Match

GWS Giants vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 04 Aug 2023

Pre Game

00:00
The Swans have a 2-6 win-loss record against top-eight teams – with their wins coming against the Blues in Round 11 and Bulldogs in Round 18.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:38
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Daniel Lloyd)
02:45
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
02:59
The Giants have recorded the first two scores of the game and have generated the first five inside 50s. THe Giants have not been strong starters recently, having lost four of their last five first quarters.
05:03
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Joel Amartey)
05:22
Joel Amartey has scored Sydney's first goal of the game from their first inside 50. Amartey enjoyed a career-best performance last week against the Bombers. He scored a personal best four goals, whilst also setting career-highs for score involvements (eight) and marks inside 50 (six).
07:14
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Joel Amartey)
08:37
Sydney has sent the ball inside 50 twice with both of these entries resulting in a goal to Joel Amartey. The Swans have been an efficient team with their inside 50s this season, scoring a goal from 24.2% of their entries (ranked fourth).
11:17
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
12:35
Sydney's kicking has been significantly more accurate and precise than the Giants' to start this match. The Swans have recorded a kicking efficiency of 82%, compared the the Giants' 50%.
13:18
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
20:23
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Bedford)
20:38
The Giants have played a strong forward-half game, winning 10 forward-half intercepts this term. Their entire score tonight has been sourced from forward-half intercepts. The Giants have only once this season won more than 10 forward-half intercepts in a quarter.
22:31
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callum M. Brown)
24:11
Swans Interchange - Nick Blakey off due to an injury.
24:38
The Swans have scored three goals from defensive 50 launches tonight. Defensive 50 scoring has not been a strength of the Swans this season, averaging 12.6 points per game from this zone - ranked 14th.
24:56
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
28:11
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
29:04
It continues to be a turnover game, with all 50 points scored tonight originating from this source. The Swans and the Giants rank fifth and eighth respectively for scoring from intercepts this season.
29:59
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
31:30
The Giants won 15 forward-half intercept possessions in the opening term compared to two for the Swans in their respective forward half. Only once has a team this season won more forward-half intercepts in a single quarter, with Collingwood winning 16 in the third quarter of their Round 5 clash against St Kilda.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:40
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jesse Hogan)
02:59
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
03:41
Sydney has been a strong second quarter team in 2023. They have won 14 of these terms which is the equal-most with Carlton. They have won their last six second quarters, outscoring their opposition by 87 points in this time.
06:06
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Bedford)
06:17
The Giants now lead inside 50s 25 to 11 after generating the first four for the quarter. Sydney lost the inside 50 count by 22 in their win last round against Essendon – their worst differential of the season.
06:43
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
08:04
In their last five matches, the Swans have scored a combined 0.2(2) sourced from kick-ins. Tonight they have already scored two goals from this source - their best result since Round 4.
08:25
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brent Daniels)
11:01
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Sam Wicks)
12:58
The Swans continue to transition the ball strongly from their defensive 50, scoring their sixth goal launched from this zone. This is already their highest-scoring game from defensive 50 launches this season, and their best overall since Round 9, 2022 v Essendon.
13:45
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Nick Haynes)
17:09
The Giants have pressured relentlessly tonight, leading the pressure factor 191 to 173 and laying 10 more tackles than the Swans. Since Round 17, the Giants have recorded a pressure factor of 192 – ranked No.1.
19:06
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
20:04
Sydney has been incredibly efficient in converting their inside 50s into scoring opportunities. They have scored nine goals from their 17 inside 50s at a conversion of 53%. The highest goals per inside 50 recorded by any team this season is 41.5% (Adelaide in Round 13 vs West Coast).
21:44
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
22:42
Isaac Heeney has had two disposals for the quarter - both resulting in goals for the Swans. Heeney has had 41 tackle attempts inside 50 this season – ranked seventh in the competition – applying 27 effective tackles which rank eighth overall.
24:50
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
27:03
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
28:05
Sydney has now scored 11 goals straight nearing half-time. The Swans have never finished a half of football scoring 10 or more goals without scoring a behind.
32:12
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Lachie Ash)
32:16
The Swans have recorded their most accurate half of football in their history, including their South Melbourne era. 10 of their 11 goals scored have been launched from their defensive half, whilst the Giants are yet to score a goal from their respective defensive half.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:59
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
04:35
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Callum Mills)
05:08
The Giants won 26 forward-half intercepts in the first half – the most by any team in a half this season. Sydney, who only won four intercepts in their forward half in the first half, has already won four in the first five minutes of the third quarter.
05:51
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Jake Riccardi)
07:15
Jake Ricciardi has scored his first goal of the game which was also the first goal from the defensive half for the Giants. Since Round 10, Riccardi has taken 25 marks inside 50 – seven more than any other Giant – also ranking second for total scoreboard impact.
11:01
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
11:22
Tom Green has made an influential return to the midfield for the Giants, collecting a game-high 22 disposals. He has also won 13 contested possessions - seven more than any other Giant. Green is averaging a career-best 31.1 disposals per game this season.
11:36
Giants Interchange - Toby Greene off due to the blood rule.
13:32
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Nick Haynes)
15:00
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Oliver Florent)
16:04
Sydney has conceded a goal from 18.5% of its opponents inside 50s this season – ranked No.1 defensively. They have continued this stingy trend tonight, allowing the Giants to only score a goal from 17% of their inside 50s.
16:16
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callum M. Brown)
19:44
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
20:05
Tom Papley's increase in midfield time has continued tonight, attending 15 centre bounces - the second-most of any Swan midfielder. Papley attended a career-high 19 centre bounces last round – finishing with 19 disposals, three centre clearances, two goals, and eight score involvements.
22:54
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
23:08
Toby Greene has scored his second goal of the game to take his season tally to 51 - the first time in his career he has booted at least 50 goals in a season. After booting seven goals in his previous game against the Bulldogs, Greene finished with a game-high five goals and an equal game-high 10 score involvements.
25:34
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
27:28
Despite having only been targeted inside 50 twice, Hayden McLean has provided the Swans with an important contribution in the forward line with an equal career-high four goals. McLean had only scored three career goals in his four matches against the Giants coming into tonight’s clash.
32:10
After only scoring one goal in the first half from stoppages, the Giants scored two goals from this source in the third quarter. They led clearances for the quarter 14 to seven, including winning seven of the last eight for the term.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:04
GWS Giants’ win over the Bulldogs was their seventh in a row – a new club record. They have won five games when trailing at three-quarter time – the equal-most by any team with Collingwood.
03:32
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Brent Daniels)
06:26
Stephen Coniglio has an equal career-high 10 inside 50s tonight. The only other time he has achieved this feat was in the Giants' opening game of the 2018 season against the Bulldogs.
07:39
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
09:36
Sam Taylor averages 12 intercept possessions per game since Round 14 – ranked No. 1 in the AFL in this time. The Swans have done well to nullify his influence on the game, restricting Taylor to five intercept possessions and one intercept mark for the game.
10:54
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Toby Greene)
12:10
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
12:14
Swans Interchange - Jake Lloyd off due to an injury.
13:41
For the second game in a row, the Swans have trailed in the time in forward half, The Swans lost the time in forward half differential by 16 minutes and 57 seconds last week – ranked 17th and its second-worst result this year. They trail by 10 minutes tonight, but have still scored four more goals than the Giants.
14:59
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Dylan Stephens)
16:48
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
18:06
The Swans are controlling territory in this final term, generating the last seven inside 50s. This is comfortably Sydney's best territory period for the match, having not generated more than four consecutive inside 50s at any stage tonight before now.
19:57
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Callan Ward)
20:41
Callan Ward has scored an important goal for the Giants to reduce the margin to two goals. Ward has been influential tonight, amassing 25 disposals and attending 16 centre bounces. Ward kept Marcus Bontempelli to just eight disposals from the second term onwards after the Bulldogs skipper had 13 disposals in the first term.
21:31
SCORE GOAL - Giants (Toby Greene)
23:49
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Sam Wicks)
27:06
Sydney's pressure has seen a significant improvement since halftime. The Swans recorded a pressure factor of 174 in the first half, but have increased this to 205 since then. Errol Gulden has applied the most pressure acts for the Swans tonight with 24 and has also laid a team-high seven tackles.
28:18
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Chad Warner)
31:29
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Josh Kelly)
34:52
SCORE BEHIND - Giants (Rushed)
35:43
A season-high 7.0 (42) scored from defensive 50 launches in the opening half was the highlight for the Swans as they end the seven-game winning streak for the Giants. The Swans ended up outscoring the Giants by 51 points from defensive half chains.