Match

GWS Giants vs Collingwood

Commentary / 09 Mar 2024

Pre Game

00:00
GWS have won each of their last three matches against Collingwood at home, with two of these by three points or fewer.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:54
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
01:59
Brayden Maynard has the job on Toby Greene once again. The Giants captain kicked two goals on Maynard in the 2023 preliminary final.
04:14
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
04:22
Brody Mihocek gets the first goal of the night for the Pies. Mihocek was Collingwood's leading goalkicker in 2023 with 47 goals.
06:59
Nick Daicos had 25 disposals or more in every full match he played last season. He's had a game-high six disposals and 161 metres gained in the first five minutes.
08:04
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
08:39
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callum M. Brown)
09:17
The Giants averaged the least points of any team from kick-ins last season. They get their first goal of the game from a kick-in tonight.
11:26
GWS is kicking at just 50% efficiency early in this game, with the Collingwood defence picking off their forward 50 entries. Collingwood leads intercept marks 5-1, with Darcy Moore taking two of those.
11:42
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
12:53
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callum M. Brown)
13:07
Callum Brown averaged one goal per game last season. He's already kicked two goals in the opening term.
14:56
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
16:04
Collingwood's forward 50 pressure has been high in the opening term, leading tackles inside 50 (4-0). Darcy Cameron has two of those tackles, with the latter resulting in a goal.
17:05
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
17:32
Bobby Hill kicked a career-high four goals in the 2023 Grand Final and goals with his first disposal of the game tonight.
19:26
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
19:45
Collingwood has eight of the last nine inside 50's of the game. Jordan De Goey has had a game-high thee inside 50's.
21:18
GWS has kicked two of their first three goals from kick-ins, transitioning from end-to-end with fast ball movement. Callum Brown has kicked three goals from three kicks.
22:44
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
22:52
Collingwood leads inside 50's (14-8) but has goaled from just 21% of those entries. GWS has managed a goal from 50% of their eight entries.
24:50
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Aaron Cadman)
26:07
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Aaron Cadman)
26:23
Aaron Cadman averaged just 4.5 disposals per game last season. Cadman already has four opening quarter disposals, two marks inside 50 and a goal.
28:17
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
28:34
Collingwood was owning territory early in the game, but that has flipped. The Giants have now had the last seven inside 50's of the quarter.
29:13
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
29:58
GWS are moving the ball quicker. The Giants are playing on 42% of the time from 19 marks, while the Pies are playing on 15% of the time from 20 marks.
31:41
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
31:46
Callum Brown is the highest ranked player in the opening quarter with three goals and two marks inside forward 50.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:34
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
02:53
Brayden Maynard is winning the battle with Toby Greene early in this game. Maynard has had eight disposals and a game-high three intercept marks, restricting Greene to four disposals and no goals.
05:07
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
05:48
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
05:57
Collingwood has been inaccurate in front of goal, with an efficiency of 27%. GWS has kicked (4.2) from set shots, while the Pies have kicked (1.2) from set shots.
07:05
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Rushed)
08:53
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
09:02
Collingwood continues to benefit from forward 50 pressure. The Pies lead tackles inside 50 (7-0), generating two goals directly from these tackles.
11:25
Tom Green averaged 32 disposals per game last season, more than any player in the competition. Green is continuing this form with a game-high 13 disposals, five score involvements and three clearances.
13:15
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
13:22
Jesse Hogan has been a threat aerially for the Giants. Hogan has taken a team-high five marks, with two contested. Hogan averaged six marks per game last year.
14:43
Collingwood has had more tackles inside their forward 50 (8) than GWS has had across the entire field (7).
16:48
GWS played on 40% of the time after a mark in the opening term but are yet to play on after a mark in the second term.
17:36
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Rushed)
18:03
GWS has kicked four of their seven goals from chains starting in their defensive half, while Collingwood has kicked three of their four goals from chains starting in their forward half.
21:37
Despite trailing by 15 points, the game has spent 59% of the time inside Collingwood's forward half.
22:49
GIANTS Interchange - Harvey Thomas off due to the blood rule.
22:58
Collingwood leads inside 50's (29-20) but GWS leads marks inside 50 (8-3).
23:18
GIANTS Interchange - Callan Ward off due to an injury.
24:08
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
24:12
Mason Cox is yet to register a disposal with five minutes remaining in the second term.
25:10
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
25:28
Nick Daicos had 41 disposals against the Giants in Round 9 last season. He's had a team-high 16 disposals, six contested possessions and 396 metres gained so far tonight.
27:09
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
29:19
Sam Taylor has been a wall for the Giants in the second term. Taylor has had two intercept marks, three spoils and a rebound 50 this quarter.
29:40
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
31:05
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Tom Mitchell)
33:41
Despite Collingwood's inside 50 dominance (33-23), they've only managed three marks inside their forward arc. Callum Brown has taken three marks inside forward 50 and the Giants have taken nine marks inside their forward arc.
34:59
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
35:33
The Giants are out to a game-high lead of 19 points. They lead goals from stoppages (4-2) and have kicked two goals from centre bounce clearances this quarter.
36:33
GWS has been accurate in front of goal, due to having more set shot opportunities. They lead marks inside 50 (9-3). The Giants have kicked (7.2) from set shots, compared to Collingwood's (2.2).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:30
Scott Pendlebury averaged 23 disposals per game last season. He only registered two disposals in an unusually quiet first half.
05:00
It has been more of the same for the Pies at the start of the second half. They lead inside 50's (5-1) this quarter but are yet to register a score and haven't taken a mark from those entries.
08:16
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
08:30
The ball has spent 80% of the quarter in Collingwood's forward half. The Pies lead inside 50's (8-1) this term.
10:03
Charlie Dean has had a game-high five spoils on debut for the Pies.
10:37
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
11:20
GWS have a set shot goal kicking accuracy of 80% to Collingwood's 40%.
12:53
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Lachie Schultz)
13:00
GWS has scored a goal from 44% of their inside 50 entries to Collingwood's 14%, which has been a key factor in this game.
14:45
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
15:00
Toby Greene has been well held by Brayden Maynard tonight, but kicks a miraculous banana from the pocket to register his first goal of the season.
16:23
Scott Pendlebury only had two disposals in the opening half, but has had eight disposals and three ground ball gets in the third quarter.
18:26
Josh Kelly had 34 disposals in the preliminary final between these two sides last season. He's had a game-high eight score involvements and 20 disposals in this game.
19:28
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Aaron Cadman)
19:50
The Giants averaged 33 points per game from stoppages last season. They've already scored 38 points from stoppages in this match.
20:50
Collingwood lead inside 50's (13-7) this quarter but GWS have kicked three goals to Collingwood's zero.
21:57
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
24:24
The Giants defence has held up extremely well tonight, exiting defensive 50 on 41 occasions.
26:55
Lachie Ash has amassed 14 disposals in the third quarter, five more than any of his teammates.
27:22
Collingwood overturned a half-time deficit on seven occasions last season, but they'll need to overcome a game-high 41 point deficit to add to that tally.
29:59
Despite winning inside 50's (15-12) for the quarter, the Pies didn't kick a goal for the term.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:24
The Pies averaged 35.7 points per game from stoppages last season, ranked fourth. They've only scored 16 points from this source in this game.
03:49
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
05:35
Jesse Hogan and Callum Brown have taken the same number of marks inside 50 combined as the entire Collingwood team. They've also kicked eight goals between them, one more than the entire Collingwood team.
07:11
Despite the Giants' domination, Nick Daicos has still collected 27 disposals, 14 contested possessions and nine clearances for the Pies.
09:38
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Callum M. Brown)
09:52
GWS has been deadly in front of goal tonight, kicking (11.2) from set shots. Callum Brown has kicked a game-high five goals without missing.
11:08
Josh Kelly averaged 5.2 score involvements per game in 2023. He's had a game-high nine score involvements tonight, as well as 617 metres gained from his 28 disposals.
12:32
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
13:02
The Giants are running away with this game. They lead inside 50's (9-1) in the final term.
15:00
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Beau McCreery)
15:42
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Jack Crisp)
16:39
The Giants averaged the third most disposals of any team last season. They've had 46 more disposals and 33 more uncontested possessions in this game.
17:11
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
18:13
Collingwood leads tackles by 20, but the Giants have been first to the ball, leading contested possessions by six and winning nine free kicks from head-high contact.
20:15
GIANTS Interchange - Kieren Briggs off due to an injury.
20:24
SCORE BEHIND - GIANTS (Jacob Wehr)
21:46
The Giants have moved the ball cleaner and faster in this game. They have a kicking efficiency of 71% to Collingwood's 63% and have scored six goals from chains starting in their defensive half to Collingwood's one.
22:31
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
24:33
Ash Johnson has only managed two disposals for the match. He has spent 38 minutes on Sam Taylor and 20 minutes on Jack Buckley.
25:32
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brayden Maynard)
26:50
Nick Daicos averaged nine contested possessions per game last season. He has had 16 contested possessions from his 33 disposals, including 10 clearances.
27:07
SCORE GOAL - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
27:53
The Giants have had three players with four or more goals. Brown, Daniels and Hogan have 13 goals between them.
29:49
GIANTS Interchange - Josh Kelly off due to an injury.
30:19
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
30:38
The Giants have kicked (11.2) from set shots to Collingwood's (4.7).
31:56
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
32:03
Collingwood has kept things respectable in the final term, kicking four of the last five goals of the game.
34:51
The match was a story of efficiency going inside 50. Collingwood had seven more forward 50 entries but the Giants kicked seven more goals.