Match

Western Bulldogs vs Geelong Cats

Commentary / 03 Jun 2022

Pre Game

00:00
Geelong recorded a pressure factor of 199 last week against Adelaide, topping the AFL rankings and its best in 2022.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
02:14
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
02:15
Following his first goal tonight, Jeremy Cameron has now kicked 33.16 from 12 games for the Cats this season.
04:36
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Atkins)
06:11
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
06:12
The Cats have kicked a goal from each of their three inside 50 entries. In contrast, the Bulldogs have scored just one behind from four inside 50s.
09:45
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
10:00
After ten minutes of play, the Cats are controlling the time in possession, 68 percent to 20.
13:49
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
13:50
Aaron Naughton's kick for a behind represents the Bulldogs' first kick inside their forward 50 zone for the game.
14:46
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
16:23
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
19:36
Both sides have recorded two centre bounce clearances each, but Geelong holds a five-two edge in clearances around the ground.
20:28
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
20:29
With his second major tonight, Jeremy Cameron has now recorded 500 career goals across 198 games with Geelong and Greater Western Sydney. He is just the 62nd player in AFL history to achieve this feat.
21:59
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
23:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
25:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
26:56
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
27:44
Geelong's kicking efficiency inside forward 50 (64 percent), is far superior to the 20 percent of the Dogs.
30:00
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
31:45
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
31:46
Geelong takes a 33-point lead into the first break, largely due to its ability to convert inside 50 entries into goals (43.7 percent versus 9.1 percent for the Bulldogs).

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:31
Geelong has targeted Jeremy Cameron three times inside forward 50. He has marked each target, kicking a goal from two of them, and giving off a goal assist from the third.
01:10
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gary Rohan)
01:49
Cats Interchange - Tom Stewart and is possibly out for the game.
04:06
Despite holding the time in possession edge, 51 percent to 34, the Cats have still laid more tackles than the Dogs, 16 to 11.
05:22
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
07:55
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
08:17
In the last four rounds, the Bulldogs have won the contested possession count by 22.5 per game, the best in the AFL over this period. Tonight, however, is a different story, where the Cats are dominating the contested possessions, recording 50 to 35.
08:22
Cats Interchange - Brandan Parfitt off due to an injury.
08:39
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
09:56
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
12:35
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Buku Khamis)
12:36
Of the Bulldogs' score of 3.6, 2.5 has been sourced from Geelong turnovers.
17:06
Geelong is disposing of the ball by foot with greater frequency than its opponent. The Cats' kick-to-handball ratio is 1.92 compared to 1.15 for the Bulldogs.
21:46
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Lachlan McNeil)
21:47
The Bulldogs have generated 14 of the last 18 inside 50 entries, kicking 3.1 to 0.1 during this period of dominance.
27:34
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Isaac Smith)
29:59
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
30:07
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
30:08
A strong second term sees the Bulldogs reduce the 33-point margin at quarter time to 24 points at the long break. Key to the Bulldogs' resurgence was Jack Macrae, recording 13 disposals (at 77 percent efficiency), and two score involvements for the term.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:55
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tim English)
02:42
Geelong's Sam De Koning has taken a match-high three intercept marks for the Cats (all of them contested). This tally exceeds his 2022 per-game average of 2.7 from ten games.
03:12
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
04:39
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
04:40
Including kicking 3.1 off his own boot, Jeremy Cameron has recorded eight score involvements to lead all players on the ground in this measure.
09:02
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
10:12
Both sides' disposal retention for the first term was 47 percent. Since quarter time, the Bulldogs have retained 58 percent of disposals, significantly better than the 34 percent of the Cats over this time.
11:09
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
12:15
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
15:31
The ball has been in the Western Bulldogs' forward half of the ground for 72 percent of the third quarter. Not surprisingly, they lead the inside 50 count for the term 12 to two.
20:02
The Cats' last goal was during the sixth minute of the second term. In the time since, the Bulldogs have kicked five unanswered goals.
24:05
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Robbie McComb)
24:06
The Bulldogs have kicked 2.4 from set shots tonight.
28:35
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
28:41
The Bulldogs have lost 14 of their last 16 matches against the Cats, with their last win coming in Round 16, 2019. They will like their chances of ending this streak tonight after dominating the second and third terms, outscoring the Cats 5.4 to 1.6 since quarter time.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:53
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
00:54
With his second goal tonight, Tom Hawkins has now booted multiple goals in each of his last 13 games at Marvel Stadium.
03:10
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)
04:35
Early in the final term, the only player on the ground with 100 percent game time is Bulldogs key defender Ryan Gardner.
04:52
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
08:29
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
09:12
Of the 16 free kicks that the Western Bulldogs have conceded, the most common indiscretion has been for high contact on five occasions.
10:01
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
11:10
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
14:16
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
14:40
Geelong is comfortably winning the time in possession for the final term, 48 percent to 31, but has only outscored the Dogs by two points so far in the fourth.
16:25
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brad Close)
16:26
The Cats have kicked 5.2 from general play for the game.
17:52
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tim English)
22:03
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
23:45
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
23:46
Coming into tonight's game, Jeremy Cameron had finished goalless in two of his four matches against top-eight teams in 2022, and kicked just one goal in each other match. With six majors tonight, he has arrested this concerning trend.
27:28
Young Cats' defender Sam De Koning does the little things to help his team. His tally of nine one percenters leads all players on the ground, and includes three spoils gaining possession.
31:05
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
32:33
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
32:34
The Cats withstand a frenetic Bulldogs comeback to run out 13-point victors. The difference between the two teams was key forward Jeremy Cameron, who contributed 18 disposals at 78 percent efficiency, 11 score involvements, seven marks, and six goals.