Match

Essendon vs Collingwood

Commentary / 21 Aug 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Darcy Parish will be looking to back up his last performance against the Magpies in Round 6. He won the Anzac Day Medal and finished with 42 disposals, 17 contested possessions, nine clearances and two goals.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:19
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Archie Perkins)
03:10
Archie Perkins kicks the first goal of the game. This goal originated from a stoppage and the Bombers average 36.8 points per game from stoppages this season - ranked second in the competition.
06:02
Bombers Interchange - Archie Perkins off due to an injury.
07:21
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
10:03
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Devon Smith)
12:03
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Aaron Francis)
12:12
The Bombers are dominating possession in the early stages of this match as they lead the uncontested possession count by 18.
13:16
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Peter Wright)
14:57
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
18:28
The Magpies are just struggling to find that connection in their forward half in this first quarter as they are operating at a kicking efficiency of 27% in their forward half.
19:09
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
20:43
The Magpies are dominating at centre bounce stoppages in the early stages of this game as they lead the centre bounce clearance differential four to one.
20:56
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
22:57
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Alec Waterman)
26:03
The Bombers have recorded eight intercept possessions in their forward half and have converted 50% of these intercept possessions into a score for a return of 3.1 (19).
26:15
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
28:07
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Devon Smith)
28:55
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
30:50
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Mason Redman)
32:44
A great start for Devon Smith as he has a game-high 10 disposals, an equal game-high seven uncontested possessions and a goal.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:56
The Bombers have scored from 50% of their inside 50 entries in this match. They average a score from 44.9% of their inside 50 entries this season - ranked third in the competition.
05:41
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nathan Murphy)
06:40
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Jake Stringer)
08:38
Devon Smith now has three goal assists in this match following that Peter Wright goal.
13:18
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Peter Wright)
16:38
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
17:24
The Bombers are outscoring the Magpies by 30 points from intercept possessions. The Bombers have outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 points per game from intercept possessions this season - ranked second.
20:02
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Will Snelling)
21:04
The Bombers have kicked 7.0 (42) from set shots in this match.
21:56
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
22:43
Magpies Interchange - Oliver Henry off due to an injury.
28:17
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Peter Wright)
28:21
An inefficient quarter from the Magpies as they were only able to kick a goal from 9.1% and score from 27.3% of their 11 inside 50 entries.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:33
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Devon Smith)
04:05
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Oliver Henry)
05:46
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
05:52
Taylor Adams is trying to bring his side back into this contest. He has game-highs in disposals (18), contested possessions (7) and clearances (6).
07:27
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
08:06
A fast start from Jake Stringer in this quarter as he already has seven disposals and five uncontested possessions.
10:06
The Magpies lead the contested possession differential by seven in this quarter.
11:10
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Thomas)
12:53
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Darcy Parish)
15:20
The Magpies are having similar issues to what they had in the first quarter in terms of their use by foot in their forward half. Their kicking efficiency in the forward half is only 27%
16:22
Magpies Interchange - Oliver Henry off due to an injury.
16:52
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Alec Waterman)
18:55
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
20:52
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Matt Guelfi)
22:33
Chris Mayne has a game-high 10 intercept possessions but he has only been able to launch one score from an intercept possession.
25:27
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Devon Smith)
26:55
The Bombers have recorded 22 defensive 50 chains and have gone inside 50 from 27% of these chains. However, they are still yet to score from a chain originating in this zone.
28:03
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
28:20
At three-quarter time the Magpies lead the clearance differential by six. However, they only hold a narrow lead in scores from stoppages with 3.6 (24) from this source compared to the Bombers who have scored 3.3 (21).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:41
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Alec Waterman)
05:19
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
09:41
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
10:18
The Bombers have recorded 22 intercept possessions in the forward half and have scored from 40.9% of these intercept chains for a return of 8.1 (49).
14:17
The Bombers have retained the ball in their forward half for 60% of this quarter.
14:34
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
16:51
Peter Wright has equalled his career-highs in both contested marks (4) and marks inside 50 (5).
18:06
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Jake Stringer)
20:24
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Jake Stringer)
20:35
Devon Smith has collected four goal assists which is the equal most by a player in a match this season.
21:59
The Magpies have retained possession on 53% of their kicks inside 50 compared to the Bombers 45%. However, the Bombers rank second in this area this season retaining possession on 49.9% of their kicks inside 50.
22:29
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Mason Redman)
24:07
Taylor Adams has given a strong effort all day with game-highs in disposals (30), contested possessions (14) and clearances (10). He also has an equal game-high six tackles.
26:49
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
27:03
The Magpies won the centre bounce first possession count by 17 to eight and the centre clearance differential 15 to 10. However, they were unable to translate that dominance at centre bounce stoppages to the scoreboard finishing with only 1.3 (9) from centre bounces.