Match

GWS Giants vs Richmond

Commentary / 14 Aug 2021

Pre Game

00:00

The Giants, despite being victorious, lost the time in forward half differential by 20 minutes and 30 seconds last round against the Cats, their second-worst differential this season.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

02:05

Last week, the Giants took just five marks inside 50 - the fewest in the competition. Jesse Hogan, in his return to the GWS side kicks the opening goal of the match from a forward 50 mark.

06:32

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Liam Baker)

08:10

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)

10:12

Both teams have been below average by foot to start the match, Richmond kicking at an efficiency of 55 per cent and the Giants going at just 46 per cent by foot.

12:08

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Graham)

12:56

It has been an even contest to date with both sides registering 15 contested possessions, five inside 50s and four clearances apiece.

13:07

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)

15:00

Josh Kelly has eight disposals already, with six coming via hand. No other Giant has more than three disposals to date.

15:36

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Perryman)

17:32

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)

18:39

Last week the Giants scored a goal from 30 per cent of their inside 50s, ranked fourth for the round. They have continued to be efficient going forward in the early stages of tonight's match with four goals from 10 inside 50s, a strike rate of 40 per cent.

19:37

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Callum Coleman-Jones)

21:27

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)

21:45

Richmond leads the overall tackle count by six, by virtue of an eight to one tackle advantage post-clearance.

22:45

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tanner Bruhn)

24:02

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zach Sproule)

25:41

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)

26:59

Tim Taranto has been influential up forward to start the match. All five of Taranto's disposals have come via a contested possession, the Giant star also kicking two goals in the absence of Toby Greene.

29:26

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Matt de Boer)

29:50

The Giants have scored from 60 per cent of their inside 50s, with 40 per cent of their forward 50s resulting in a goal. Conversely, Richmond has scored from 40 per cent of its entries, kicking a goal from 20 per cent of its inside 50s.

31:04

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)

31:08

Last week the Giants registered just five marks inside 50 for the match. Tonight, they have six forward 50 marks in the opening quarter, kicking 4.2.26 from these marks.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

04:22

Richmond kicks the opening goal of the second term off the back of owning both the football and territory. The Tigers have enjoyed 92 per cent time in forward half and lead the uncontested possession count by 12 and contested possession by six to start the quarter.

06:16

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)

06:54

GWS has outscored Richmond 4.0.24 to 1.2.8 from forward half chains.

07:28

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)

07:44

The Giants lead Richmond six to three from centre bounce clearances and have outscored Richmond 2.1.13 to nil from this score source.

09:08

Tim Taranto already has a career-high three goals tonight. Previously, he had kicked two goals in a game on five occasions, one of which was last week against Geelong.

11:47

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)

13:03

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)

14:48

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jacob Hopper)

14:54

The Giants continue to score goals at will from inside 50s. They have generated 15 scores from 22 inside 50s, a strike rate of 68 per cent. More remarkably, they have kicked 11 goals from these 22 entries, a strike rate of 50 per cent. To put this in perspective, Essendon has been the most efficient side in scoring goals from inside 50s this season with a strike rate of 25 per cent.

17:40

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Tim Taranto)

19:07

The Giants have outscored Richmond 5.2.32 to 1.2.8 from stoppages. This includes an advantage of 3.2.20 to nil from centre bounce clearances.

20:51

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jacob Hopper)

24:48

Tigers Interchange - Trent Cotchin off due to an injury.

29:17

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Liam Baker)

31:56

Interestingly, Richmond leads uncontested possession by 22, contested possession by two and tackles by eight, yet trail by 50 points at the half. The Giants have been clinical, kicking a goal from 44 per cent of their inside 50s, compared to a strike rate of 21 per cent from Richmond.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

00:27

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Tim Taranto)

03:41

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)

05:36

Richmond have recorded the last four inside 50s of the match and have enjoyed 83 per cent time in forward half to start the third quarter.

07:48

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Perryman)

09:22

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Matt de Boer)

09:46

The Giants have kicked 3.2.20 from shots outside 50 tonight. Before tonight, the Giants had only kicked 15 goals from outside 50 for the season.

11:10

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)

13:44

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)

14:57

After trailing the uncontested possession count by 22 at half time, the Giants lead this area by 12 in the third quarter.

18:13

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Xavier O'Halloran)

21:33

Richmond leads the tackle differential currently by 15. The Tigers won the tackle count by 16 last week against North Melbourne, its equal-best result this season.

22:22

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)

27:27

Nine of the Giants 10 centre bounce clearances have resulted in an inside 50, resulting in 4.3.27 from this score source. Six of Richmond's seven centre bounce clearances have resulted in an inside 50, but they have failed to score from any of them.

27:51

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)

28:57

The Giants have kicked 4.2.26 from shots outside 50 metres tonight. Their previous best this season from outside 50 was 2.2.14, coincidentally against Richmond in Round 9.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

01:36

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Perryman)

04:11

The Giants have outscored Richmond 6.4.40 to 2.4.16 from forward half chains.

06:24

The Giants have seven of the first eight inside 50s of the final term, but unlike the first half they have not cashed in on these inside 50s, scoring just one behind.

08:43

The Giants have taken 14 marks inside 50 tonight. On only one occasion this season have they taken more marks inside 50 than tonight, in Round 9 against Richmond. The 8.4.52 that the Giants have kicked from these marks is their best result this season, eclipsing the 8.2.50 they kicked against Carlton in Round 14.

10:05

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Callum Coleman-Jones)

12:07

SCORE GOAL - Giants (Shane Mumford)

17:12

The Giants have outscored Richmond 9.5.59 to 5.3.33 from intercepts. If this margin holds, it would represent their best differential in this score source all season, eclipsing their previous best of 19 against Essendon in Round 19.

18:59

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Dion Prestia)

20:07

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Shai Bolton)

21:13

SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Shai Bolton)

22:33

SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Isaac Cumming)

22:59

Richmond currently leads the contested possession count by 11. The Tigers rank 17th for contested possession differential this season, averaging nine fewer contested possessions per game than their opposition. Having said this, prior to tonight, the Tigers had won all six games this season when they won the contested possession count.

25:45

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)

27:50

SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Maurice Rioli)

28:17

All four of Richmond's final quarter goals have been launched from the attacking midfield, three coming from intercepts and one from a stoppage.

29:08

The Giants won the inside 50 count by 13 tonight, their largest differential in any game this season.