Match

Adelaide Crows vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 21 Aug 2021

Pre Game

00:00
North Melbourne has lost the time in forward half differential by seven minutes and 10 seconds per game this season – ranked last.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:08
North Melbourne has retained the ball from just 43.5%of their kicks into the forward 50 this season – ranked last.
03:33
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Jed Anderson)
05:32
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ned McHenry)
06:31
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
07:36
Adelaide winning the territory battle early in this match. North Melbourne are yet to convert any of their eight defensive half chains into inside 50s.
09:13
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
09:19
Paul Seedsman scores Adelaide's first goal of the game from a forward 50 intercept. Paul Seedsman won a game-high and career-high 36 disposals last round against the Demons.
11:18
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Josh Walker)
13:19
North Melbourne going at a tackle efficiency of just 18%. The AFL average is 60.9%.
13:41
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
15:12
Adelaide winning clearances 6-2 and centre clearances 3-1, but only one of their three centre clearances has resulted in an inside 50.
15:37
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
18:10
Adelaide winning handball receives 26-12. Last round, Adelaide recorded 142 handball receives, ranked 4th in the competition for the round.
20:49
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Phoenix Spicer)
21:43
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
23:02
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
24:25
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
24:40
Ned McHenry's goal comes from a forward 50 intercept. All three Adelaide goals has come from forward half intercepts.
26:08
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
27:20
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (David Mackay)
29:10
Aaron Hall up to 11 disposals and 349 metres gained. Five of those disposals have come from kick ins. Hall is going at 80% by foot.
30:07
Adelaide's forward pressure was impressive in the first quarter. Adelaide recorded seven forward 50 tackles and restricted North Melbourne's ball use from their defensive 50. From 15 defensive 50 chains, the Kangaroos failed to convert any of them into inside 50s.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
05:03
Adelaide lead clearances 15-4 but only eight of their clearances have been effective.
05:11
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
06:41
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
07:20
Adelaide dominating at the contest. The Crows lead contested possessions 51-32, first possessions 17-5 and pre-clearance ground ball gets 13-3. Adelaide has also scored 14 points from stoppages.
08:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
17:58
Adelaide winning post-clearance possessions 13-4 this term.
18:50
Kangaroos Interchange - Cameron Zurhaar off due to an injury.
19:42
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jaidyn Stephenson)
20:35
The Kangaroos have been outscored by 14.5 points per game from clearances – ranked last. This match, North Melbourne has been outscored by 16 points.
22:45
North Melbourne are going at a goal rate of 13.3% from 15 inside 50s. The Kangaroos average a goal rate of 17.1%, ranked 16th.
23:50
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
24:24
Rory Laird leads the match with five clearances, eight handball receives, 266 metres gained and four tackles.
27:52
The territory battle was even in the 2nd term with Adelaide winning inside 50s 11-10. North Melbourne failed to convert any of their defensive chains into scores.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:01
Kieran Strachan leads hit outs to advantage with 10, compared to Todd Goldstein with only two. Todd Goldstein has won 9.3 hitouts-to-advantage per game this season – the sixth-most of any player. Strachan also has a game-high six score launches.
04:38
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (David Mackay)
05:10
Aaron Hall up to a game-high 21 disposals and 655 metres gained. Since Round 7, Aaron Hall has recorded 21.4 uncontested possessions, 8.5 marks and 705.2 metres gained per game – all ranked inside the top- five in the competition in that time.
07:23
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Chayce Jones)
08:49
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
09:06
Shane McAdam scores Adelaide's first goal for the half coming from an attacking midfield stoppage.
10:13
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Chayce Jones)
10:51
Adelaide has now scored 29 points from stoppages. North Melbourne averages 36 points from stoppages against, ranked last.
12:05
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
13:18
Ben Keays has been Adelaide's best this term. Keays has a quarter-high seven disposals, three tackles, two score assists, four inside 50s and two clearances.
15:28
Despite losing the disposal count by 17.8 per game this season, the Crows have been out-tackled by 10.2 per game this season – ranked last. This match, the Crows are up by 72 in disposals and up by seven in tackles.
17:09
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Eddie Ford)
19:19
The Kangaroos are scoring from just 29.2% of their inside 50s this match. The Kangaroos have scored from just 39.2% of their inside 50s this season – ranked last.
19:32
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Kieran Strachan)
20:25
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
21:06
Adelaide has generated five scores and two goals from forward half chains this quarter.
22:30
73% of the ball has been spent in Adelaide's forward half this term.
25:52
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)
25:58
Kangaroos Interchange - Cameron Zurhaar off due to an injury.
28:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
28:31
Nick Larkey with two goals for the game. Larkey has booted at least one goal in 17 of 21 games this season.
30:09
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Tarryn Thomas)
30:22
Tarryn Thomas up to a quarter-high six contested possessions and six ground ball gets.
31:14
An even 3rd term, but it was Adelaide who dominated more of the play with plus 32 in disposals, plus eight in inside 50s and plus 10 in contested possessions but could only manage plus five difference on the scoreboard.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:30
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
02:11
Adelaide leads centre clearances 11-4 and have scored 14 points to one from this source. Since Round 9, North Melbourne has won the centre bounce clearances by 3.2 per game – ranked No.1 in that time.
03:29
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
06:07
North Melbourne going at a score percent of just 2% from their defensive 50 chains. They average 18.7%, ranked 3rd.
06:29
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (David Mackay)
08:45
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
10:04
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
10:21
Adelaide has been outscored by 13.7 points per game from intercept possessions this season – ranked last. This match, the Crows have scored 34 points from this source to North Melbourne's 21 points.
11:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
13:31
Adelaide leads inside 50s 48-32. The Crows haven’t won the inside 50 count in a game since Round 12, losing by 13 per game in that time –ranked last.
15:09
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ned McHenry)
17:12
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Will Phillips)
17:51
For the first time this match, North Melbourne winning at the contest this quarter. They lead clearances 7-3, contested possessions 20-17 and have scored 14 points to one from stoppage chains.
18:42
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
19:37
Aaron Hall up to a career-high 16 rebounds for the match.
21:42
Tarryn Thomas up to a career-high 16 contested possessions for the match.
21:56
SCORE GOAL - Crows (David Mackay)
22:32
Adelaide has taken just 79.4 marks per game this season – eight fewer than any other side. The Crows are currently on 79 marks for the match, 13 more than North Melbourne.
25:33
Lachlan Gollant's goal comes from a defensive 50 chain. Adelaide is going at an inside 50 conversion rate of 41% from defensive 50 chains, compared to North Melbourne going at 15%.
27:36
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
29:37
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Bailey Scott)
30:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
32:00
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Gollant)
33:09
Adelaide were far better at stoppages and it proved to be the difference. The Crows won clearances 42-26 and contested possessions 154-110 and scored 49 points from clearances compared to North Melbourne's 21 points.