Match

Adelaide Crows vs Sydney Swans

Commentary / 19 Aug 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Sydney is back inside the top-eight for the first time since Round 5 – averaging a competition-high 99 points since Round 18.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:56
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Hickey)
04:39
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
05:52
Sydney has scored their first goal of the game from their fifth inside 50. The Swans were able to win their match last round against the Suns by four goals despite generating two fewer inside 50s.
07:41
Sydney has enjoyed a ferocious start, applying 11 of the first 14 tackles of the game. The Swans average 65.5 tackles per game this season - ranked second.
11:07
Adelaide’s contested marking has been a feature of their game this season, averaging 12 of these marks per match – ranked second. They have already taken two of these marks tonight in slippery conditions.
11:35
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Riley Thilthorpe)
13:13
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Matt Crouch)
14:07
Matt Crouch has scored the first goal of the game for the Crows, converting a set shot 40 metres from goal. Since returning to the team in Round 19, Matt Crouch ranks inside the top-five in the AFL for disposals (29.5) and handball-receives (13.5) per game.
14:39
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
16:52
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Sam Wicks)
19:56
The Swans have taken the last four intercept marks, taking six of these marks overall for the quarter. This has not been a strength of the Swans this season, ranking last for intercept marks with an average of 13.8 per game.
20:45
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
21:27
Will Hayward has been influential in the first quarter, assisting on the first goal of the game and now scoring his first goal. Hayward has had the third-most scoring shots this season for the Swans, ranking fourth at the club for scoreboard impact.
22:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Laird)
24:10
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Braeden Campbell)
25:20
Three of Sydney's four goals tonight have been launched from their defensive half of the ground. 50% of their possessions chains starting in the defensive midfield has resulted in an inside 50 compared to 29% for the Crows.
26:01
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
29:35
The Swans have restricted the Crows to their equal-second lowest-scoring first quarter of the season. Their aerial intercept game was a standout, taking eight intercept marks for the quarter - their equal second-best result in any quarter this season.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:29
Adelaide has been a dangerous team when going inside their attacking 50 this season, averaging a score from 47.4% of their entries – the highest conversion of any team this season. The Swans have been the more efficient team tonight though, leading this stat 44% to 31%.
02:02
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
03:46
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
04:25
Isaac Heeney has scored the first two goals of the second quarter, making it the fifth consecutive game where he has scored multiple goals. He has only achieved this feat once in his career, between Rounds 19 to 23 last season.
07:00
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
07:40
Adelaide's second goal of the game has been sourced from a forward 50 stoppage. Adelaide has been involved in the second-most forward-half stoppages of any side and ranks third overall for points per game via that source with 19.
11:32
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
14:54
It has been a high-pressured quarter, with both teams applying a pressure factor over 210 for the term. This type of pressure is to be expected between these two teams, with Sydney and Adelaide ranking first and second respectively for their pressure factor this season.
14:59
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
20:17
The Swans have recorded the second-worst clearance differential this season, winning an average of four fewer clearances than their opponents per game. They have managed to break even at stoppage with the Crows tonight, with both teams winning 18 clearances each.
22:02
The Swans are controlling territory this term, generating the last nine inside 50s to lead the quarter 15 to five. They have won the last six forward half intercepts, with 94% of the play in the last 10 minutes being held in their forward half.
23:10
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Aaron Francis)
26:02
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
27:35
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Hayden McLean)
29:19
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
29:35
The Swans have scored six more goals than the Crows from nine more inside 50s. Sydney has scored a goal from 30% of their attacking 50 entries tonight, compared to 14% for the Crows.
32:59
Crows Interchange - Rory Sloane off due to an injury.
33:31
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
35:10
The Swans have not been slowed down by the wet conditions, scoring nine first-half goals. This is the fourth straight game against the Swans where the Crows have conceded more than 50 points in the first half. The Swans won 14 more contested possessions than the Crows in the second quarter.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:00
Rory Laird has been at his prolific best tonight, collecting a game-high 18 disposals, five clearances, and four inside 50s. Laird leads the side for disposals (29.1), contested possessions (13.6), clearances (6.1), and tackles (8.0) per game at Adelaide Oval this season.
06:18
Adelaide has been unable to transition the ball effectively out of defensive 50 tonight, generating one inside 50 from 23 defensive 50 possession chains. Conversely, the Swans have a conversion of 22% from their defensive 50, as well as launching two goals from this zone.
08:48
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Izak Rankine)
10:38
A classy goal from the boundary line to Izak Rankine gives the Crows their third consecutive goal of the game. Rankine is averaging career-highs for goals, inside 50s, tackles, clearances, disposals, and contested possessions this season.
12:08
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
13:40
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
15:24
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)
17:43
After winning just nine intercepts in their forward half in the first half, the Crows lead this stat eight to one in the third quarter. Converting these opportunities has been an issue though, scoring one behind from these eight intercepts.
17:53
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Errol Gulden)
19:10
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Taylor Walker)
20:05
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
21:07
After being outscored by 26 points from turnovers in the first half, the Crows have scored two unanswered goals from this source in the third quarter.
23:00
SCORE GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
24:26
Callum Mills has paid close attention to Jordan Dawson tonight, restricting Dawson to 14 disposals, two clearances, and one inside 50. Dawson has reached 30 disposals in half of his games at Adelaide Oval this year – averaging 28.6 disposals, 10.3 contested possessions, and 3.9 clearances.
28:37
Tom McCartin has enjoyed a strong defensive performance, winning a game-high eight intercept possessions to go with his seven spoils. McCartin has been involved in three defensive one-on-one contests tonight, winning two of these. He has been out-marked in just one of the 41 one-on-one contests he has defended this season (2.4%) – ranked third of the top-50 to defend a contest.
30:25
Adelaide generated six more inside 50s and had 61% of the play in their forward half in the third quarter, but were unable to reduce the half-time margin. They got to work at the contest, leading contested possessions by two for the term after trailing by 16 in the first half.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:28
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
01:53
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Wayne Milera)
03:45
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Taylor Walker)
04:07
Three goals in the opening four minutes to the Crows has brought the margin back to 14 points. The Crows, who trailed by 32 points at three quarter-time, have never won a game trailing by more than 26 points at the final break.
06:48
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
07:36
The Crows have dominated centre bounces tonight, winning these clearances 14 to seven. They have scored three goals sourced from centre bounces whilst holding the Swans to one behind from this source.
10:04
The Swans have been incredibly wasteful when kicking the ball this quarter, recording a kicking efficiency of 27% for the term. Their kicking efficiency for the game is 51%, well below their season-worst of 56.7% in Round 13.
10:10
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
11:53
Crows Interchange - Lachlan Murphy off due to an injury.
12:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
14:47
SCORE BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
15:29
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
17:09
The Crows are dominating possession in this final term. They lead uncontested possessions 31 to 11 for the term, as well as contested possession 25 to 15.
18:06
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Jordan Dawson)
19:30
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
20:31
Sydney has won its last two games against Adelaide at Adelaide Oval by three points in each game.
21:45
Brodie Smith has been dangerous off half-back for the Crows this quarter. He has won 10 disposals, four intercept possessions, generated 258 metres gained and been involved in four scoring chains this term.
24:56
Adelaide has one more scoring shot than the Swans but still trails by nine points due to their inaccuracy. Sydney has recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 62% over the past month. The next best side in this time is Carlton at 55%.
26:02
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Josh Rachele)
27:59
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Josh Rachele)
29:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
31:46
The Swans only scored two goals after half-time, but still manage to hold on for a one-point victory. The Crows generated 13 more inside 50s and had 11 more scoring shots in the second half but fell just short of their greatest-ever comeback win.