Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Collingwood

Commentary / 29 Jun 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Gold Coast have scored over 51 per cent of their scores since Round 10 from shots at goal in general play, one of three sides to reach this threshold in their last five matches.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:02
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
04:13
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
06:17
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
06:34
The ability to convert in attack is the difference early in this match. Three scores from five inside 50's for Collingwood to zero scores from four inside 50 for the Suns. The Suns have scored from 46 per cent of their inside 50 entries since Round 10, the fourth-highest conversion rate of any side in their last five matches.
07:53
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
11:13
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Nick Holman)
12:47
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
13:31
Collingwood are yet to win a hitout from seven ruck contests, however they lead the clearance count 6-1 as a result of leading the pre-clearance contested possession count 8-3.
16:06
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
16:57
Two kicks for two goals for Jamie Elliott. Both goals have been launched from the Magpies defensive half. The Magpies have outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points per game from their back half in 2023, ranked third in the AFL from this zone.
18:58
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
22:22
Collingwood just won their first free kick of the match, after the Suns won the first four of the match. The Magpies rank equal third since Round 8 for free kick differential, winning 22 more free kicks than they've conceded. The Suns rank 17th in this regard, conceding 26 more frees than they've won in their last seven matches.
26:00
Two drastically different game styles being used in this match so far. The Gold Coast Suns have recorded over three kicks for every handball they have recorded, compared to just 1.36 kicks per handball for Collingwood. The Magpies, by comparison, have recorded 40 handball-receives to just 11 for the Suns.
30:14
Gold Coast have won the contested possession count by a league-high average of eight per game in 2023. After one quarter of today's match, they are down 34-41 in this category. This is primarily off the back of the Magpies winning the groundball-get count 29-20 in the first term.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:29
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Mason Cox)
04:49
Mason Cox gets the first goal of the second term for Collingwood, and their first goal from a set shot in today's match. The Magpies have outscored their opponents by an average of 13 points per game from set shots since Round 10, the third-highest margin of any side from this shot type.
07:42
Suns Interchange - Jarrod Witts off due to the blood rule.
08:10
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
08:41
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
11:45
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Billy Frampton)
13:00
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
14:50
Eight goals to none to start this match and it looks like this might be the Suns ninth loss in their last 10 starts against the Magpies unless something dramatically shifts. One in every four Suns disposals this term has resulted in a turnover, compared to just under one in every six Magpies disposals being turned over.
17:49
The Suns are finally on the board through Hewago Oea. Remarkably, this gives the Suns the lead in scores from clearances 1.1 (7) to 1.0 (6). Gold Coast has outscored its opponents by 27.4 points per game from clearances in each of its last four games at home.
19:18
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
19:31
Nick Daicos has as many clearances (three) and goals (one) as the entire Suns team combined in the second quarter.
20:33
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
23:21
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
24:53
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Mason Cox)
27:14
Both teams tackling efficiency in today's match are below the league average. Gold Coast (60 per cent tackling efficiency) are slightly ahead of their opponents (58 per cent) in this regard. The league average is 64.6 per cent, with North Melbourne ranked last at 60.4 per cent.
28:33
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
31:18
Gold Coast outmarked the Magpies 56-46 in the first half, but lost this count inside 50 2-8. Since Round 8, the Magpies average 13 marks inside 50 per game, ranked fourth in the AFL in this span.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:06
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
02:12
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
03:08
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (John Noble)
05:34
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Oleg Markov)
07:27
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Billy Frampton)
07:35
Collingwood continue their march on with three quick goals to start the second half. All three goals this term have been scored from the corridor. The Magpies average 9.5 goals per game from directly in front in 2023, ranked 10th in the AFL.
12:22
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
13:15
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
15:37
Collingwood's pressure factor is through the roof to start the third term, recording a rating of 231. If this pressure rating stands at the end of this term, it would be just the seventh quarter by any side in 2023 with a pressure factor over 230, and Collingwood's best quarter for the year by almost 20 rating points.
16:23
Harvey Harrison has replaced Jeremy Howe as the tactical substitute.
17:21
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
19:08
After recording just one inside 50 in the first 16 minutes of the third term, the Suns get two goals from two inside 50's in a row both through Ben Ainsworth. Ainsworth's second goal was the Suns first from a centre bounce clearance for the match.
20:27
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Brayden Fiorini)
23:55
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
25:49
Despite losing the contested possession count 27-35 and inside 50 count 7-15 for the term, the Suns have been able to stem the Magpies dominance from the first half by leading the clearances 13-7 this quarter, after losing this count in both the first and second quarters. Additionally, they have outscored the Magpies from this source 14-8 for the quarter.
26:23
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Matt Rowell)
28:39
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Matt Rowell)
29:07
Matthew Rowell kicks back-to-back goals to make today's match the first time in his last 50 games that he has kicked multiple goals in a match, a feat he has not recorded since his debut season prior to his shoulder injury in his fifth match.
32:11
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Noah Anderson)
32:14
After losing the first two quarters by an average of 31 points, the Suns win the third by five points to inject some respectability to the scoreline. The Suns have now outscored the Magpies 15-9 from forward 50 possession chains.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:52
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
05:12
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
06:21
The Suns kicking to start the final term isn't inspiring to this point, with just three of their 10 kicks recorded as effective. By comparison, only three of Collingwood's 18 kicks this term have not been effective.
08:16
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
09:22
Gold Coast are playing in front of their largest home crowd in Queensland since 2014, although a large portion of the crowd are travelling Magpies fans.
11:23
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
13:13
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Ben King)
14:01
Magpies Interchange - Brayden Maynard and is possibly out for the game.
15:41
Magpies Interchange - Beau McCreery and is possibly out for the game.
15:43
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Sam Flanders)
17:24
The Magpies have recorded a scoring accuracy of 60.2 per cent in 2023 from snap shots at goal, the second-highest accuracy of any side from this shot type. Both of their goals in the final term have been scored from snapped shots.
18:54
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
20:49
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Malcolm Rosas)
23:25
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
24:38
That goal to Taylor Adams is the Magpies ninth launched from the midfield zone between the 50 metre arc's. By comparison, the Suns have launched just one of their goals from this zone.
26:07
Collingwood have generated 30 inside 50's from 70 defensive half possession chains, going at 42.8 per cent conversion for the match. The Magpies have launched an inside 50 from 32.5 per cent of their defensive half chains for the season, the highest conversion rate of any side in 2023.
27:15
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Bailey Humphrey)
27:40
The Magpies controlled the game from start to finish, set up by an 11 goal to one first half. Collingwood won most of the important statistical counts but it was their defence that was remarkable in today's match, conceding just five goals from 20 shots at goal and turning 75 intercept possessions into 11 goals.