Match

Brisbane Lions vs Collingwood

Commentary / 06 Apr 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Collingwood leads the AFL in winning 42.1 percent of its offensive one-on-one contests this season.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:09
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
01:10
Taylor Adams kicks the first goal of the game. The Collingwood small has kicked four majors in four games this season.
01:35
Lions Interchange - Brandon Starcevich off due to an injury.
02:19
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lincoln McCarthy)
03:18
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lachie Neale)
04:43
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
05:00
Collingwood is controlling the time in possession, 58 percent to 23.
08:03
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ash Johnson)
10:02
Collingwood has won the contested possession count in each of its three games so far this season, with a total differential of plus-84. They again lead this measure in the early going tonight, 17 to 11.
10:35
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
11:44
Brisbane has recorded five of the last six inside 50s, including three alone to Keidean Coleman.
16:15
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
16:16
After kicking just one goal across 2023's opening three weeks, Brisbane's Cam Rayner is enjoying his return to the forward line, kicking two majors in the first term tonight.
18:25
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
19:38
The Lions have won the opening five centre bounce clearances of the game. However, they have kicked just a single behind from this source.
22:24
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
22:25
Collingwood has outscored its opponents by 3.7 points per game from throw-ins this season, the best in the AFL. Two of the Magpies' opening three goals tonight have come from this source.
24:51
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
27:01
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
28:15
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
30:23
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
32:25
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
32:26
In an opening quarter that ebbed and flowed, Collingwood kicks the last three goals of the term to take a 13-point lead into the first break.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:55
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Ash Johnson)
03:40
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Darcy Wilmot)
03:41
Brisbane has the superior kicking efficiency for the early stages of the second term, 88 percent to 50.
07:39
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
07:40
All five Brisbane goals have been the end result of a disposal chain that began with a Collingwood turnover.
12:37
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
13:18
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jarrod Berry)
13:19
Despite leading on the scoreboard, the ball has been in the Lions' forward half of the ground for just 42 percent of the game.
16:03
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Zac Bailey)
17:00
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
19:56
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Jaxon Prior)
20:00
For the second quarter, Brisbane has recorded a very efficient five goals from eight inside 50s, compared to zero goals from ten entries for the Magpies.
23:48
After an equal-high ten disposals in the first term, Collingwood's Nick Daicos has been restricted to just the one for the second quarter.
25:06
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Dayne Zorko)
25:23
Magpies Interchange - Billy Frampton off due to an injury.
27:01
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
27:23
Entering tonight's game, Brisbane had lost the forward 50 groundballs by 11.3 per game in 2023, the worst differential in the league. They are winning this measure tonight nine to four, with eight coming in the second quarter.
29:39
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
33:06
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
33:07
Brisbane outscores Collingwood 6.2 to 0.3 in the second quarter to turn a 13-point quarter-time deficit into a 22-point halftime lead. The key for the Lions has been the ability to convert 25 inside 50 entries into nine goals (36.0 percent), compared to five goals from 29 entries for Collingwood (17.2 percent).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:01
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
01:02
Brisbane has kicked 6.2 from set shots, a superior conversion rate to Collingwood's 3.3 from set shots.
03:01
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
03:56
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
05:08
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
05:09
Six of Brisbane's 11 goals have been launched from the defensive half of the ground.
06:35
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
08:04
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
10:09
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)
11:02
Before tonight, Brisbane had been outscored by eight points per game from clearances, ranked 17th in 2023 and down from fourth last season. For this game, they are winning this measure by 13 points, 4.4 (28) to 2.3 (15).
11:34
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
12:55
Brisbane is controlling the third-quarter contested possession count, 15 to nine.
14:10
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
14:11
With his fourth goal tonight, Brisbane's Cam Rayner matches his career-high, kicked for just the second time in 91 AFL games.
15:34
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
17:22
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
20:47
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Oleg Markov)
22:15
Of the 16 free kicks that Collingwood has conceded, the most common indiscretions have been for high contact, and for holding the man, each on five occasions.
24:51
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
25:00
Collingwood kicks two consecutive goals (both to Brody Mihocek) after conceding the previous ten.
26:54
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
28:23
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
29:25
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
33:24
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
33:25
Brisbane is one of just two teams in the competition not to win a last quarter this season. So, despite trailing by 30 points at the final change, the Magpies will give themselves a chance, where they hold a plus-43 differential in fourth quarters across 2023's first three games.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:34
Early in the final term the only player to have recorded 100 percent game time is Collingwood key forward Brody Mihocek.
02:10
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
03:22
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
03:23
Including kicking 1.2 himself, Nick Daicos has contributed a game-high ten score involvements for the Mapgies.
05:27
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
06:20
The final-quarter pressure factor for both sides is in the upper echelon, with Collingwood registering 213, and the Lions 196.
06:49
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Steele Sidebottom)
08:50
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
10:55
The Lions have kicked eight of their 16 goals (50 percent) from beyond 30 metres. In contrast, just two of Collingwood's nine majors (22.2 percent) half been kicked from more than 30 metres from goal.
12:06
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
14:05
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
15:54
Brisbane's Harris Andrews does the little things to help his team. His tally of eight one percenters is the equal most of any player on the ground (with Collingwood's Darcy Moore).
17:48
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
19:41
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
19:42
Collingwood's entire final-quarter score (2.1) has been sourced from centre bounce clearances.
22:33
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
23:58
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
25:14
Brisbane's kick-to-handball ratio across the first three quarters was 1.53. For the final term, this figure is 2.39, suggesting a greater focus on ball movement by foot in the latter stages of the game.
26:08
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Jarrod Berry)
27:25
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (John Noble)
29:07
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
30:32
The siren has sounded to end Q4.
30:33
Brisbane defeats the previously unbeaten Collingwood courtesy of a dominant second quarter, where it outscored the Magpies 6.2 to 0.3. Leading the way for the Lions was Charlie Cameron, contributing 14 disposals at 79 percent efficiency, six marks, four tackles, and an equal career-best six goals.