Match

North Melbourne vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 05 Aug 2022

Pre Game

00:00
The Swans have recorded a tackle efficiency of 67.4% this season - ranked No.1.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:38
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Nick Blakey)
04:31
Sydney is outtackling North early and leads this count by four (6-2). The Kangaroos have recorded 5.5 fewer tackles per game than their opposition this season - ranked 17th.
07:54
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
08:37
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
08:47
The Swans have won four forward half intercepts, with two of these launching a score, including that goal to Errol Gulden. North have won five intercepts, all in their defensive half.
08:56
Kangaroos Interchange - Aidan Corr off due to the blood rule.
09:50
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
11:25
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
13:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
13:16
The Kangaroos have won three centre clearances, with the last two leading to goals. They have scored 8.4 points per game from this source season - ranked 17th.
15:50
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
16:00
North Melbourne holds a slight advantage at stoppages, leading the clearance count by one (5-4), with both teams kicking two goals from this source.
22:30
The Kangaroos have applied a pressure factor of 204. Their highest on record in any complete game this season is 190.
24:09
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
25:00
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Ryan Clarke)
26:00
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
26:10
Sydney has been wasteful in front of goal, kicking three goals from eight shots (37.5%). The Swans have recorded a scoring accuracy of 58.4% this season.
29:12
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
29:22
The Swans lead by 17 points, outscoring the Kangaroos by 15 points from intercepts (15-0).
30:12
Sydney recorded nine first-quarter scores from 14 inside 50s (64.3%). The Kangaroos have conceded a score from 46.2% of opposition entries this season - ranked 17th defensively.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:11
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
06:11
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
07:02
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Callum Coleman-Jones)
07:12
Both teams have grabbed three marks inside 50, with North scoring 2.0 to 0.2 from this shot source.
09:55
The Swans have applied 12 tackles this quarter, with three winning a holding the ball free kick.
13:06
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
13:16
Nick Larkey was held goalless from just six disposals when these sides met in Round 4.
15:52
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
16:02
The Swans continue to be wasteful, kicking just one goal from their last 14 inside 50s.
17:33
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (James Rowbottom)
19:50
The Kangaroos have recorded a pressure factor of 232 this quarter, forcing the Swans to handball more often than they kick (0.93). Sydney has recorded a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.74 this season - ranked third.
21:01
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
22:40
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
22:50
North Melbourne continues to dominate out of the middle, winning seven centre clearances to the Swans' three and kicking three goals to one from this source.
23:48
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
24:50
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
26:18
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Sam Reid)
26:28
Sydney has booted three goals from its last four inside 50s after kicking one goal from its previous 17 entries.
28:03
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Sam Reid)
28:13
The Swans have won the last three centre clearances, scoring from all of them, including both Sam Reid goals.
30:03
Tom Hickey has recorded six contested possessions and five clearances this term - both quarter-highs. He has won 3.7 clearances per game this season.
31:03
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
33:28
The Swans missed another six tackles in the second term to take their tally to 12 for the game - their third worst result in any complete game this season. They missed 14 tackles against the Hawks in Round 6 and the Power in Round 14.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:44
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
00:54
The Kangaroos have now scored four goals from centre clearances - a season-high for the club.
02:32
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
02:42
Sydney has recorded just two disposals this quarter, both clangers, while North Melbourne has booted two goals from eight disposals (seven effective).
03:43
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
04:59
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)
05:07
Luke Davies-Uniacke has applied three tackles this quarter after recording just one to half-time.
05:30
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Chad Warner)
05:40
The Swans have scored 1.6 (12) from seven forward 50 chains. They have generated just 15.5% of their score from this zone this season, which is the lowest percentage in the AFL.
07:55
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Jy Simpkin)
09:45
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Hall)
09:55
Sydney has recorded a kicking efficiency of 59.2%, with 16 clanger kicks. It has recorded a kicking efficiency of 65.4% and 22.4 clanger kicks per game this season.
11:39
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
14:53
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
18:02
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
18:12
Tom McCartin has won a quarter-high three intercept possessions, with his last launching that goal to Isaac Heeney. McCartin has won 120 intercepts this season, launching 10 Sydney goals.
19:24
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
21:11
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
23:14
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
23:24
The Swans have booted four goals from their last five inside 50s.
24:56
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
26:44
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
27:31
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Chad Warner)
27:41
The Kangaroos' pressure has fallen away in the third term, allowing the Swans to boot four goals from 14 defensive half chains. The Swans kicked three goals from 31 defensive half chains to half-time.
30:09
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
31:20
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)
31:22
The Swans dominated from the 13-minute mark of the third term, scoring 5.3 (33) to 0.2 (2). North Melbourne applied a pressure factor of just 135 during this period.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:51
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
02:01
Nick Larkey has kicked six goals - an equal season-high, with four of these coming via a free kick.
02:58
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Chad Warner)
03:08
Chad Warner has recorded seven kicks in the second half, scoring 3.2 (20) from these.
04:47
Tom Hickey has won nine hitouts-to-advantage as well as eight clearances - both game-highs.
08:17
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
09:21
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
09:31
Sydney has scored 1.1 (7) from six kick-ins, while the Kangaroos have failed to record a score from their 14 kick-ins.
11:32
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Nick Larkey)
12:43
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Callum Mills)
13:00
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
14:11
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
14:21
With that goal to Logan McDonald, the Swans have scored 5.4 (34) from centre clearances, including two goals this quarter, and they have now outscored the Kangaroos by nine points from this source.
16:20
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Dylan Stephens)
20:03
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
22:13
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Cameron Zurhaar)
22:23
The Kangaroos have booted four fourth-quarter goals, all from stoppages. They have scored 9.1 (55) from this source for the game - a season-high for the club.
24:28
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
26:52
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
28:09
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
29:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Curtis Taylor)
29:32
North Melbourne has grabbed 12 marks inside 50, scoring 6.0 (36) from this shot source. The Kangaroos have taken just 8.1 marks inside per game this season - the fewest of any side.
31:00
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Luke Davies-Uniacke)
34:02
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Todd Goldstein)
34:05
The Swans record a wire-to-wire victory, winning all key metrics. They beat the Kangaroos to the ball, winning 12 more contested possessions (149-137), used it better by foot, recording 12 more effective kicks (140-128), and disrupted the Kangaroos' offence, applying 21 more tackles (81-60).