Match

Carlton vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 24 Jul 2021

Pre Game

00:00
In the last four rounds Carlton have outscored their opponents by 6.7 points per game from centre bounce clearance chains, the largest average margin of any side from this source since Round 15.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
03:26
North Melbourne's kicking to start the match has been very wayward, with just three of their first 10 kicks effective, and Carlton intercept marking four of them.
05:22
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
05:36
Carlton get the first goal of the game following their fifth intercept mark already to start the game. Carlton have taken more intercept marks than marks from their own kicks (four) early in this term.
09:12
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
09:26
North Melbourne respond with a coast-to-coast goal by hitting targets moving out of defence. This scoring chain was the first chain out of eight attempts that travelled from the Kangaroos defensive 50 to their forward 50.
10:56
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
12:43
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Owies)
15:15
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
15:51
All four goals to start this match have been kicked from set shots, with each team kicking two goals straight each from this shot type. Both Carlton (52 per cent, 12th) and North Melbourne (49.5 per cent, 15th) rank in the bottom eight sides for accuracy at goal from set shots in 2021.
18:26
North Melbourne have taken four marks inside 50 from five inside 50 targets. By comparison Carlton have recorded just three marks from 11 inside 50 targets to begin this match.
19:26
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Zac Fisher)
21:30
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jack Silvagni)
23:20
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jack Newnes)
23:53
North Melbourne are leading the clearance count 6-5 through the first term, however they are also leading the turnover from clearance count 4-1.
25:12
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Owies)
26:39
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
28:11
Bailey Scott has set an equal career-best record with 10 disposals in the first quarter, which he recorded in the opening quarter of his debut match against Fremantle in Round 1, 2019.
29:25
All three of North Melbourne's goals in the first quarter were launched from defensive half chains. Since Round 15, the Kangaroos average four goals per game from this zone, the equal-sixth lowest average of any side for goals launched from their back half.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:38
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
03:09
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
05:52
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
06:12
Patrick Cripps gets the first goal of the second term after winning a free kick from a one-on-one contest, Carlton's fourth offensive one-on-one win from seven total contests (57 per cent win rate). Carlton's 22.6 per cent win rate for the season is the equal second-lowest of any side in 2021 for attacking one-on-one's.
07:37
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
08:33
Blues Interchange - Eddie Betts off due to an injury.
09:38
Kangaroos Interchange - Ben McKay off due to an injury.
11:46
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Martin)
12:28
Carlton now have as many goals as they recorded in the first term from 10 less inside 50's (15 in the first term). Carlton have scored a goal from 23 per cent of their inside 50's since Round 15, ranked fourth in the AFL.
13:00
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
13:36
That goal to Tarryn Thomas is the first score by either team to be launched from a centre clearance. Both Carlton (30 per cent) and North Melbourne (29 per cent) rank first and second respectively in the AFL since Round 15 for converting centre bounce chains to scores.
16:17
North Melbourne just recorded their first tackle for the quarter from eight attempts. By comparison, Carlton have laid 10 of the 18 tackles they've attempted this quarter.
19:18
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
25:45
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Rushed)
27:07
After both teams recorded a pressure rating of 1.67 in the first term, Carlton has lifted their pressure to 1.83 in the second term, where as North Melbourne have dropped to 1.54. The league average pressure rating in 2021 is 1.80.
27:19
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Ed Curnow)
30:15
Carlton had the highest clearance differential of any side last round in their first win over Collingwood in six attempts, winning the count by 14. At halftime fo today's match, however, they trail North Melbourne 13-19, yet both teams have launched 1.1.7 each from this source.
31:38
Carlton has won five of the seven games in 2021 when they've had a lead at half time, however all three of North Melbourne's wins this season have been recorded after trailing at half time.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:13
Zac Williams (hamstring) has been subbed out of today's game, replaced by medical substitute Marc Murphy.
00:28
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Marc Murphy)
01:25
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
01:45
Jaidyn Stephenson gets the first goal of the second half, his third for the match (game-high) and the Kangaroos' fifth goal launched from their defensive half.
05:04
Kangaroos Interchange - Jaidyn Stephenson off due to an injury.
05:15
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
06:16
That goal to Todd Goldstein is the Kangaroos third goal kicked from directly in front of the goals in today's matched. Carlton haven't registered a score from this zone of their forward 50 despite having one attempt from this zone.
08:25
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jack Martin)
10:05
This time it's Carlton's turn to be wayward by foot to start the quarter, with just four of their 10 kicks to start the term being effective, and only two marks to Carlton for the term so far.
10:16
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
11:29
North Melbourne's handball game has allowed them to move the ball to beat Carlton's defensive structure, recording 22 handball-receives to Carlton's 12 in this quarter alone. The Kangaroos lead this count 87-61 for the match.
13:09
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
14:51
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
15:15
Nick Larkey has taken three marks inside 50 from three targets this term, two contested and one on the lead. Just as importantly, he has converted this into scoreboard pressure, taking his tally to 4.1 for the match. He leads the Kangaroos with 213 points scored and assisted in 2021.
17:31
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
19:06
The Kangaroos kicking efficiency this term (40 kicks at 80 per cent efficiency) has allowed them to reverse the time in possession trend from the first half completely (55 per cent in possession compared to 38 per cent for Carlton) and make it five goals to zero this term.
19:48
Kangaroos Interchange - Cameron Zurhaar off due to an injury.
20:20
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
20:59
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
21:04
Nick Larkey has equalled his career-high with five goals in today's match, which he recorded twice in 2019, and set a new personal-best against Carlton surpassing his two goals in Round 8 last year.
22:55
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Zac Fisher)
23:59
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Zac Fisher)
28:00
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
28:58
This is North Melbourne's highest scoring quarter this season, surpassing their 35 point third quarter against Essendon in Round 10, and their equal-third best scoring quarter in the last three seasons.
30:32
North Melbourne lost the intercept possession count 14-15 in the third term, but completely blew out the Blues by converting that into 6.1.37 on the scoreboard to just 0.3.3 for the Blues.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:52
Jack Newnes gets the Blues first goal since the second quarter, and the Blues first goal launched from a centre clearance in today's match.
02:42
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
03:46
Jed Anderson answers right back for the Kangaroos, and after providing a game-high four goal assists in the first three terms, he draws level with Nick Larkey by notching his ninth score involvement of the game with a goal of his own.
07:34
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Zac Fisher)
08:50
Zac Fisher kicks Carlton's fourth goal from eight shots at goal inside 30 metres out from the goalline. However, it's been their goalkicking beyond 30 metres out, where they've scored 3.6 from 12 shots at goal that has cost them on the scoreboard.
09:51
Kangaroos Interchange - Will Phillips off due to an injury.
10:34
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
11:33
Nick Larkey get's his career-best sixth goal for the match, and North Melbourne's eighth from a shot at goal after a mark, five of which Larkey has scored himself.
12:30
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
14:34
Will Phillips (broken nose) has been subbed out of today's match, replaced by medical substitute Jared Polec.
15:07
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
16:24
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
16:53
Kayne Turner has completely silenced Carlton forward Eddie Betts, keeping him to just one disposal while matched up on Betts from over 64 minutes defending him and recording six disposals himself.
20:52
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
22:45
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
22:52
That goal to Tarryn Thomas is the Kangaroos' eighth goal from nine shots at goal within 30 metres of goal. Prior to Round 19, North Melbourne averaged a goal from 63 per cent of their shots at goal from within 30 metres, the tenth-best accuracy of any side in 2021 from this distance.
25:16
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
25:30
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
28:28
Since 2015, the Kangaroos have outscored Carlton by an average of 48 points per game in their six matches, five of which are Kangaroos win. That is the second highest scoring margin of any side in the AFL against Carlton in this time.
28:39
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Newnes)
30:17
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jared Polec)
31:31
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
32:14
Carlton have only lost the inside 50 count by 48-54 in today's match, and have won the time in forward half differential 56-44 per cent. However, when the Kangaroos got the ball back in their defensive half, their 10.3.63 launched from this zone has proved decisive, compared to Carlton's 3.5.23 launched from their back half.
32:47
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
33:46
A clinical second half performance for North Melbourne, kicking the ball at 80 per cent efficiency in the second half and scoring 10.2 to 2.3 form intercept possessions as a result to run away with a 39 point win to draw even with Hawthorn on the ladder.