Match

Adelaide Crows vs St Kilda

Commentary / 14 May 2023

Pre Game

00:00
After losing 10 games in a row against Adelaide from 2012-2019, St Kilda has won two of the last three games with both of these wins coming at the Adelaide Oval.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:42
There have been a number of around-the-ground stoppages to start this game. Adelaide has had the third most such stoppages in its games this season, after having the most stoppages in its games last season.
04:07
Adelaide has generated the first three inside 50 entries of the game but failed to score from these opportunities. St Kilda is ranked No.1 defensively at preventing opposition scores per inside 50 entry.
05:34
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Mattaes Phillipou)
05:44
The first score of the game to St Kilda followed its first forward half intercept. The Saints average 27.8 points per game from this source, but have scored from only 29 percent of such intercepts (ranked 16th).
07:51
Crows Interchange - Riley Thilthorpe off due to an injury.
08:57
After failing to score from their first two shots at goal, Adelaide has kicked the first goal of the game through the mercurial Izak Rankine. The goal was sourced from a forward half intercept and the Crows have scored 32 points from this source in each of their last two games.
11:19
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
12:11
A second goal for the Crows from a forward half intercept following some good defensive pressure. Adelaide has an early 9-4 lead in tackles including 5-1 in the forward half.
14:36
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
14:48
St Kilda has outscored its opposition by an average of 10.1 points in the opening quarter this season (ranked No.1) but has conceded the first three goals to the Crows today with all three goals following turnovers.
17:22
Patrick Parnell had taken only one intercept mark in his career before today but has registered a mark-of-the-year contender with an intercept mark in this match.
18:06
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
19:05
St Kilda leads 10-6 in first possession wins at stoppages, but trails 6-8 in clearances with the last goal for Adelaide coming from this source.
20:17
The first goal for the Saints followed an intercept in the defensive half. St Kilda averages 27.1 points per game from this source (ranked third).
21:30
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Luke Pedlar)
21:58
Adelaide has an early 3-2 lead in centre bounce clearances, with its last goal coming from this source. This is only the second time in 2023 that St Kilda has conceded five goals in a quarter.
26:39
St Kilda is ranked No.1 in marks this season but trails 13-27 in this count today including 0-4 in contested marks.
26:40
Saints Interchange - Mattaes Phillipou off due to an injury.
28:43
Adelaide leads 29-19 in post-clearance contested possessions with this advantage in winning the ball in general play contributing to the scores from turnovers.
28:58
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
30:02
This is the biggest score against the Saints in any quarter this season. Adelaide has kicked six goals from just 14 inside 50 entries against the No.1 defensive team.
31:41
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
32:23
A powerful opening quarter from the Crows who retained possession from 73 percent of their inside 50 entries, while the Saints could only retain possession from 36 percent of their entries. This contributed to Adelaide leading 19-5 in forward 50 disposals.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:13
The Saints took only 13 marks in the opening quarter which is a season-low for them, having taken at least 18 marks in every other quarter this season.
00:44
This is the fourth game in a row at Adelaide Oval where the Crows have jumped their opposition, and they have led at quarter-time by at least 17 points in each of these games.
01:13
A great start to the second quarter for the Crows with another goal following a turnover. Adelaide leads 12-8 in midfield intercepts and 30-7 in points scored from this source.
02:33
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Anthony Caminiti)
04:15
The 44 points scored by the Crows is already the highest score St Kilda has conceded in the first half of a game this season.
05:50
Adelaide is regularly first to the fall of the ball and now leads 14-4 in crumbs and 39-24 in post-clearance contested possessions.
08:12
Brodie Smith has made a prominent start to the game, recording equal team-highs for both intercepts (4) and score involvements (4), while his 338 metres gained is a clear No.1.
08:54
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Tim Membrey)
10:40
The Crows are continuing to dominate in the air. Adelaide leads 6-0 in contested marks, 5-0 in marks on the lead, and 35-24 in uncontested marks.
12:05
Both of the goals to St Kilda have followed intercepts in the defensive half. Adelaide leads 25-2 in points scored from forward half chains.
13:32
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
13:54
Adelaide leads only 9-8 in forward half intercepts, but leads 24-2 in points scored from this source, with its efficiency in the forward half evident.
15:12
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
15:34
St Kilda leads the inside 50 count 8-4 this quarter and has had the ball in its forward half for 59 percent of this period. The last goal to Dan Butler followed a forward half intercept with the territorial advantage finally converted.
16:23
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Dan Butler)
17:29
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
18:54
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
19:09
Adelaide has kicked three goals from just five inside 50 entries this quarter following the last goal to Darcy Fogarty. The Crows have recorded a disposal efficiency of 63 percent in the forward 50, while the Saints have posted just 33 percent disposal efficiency in their forward 50.
24:28
Adelaide has scored from 13.8 percent of its rebound 50 chains this season, which is the highest percentage in the AFL. However, today only one of the 20 chains for the Crows starting in the defensive 50 has resulted in an inside 50 entry, and no scores have come from these chains.
25:25
St Kilda leads 9-2 in forward half intercepts this quarter and following the last goal to Mason Wood leads 15-6 in points scored from this source during this period.
29:08
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Ryan Byrnes)
29:34
St Kilda has won 10 of the last 13 contested possessions and generated five of the last six inside 50 entries in a period of control. The Saints have kicked the last two goals during this time of ascendancy.
32:19
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jake Soligo)
32:21
St Kilda had the better of the second term with a 15-7 inside 50 count and winning contested possession 45-37. However, the quarter was bookended with goals to the Crows in the opening and final minute leaving the Saints only winning the quarter by four points.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:51
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
02:09
The first score of the third quarter to the Crows followed a crumb by Lachlan Murphy. Adelaide now leads 19-10 in crumbs and is ranked second in this measure, behind only St Kilda who has won this count by eight per game.
03:25
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera)
04:42
St Kilda now leads 14-11 in forward half intercepts and its first score of this quarter came from this source. Adelaide still leads 24-17 in points scored from forward half intercepts.
05:33
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
06:50
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
06:58
Adelaide has scored from 48.2 percent of its inside 50 entries this season (ranked No.1). The Crows have generated 15 scores today from just 27 inside 50 entries against the No.1 ranked defence.
08:50
Another crumb for the Crows featured in the last goal to Izak Rankine and it was an intercept mark in the defensive 50 by Max Michalanney that launched this score. This was also the first score of the game to Adelaide to come from a defensive 50 chain.
11:01
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
11:13
St Kilda leads centre bounce clearances 10-5, but the last goal to Tim Membrey was the first score for the Saints today to come from this source.
13:35
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
14:03
The goal to Taylor Walker was launched by an intercept in the defensive midfield. Adelaide leads 15-10 in such intercepts and 25-6 in points scored from this source.
14:49
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
16:07
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Keays)
16:18
Adelaide now has a game-high 42-point lead following the last goal to Ben Keays which again was launched by an intercept in the defensive midfield. The Crows had only scored one goal in each of the last two weeks from this source, but have kicked five goals today from these chains.
19:10
Callum Wilkie is ranked No.1 in the AFL for total intercepts this season with 9.1 per game. Today, Wilkie has had just the four intercepts and has been the primary opponent for Taylor Walker.
19:54
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
20:50
Jack Higgins has taken three of the six forward 50 marks by St Kilda today, recorded a team-high six disposals in the forward 50 and his six score involvements includes two goals and one assist.
22:40
Saints Interchange - Tim Membrey and is possibly out for the game.
24:21
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
24:46
St Kilda leads 20-10 in hitouts to advantage with Rowan Marshall contributing a career-high 19 of these. These hitouts have helped St Kilda to a 40-28 lead in first-possession wins, but this has been converted into only a 31-27 lead in clearances.
25:33
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
26:35
Both teams have recorded 33 inside 50 entries, but the efficient Crows have a 41-point lead with 63 percent kicking efficiency in the forward half compared to 52 percent for the Saints.
26:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
27:54
Despite trailing 7-12 in centre bounce clearances, Adelaide leads 13-6 in points scored from this source following the last goal to Taylor Walker. The Crows are ranked in the bottom-4 for scoring differential from centre bounces in 2023.
30:14
The highest score that St Kilda had conceded in a game this season before today was 83 points in Round 7 against Port Adelaide.
32:38
Adelaide dominated the third quarter, controlling play with 40-21 marks and 35-18 handball receives. The Crows had ten shots at goal (including misses) from 15 inside 50 entries and have been able to pick through the highly-rated defence of the Saints.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:41
Wayne Milera has recorded team-highs today for intercepts (8) and disposals (25), with two of his intercepts launching scores.
01:15
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
02:16
Adelaide has kicked the opening goal in each quarter today, and Taylor Walker has now kicked a season-high five goals. His last goal came from a forward half stoppage and the Crows lead 21-6 in points scored from this source.
03:56
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Anthony Caminiti)
05:43
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Luke Pedlar)
06:05
Another goal to the Crows following a crumb in the forward 50, this time from Luke Pedlar. The Crows now lead 28-14 in crumbs and 7-1 for crumbs inside the forward 50 of Adelaide.
08:31
Adelaide has been out-tackled by 8.4 per game this season (ranked last). Despite recording more disposals today, the Crows also lead the tackle count 53-50.
09:37
Since Round 5, the Crows have lost the clearances from around-the-ground stoppages by 7.3 per game (ranked last). Adelaide leads this count 27-21 today and also leads 22-7 in points scored from these clearances.
10:20
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ned McHenry)
10:41
Adelaide has scored 8.2 from set shots at goal following the last accurate kick by Ned McHenry. This is now the highest score against St Kilda since Round 10, 2021.
12:20
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
13:50
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Anthony Caminiti)
15:01
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
15:26
Adelaide has now scored 14.1.85 from turnovers today compared to the return for St Kilda of 6.7.43. The Crows have had a remarkable 32 shots at goal today (including misses) from just 46 inside 50 entries. St Kilda has had 18 shots at goal from 43 entries.
19:12
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
19:36
Jack Higgins is the No.1 ranked Saint this season for score involvements and has today again been busy with a team-high seven score involvements including three goals.
21:45
Rowan Marshall (21 hitouts to advantage) is currently the No.1 player on the ground for ranking points. The next ten highest-ranked players are all Crows in an indication of the even team performance of Adelaide today.
26:26
St Kilda has actually edged Adelaide for forward 50 marks 13-12 and forward 50 tackles (also 13-12), but trails 20-34 in total shots at goal.
29:48
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mason Wood)
31:05
An impressive win for the Crows, who scored a remarkable 14.1.85 from turnovers. A number of goals for Adelaide featured crumbs (35-19), and it also outscored St Kilda 36-13 from stoppages.