Match

Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 20 May 2023

Pre Game

00:00
The Bulldogs have won five of their last six games at Mars Stadium – with their only defeat coming against Adelaide by one point in Round 6 last season.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
04:17
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Gollant)
04:35
Lachlan Gollant boots the first goal of the game, with the goal coming from a turnover. Adelaide has scored from 20.3% of their possession gains this season - ranked sixth in the league.
07:06
The Crows have been on top in the forward half game to start, having four of the first five inside 50s as well as having seven more disposals in their forward half compared to the Bulldogs.
08:27
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
08:59
Crows Interchange - Jordon Butts off due to an injury.
09:23
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Smith)
10:52
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Ryan Gardner)
11:00
After allowing four of the first five inside 50s, the Bulldogs have responded well by having the last five inside 50s, as well as scoring their first goal through Ryan Gardner launched from their attacking midfield. The Bulldogs have scored 38% of their goals from this zone this season, the most of any team in the AFL.
13:46
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
14:20
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Anthony Scott)
16:48
Bulldogs Interchange - Arthur Jones off due to an injury.
17:56
All three of the Western Bulldogs' chains from centre bounce have resulted in inside 50s. Adelaide has had one chain from this zone which did not result in an inside 50 entry.
17:58
Crows Interchange - Mitchell Hinge and is possibly out for the game.
19:19
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
21:31
All three of the Bulldogs' goals have come from forward half intercepts. They score 29.6 points from this source on average - ranked sixth.
22:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)
25:19
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Williams)
25:41
Four goals in a row for the Bulldogs. A huge part of their dominance in this game has been their pressure, registering a pressure factor of 208 - the league average for pressure factor is 179.
26:42
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Izak Rankine)
27:34
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Oskar Baker)
27:55
Crows Interchange - Reilly O'Brien off due to the blood rule.
30:05
Bulldogs Interchange - Arthur Jones off due to an injury.
32:06
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
32:49
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
33:42
A positive for the Crows is that they have had four more clearances than the Bulldogs, but have only managed to score one point from stoppages.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:25
Bailey Smith has been on fire today, collecting 16 disposals, with 12 of those being in the forward half. He has been involved in four of his team's scores and is leading the metres gained metric being the only player with more than 300 metres gained.
04:18
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
05:48
The Western Bulldogs have had 10 more inside 50s in this game now, with Bailey Williams having the equal most kicks inside 50 of four, with 75% of those being retained as well as having seven points result from his inside 50 kicks.
07:13
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Arthur Jones)
08:26
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
09:41
When going inside 50, the Bulldogs have had an even spread of targets, with Aaron Naughton, Arthur Jones and Anthony Scott all being targeted three times for a combined return of 2.2 (14). In contrast, Darcy Fogarty has been the only Crows player targeted inside 50 today (targeted six times) for a return of one point.
13:47
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
13:56
Izak Rankine scores the first goal of the second quarter, stopping a run of four goals from the Bulldogs, with the goal coming from a stoppage. They average 35.2 scores from clearance - ranked fifth.
14:48
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
15:49
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
18:17
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Caleb Daniel)
19:12
Although Adelaide is winning the hard ball gets by four, they are behind in winning loose balls 41-28 and have allowed the Bulldogs to move the ball freely by hand, having 71-28 handball receives.
21:19
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Williams)
21:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
22:42
A quick goal from a kick-in for the Crows to bring the margin back down to 19 points. Since Round 6, the Crows have scored from 12.8% of their kick-ins – ranked No.1.
26:16
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
28:58
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Oskar Baker)
29:03
Adelaide has only managed to score 22 points in the first half, their lowest score at half time this season.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:44
A relatively even matchup in the ruck today, with Reilly O'Brien slightly edging over Tim English, having five more hitouts, two more hitout-to-advantages and the Crows have had two more clearances when these two have been in the rucking contest. Neither team has score when they have been opposing ruckmen.
03:30
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Gollant)
06:39
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Anthony Scott)
07:24
The Bulldogs score their first goal from their defensive half for the day through Anthony Scott. They score 3.7 goals from their defensive half on average this season.
08:55
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Ed Richards)
09:48
Bulldogs Interchange - Jason Johannisen and is possibly out for the game.
11:23
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Williams)
12:16
Adelaide leads the pre-clearance contested possessions narrowly by two, although they have been unable to win the ball when it has left the stoppage - they have had 12 fewer post-clearance contested possessions to this point.
13:08
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Rory Lobb)
14:59
Bulldogs Interchange - Marcus Bontempelli off due to an injury.
17:00
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
19:03
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
20:49
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jack Macrae)
21:25
Jack Macrae extends the lead out to 42 points. The Bulldogs have scored from 63% of their inside 50s, in comparison to the Crows' 33%, as well as being able to retain the ball 50% of the time - well above their average for the season of 42.5%.
26:09
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Arthur Jones)
26:39
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Anthony Scott)
27:05
Bailey Dale is having a delightful quarter, having quarter highs in disposals with 11 (73% efficiency), three intercept possessions and over 200 metres gained. A big reason for the Bulldogs' dominance and smooth ball movement.
31:16
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
32:29
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
33:34
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Chayce Jones)
34:04
The Western Bulldogs continue to be on top in this contest, with a supreme third-quarter performance. They had 30 more disposals, 11 more contested possessions and four more clearances, as well as being able to register a disposal efficiency that was 15% better than Adelaide's. Despite this dominance, they were still shakey in front of the goal, scoring 4.6 (30).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:46
The Bulldogs have been most damaging from their forward. They have scored 5.6 (36) from forward 50 chains. In comparison, Adelaide has only managed 1.1 (7) from their forward 50 chains.
08:53
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
09:40
Despite the Bulldogs having double the amount of repeat inside 50s compared to the Crows 16-8, they have only managed 1.7 (13) in comparison to the Crows' 1.1 (7).
11:52
Bailey Smith has had the most inside 50 kicks with five, although they have only been retained 40% of the time and he has not found a mark inside 50 today. For the year, he has only found a mark inside 50 3% of the time - ranked equal last out of the top 50 players with the most kicks inside 50.
13:01
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
14:33
Bulldogs Interchange - Tim English off due to an injury.
15:12
Three of Wayne Milera's seven turnovers have been punished by an opposition score - the most of anyone today.
15:34
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
17:40
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
22:07
The Bulldogs have scored 3.2 (20) from ball-up stoppages. In contrast, the Crow have only scored one point.
22:58
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
23:48
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jack Macrae)
27:05
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Gollant)
29:14
It was evident that the Crows were missing their most targeted player inside 50 for the year, Taylor Walker. Darcy Fogarty was targeted nine times (five more than the next most targeted player for Adelaide) for a return of one point.