Pre Game
00:00
Hawthorn have scored from over 45 per cent of their inside 50 entries in 2022, ranked second in the AFL for scoring efficiency in this regard. However against GWS last round, albeit in wet conditions, they scored from just 25 per cent of their inside 50's for the match, the lowest conversion rate of any side last round.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
03:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)
03:54
Hawthorn's first scoring chain goes coast-to-coast from Jack Scrimshaw's defensive 50 intercept mark, the first intercept mark of the game. Hawthorn have outscored their opponents by an average of five points per game from defensive 50 chains in 2022, ranked third in the AFL.
06:15
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Ned Reeves)
08:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Hawks (Jarman Impey)
09:58
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Harry Morrison)
10:19
Hawthorn have scored both of their goals early in this match from shots at goal from directly in front of the posts. They average 9.5 goals per game from the corridor in 2022, ranked sixth in the AFL.
14:23
Adelaide have been patient in their ball movement, not playing on immediately from any of their eleven marks recorded in the first term so far. Hawthorn by contrast have played on immediately from four of their 12 marks to this point. This is right on Hawthorn's league-high average in this category over the last five rounds (33 per cent).
14:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Hawks (Jarman Impey)
17:01
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)
17:10
Of the seven free kicks paid so far in this match, five of them have been against Adelaide for push in the back. No side in the AFL concedes over an average of 3.5 push in the back free kicks against per game in 2022.
19:41
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
19:50
Taylor Walker gets the Crows first goal of the match. This is his 21st consecutive game that he has scored at least one goal, the equal second-longest streak of any active player behind Lance Franklin (27) and equal with Bayley Fritsch.
21:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
23:17
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)
24:32
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)
24:50
Mitch Lewis has been unstoppable to start this match for the Hawks. All of his team-high eight disposals have been involved in all eight of the Hawks scoring chains, and he is the only multiple goal-scorer on the ground so far. Lewis also leads all players with six contested possessions for the match so far.
28:17
Hawks Interchange - Josh Morris off due to an injury.
29:49
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Conor Nash)
31:21
This is Hawthorn's best quarter-time scoreboard result in 2022, surpassing their 34 point opening term against Sydney in Round 6. Their efficiency on the scoreboard is largely due to their kicks inside 50, with 11 of their 14 kicks entering forward 50 finding a teammate and zero kicks resulting in turnovers.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:32
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
02:46
Darcy Fogarty gets the first goal of the second term for the Crows. Both of the Crows goals have been scored from midfield intercept possession chains. The Crows average four goals per game from this source in 2022, the sxith-lowest average of any side this year.
06:37
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)
08:06
SCORE
BEHIND - Hawks (Luke Breust)
11:54
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Mitch Lewis)
12:23
Mitch Lewis has tied his career-high goal tally for a single game already in today's match (five), which he recorded in Round 2 this season against Port Adelaide. He has surpassed his previous best return against Adelaide of three goals in Round 19, 2021.
14:47
Hawks Interchange - Josh Morris off due to an injury.
14:50
Crows Interchange - Wayne Milera off due to an injury.
19:51
Adelaide have enjoyed first use of the ball at stoppages in the second term, leading both the hitout count (11-6) and the stoppage first possession count (11-5). However this has not translated to clearance dominance with the count at 6-6 in the second term, of which the Crows have turned over three clearances to zero.
26:32
Neither side has won an offensive one-on-one contest in the first half to this point of the match from five attempts for Hawthorn and four for the Crows. Adelaide average a win from 27.2 per cent of their attacking contests, ranked 10th in the AFL in 2022, compared to a 22.4 per cent win rate for Hawthorn, ranked last of any side this year.
27:25
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
27:52
A much needed goal for the Crows just before the half-time break, making that 20 points out of 20 from set shots in the first half. Since the start of the bye rounds, only Geelong (60 per cent of total score) have scored a higher percentage of their total score from set shots than Adelaide (58 per cent).
29:50
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Jarman Impey)
31:53
Hawthorn's post-clearance contested possession count lead of 50-36 in the first half is their best differential margin in this metric of any game this year, surpassing their plus-12 margin recorded against Essendon in Round 8.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:51
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
03:38
The Crows get the first goal of the second half through Ben Keays, and their first goal of the match from a clearance source after Taylor Walker won the ball out of a forward 50 boundary throw-in. Over the last five rounds, the Crows have outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 points per game from throw-in clearances, ranked second in the AFL.
05:32
SCORE
BEHIND - Hawks (Rushed)
09:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
12:35
After taking just one intercept mark in the first half, Tom Doedee has three already so far in the third quarter. He ranks third in the AFL in 2022 prior to Round 17 with 106 intercept possessions.
14:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
16:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
18:25
Both teams have been wasteful in attack in the third term, with just the one goal for the quarter from 16 combined inside 50 entries. However Adelaide have been the better of the two this term, registering four scores to one.
19:35
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
20:39
A goal for the Crows from Riley Thilthorpe's third contested mark for the quarter. No other player on the ground has taken three contested marks in the entire match. Adelaide average 9.3 contested marks per game in 2022, the lowest average figure of any side in this category.
21:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Hawks (Jarman Impey)
25:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Hawks (Jack Scrimshaw)
25:31
Hawthorn have recorded 12 shots at goal from 30 metres or more out from the goal line in today's match, compared to just five for Adelaide from this distance. However Hawthorn have been more accurate from this distance than the Crows, scoring a goal from 33 per cent of their shots in this zone compared to 20 per cent for Adelaide.
26:37
Reilly O'Brien has recorded 12 hitouts-to-advantage in today's match, double the total of the Hawks ruckmen as a unit (six). Since Round 11, he ranks third for hitout-to-advantage rate (31 per cent) among the Top 10 players in the AFL for total hitouts behind Tom De Koning and Sean Darcy.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:38
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
03:48
After recording the first two inside 50's of the term after winning three of the first four clearances, the Crows get the first goal of the third term from their third inside 50 following a 50 metre penalty. Adelaide have scored three goals from 50 metre penalties in 2022, the equal second-lowest tally of any side from this score source.
09:38
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Jaeger O'Meara)
10:09
Hawthorn get their first goal since the late stages of the second term to extend the margin back out beyond four goals. That goal was the second goal of the game launched from their defensive 50 zone, where the Crows have failed to launch a single goal from in today's match.
13:03
A win for the Crows in the second half with Nicholas Murray being switched on to Mitch Lewis at half-time and holding Lewis without a disposal in the second half and recording seven of his own, following Lewis' 10 disposal, 5.1.31 first half blitz.
13:21
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
15:51
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Jacob Koschitzke)
16:24
Hawthorn consolidate their position with three final term goals to all but end the Crows hopes in today's match. The Hawks have smashed the Crows at the ruck contest in the final term, winning 16 of the 20 hitouts for the term, and 7-0 hitouts-to-advantage included in that count.
17:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
19:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Hawks (Ben McEvoy)
21:52
Rory Laird records his ninth 40-disposal game of his career and his first against Hawthorn, surpassing his previous career-best of 36 disposals against the Hawks in Round 19, 2021.
24:19
Tom Mitchell has recorded 16 contested possessions in today's match, making this the 49th game in his career with 15 or more contested possessions in a match. This moves him to equal 20th on the all-time VFL/AFL list for total games with 15-plus contested possessions with David Mundy.
24:46
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Wayne Milera)
26:32
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
28:08
Jordan Dawson has recorded five marks in 21 straight games before today's match, the longest active streak of any player in the AFL in this category. He has failed to record a mark in today's match, primarily matched up against Blake Hardwick.
29:39
Hawthorn have been able to be efficient in front of goal in general play in today's match, recording 7.3.45 from general play, while holding to Adelaide to just the one goal for the match from this shot source.
30:34
SCORE
GOAL - Hawks (Luke Breust)
31:29
Brodie Smith's 809 metres gained in today's match is the second-highest tally he has recorded against the Hawks in his career in this category, but his best return against them since 2014 (872 metres gained in Round 17).
32:18
Hawthorn notch the 1000th victory in the club's history, the eighth football club in VFL/AFL history to reach this milestone. They did so off the back of a strong first half in which they converted seven midfield chains into goals, and holding the Crows to just one behind scored from a clearance source.