed to dangerous Pie Josh Daicos in the opening quarter and the 14 disposals he recorded were a career-best in any quarter for Hill.
04:22
Jack Steele has already applied a game-high seven tackles. Steele averages eight tackles per game, and only Hugh Greenwood has laid more tackles this season than the Saint captain.
06:26
Since Round 12, the Magpies have averaged 15.7 forward 50 marks per game (ranked No.1). Both teams are struggling to connect with their forwards today, and Darcy Cameron has taken the only such mark for either team.
07:38
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
08:10
The goal to Max King was the second for the Saints launched from a forward half clearance. St Kilda leads 8-2 in such clearances, with Collingwood yet to score from this source.
11:29
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
13:37
While the inside 50 count is relatively even (Saints lead 22-18), St Kilda has a major 28-9 advantage in forward 50 disposals indicating that the ball has spent a lot more time in the forward 50 of the Saints.
16:48
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Ben Long)
17:22
St Kilda has a 5-1 lead in intercept marks this quarter with the Magpies again have trouble moving the ball with fluency. The Saints average 16 such marks per game.
17:56
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
20:29
The Saints conceded only 22 points last week, which is its fewest points conceded since Round 12, 1971, and the lowest ever score at the MCG by any team against St Kilda. The Saints are again proving to be difficult to score against so far today.
20:51
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Mason Wood)
22:32
Jack Steele has now applied 11 tackles, which is the most by any player in the first half of a game this season.
22:43
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dan Butler)
23:33
St Kilda leads the tackle count 21-12 this quarter, while also leading the contested possession count 38-32, with Collingwood struggling to match the Saints in the contested elements of the game.
24:20
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
27:33
Both teams have recorded kicking efficiency in the forward half of less than 50 percent today. The AFL average this season is 56 percent.
28:37
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
28:42
This is the lowest half-time score for the Magpies against the Saints since Round 15, 1963 when Collingwood scored only seven points to the main break.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:40
A great start to the third quarter for the Saints who have won the opening two clearances and scored their third goal of the game from a forward half stoppage. St Kilda leads 21-0 in points scored from this source.
02:30
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Ben Long)
03:00
Since Round 12, the Saints have averaged 7.7 forward 50 marks (ranked 17th). Despite 31 inside 50 entries already, St Kilda has only taken one such mark today.
04:51
This season the Magpies have played on from 26 percent of their marks. Today Collingwood has a mark play on percentage of 41 percent indicating that the Magpies have at times tried to put some speed into their ball movement today.
06:57
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
07:58
Following the goal to Rowan Marshall, the Saints lead 15-8 in forward half intercepts and 14-2 in points scored from this source.
09:21
With these teams struggling to score from defensive 50 chains this season, territorial advantage today was always going to be important. St Kilda has enjoyed 62 percent time in forward half and also leads 35-2 in points scored from forward half chains.
10:32
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Trent Bianco)
12:20
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Ben Long)
12:42
The behind to Ben Long was the first score of the game for St Kilda to come from a chain started in the defensive 50. The Saints average a competition-low 10.5 points per game from such chains.
13:54
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
15:11
St Kilda has now scored 3.3 from its set shots at goal, while Collingwood has scored only 0.5 from its set shot opportunities. All of the goals to the Saints today have come from within 40 metres of goal.
18:00
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Paddy Ryder)
18:12
The game has opened up in this quarter with the ball now regularly going end to end. The last two goals for the Saints have both come from chains started in the defensive 50, and St Kilda has taken three forward 50 marks this quarter after only taking one such mark in the first half.
18:22
Magpies Interchange - Mason Cox off due to an injury.
20:31
Jordan de Goey ends a run of seven goals to the Saints. The Magpie star leads his team for all of disposals (23), metres gained (415) and score involvements (5).
24:49
Collingwood was outscored by 20 points from stoppages last round against Fremantle, which is its worst differential in any game this season. Today the Saints currently lead 22-2 in points scored from stoppages.
25:26
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
26:49
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
26:57
Some more good forward pressure from the Saints led to the goal to Dan Butler. St Kilda leads 10-4 in forward 50 tackles and 37-13 in forward half tackles with this pressure overwhelming the Collingwood defence.
29:10
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Paddy Ryder)
29:22
Another good tackle in the forward 50 (this time from Seb Ross) provided the assist on the Paddy Ryder goal. St Kilda now leads 47-10 in points scored from forward half chains.
30:31
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
31:43
During the third quarter, St Kilda dominated inside 50 entries (18-9), forward half marks (16-3) and contested marks (5-0) while again winning the tackle count (14-11).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:20
The Collingwood team today has an average of 108 games experience (ranked fourth), while the St Kilda team has an average of 88 games experience (ranked 14th).
02:05
Collingwood has only applied 59 percent of the tackles it has attempted this season (ranked third-last). Today the Magpies have tackle efficiency of only 56 percent, while the Saints have recorded tackle efficiency of 69 percent (their second-best this season).
02:48
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
04:50
St Kilda has edged Collingwood in most of the contested situations including hard ball gets (23-17), loose ball gets (59-54), contested marks (9-4) and one-on-one contest wins (10-8).
05:49
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
06:18
The first goal of the final quarter to the Magpies was sourced from a forward half intercept. St Kilda now leads 20-16 in these intercepts and 20-16 in points scored from this source.
07:27
Magpies Interchange - Josh Daicos off due to an injury.
09:20
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
09:38
A pair of final quarter goals to Brody Mihocek following forward 50 marks. Despite the unfavourable scoreboard, the Magpies now lead 8-6 in such marks.
11:07
The last goal to Mihocek was again launched from an intercept by Jack Madgen. This was the fourth score launched by a Madgen intercept (no other player has launched more than two scores from intercepts). Madgen has recorded a career-high ten intercepts today.
13:21
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
14:09
Brodie Grundy has battled well in the ruck contests today against the two Saint rucks. Grundy leads 13-4 in hitouts to advantage in his ruck contests opposed to either Paddy Ryder or Rowan Marshall.
15:12
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
16:02
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
17:03
Collingwood leads the contested possession count 28-13 in the final quarter after St Kilda had the better of this count through the first three quarters.
18:20
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
18:45
Collingwood has now scored a wasteful 3.8 from its set shots at goal today. St Kilda has scored 6.4 from its set shots.
20:00
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
20:55
Four goals in a row to the Magpies with Mihocek this time providing the score assist. Collingwood now leads 37-26 in points scored following a midfield intercept, and 40-34 in points scored from all intercepts.
22:44
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
23:56
In the final quarter, the Magpies lead 15-5 for inside 50 entries and a massive 9-0 in forward 50 marks. Collingwood leads 44-14 in handballs this quarter with this contributing to faster ball movement.
25:56
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
26:14
Six goals in a row to the Magpies with the Saints having completely stopped in the final quarter. Collingwood has had nine of the last ten inside 50 entries.
28:07
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Billings)
29:19
An important win for the Saints who held off a final quarter flurry from the Magpies. Jack Steele finished with game-highs for tackles (14) and disposals (36) along with team-highs for score involvements (7) and contested possessions (14) in another strong performance.
29:50
The siren has sounded to end Q4.