Match

St Kilda vs Collingwood

Commentary / 18 Mar 2022

Pre Game

00:00
Jack Higgins won 44 groundballs inside the forward 50 last season, ranked No. 1 at St Kilda and ten more than any teammate.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:02
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
03:38
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mason Wood)
03:39
Mason Wood opens St Kilda's account for 2022. Last season, Wood kicked seven goals across nine games, with a high of three against North Melbourne in Round 11.
06:00
After six minutes of play, the Magpies hold a slight edge in time in possession, 45 percent to 38.
06:11
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
07:14
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
09:11
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
10:18
St Kilda is kicking the ball with 65 percent efficiency, superior to the 44 percent of Collingwood.
11:25
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
15:22
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dean Kent)
16:06
The Magpies are retaining possession on 100 percent of their inside 50 entries so far tonight. In comparison, the Saints inside 50 retention percentage is just 50 percent.
19:59
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
20:47
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
21:01
St Kilda's kick to handball ratio of 2.22 is significantly greater than the 0.96 of Collingwood.
23:32
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
23:33
Brody Mihocek is the first player on the ground with multiple goals tonight. The Collingwood forward kicked two or more goals on eleven occasions from 21 appearances last season.
25:23
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Hayes)
27:51
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jade Gresham)
29:29
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
30:19
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Oliver Henry)
31:17
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:18
The Magpies take a nine-point lead into the first break. Debutant Nick Daicos has started well for Collingwood, recording nine disposals and an equal game-leading two tackles.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
00:53
With the opening major of the second term, Collingwood's Jamie Elliott records his 200th career goal, in his 137th AFL game.
06:35
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
07:37
St Kilda big man Rowan Marshall leads all players on the ground with five clearances, including four of the last ten.
08:38
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
10:33
Brodie Grundy is the dominant force in the ruck, with five of his ten hitouts going directly to the advantage of a Collingwood teammate. In comparison, St Kilda's Rowan Marshall is directing just 12.5 percent (one of eight) of his hitouts to advantage.
11:30
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
13:13
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
13:14
The Saints have generated nine of the last 11 inside 50s, kicking 1.2 from these entries (all to Max King).
15:05
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
16:52
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
16:53
Including kicking two behinds himself, Collingwood's Jordan De Goey leads all players on the ground with six score involvements.
19:36
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
21:51
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Trent Bianco)
23:16
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
24:33
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
26:17
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
26:18
Collingwood's disposal efficiency inside its forward 50 zone is 71 percent, far superior to the 47 percent of the Saints.
29:25
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Mason Cox)
30:48
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
30:49
For the second term, St Kilda had more inside 50s than Collingwood (12 to nine), but kicked only two goals from these entries (16.7 percent). Collingwood's better conversion rate (33.3 percent) saw it increase its lead to 15 points at the main break.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:25
Of the ten free kicks that Collingwood has conceded, the most common indiscretion has been for holding the man on six occasions.
01:28
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
02:40
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
05:28
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
05:29
Stretching back to late in the second term, Collingwood has recorded eight of the last nine inside 50s, kicking 3.2 from these entries.
06:45
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
09:55
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
10:29
Third quarter time in possession heavily favours the Magpies, 45 percent to 27.
13:58
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Sinclair)
15:12
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
15:33
Magpies Interchange - Jack Madgen off due to the blood rule.
16:26
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
17:07
Even with more possession, Collingwood's third-quarter tackle tally is more than double that of the Saints, eleven to five.
17:49
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
20:41
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
21:12
Eight of Collingwood's ten goals (80 percent) have been kicked from set shots. In comparison, four of the Saints' seven majors (57.1 percent) have been set shot conversions.
21:57
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Hayes)
25:34
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Hayes)
25:35
St Kilda debutant Jack Hayes is the leading goalscorer on the ground with three, including the last two to reduce the margin to eight points.
28:03
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
31:45
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Sinclair)
32:55
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
34:15
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
34:16
After the Magpies kicked the first three goals of the third term to extend their lead to 35 points, the Saints responded with eight of the last 11 clearances, and 11 of the last 14 inside 50s, cutting the margin at the final break to five points.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:05
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
02:30
The leader tackler on the ground is St Kilda's Dan Butler with a tally of five, exceeding his 2021 per-game average of 3.7 across 22 games.
03:45
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
03:46
Six of Collingwood's eleven goals have been sourced from stoppages.
06:05
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
07:24
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Oliver Henry)
10:18
Jeremy Howe's four intercept marks are the most of any player on the ground, and represent almost one-third of Collingwood's tally of 13.
11:49
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
15:50
Max King has been targetted an equal match-high eight times inside forward 50 for St Kilda, but has taken just the two marks in this zone.
16:06
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
18:51
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
21:18
Darcy Moore does the little things to help his team. His tally of eight one percenters is the equal-most of any player, and includes seven spoils.
24:43
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
25:11
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jade Gresham)
28:25
After laying 20 tackles in the second and third quarters combined, Collingwood has already recorded 24 tackles for the fourth, with over two minutes still to play in the term.
29:34
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Oliver Henry)
31:44
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
31:45
An arm wrestle sees Collingwood home in the end by 17 points. The star for the Magpies was recruit Patrick Lipinski, contributing 30 disposals at 77 percent efficiency, 13 contested possessions, five clearances, seven inside 50s, and a goal.