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Pre Game
00:00
The focus last round was on Lance Franklin to kick five goals to reach 1000 for his career, but it was Luke Parker who stepped up for the Swans and equalled his career-best with five goals. The only other time Parker accomplished this feat was against Geelong in Round 7, 2015.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:36
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Jake Kolodjashnij)
02:02
Jake Kolodashnij is the unlikely first goal kicker and doubling his career goal tally, with his only career goal coming in Round 21 last season against Greater Western Sydney.
04:30
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
05:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
07:51
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
08:12
After conceding the first five insides 50s of the match, Sydney has begun to push back in the territory battle with three forward entries in a row - resulting in their first goal through Will Hayward.
09:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
09:57
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Sam Wicks)
11:20
The Cats played on immediately after a mark 38% of the time in Round 1 – the second-highest percentage in the AFL. They ranked 10th for their play on rate in 2021. Tonight they have played on from marks 42% of the time.
13:15
100% of play in the last five minutes has been in the Swans' forward half.
14:43
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
15:33
All four goals in this match have come from turnovers to this point. Isaac Heeney gets his first goal tonight after kicking three last round.
16:48
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
17:03
Sydney is on a roll now with the last three goals from the last 11 inside 50s of the match. Geelong leads the pressure 192 to 155 but this is on the back of a hot start in this area as they are actually losing the pressure factor 174 to 184 in the last 10 minutes, the time when Sydney's dominance has taken place.
21:03
Paddy McCartin has five intercept marks to this point, a career-high for him having previously taken five total for his career - four of which occurred last round as this was his first match playing in the backline.
22:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
24:00
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
25:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
27:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
28:31
Lance Franklin kicks his first goal of the night and brings his career tally to 997.
29:28
After a fast start by Geelong with two early goals, it was the Swans who took over for the rest of the quarter, kicking the next four goals - all of which were generated from Geelong turnovers in the midfield.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
04:29
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
04:36
Mitch Duncan kicks the first of the quarter for Geelong who similar to the first quarter have a territory advantage early in the term with 78% of play in their forward half.
07:32
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
09:50
Hayden McLean kicks his first goal of the night to extend the Swans' lead to 16 points. This goal was the first of the night to be generated through clearance and the clearance came from Josh Kennedy who has been playing away from the midfield this season after years of influence in that role for his side.
11:53
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Callum Mills)
14:22
Cats Interchange - Max Holmes off due to an injury.
14:30
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
14:43
The Swans recorded a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.94 last round – the highest ratio by any team. In this term, the Swans are going at a kick-to-handball ratio of 2.07 and are on a roll with the last four goals. They have kicked eight of the last nine in the match.
17:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Brad Close)
19:48
Cats Interchange - Mark Blicavs off due to an injury.
21:06
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
21:44
Brandan Parfitt helps Geelong begin working back into the game with their first goal since the fourth minute of this term. Parfitt has an equal match lead of 12 pressure acts to this point for a match leading 33 pressure points.
23:33
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (James Rowbottom)
24:33
While the Swans scored 36 points from forward half stoppages in Round 1 – ranked No.1, it has been turnovers that have sourced their score with 44 points coming from this source and just 13 from stoppages showing their ability to hit the scoreboard from any method.
25:56
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
27:11
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
27:29
Brad Close creates two quick goals to bring the Cats back within 15 points. Close has 18 forward half pressure points - the most for the Cats.
30:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
33:28
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
35:03
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
35:34
Isaac Heeney with the perfect crumb and kicks his third goal of the evening followed quickly by his fourth goal to give the Swans a 26 point lead heading into halftime after Geelong mounted a small charge midway through this second term.
36:03
All eyes in this match have been on the spearhead for Sydney Lance Franklin, but on the other side, Geelong's main target in Tom Hawkins has just three disposals.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:06
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
03:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
04:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
09:18
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
10:04
Sydney has started this term with 12 marks to Geelong's five and an uncontested possessions lead of 22 to 10, with their quick linkup play a feature - they have played on from 33% of marks in this term. Geelong has played on from just 20% of their marks since the first term after playing on from 38% of their marks in Round 1 showing Sydney's ability to stifle their quick play.
11:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
13:36
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
14:05
Brad Close kicks his third goal for the match, as Geelong's only multiple goal-kicker. This is a new career-high for Close having previously kicked two in a match four times.
15:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
17:02
Lance Franklin kicks his second goal and moves up to 998 for his career. He has been targeted inside 50 four times in this match with Isaac Heeney also targeted four times and Hayden McLean seven times. In 2021, Franklin was targeted on average 10.7 times per game - the second-most in the competition behind Harry McKay.
18:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
22:46
After a one-disposal first quarter, Patrick Dangerfield has become more involved in the match as Geelong's leading clearance player with four and has totalled 331 metres gained since quarter time - the most for Geelong in this time.
23:12
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Atkins)
28:03
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
29:00
Lance Franklin kicks his third goal and moves to just one goal away from 1000 career goals and becoming the sixth player in history to reach this figure.
29:22
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
30:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
32:22
18 of the 23 goals in this match have been sourced from turnovers with the stoppage game playing second fiddle in the way this match has unfolded. Last round 49% of Geelong's hitouts went to advantage (ranked 1st in the competition) while just 23% of Sydney's went to advantage (ranked last in the competition). Tonight, Geelong has gone at 21% and Sydney at 24% showing how difficult it has been for the rucks to give their midfielders first use.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
07:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
07:59
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
08:26
Errol Gulden kicks the first goal of the final term and pushes the lead out to a match-high 39 points. Gulden has received more pressure on his disposals than any other Swans player with an average of 2.22 pressure points per disposal, despite this he has managed to use the ball at 65% efficiency.
10:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
12:31
Relatively new defender Paddy McCartin has game-highs in intercept marks (six), spoils (seven), and contested marks (two).
16:18
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
17:06
Tom Hawkins gets his first goal of the night in a difficult match, this is Geelong's first goal since the 24th minute of the third term.
18:23
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
18:41
Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin kicks his 1000th goal and becomes the sixth player in history to achieve this feat, joining Lockett, Coventry, Dunstall, Wade, and Ablett Sr. to do so. Buddy netted 580 goals for Hawthorn before his historic departure to Sydney where he has kicked another 420 goals.
19:31
Of players to start their career in the 21st century, Lance Franklin is the only one to have kicked 80 or more goals in a season three times. He is also the last player to kick 100 goals in a season, having done so for Hawthorn in 2008 when he was awarded his first All-Australian jacket and won his first premiership. Franklin has gone on to receive a total of eight All-Australian honours in his career, the equal-most of all time and the most of any non-midfielder.
20:06
Four goals in a match is the tally Lance Franklin has achieved the most times in his career having done so for the 61st time tonight. His next most frequent tally is three goals in 59 matches. He has kicked at least five goals in 22.5% of his 320 career matches.
54:22
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Isaac Smith)
58:50
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
00:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
01:35
Isaac Heeney pieced together a complete performance of 21 disposals, five tackles (equal team-high), and five goals (game-high). Chad Warner added 29 disposals (game-high) and five score assists (game-high) including the kick to Lance Franklin for his 1000th career goal. In a tough night, Brad Close managed to put together a career-high four goals.