Pre Game
00:00
Gold Coast has won 27.3 forward half intercept possessions per game this season, the most of any side.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:14
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
02:15
Levi Casboult kicks the first goal of the game. The Gold Coast key forward has now recorded 13 majors from seven matches in his first season with the Suns.
04:00
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Malcolm Rosas)
05:06
Gold Coast is controlling the early time in possession, 63 percent to 24.
06:13
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
07:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
09:19
Gold Coast's kick-to-handball ratio of 3.80 is significantly different to the 0.43 for Collingwood, suggesting a greater commitment to the handball for the Magpies.
09:48
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
11:20
After the Suns recorded five of the first six inside 50s of the game, Collingwood has responded with four of the next six.
12:11
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
14:05
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
16:45
Entering today's game, the Magpies had taken a mark from just 14.7 percent of their kicks into the forward 50 this season, ranked last in the competition. In the early going today, Darcy Cameron is addressing this issue, taking contested marks from both of his targets, and converting each into a goal.
17:45
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
19:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
20:35
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
20:36
Five of Collingwood's six goals have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Gold Coast turnover.
24:33
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Tyler Brown)
25:08
Gold Coast has conceded seven first-quarter free kicks, including four indiscretions for holding the man.
26:46
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
29:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
29:37
Jarrod Witts has recorded 13.8 hitouts-to-advantage per game this season to lead the competition. Despite the Suns trailing heavily in the first quarter, Witts is giving them first play on the ball. He has already recorded six hitouts to the advantage of a Gold Coast teammate.
31:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Levi Casboult)
33:32
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
33:33
For the opening term, Collingwood kicked ten scores from 14 inside 50 entries, an elite conversion rate of entries into scores of 0.71. In contrast, the Suns also entered their forward 50 zone on 14 occasions, but record only four scores (0.29 conversion rate).
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:10
True to form, Collingwood has now won six out of seven opening terms in 2022. At the other end of the scale, the Suns have outscored their opposition just once in first quarters this season.
01:27
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
04:07
Jeremy Howe has taken 16 intercept marks across the last four rounds, the equal-third-most of any player in the AFL. He has started strongly in this area again today, with three marks from opposition kicks to lead all players in this measure.
05:38
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
05:39
Gold Coast's entire score has been kicked from set shots, including 3.1 to Levi Casboult.
07:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Jack Lukosius)
09:57
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Madgen)
09:58
Despite not hitting the scoreboard himself, Patrick Lipinski has contributed a game-high six score involvements for the Magpies.
11:48
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
15:05
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
16:37
58 percent of second-quarter play has been spent in the Gold Coast forward half of the ground.
17:21
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
18:46
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
20:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
23:45
The leading tackler on the ground is Gold Coast's Noah Anderson with five, already exceeding his 2022 season per-game average of 3.0.
23:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
25:58
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
25:59
With four goals for Gold Coast, Levi Casboult has now matched his career-high, kicked on six previous occasions in 154 games for Carlton.
28:03
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
31:26
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
31:27
As in the first, Gold Coast kicked the opening two goals of the second term. However, unlike the first, the Suns were able to win the quarter, 5.1 to 4.2, to reduce the margin to 21 points at half-time.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:17
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Nick Holman)
04:18
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
04:19
Dating back to the 26th minute of the second term, Gold Coast has generated the last seven inside 50s, kicking 4.0 from these entries.
06:53
In 28 ruck contests between Jarrod Witts and Darcy Cameron, the Suns have won the clearances, 12 to eight, and outscored Collingwood 4.0 to 1.2 from this source.
07:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
09:12
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
11:38
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
12:06
The Suns have taken 16.8 marks from opposition kicks per game this season, the second-most of any side. They have recorded nine marks from Collingwood kicks today, but actually trail in this measure, with the Magpies recording 11 intercept marks.
13:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
15:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
16:24
Six of Collingwood's 12 goals (50 percent) have been kicked from beyond 40 metres. For the Suns, just three of 11 majors (27.3 percent) have been kicked from further than 40 metres from goal.
17:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
19:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Levi Casboult)
19:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
20:31
For the third term, the Magpies are dominating the inside 50 entries, 12 to five, but inefficiency in front of goal has seen them outscored for the quarter 3.1 to 1.5.
22:38
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
22:39
Collingwood's Jack Ginnivan has now kicked three or more goals for the third time in just 11 AFL games.
23:07
Suns Interchange - Connor Budarick off due to an injury.
24:43
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
28:48
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
31:17
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
31:18
A late surge from the Magpies to close out the third quarter sees them extend their lead to 31 points at the final break. For the last ten minutes of the term, Collingwood took ten marks to one, kicked the ball with 74 percent efficiency (compared to 21 percent for the Suns), and kicked 3.0 to nil.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:38
Early in the final term the only men to have recorded 100 percent game time are key position players, Darcy Moore of Collingwood, and Suns' Sam Collins and Levi Casboult.
03:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Levi Casboult)
05:39
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
07:34
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
09:13
Brayden Maynard does the little things to help his team. His tally of seven one percenters is the equal-most on the ground, and includes three spoils gaining possession.
10:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Levi Casboult)
12:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
12:59
The only player on the ground to have gained more than 500 metres is Gold Coast's Noah Anderson with 570.
15:21
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Touk Miller)
15:22
With 33 disposals, ten clearances, and eight inside 50s, Gold Coast co-captain Touk Miller leads all players in these measures.
19:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Alex Davies)
20:31
Isaac Quaynor has won 7.3 intercept possessions per game this season, best at Collingwood and inside the top 20 in the AFL. With seven intercept possessions today, Quaynor only trails his teammate Darcy Moore's tally of eight for most in the game.
21:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
23:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
23:48
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Callum L. Brown)
26:53
The Magpies have won 40 percent of their offensive one-on-one contests today, bettering their season average of 33 percent. In contrast, the Suns have won just 16 percent of their offensive one-on-one contests today.
27:18
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Touk Miller)
29:38
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
29:39
The Suns win the final term 3.3 to 2.3 but Collingwood runs out 25 point winners. One of the best for the Magpies was veteran Scott Pendlebury with 25 disposals at 72 percent efficiency, nine contested possessions, six tackles, and six marks.