Match

Hawthorn vs Collingwood

Commentary / 07 Aug 2021

Pre Game

00:00

67.9 percent of Collingwood’s goals have been scored from set shots this season, the highest percentage in the competition.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

01:45

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Blake Hardwick)

03:22

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)

04:00

Hawthorn is committed to the handball early, currently recording a kick-to-handball ratio of 0.44.

05:01

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

05:47

Tom Mitchell's tally of three clearances is greater than the Collingwood team total of two.

07:59

Collingwood is withstanding the Hawthorn pressure in the early going. The Hawks are comfortably winning the clearances (four to two) and inside 50 entries (five to two) but only lead 0.2 to 0.1.

08:37

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)

08:38

Mitch Lewis kicks the opening goal of the game. The Hawthorn big man has recorded 19 goals from 12 games this season.

12:06

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)

14:50

As the scoreline suggests, time in possession is relatively close, slightly favouring the Hawks, 43 percent to 42.

16:00

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Shaun Burgoyne)

17:27

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Finlay Macrae)

17:28

Finlay Macrae records his first-ever goal in his eighth AFL game.

19:58

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Dylan Moore)

23:54

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)

25:02

Kicking efficiency favours the Hawks, 74 percent to 66.

28:27

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jack Scrimshaw)

30:57

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

30:58

Hawthorn takes a two-goal lead into the first change. Tom Mitchell (14 disposals) and Taylor Adams (12 disposals), have been prolific for their respective sides, but Mitchell's efficiency (93 percent) for the Hawks has been superior to that of Adams (83 percent) for Collingwood.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

01:09

All five Hawthorn goals have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Collingwood turnover.

05:02

Brody Mihocek has been targetted a match-high five times inside forward 50 for the Magpies, yet it still to take a mark in this zone.

06:48

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (James Worpel)

07:36

Forward 50 kicking efficiency favours the Hawks, 67 percent to 33.

08:08

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

11:10

Despite trailing on the scoreboard, Collingwood is actually dominating the centre bounce clearance count, eight to one.

11:32

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Oliver Henry)

13:15

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

16:25

Of the eight free kicks that Hawthorn has conceded, the most common indiscretion has been for high contact on four occasions.

21:22

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Daniel Howe)

23:21

As Collingwood's backup ruck, Darcy Cameron has recorded just the four hitouts, but his hitout-to-advantage ratio (0.75) is the best of any ruckman on the ground.

25:33

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jacob Koschitzke)

27:57

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

27:58

The Hawks extend their 12-point quarter-time lead to 30 points at the main break. For the second term alone, the Hawks recorded nine intercept marks to just two for Collingwood, and they lead this measure 13 to five for the match.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

01:18

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jaeger O'Meara)

03:45

The leading tackler on the ground is Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom with five, exceeding his season average of 3.0 per game across the previous 18 matches.

04:37

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)

05:45

Hawthorn has recorded 12 scores from 24 inside 50 entries (50 percent), compared to seven scores from 23 inside 50s for the Magpies (30.4 percent).

06:21

Hawks Interchange - James Worpel off due to an injury.

06:34

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Dylan Moore)

06:35

With his second major today, Dylan Moore has now kicked multiple goals on seven occasions this season from 20 appearances for the Hawks.

09:22

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Daniel Howe)

11:22

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jacob Koschitzke)

11:23

The Hawks have recorded the last four inside 50 entries, converting them into three goals.

13:27

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

14:42

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)

15:56

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Beau McCreery)

18:02

The Hawks are dominating the third-quarter time in possession, 48 percent to 37.

21:22

Hawks Interchange - Mitch Lewis off due to an injury.

21:27

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)

22:53

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

23:51

Since Round 15, the Hawks have taken just 8.3 marks per game inside forward 50, ranked 17th in the AFL over this time. In less than three quarters today, they have already taken ten marks inside the forward 50 zone.

24:08

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Conor Nash)

25:49

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)

29:10

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)

32:59

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)

33:04

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

33:05

Despite Collingwood kicking five third-quarter goals, the Hawks were able to match them, and lead by 30 points at the final change. Tom Mitchell averages 35.6 disposals against Collingwood from eight previous matches, and already has 33 (at 88 percent efficiency) at three-quarter-time in today's contest.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:24

Including kicking two goals himself, Dylan Moore's tally of eight score involvements for Hawthorn is the most of any player on the ground.

02:07

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)

03:41

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)

05:42

Since the fourteenth minute of the third quarter, the Magpies have outscored Hawthorn 5.2 to 1.2.

06:27

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Tom Mitchell)

10:02

First-year Hawk Lachlan Bramble's tally of 415 metres gained is the most of any player, with Collingwood's Taylor Adams recording the next-most, 407 metres gained.

10:30

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)

14:54

Since Round 14, the Magpies have led with AFL with 14.7 marks per game inside forward 50. They have struggles in this area today, recording just five of this measure compared to ten for Hawthorn.

15:04

SCORE BEHIND - Hawks (Dylan Moore)

16:27

SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)

17:40

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)

17:41

Collingwood recorded 461 disposals last round against West Coast, the second-most disposals by any side this year. In another sign of the Magpies' struggles today, they currently sit on a tally of 346 disposals, far behind the Hawthorn total of 393.

20:31

SCORE GOAL - Hawks (Jacob Koschitzke)

23:08

SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brodie Grundy)

25:17

Nine of Hawthorn's 15 goals have been from set shots (60 percent), a slightly greater ratio than the 6 of 12 for Collingwood (50 percent).

28:43

The siren has sounded to end Q4.

28:44

Hawthorn runs out 19-point winners on the back of greater forward 50 disposal efficiency (73 percent to 60). This was reflected in the Hawks converting 48 inside 50 entries into 22 scores (45.8 percent) compared to the Magpies 18 scores from 45 entries (40 percent).