Match

Geelong Cats vs West Coast Eagles

Commentary / 16 Apr 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Geelong has won five of their last six matches against West Coast by an average margin of 56 points per game.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:27
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Greg Clark)
02:16
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
02:27
Jake Waterman boots the first goal of the game, with the goal coming from a turnover. This year, the Eagles have averaged 14 fewer points from turnover against their opposition, ranked No.15.
06:17
West Coast has been crafty coming out of stoppages, having four of the first six clearances, with three of them being effective.
07:35
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Noah Long)
09:26
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
09:37
The Eagles are owning the territory game, having eight of the first nine inside 50s, four scoring shots for a score of 2.2 (14) and have had the ball in their forward half for 82% of the game,
11:25
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
12:34
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
13:33
Patrick Dangerfield gets Geelong's first mark inside 50 for the match. This year, Geelong have found a mark inside 50 25.4% of the time, ranked No.1 across the season.
15:17
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
16:40
Geelong finds their first goal through Tom Hawkins, coming from an attacking midfield intercept. They have found a score from intercepts in this zone 31.1% of the time this season, ranked No.5.
18:48
Eagles Interchange - Reuben Ginbey off due to an injury.
20:07
After conceding eight of the first nine inside 50s for the quarter, Geelong has responded with eight of the last nine inside 50s, retaining the ball 88% of the time.
22:43
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
24:40
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
26:53
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
27:18
Tom Hawkins kicks a goal from a set shot to stretch the lead out to 11 points, the biggest margin for the game. All of their goals so far have come from set shots. Last season, Geelong ranked last for set shot accuracy, only scoring 58.3% of the time.
29:57
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
30:52
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
30:56
Geelong leads at the first break by 18 points. Esava Ratugolea has six intercept marks (his previous career-high in a game was four), which is the most any player this season has had in a quarter.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:27
Tom Hawkins kicks his third for the game and the first for the second quarter, with the goal coming from a stoppage. Currently, the Cats have scored 3.2 (20) from stoppages. The Eagles have not registered a goal from this source yet.
05:00
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
06:35
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
08:14
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
08:30
Jeremy Cameron registers another goal from stoppage for the Cats. They have 32 points from this source today and they rank No.3 for scores from stoppage differential this season, averaging five more points than their opponents.
10:30
10 goals in a row for the Cats with Jeremy Cameron kicking his third for the game. The last time West Coast scored a goal was ten minutes into the first quarter.
12:38
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
14:09
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mark Blicavs)
14:55
The Eagles have been unable to get clean hands on the ball in this quarter. They have had 38 fewer disposals, nine fewer inside 50s and are disposing of the ball effectively 11% less than Geelong.
16:09
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
18:08
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
19:49
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
21:00
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
21:55
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Xavier O'Neill)
24:54
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
25:35
Oliver Henry bags his second goal for the game, it being Geelong's twelfth goal in a row. Over the last five years, the Eagles have conceded 12.2 goals on average at Adelaide Oval, which is the fifth worst across the competition.
27:01
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Reuben Ginbey)
28:14
Reuben Ginbey kicks his first career goal as well as stopping a 12 goal spree from the Cats. This is West Coast's first goal since 10 minutes into the first quarter.
28:54
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
31:15
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mark Blicavs)
36:12
Jamaine Jones has been a shining light for the Eagles, having team-highs with 18 disposals (the most in a half for his career), contested possessions (7), clearances (4), intercept possessions (5) and inside 50s (6).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:14
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
04:45
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
06:34
Mark Blicavs has been dominant against Bailey J. Williams in the ruck, winning the hit-outs by 12 and hit-outs-to-advantage by four. The Cats have had more clearances by seven and a score of 20 points to none when the two have been opposition ruckmen.
08:11
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Isaac Smith)
10:17
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
11:57
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
12:40
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
14:05
Geelong has scored 3.0 (18) from defensive midfield stoppages for the game and ranks No.2 for points differential from this source for the year. The Eagles are yet to record a score from this source.
16:05
Oscar Allen kicks his second for the game and the Eagles' second in a row. All of his scores today have come from set shots (2.1 (13)).
17:26
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
19:04
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
21:25
Jack Darling and Oscar Allen have been targeted inside 50 a combined total of three times this quarter for a return of 3.0 (18).
21:28
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Petruccelle)
23:24
Despite having the ball in their forward half for 42% of the first half, the Eagles have been able to lock it in their forward half for 58% of this quarter and have scored five goals in a row.
23:31
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
28:15
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
28:44
Jeremy Cameron has an equal game-high 10 score involvements. He ranks second for score involvements across the league, averaging 10.8 (only Rory Laird has more with 11.8).
29:41
Cats Interchange - Tom Atkins off due to an injury.
32:14
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
34:29
The Cats have their margin brought down to 59 points at 3QT. Geelong’s substitute Brandon Parfitt was activated at half time but has already had nine disposals (equal-most for the quarter), four tackles (second most in the quarter) and a score assist.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:44
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
02:43
Both teams have been moving the ball with pace, with the Eagles playing on from 39% of marks and the Cats playing on 25% of the time. The competition average for mark-play-on percentage is 24.5%.
03:37
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Sam Petrevski-Seton)
05:20
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
06:18
Jake Waterman equals his career-best goals tally of four goals. Six of his seven marks have been in the forward half and he has also had an equal game-high 10 score involvements.
06:52
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jai Culley)
09:29
West Coast has had 12 more contested possessions and four more clearances this quarter compared to the Cats, a big improvement from having 20 fewer in each stat respectively for the first three quarters.
12:31
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
17:38
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
18:16
Tim Kelly's pressure has been red hot. He has 11 tackles from 12 attempts and has the most pressure points for the game with 68.
18:51
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jayden Hunt)
20:55
Geelong has been most damaging from their defensive midfield zone, scoring 6.0 (36) from this zone. In comparison, West Coast has only scored 2.3 (5) from this zone.
23:51
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Max Holmes)
24:36
Max Holmes is having a stellar fourth quarter. He has quarter-highs for disposals with eight and metres gained with 268 and also has two clearances, contested possessions and score involvements, chipping in with a goal also.
26:22
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
27:53
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Oliver Henry)
30:21
Cats Interchange - Rhys Stanley off due to an injury.
30:23
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Oliver Henry)
31:22
West Coast fought hard in the second half, but Geelong was too strong in the end. The Cats recorded 78 points from stoppages, the most of any team in the league. Strong performances from Tom Hawkins, Jeremy Cameron, Brad Close, Jake Waterman and Oscar Allen who all scored four goals.