Match

Geelong Cats vs GWS Giants

Commentary / 03 Sep 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Geelong won the disposal count 18 times across the H

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:52
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
02:23
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Zach Sproule)
03:40
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Isaac Smith)
06:13
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jacob Hopper)
08:55
Both teams have had 29 disposals in the opening nine minutes, but the Giants lead the metres gained 614 - 480.
10:11
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Stephen Coniglio)
10:24
The Cats have two behinds despite recording just one disposal inside the forward 50.
11:43
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Sam Menegola)
13:20
Youngster Max Holmes is yet to have a disposal in the game but leads the Cats with four pressure acts across the game so far.
16:49
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
17:39
The Cats kick the first goal of the night, they have the ascendancy in the groundball get battle winning the count 15-9.
19:37
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
24:02
Isaac Smith has won an equal game-high 10 disposals, he has won at least one disposal in all three zones across the ground.
24:10
Cats Interchange - Cameron Guthrie off due to an injury.
25:05
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
25:35
The Cats have kicked the first two goals of the match with both coming within the last 10 minutes. In this time they lead the disposal count 47-23 and the uncontested possession count 31-14.
27:00
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Esava Ratugolea)
27:20
Zach Tuohy has won a game-high of 12 disposals and 10 uncontested possessions so far across the game.
29:48
Geelong controlled possession across the opening quarter, winning 105 disposals in the opening quarter - the equal sixth most conceded by GWS in an opening quarter this season.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:13
Brandan Parfitt has been subbed out of the game with an injury and Zach Guthrie has been activated.
04:34
The Giants lead the inside 50 count 4-2 so far in the second quarter, but neither team had recorded a disposal inside the forward 50 so far across the quarter.
06:54
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Josh Kelly)
07:02
The Giants were able to link up by handball for their opening goal of the night. They lost the handball-receive count u eight in the opening quarter, but lead the Cats by 12 in this quarter.
08:48
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gary Rohan)
10:32
The Giants have applied more pressure across the game. They lead the tackle count 25-16 and have a tackle efficiency of 70% - 15% higher than the Cats have recorded.
11:20
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Conor Stone)
11:37
Connor Stone swoops on a looseball and kicks the Giants second goal. The Giants lead the looseball-get count 8-4 this quarter after losing the count 7-16 in the opening term.
13:09
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
15:43
The Cats defenders have been busy in the air. Geelong has recorded 20 spoils already in the game. Their most in an opening half this season is 23.
19:01
Lachie Whitfield has recorded a team-high nine disposals so far in the second quarter with five of these coming in the past five minutes.
20:02
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
24:00
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Esava Ratugolea)
24:16
Both teams have struggled with accuracy. Geelong has scored at an accuracy of 33% - 15% below its season average. The Giants have recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 20% - 27% below their season average.
25:36
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
28:15
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
28:33
The Cats have kicked two goals in the past five minutes, winning the clearance count 3-0 in this time. They have outscored GWS 28 - 2 from clearances across the game.
29:54
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
31:28
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
32:58
Despite having less of the ball, the Cats won the second quarter by one point. Lachie Whitfield had a big quarter for the Giants finishing with 13 disposals - the most disposals ever won in a quarter by a GIants player in a final.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:37
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Bobby Hill)
01:57
Bobby Hill kicks a highlight goal thanks to an assist from Matt de Boer. De Boer is the equal leader for the Giants with four score involvements so far tonight (equal with Jacob Hopper).
04:52
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
07:05
The Giants continue to apply the pressure. They lead the tackle count 41 - 28. Captain, Stephen Coniglio leads the way with seven tackles across the game.
08:26
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
10:37
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
10:43
The Giants have not been able to get many good set shots at goal, scoring just 0.2 to Geelong's 5.4 from set shots so far tonight.
15:40
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
17:12
The Cats have been able to control the ball slightly more than the Giants in the past 10 minutes leading the uncontested mark count 17 - 3 in this time.
17:13
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
18:32
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
19:03
Gary Rohan has had a major impact with his 11 disposals. He has recorded an equal team-high seven score involvements tonight, including kicking 2.2 himself.
20:13
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Isaac Smith)
20:23
The Cats have purely dominated the Giants in scores from stoppages tonight, outscoring the Giants 34 -3 from clearances tonight. This area of the game is usually one of the Giants main strenghths.
23:53
After finishing with 24 spoils and seven intercept marks in the first half, the Cats have already taken seven intercept marks this quarter, effecting just seven spoils.
27:41
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
27:53
Sam Menegola has had a huge impact in the third quarter with team-highs of 10 disposals, seven uncontested possessions and 267 metres gained.
28:06
Giants Interchange - Connor Idun off due to an injury.
30:21
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Shane Mumford)
30:26
The Cats finish with 5.1 in the third quarter. They did this despite taking just one mark inside 50 across the quarter.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
01:24
Geelong has now won the last five centre bounce clearances of the game.
02:14
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Nick Haynes)
02:59
The Giants have thrown Nick Haynes forward. He slots their sixth goal of the night and his first goal since Round 19, 2017.
03:54
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Conor Stone)
05:51
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)
06:04
There has been four inside 50s this quarter and the teams have scored a goal 100% of the time. Three consecutive entries for three goals for the Giants after the Cats kicked a goal from an inside 50 within the first 30 seconds of the term.
08:16
Tim Taranto has had six disposals this quarter, the Cats have had seven.
08:53
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
09:34
Both teams have had 42 inside 50s tonight. The Cats have scored from 50% of entries and the Giants have scored just 36% of the time.
10:42
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
11:09
GWS has had 10 players yet to reach 10 disposals in this game. Five of these players have kicked six goals between them however.
13:01
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
13:59
The Cats have taken nine marks inside 50 tonight - four of which have been taken by Tom Hawkins. The Giants have taken just four marks inside 50 for the night.
14:29
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
15:59
Giants Interchange - Zach Sproule off due to an injury.
16:45
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
17:42
After allowing the Giants to get within 20 points. The Cats have dominated the past five minutes leading disposals 19-8 and the inside 50 count 4-0.
18:30
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
18:59
Tom Hawkins boots his fifth goal. He has won 10 contested possessions across the game - the equal second-most of any Geelong player.
19:54
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gryan Miers)
20:35
GWS has won the contested possession count by five around the stoppages tonight. It has been beaten in general play losing the post-clearance contested possession count by 19.
21:14
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Harry Himmelberg)
21:40
Jack Henry has been an integral part of Geelong's defence for the past two seasons. He has continued to play his role to perfection tonight, recording 10 disposals, seven of which have come from intercept possessions.
24:24
Patrick Dangerfield has won 21 disposals, 13 contested possessions, 10 groundball-gets and eight clearances so far tonight.
24:28
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Conor Stone)
26:57
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Isaac Smith)
28:15
Mark Blicavs has had a big impact in the air tonight, recording 11 spoils and two intercept marks in defence for Geelong.
28:37
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Sam Menegola)
35:03
Zach Tuohy finished the game with 31 disposals, 21 uncontested possessions and a game-high four score assists.